Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 117

Author: Herndon, Dallas T. (Dallas Tabor), b. 1878
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Chicago, Little Rock, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1172

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In the year 1890 was celebrated the marriage of C. A. Lick and Miss Carrie Tilles, a daughter of Louis Tilles, of Fort Smith. The children of this marriage are: Mrs. S. W. Jackson and Captilles A. The son is working with his father as advertising and sales manager. He made every effort to join the army at the time of the World war and was about to become a soldier when the armistice was signed. Mr. Lick took a most active and helpful interest in all war work, was one of the directors of the Red Cross and served on the various committees in connection with the Liberty Loan compaigns and other drives. He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, to the Knights. of the Maccabees and to the Business Men's Club and his interest always cen- ters along those lines where progress is promoted and the best interest of the com- munity is concerned. His home stands on historic ground, being the site of the home of Major Rector, which was destroyed by the cyclone and before the house stands a large pine tree which was planted by General Pike. Mr. Lick has many friends. He is a man of genial nature and of unfeigned cordiality and the sterling worth of his character has established him high in the regard of all who know him. What he has accomplished in business represents the fit utilization of his innate powers and talents and by reason of his intelligently directed industry he now stands as one of the successful men of Fort Smith.

T. G. PORTER, M. D.

Dr. T. G. Porter, a physician of Hazen, where he has successfully practiced since 1913, or for a period of nine years, was born in Trenton, Phillips county, Arkansas, on the 17th of September, 1877, and is a son of William and Mittie A. (Glass) Porter. The father, a native of Georgia, was a son of John G. Porter, who was born in Georgia in the year 1815 and departed this life in 1878. He was united in marriage to Frances Hill and in the year 1846 he left his native state to become a resident of Arkansas, settling near Trenton in Phillips county. The maternal grandfather of Dr. Porter was Mathew A. Glass, who married Miss Nancy Putnam, a member of the distinguished family to which belonged General Israel Putnam, a Revolutionary war hero. Mathew A. Glass came to Arkansas in 1859 and settled in Phillips county near Trenton. There he lived until assassinated during the Civil war by northern sympathizers. It was his daughter, Mittie A. Glass, who became the wife of William Porter, who was a Civil war veteran, serving with the Twentieth Mississippi Cavalry of Armstrong's brigade and was captured near the close of the war. Chester and Mathew Glass, two of the uucles of Dr. Porter in the maternal line, were also soldiers of the Civil war, on active duty with the Confederate forces. To Mr. and Mrs. William Porter there were born fifteen children, nine of whom are living: W. W., who makes his home in Harrison, Arkansas; Fannie G., living on the old home farm; Julia lives near the old home, and is the wife of Albert Jonett; Frank H., who is living at Griffithville, Arkansas; Alonzo H., whose home is in Trenton, Arkansas; T. G., of this review; Chester J., also living in Trenton; William H., who served in the World war as an aviator and is now making his home at Marvell, Arkansas; and Henrietta, the wife of John L. Brown, who lives at Trenton, Arkansas. The father of this family died on the 4th of March, 1896. His wife survived for several years, departing this life on the 17th of April, 1903.

Dr. Porter was educated in the public schools and in Ouachita College, thus lay- ing broad and deep the foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of profes-

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sional knowledge. In preparation for the practice of medicine and surgery he at- tended the Louisville (Ky.) Medical College and then entered upon active practice at Palestine, Arkansas, in 1908. There he remained until 1913, when he came to Hazen, where he has continued and in his chosen profession he has made steady progress, his developing skill and powers enabling him to command a liberal practice.

Dr. Porter was united in marriage to Miss Emma P. Radley, a daughter of John W. Radley of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He has a military chapter in his life record inasmuch as he served in the Spanish-American war as a member of Company G, First Arkansas Infantry, and was a first lieutenant in the Volunteer Medical Service Corps of the World war. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World, while his religious faith is that of the Baptist church. He is always loyal to high principles of manhood and of citizenship and the sterling worth of his character is attested by all with whom he has come into contact.

OSCAR LESLIE EATON.

