Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 147

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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stock and surplus now amounts to several hundred thousand dollars and the business is steadily growing in volume and importance. This is today the oldest music house of the southwest and one of the strongest, He has ever maintained the highest standards in connection with the business methods of the house, the line of musical instruments carried and the personnel of the establishment. The business has grown steadily and the house today handles one of the finest lines of pianos and reed and pipe organs manufactured, together with the leading kinds of piano players and phonographs. It has often been said that "the boy is father to the man," and in his youth Colonel Hollenberg displayed the qualities which have made for notable success in his later years. He pursued his studies with thoroughness and earnestness and following his graduation from the public schools of Memphis, Tennessee, he pur- sued a course in the Kentucky Military Institute, near Frankfort, from which he re- ceived his degree of A. B. and also that of G. C. S. He made notable grades in athletics as well as in his studies and was graduated with valedictorian honors, his mark being the second highest in the history of the school during its sixty years of existence.

In the field of military affairs Colonel Hollenberg has also become well known and has manifested deep interest along this line from early manhood, having been duly commissioned a first lieutenant in 1884 by Governor Proctor Knott and a few years later captain by Governor Bates of Tennessee. He has belonged to notable mili- tary organizations characterized as "crack teams," which met in encampments through- out the United States, competing for prizes of great value at Galveston, Atlanta, In- dianapolis, Omaha, Nashville and other places. In 1893 he was elected colonel of the First Arkansas Regiment, serving as its commander for a number of years. During the World war he was a member of the advisory board, advising on many matters of importance and contributing largely of his time and money toward the advancement of war work. He received a token of appreciation in the way of a formal document from the government at Washington.

Wherever opportunity has presented whereby he might aid his community, the commonwealth, or the country Mr. Hollenberg has made ready response. At the time of the great exposition held in San Francisco he was appointed commissioner general by Governor Hayes. The legislature, however, failing to make the necessary appropriations for an Arkansas exhibit, the state was nevertheless enabled to make a creditable showing as a result in large measure of Mr. Hollenberg's generous finan- cial backing. Upwards of fifty thousand dollars were spent, about twenty-five thousand dollars of which was advanced by him and others, nor has the state ever reimbursed them for any of that amount. Arkansas exhibit secured fifty more awards than were obtained by California, though the exposition was held in San Francisco, and seventy- five more awards than were accorded Missouri, the two next states receiving high awards. This was due to the work of those placed in charge by and through the untiring efforts of Mr. Hollenberg, prompted by his patriotic love of the common- wealth.

There is an important national feature in the public service of Mr. Hollenberg that is deserving of special notice. He was the Arkansas president and national vice president of the National Citizens' League, which league was a potent agency in secur- ing the endorsement of President Wilson and favorable action by congress resulting in the present federal reserve banking act. President-elect Wilson announced his pur- pose to call an extra session of congress soon after his inauguration for the purpose primarily of revising the tariff. Mr. Hollenberg, who was closely studying the trend of the times, advised the wisdom of congress taking up first the matter of banking reform. He wrote a letter to Mr. Wilson, clearly setting forth his views and opinions upon the subject as relating to national welfare, and the president was so impressed by his representation that he urged the course pointed out by Mr. Hollenberg upon congress in his special message delivered in the following April, using in effect the language of Mr. Hollenberg's letter. In reply thereto Mr. Hollenberg received the following:

"My dear Mr. Hollenberg-

"I have read your very interesting letter of January seventh with a great deal of pleasure, and thank you for the information covering the cur- rency question.

"Cordially and sincerely yours, "Woodrow Wilson."