Oscar Leslie Eaton, a real estate dealer of Little Rock, was born on a farm in Clark county, Indiana, January 2, 1880, and is a son of George M. and Margaret Rebecca (Smith) Eaton. The parents are also natives of Indiana, the father horn in Clark county in 1856, while the mother's birth occurred in the year 1859. They were married in their native state in 1878 and became residents of Arkansas in 1893, set- tling in Perry county, whence they removed to Batesville in 1895 and have since made their home at that place. The father devotes his attention to merchandising and he gives his political support to the republican party. He and his wife have be- come parents of three sons and three daughters and with the exception of one daugh- ter all are yet living.

Oscar L. Eaton spent his early days with his parents in Illinois but at the age of thirteen years he accompanied them to this state, where he has since made his home, living for two years in Perry county, then in Batesville from 1895 until 1903, in which year he came to Little Rock. He was graduated from the Batesville high school with the class of 1898 and subsequently entered upon the study of law in the University of Arkansas, completing his course in 1908. He has never practiced, but his knowledge of law has been of great benefit to him in the conduct of other business affairs. He had charge of the estate of Colonel Logan H. Roots following his arrival in Little Rock, and his identification with the real estate business dates from 1914. He has thoroughly informed himself concerning property values, is widely familiar with the realty upon the market and has negotiated many important real estate transfers. He is also the president of the Margranite Products Company of Little Rock, a brick manufacturing concern.

On the 5th of March, 1907, Mr. Eaton was married to Miss Annie Sue Jernigan, who was born at Redfield, Arkansas, in 1888. They have become parents of two chil- dren: Oscar L., horn in 1909; and Frances Imogene, in 1911.

Their religious faith is that of the Christian Science church. Mr. Eaton is a Mas- ter Mason and in these membership connections are indicated the principles that gov- ern his life and the rules which control him in all of his relations with his fellowmeu. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and during the World war he served on all of the bond drives, while in days of peace as well as in times of strife he manifests his loyalty to community, commonwealth and country by stanch support of all measures for the public good.

J. S. DAVIDSON, M. D.

The city of Pine Bluff with its pulsing industrial activities has also drawn to it many most competent representatives of the medical profession and in this connec- tion mention should be made of Dr. J. S. Davidson, who has devoted his attention to medical practice since 1910. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1887, and is a son of Samuel and Fannie (Bernstein) Davidson, both of whom were natives of Poland. The father came to America with his parents when a lad of twelve years, while the mother was only four years of age when her parents came to the new world, settling in Marion, Indiana. Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Davidson removed to Arkansas, establishing their home in Clarendon, where the father engaged in business for a time. He afterward removed to Marvell, this state, where he is still located. Two

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brothers of Dr. Davidson, Abe and Eli, served with the American forces during the World war.

Dr. Davidson was accorded excellent educational opportunities. He mastered the branches of a public school course at Clarendon, Arkansas, and afterward entered Vanderbilt University as a medical student, where he won his professional degree in 1910 and in the same year located for practice in Oklahoma City. He afterward re- moved to Marvell, where he remained from 1912 until 1918. In the latter year he enlisted in the aviation section of the Medical Corps and was commissioned a first lieutenant, being on active duty at Eberts, Payne and Kelly fields.

In 1919 he resumed the active work of his profession at Pine Bluff, where he has remained and here he has made steady progress, his ability being manifest in his care- ful and successful handling of his patients. He is most careful in the matter of diag- nosis and his analysis is generally flawless. His practice has steadily grown during the period of his residence in Pine Bluff and his position in the ranks of the medical fra- ternity here is a creditable one.

Dr. Davidson was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Aldridge of Marvell, Arkan- sas, and they have become the parents of two daughters: Eva Lucille and Eleanor. Dr. Davidson is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and also witlı the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. The major part of his time and attention, how- ever, is devoted to his professional interests and activities and he has served as city physician of Pine Bluff, in addition to caring for a growing private practice. He is always interested and thorough in his work and step by step he is advancing toward the goal of prominence, as well as of success.

REV. WILLIAM BENNETT HOGG.

Rev. William Bennett Hogg, pastor of the Winfield Memorial church of Little Rock. was born October 27, 1880, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, his parents being Henry Harrison and Mary F. (Bennett) Hogg. The father was horn in Andalusia, Alabama, in 1841, a representative of one of the pioneer families of that state. He devoted his life largely to merchandising and he always gave his political allegiance to the democratic party. At the time of the Civil war he joined the Thirty-ninth Mississippi Regiment and served with the rank of captain from 1861 until 1865. His death occurred in 1898. It was at Monticello, Mississippi, in 1862, that he wedded Mary F. Bennett, a native of that state. Her people were among the first families to settle in the Pearl River country of Missis- sippi and were owners of large plantations and numerous slaves. Mrs. Hogg yet makes her home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Their children are: Georgia, the wife of Alonzo McMasters of Jackson, Mississippi; Johnie, the wife of Joseph Marchetti of Hazlehurst; Mrs. Marie Wethersley, a widow living at Los Angeles, California; and Rev. W. B. Hogg.

The last named, after acquiring a public school education, attended the University of Mississippi and later became a student in Tulane University of New Orleans. He likewise attended Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tennessee, and was ordained to the ministry in 1905. He has since been most active in the work of the Methodist church. He first filled a pulpit at Fernwood, Mississippi, for a year. He was pastor of the East End church at Meridian, Mississippi, and the First Methodist church at Laurel, Mis- sissippi. He was occupying the pulpit of the latter when the United States became in- volved in the World war in 1917. He at once volunteered his services and organized a company, becoming captain, but was transferred to the Three Hundred and Twelfth Engineer Corps as chaplain and went to France with that command. Upon arrival overseas he was appointed chaplain of the Eighty-seventh Division and later he was called to serve at General Pershing's headquarters and served as headquarters chap- lain for the Army of Occupation at Coblenz, Germany. He was mustered out in 1919 and for a year thereafter he lectured on "Over There." In 1920 he was assigned to the Winfield Memorial church at Little Rock, Arkansas, where he is now engaged in the erection of a handsome church edifice at Sixteenth and Louisiana streets. Already his work at the Winfield church has been productive of splendid results. His own zeal and enthusiasm inspire his parishioners and their cooperation is enabling him to accom- plish great things for his church. He is also acting as chaplain of the United Sons of the Confederacy for the Arkansas division and his work in behalf of prison reform has made him one of the leaders along this line in the south. His church is a great and growing church, filled with the spirit of democracy and possessing a program of Chris- tian service that makes strong appeal.

In 1905 Rev. Mr. Hogg was united in marriage to Miss Virginia Marshall, a daugh- ter of John I. Marshall, a lumberman who belonged to a prominent family of southern Mississippi. In fact the Marshall ancestry can be traced back to one of the old pioneer

REV. WILLIAM B. HOGG

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families of the colonial days and came originally from Virginia. John I. Marshall lived at Brookhaven, Mississippi, and it was there that Mrs. Hogg was born. She ob- tained a public and high school education and completed her studies by graduation from Whitworth College. By her marriage she has become the mother of five children: Vir- ginia, a high school pupil who is training for missionary work; Mary, who is a junior in the high school; Martha and Mildred, who are in the grades; and William Bennett, who is not yet of school age.

In his political views Rey. Mr. Hogg is a democrat and fraternally he is a thirty- second degree Mason, an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias. In the pulpit he is an orator imbued with zeal and earnestness in expounding his theme; as a pastor he is loved and honored by his people; and as a worker for humanity he has become widely known throughout the state. He is an educator in the broadest sense of the term, hring- ing enlightment to the public upon many vital questions, and his labors have been productive of splendid results. There is still in him the spirit of the soldier who never stops short of his objective and in Christian warfare he is indeed fighting a good fight.

GEORGE W. PARDEE.

George W. Pardee, coming to Little Rock in 1905 as state representative of the Kan- sas City Life Insurance Company, brought to this new position valuable experience gained through previous connections with insurance interests. He first entered the insurance field in 1890, at which time he handled fire insurance, but in 1897 he became identified with the life branch of the business and has so continued to the present time. Step by step he has advanced until he now ocenpies a place of large responsibility as state manager of agencies in Arkansas, for the corporation previously mentioned. Along another line Mr. Pardee has become extremely well known, for he is one of the most prominent representatives of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Arkansas and as such is known to his brethren of the fraternity throughout the south- west.