In 1888 Mr. Hollenberg was united in marriage to Miss Jean Cravens, who was born at Clarksville, Arkansas, a daughter of Colonel Jordan E. Cravens, who was a Confederate officer during the Civil war and was afterward judge of the circuit court, widely known as a prominent jurist of the state. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Hollenberg was Judge Felix I. Batson, an eminent member of the Arkansas bar and

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also a member of the Confederate congress. He made a most creditable record in the position of supreme court judge. Colonel and Mrs. Hollenberg became parents of six children: Sophia Cravens, who in October, 1913, became the wife of Charles Pinckney Reid of Louisville, Kentucky, is the mother of three children: Charles P., Jr., Jean Cravens and William Tannen; the second member of the family, F. B. T. Hollenberg, Jr., was prominently connected with the National Guard prior to the World war, after which he became an instructor of the American Expeditionary Forces at Valdohan, France, serving overseas with the rank of lieutenant. He was married June 4, 1919, to Ruth Lasley, who was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and they have one daughter, Jean- nette Lasley; Jean Batson, the second daughter, became the wife of Thomas Reese Putsche on the 1st of July, 1921, and they now reside in Brooklyn, New York; the youngest surviving member of the family is Henry George Hollenberg, now a student at Princeton University. One daughter, Doris Elizabeth, died November 29, 1908, at the age of ten years. Emma Louise died in infancy.

Mr. and Mrs. Hollenberg are prominent members of Christ Episcopal church, of which he has been senior warden since 1911, and several times he has been a delegate to the triennial conventions of his church. He also belongs to the Country Club, of which he was president in 1911. His activities have indeed been far-reaching and resultant, touching the social, the military and political history of the state and the material and moral progress. After all, however, a man's business claims the greater part of his attention and through his connection with the piano trade Mr. Hollen- berg has become known throughout the entire country. In 1901 he was active in organ- izing the National Association of Piano Dealers of America, the name of which was changed in 1911 to the National Association of Piano Merchants of America. Colonel Hollenberg has served as its president, has been continuously a member of the advisory committee and chairman of the freight bureau. Some years ago he proposed an exhibit of pianos manufactured in the United States, but for a considerable time it was thought that this could not be accomplished. At the Detroit meeting of the national organization in 1909, however, the whole matter was turned over to Mr. Hollenberg and the result of his labors was a very successful piano exhibition held at Richmond, Virginia, in May, 1910, and a much larger exhibition in Chicago in June, 1911. It is characteristic of Mr. Hollenberg that he never stops short of the successful accom- plishment of his purpose and his ideals are high. Life has been to him purposeful and full of opportunity and he occupies an unchallenged position as one of the most prominent business men and patriotic citizens of the state.

WILLIAM POTTS SADLER.

William Potts Sadler, clerk of the supreme court at Little Rock, was born in Rose- ville, Logan county, Arkansas, December 9, 1863, and is the youngest of a family of six children horn to William Danville Sadler and Clarissa F. (Potts) Sadler, two of whom, a son and a daughter, died in infancy, and another, a son, died in 1887, at the age of thirty-one years, leaving three sons surviving. His grandparents settled near Danville, in this state, in 1824. His father was born in Florence, Lauderdale county, Alabama, August 11, 1820, and his mother, a native of Ohio, was born March 1, 1833. At Roseville, William D. Sadler conducted a mercantile business for many years, and resided there until his death in January, 1864.

William P. Sadler received his literary education in the graded schools of Boone- ville, Logan county, Arkansas, and at the University of Arkansas, then known as the Arkansas Industrial University. He studied law in Paris, Arkansas, under the tutor- ship of Judge T. C. Humphry, and was admitted to practice in 1887, following the prac- tice at that place for three years, when he accepted a position in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of Crawford county, at Van Buren, where he remained from 1890 until 1902, eight years of that time acting as deputy clerk, and four years as clerk.

In September, 1905, he was appointed deputy clerk of the supreme court, and con- tinued in that position until January 1, 1916, when he was appointed to the position of clerk of the supreme court. He is thorough, accurate and prompt in the discharge of the duties of the office and enjoys the confidence of the court and bar.

Mr. Sadler was married on the 20th of June, 1886, at Morrison's Bluff, Arkansas, to Miss Grace Gray, a native of Memphis, Tennessee, and for three years they made their home in Paris, Arkansas, where they both resided at the time of their marriage. They have reared a family of seven children, four daughters and three sons, and lost one, a daughter, one of twins, who died in her thirteenth year.