Mr. Pardee was born in Rockford, Illinois, on the 6th of May, 1866, and is a son of John S. and Nancy A. Pardee, who in the year 1879 removed with their family to Kansas. Later the family home was established in Missouri and the father died at West Plains, that state, on the 22d of February, 1894, having for about a year and a half survived his wife, who died in September, 1892.

George W. Pardee, at the usual age of six years, began his education in the public schools of Rockford, Illinois, and when a youth of thirteen he accompanied his parents to the Sunflower state, the family home being established at Scandia, where they continued to live until 1890. A removal was then made to southwestern Missouri, George W. Pardee being at that time twenty-four years of age. He devoted his atten- tion to the abstract, loan and fire insurance business in Missouri until 1897 when he disposed of his interest of that character and became connected with the life insur- ance business. In 1903 he entered the service of the Kansas City Life Insurance Com- pany, which he has since represented. His capability and efficiency led to his appoint- ment to the position of superintendent of agencies by that company in 1904 and he so served until his removal to Arkansas, when he resigned his position to become state manager for the company at Little Rock in May, 1905. Through the intervening period of sixteen years his progress has been continnous. He has thoroughly acquainted him- self with every phase of the life insurance business and is thus ahle carefully to direct the labors and systematize the business of the agents who represent the com- pany in this state. Under his guidance the business in Arkansas has been developed to extensive proportions and Mr. Pardee is today one of the well known insurance men of the southwest.

On the 14th of April, 1887, in Scandia, Kansas, Mr. Pardee was united in marriage to Miss Catherine M. Cullers, who was born on a farm in Darke county, Ohio, a daugh- ter of Louis and Wealthy A. (Bennett) Cullers, both of whom were natives of the Buckeye state. For some time they resided at Scandia, Kansas, where both died. To Mr. and Mrs. Pardee have been born two children: Agatha and Fred Leigh. The latter, born June 23, 1895, is a graduate of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Outside the strict path of business Mr. Pardee is perhaps best known through his connection with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was initiated in West Plains Lodge, No. 263, I. O. O. F., on the 7th of September, 1895, and the following Jannary was appointed conductor. In June, 1896, he was elected vice grand and in December, 1896, became noble grand. In May, 1897, he was appointed deputy state lecturer in Missouri and continued as such until his removal from the jurisdiction. In 1902 he transferred his membership to Chillicothe Lodge, No. 91, of Missouri, serv-

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ing in that district for three consecutive years as district deputy grand master. In October, 1905, he transferred his membership to Far West Lodge, No. 1, of Little Rock and the same month became a member of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, since which time he has not missed a single session of the Grand Lodge. In 1906 he was appointed grand lecturer and was reappointed in 1907 and during his incumbency in the office held more schools of instruction than all combined schools held in the jurisdiction prior to that time. In 1907 he was appointed a member of the widows and orphans home board, filling out an unexpired term and in October, 1909, just four years after becoming a member of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, he was elected grand warden. In 1910 be was unanimously elected deputy grand master and in 1911 was unanimously elected grand master. In the latter year he was appointed grand representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Past Grand Master A. C. Jones, since which time he has been unanimously re- elected to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, being in service continuously in that body since 1911. Since 1913 he has been a member of the committee on the judiciary of the Sovereign Grand Lodge and since 1917 has been chairman of the committee on distribution in that body, being also chairman of the committee on revision of rules or order. In 1911 and 1912 he served as president of the widows and orphans home board and was reappointed a member of the board at the session of 1912, also served as department commander of the Patriarchs Militant for five years, resigning that position to accept an appointment on the staff of the general commanding, with the rank of colonel, being reappointed to that position in 1920 for a term of two years.

Mr. Pardee's interest in the welfare and progress of the city in which he makes his home has been manifest in many tangible ways. For four years, from 1910 until 1914, be was a member of the city council and several times during that period was acting mayor. His position is never an equivocal one. None have reason to question bis standing on any vital issue and it is a well known fact that his aid and influence are ever on the side of progress and improvement as effecting the material, intel- lectual, social and moral welfare of community and commonwealth. His religious belief is indicated in his membership in the Highland Methodist Episcopal church, South, in which he has served on the official board for several terms, is charge lay leader and conference evangelist director and district director in the educational movement of the church. He gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and during the World war took an active and helpful part in the sale of Liberty bonds and was also a member of the Flying Squadron of Arkansas.