In his political views Mr. Sadler is a democrat, and in religious faith he is a Meth- odist, holding membership in the First Methodist Episcopal church, South, in Little

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Rock. While residing in Van Buren, Arkansas, he took an active part in church work, and was superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school there for many years. He be- longs to the Knights of Pythias, holding membership in Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 2, at Van Buren, and is a past chancellor commander of that lodge. At present his official duties make heavy claim upon his time and energy, and he takes little part in lodge activities.

R. K. WILSON.

R. K. Wilson, engaged in general merchandising in Altheimer, was born in Cleve- land county, Arkansas, in the year 1887 and is a son of J. R. and Anna (Pearson) Wil- son, the former a Confederate veteran of the Civil war. The family numbered ten children and like the others of the household R. K. Wilson had good educational oppor- tuuities. He supplemented his early training by study in Ouachita College and in 1908 he removed to Pine Bluff, where he secured a clerkship in a hardware store. He after- ward went on the road as a traveling salesman and eventually entered the hardware business on his own account in Pine Bluff, there successfully conducting his store until 1914, when he removed to Altheimer. Here he established a general store, in partner- ship with W. C. Crittenden, who departed this life in the year 1920. The business is now owned by Mr. Wilson and his wife, who in her maidenhood was Miss Virginia Crittenden, a daughter of W. C. and Cornelia (Birkhead) Crittenden, her father for- merly being the partner of her husband in the ownership and conduct of the store. They carry a large and well selected line of general merchandise and the business has been developed in a substantial manner, leading to satisfactory results.

Mr. Wilson is a Mason, who loyally follows the teachings and purposes of the craft and at all times is observant of his duties and obligations, as well as of his privi- leges of citizenship. In a business way he has made steady progress as the result of his industry and perseverance. His labors have ever been guided by sound judgment and his energy and determination have enabled him to overcome all the difficulties and obstacles in his patlı.

CAPTAIN ANDREW HORACE SCOTT.

Captain Andrew Horace Scott is one of the enterprising young lawyers of the Lit tle Rock bar, practicing as a partner in the firm of McMillen & Scott. He has enjoyed educational advantages of the very best, is a graduate of Princeton University, studied law at the University of Arkansas, and was bred in an atmosphere of culture and re- finement. He is a descendant of one of the earliest and most distinguished figures of pioneer Arkansas history-Judge Andrew Scott, who was born in Virginia, August 6, 1788, a son of Andrew Scott, a native of Scotland. In 1808 the father and two sons, John and Andrew, removed to Ste. Genevieve, then in Missouri territory. There the elder Scott died and is buried. John Scott continued to reside in Missouri, taking an active part in the early affairs of that state. Soon after the family home was established in Missouri, Andrew Scott was married to Miss Eliza Jones of Potosi, that state, daughter of John Rice Jones, judge of the superior court of Missouri territory, and a sister of General George W. Jones. When the new territory of Arkansas was formed March 2, 1819, President Monroe appointed Andrew Scott, then of Ste. Genevieve, one of the three judges of the superior court of Arkansas. Immediately thereafter he removed with his family to Arkansas Post, the temporary seat of government. There in the following July and August he sat as a member of the first legislature composed of the superior judges and Acting Governor Crittenden. In 1822, the seat of govern- ment having been removed to Little Rock, Judge Scott became a resident of the capital city. Upon the organization of the circuit courts he became judge of the first district and in 1828 removed to his plantation in Pope county, to which he gave the name of Scotia. There Mrs. Scott died April 5, 1835, while Judge Scott continued to reside on his farm until his death March 13, 1851. John R. Homer Scott, a son of Judge Andrew Scott, was born in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri territory, October 16, 1813. He was gradu- ated in 1827 from St. Joseph's College of Bardstown, Kentucky, and read law under the direction of his father in 1828-1829, being admitted to the bar in 1848. He never seri- ously took up law practice, however, his interests being centered largely in the manage- ment of his plantation. He was married December 11, 1834, to Miss Nancy Jamison of Johnson county, who was a native of Potosi, Missouri. In 1836 he served as captain of a company of volunteers mustered into the service of the United States by General E. P. Gaines, in anticipation of trouble with the Indians. He mustered in several com-

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panies in 1861 for the Confederate service and commanded a battalion of four com- panies at the battles of Elk Horn and Farmington. Mrs. Nancy Jamison Scott died at Dover, Pope county, Arkansas, October 13, 1878, being survived by Captain Scott until 1904. To them were born a son and two daughters: Andrew H., born at Dover, Decem- ber 18, 1840; Mary Eliza, born August 11, 1844; and Leonora Augusta, born October 16, 1847. Dr. Andrew Homer Scott, father of Captain Andrew Horace Scott, was grad- uated from Exeter College, New Hampshire, and then studied medicine, completing in the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He afterward located at Little Rock, where he built up a large and Incrative practice, being at the time of his death one of the leading physicians of this state. He married Rebecca Katherine Embry, who was born in Conway county, Arkansas, in 1856, a daughter of Colonel Ben R. Em- bry, a merchant and planter of Atkins, Arkansas, who as colonel commanded an Arkan- sas regiment in the Civil war. Dr. and Mrs. Scott were married in 1876 and became the parents of a daughter and three sons: Leonora, the wife of Lloyd England of Lit- tle Rock; Ben Embry; John R. Homer, who is a practicing physician of Little Rock; and Andrew Horace.

At the usual age Andrew H. Scott became a pupil in the public schools of his native city and was graduated from high school with the class of 1903. He then went east to complete his education and matriculated in Princeton University of New Jersey, from which he was graduated in 1908, with the degree of Bachelor of Literature. With broad general knowledge to serve as the foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional learning he entered the law department of the University of Arkansas and was graduated in 1910. He then returned to the east for further study in preparation for active professional work and was graduated from the law department of Columbia University of New York city with the LL. B. degree in 1912. Immediately afterward he returned to Little Rock, where he has practiced to the present time, save for the period of his active service in the World war. In 1919 he became junior partner in the firm of McMillen & Scott and they now enjoy an extensive clientage of an important character.

On the Sth of May, 1917, Mr. Scott enlisted in Little Rock and was sent first to Camp Dix, New Jersey, where he was made billeting officer, while in August. 1918. he went to France ahead of his regiment, which arrived in that country in September. He continued with his command, returning with it to the United States on the 30th of December, 1918. He was commissioned a first lieutenant at Fort Logan H. Roots, Ar- kansas, on the 15th of August, 1917, and was commissioned captain on the 24th of No- vember, 1918, when overseas. In his political views Captain Scott has always been a democrat, loyally supporting party principles but never seeking nor desiring office. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and fraternally is well known as a Scottish Rite Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. He has a wide acquaintance in Little Rock, where his life has been passed, and his friends are legion.

EARLE W. MOORHEAD

It is a recognized fact that lawyers have been more prominent in public affairs and occupied a larger proportion of public offices than the majority of citizens. The reason for this is not far to seek. In fact, it is very obvious, for the training that fits the individual for the practice of law also qualifies him for other duties requiring analysis, keen insight and tactful management. Earle W. Moorhead, prominent at- torney of Stuttgart, is now serving as mayor of the city, to which he is giving a busi- nesslike and progressive administration A native of Kansas, he was born in the town of Viola in 1888, his parents being Dr. W. H. and Mary (Struthers) Moorhead. The father is a native of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, and a son of James W. and Martha Elizabeth (Yockey) Moorhead. James W. Moorhead was a son of Wil- liam White Moorhead, who also lived in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, the family being an old and well known one in that state. His father had removed from Cum- berland Gap, Virginia, to Pennsylvania and thus through several generations the family was connected with the Keystone state. Spending his youthful days there, Dr. W. H. Moorhead afterward entered upon preparation for his professional career as a student in the Baltimore Medical College, now the University of Maryland, and began practice at Rose Hill, Kansas, where he remained until 1888. Subsequently he became a resident of Bond county, Illinois, and in 1890 he came to Arkansas, settling in De Witt, where he remained until 1899 and then located in Stuttgart, be- coming one of the prominent and successful physicians of this city. In the family were four sons: Earle W .; J. Percy, who met an accidental death after reaching manhood; Robert D., who served as a second lieutenant in the World war, being on

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duty at Camp Lee; and Lloyd, who was formerly principal of two different high schools in Iowa, and is now engaged in the insurance business at Waterloo, that state.