ALFRED HAWN.

Alfred Hawn, owner and publisher of the Record, one of the excellent newspapers of Madison county, in connection with which he is conducting a job printing office at Huntsville, is recognized not only as a capable newspaper man but also as a citizen actuated by a most progressive spirit in his support of all measures for the general good. He was born near Huntsville, November 23, 1874, and is a son of Darius T. and Beersheba (Hayes) Hawn. The father, a native of Catawba county, North Carolina, was a son of Henry Hawn, who spent his life in that state, devoting his attention to the occupation of farming. Henry Hawn had two sons who were soldiers of the Confederate army in the Civil war and one was killed while serving on picket duty, while the other, Alfred, died of wounds after the cessation of hostilities. Darius Hawn was reared in his native county and in early manhood came to Arkansas, settling in Madison county, where he met and married Miss Beersheba Hayes, a native of Tennessee, and a daugh- ter of John Hayes, who was one of the early settlers of Madison county, coming to this state from Tennessee. Darius Hawn devoted his life to the business of shoe- making, tanning and farming. After coming to Arkansas he largely concentrated his efforts upon agricultural pursuits but to some extent continued to follow the trade which he had learned in early manhood. He held membership in the Methodist Episco- pal church, South, was a representative of the Masonic fraternity and gave his political allegiance to the democratic party. His family numbered ten children, six of whom are living: Alfred; John, who conducts a cafe in Afton, Oklahoma; Mrs. Lydia Reed, the wife of K. V. Reed, a farmer of Attica, Kansas; B. D., a merchant of Braggs, Okla- homa; Arthur E., who follows merchandising at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma; and Loy, who is also a merchant of Braggs, Oklahoma.

The public schools of Madison county afforded Alfred Hawn his educational privi- leges. At an early age he started out to provide for his own support by working as a devil in a printing office and since 1892 he has depended entirely upon his own resources, being at that time a youth of eighteen years. He has been engaged in the newspaper

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business practically throughout the intervening period and about 1894 he purchased a paper called the Madison Democrat. This he owned and published for an extended period and in 1919 he acquired the Republican, consolidating the two papers and chang- ing the name to the Record, which today has a circulation of one thousand and is all home print. In addition he conducts a job printing business and along this line is also receiving a good patronage. His paper is an excellent advertising medium because of its large home circulation and Mr. Hawn has always maintained high stand- ards of journalism in the publication of his paper.

In 1896 was celebrated the marriage of Alfred Hawn and Miss Daisy Knight, who was born in Huntsville, a daughter of Dr. M. Knight, one of the pioneers of the city, who is still practicing medicine here, although more than eighty years of age. Notwithstanding his advanced years he often rides horseback for a distance of twenty or thirty miles. Mr. and Mrs. Hawn had one child, Hazel, who was born in 1898 and died at the age of two years, Their religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and Mr. Hawn is a Royal Arch Mason, who has served as master of his lodge. He likewise belongs to the Woodmen of the World. In politics he is a democrat and his opinions always carry weight in the local councils of his party. He served as circuit clerk and recorder of Madison county for two terms and whether in office or out of it he has always stood for those things which are most vital to the welfare and upbuilding of the community. He took a strong stand for good roads, which he advo- cated through his paper and for which he has firmly stood, notwithstanding the strongest opposition. He lost subscriptions for his paper on account of his progressive attitude in this matter but principle forced him to remain firm in his advocacy of the improvement of public thoroughfares and wherever the work has been carried forward his opinion has found justification in the results which have followed. He never weighs his actions in the scale of public policy but measures them by the standard of right and wrong.

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Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 117

Author: Herndon, Dallas T. (Dallas Tabor), b. 1878 Publication date: 1922 Publisher: Chicago, Little Rock, The S. J. Clarke publishing company Number of Pages: 1172

Author: Herndon, Dallas T. (Dallas Tabor), b. 1878
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Chicago, Little Rock, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1172