Earle W. Moorhead was educated in the high school at Stuttgart and was also graduated from the Stuttgart Training School Academy and from Tarkio College at Tarkio, Missouri, where he won his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1913. He afterward began reading law and was admitted to the bar in 1915. He at once entered upon the active practice of his profession and has made steady progress in his chosen calling. Following America's entrance into the World war he volunteered for service but was rejected on account of physical disability. Later, however, he was accepted and was stationed at Camp Pike, where he acted as sergeant major in the Officers Training School, Headquarters Company School Troops Battalion. With the exception of his period of experience in the army he has followed his profession in Stuttgart since 1915. He was elected to the office of city attorney and while so serving led the fight which led to the awakening of sentiment favorable to the abolishment of the unpopular state corporation commission, the act creating the commission being repealed by the legislature. In April, 1921, Mr. Moorhead was elected mayor of Stuttgart and is now the chief executive officer of the city, giving much attention to his official duties, which be discharges with marked promptness, fidelity and capabil- ity. He closely studies the needs of the city and in every possible way is seeking to promote public progress for the municipality.

Mr. Moorhead was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Martin of Jacksonville, Arkansas, and they have become parents of three children: William M., Grace Meredith, and Marjorie Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. Moorhead are active and prominent members in the United Presbyterian church, taking a most helpful part in its work. Mr. Moorhead is serving as one of the trustees and as elder of the church and is also teacher of the men's Bible class. He has done much to promote public progress along the lines of material, intellectual and social development here and to uphold the legal and moral status of the community and is justly accounted one of the most prominent and honored residents of Stuttgart.

CHARLES RICHARDSON, D. D. S.

A representative citizen of Fayetteville is Dr. Charles Richardson, dentist and stockholder in the Daily Democrat. A native of Virginia, he was born at Rich Val- ley, in 1864, a son of R. H. and Mary (Gannaway) Richardson. On both paternal and maternal sides he is desceuded from old Virginia ancestry and his maternal grandfather was John Gannaway. His parents were both born in Virginia and resided there until death. The father was a representative agriculturist. Eleven children were born to their union, five of whom are living: John W., register of the land office in Richmond, Virginia; Mattie E., the wife of Charles M. Shannon, a banker of Saltville, Virginia; Ella, a resident of Newark, New Jersey, and manager of two Martha Washington Candy Stores; Dr. Charles, whose name initiates this review; and E. R., a resident of New York and vice president and general manager of the Ocean Steamship Company. Both Mr. and Mrs. Richardson were communicants of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and he gave his allegiance to the democratic party. A veteran of the Civil war, he served throughout that period of civil strife in the Confederate army, and was mustered out of Lee's army. He was in the supply department at the beginning of the war.

Charles Richardson was educated in the common schools of Virginia and in Emory and Henry College. He subsequently studied dentistry in the Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. He first took up practice in Greenwood, Arkansas, and in 1888 removed to Fayetteville, where he opened offices and has here remained. Dentistry may be said to be almost unique among other occupations, as it is at once a profes- sion, a trade and a business. It therefore follows that in order to attain the highest success in it one must be thoroughly conversant with the theory of the art, must be expert with the many tools and appliances incidental to the practice of modern dentistry and must possess business qualifications adequate to dealing with the financial side of the profession. In all of these particulars Dr. Richardson is well qualified and therefore has gained prestige among the able representatives of the profession in Arkansas, having served three terms as president of the State Board of Examiners. Although the greater part of his time is devoted to his professional interests, he is a dominant factor in the success of the Daily Democrat as a stock- holder in that business. He is well versed on all the questions and issues of the day and has won quite a prominent place among the newspaper men of the community. Dr. Richardson organized the Chi Omega sorority at the University of Arkansas and

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Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 147

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