Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 160

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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Following their marriage Dr. and Mrs. Jewell removed to Alabama, where they lived for a number of years and then went to Tennessee, while at the present time they are residents of Kansas. The father was graduated from the medical school of the Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, Maryland, and for a number of years engaged in the practice of his profession in Tennessee, after which he took up his abode in Moran, Kansas, where he devoted his attention to the duties of the profession until he retired from active business life, he and his wife being still residents of Moran. They were parents of two children, but J. R. Jewell of Fayetteville is the only one now living. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church and Dr. Jewell belongs to the Kuights of Pythias fraternity and to several other fraternal organizations and lodges. He was one of the directors of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and politically he maintains an independent course. As the years passed he won a sub- stantial measure of success and made for himself a prominent position in public regard in every locality in which he lived.

J. R. Jewell was educated in the schools of eastern Tennessee in early boyhood and afterward went to Kansas with his parents, subsequent to which time he took preparatory work in that state and was graduated from Coe College of lowa with the class of 1903. He next became a student in the Clark University at Worcester, Massa- chusetts, and won the Ph. D. degree upon graduation with the class of 1906. His thesis on agricultural education was purchased by the government, being the second paper ever purchased by the government aside from the work done by government employes. It was sent out in three different editions. Dr. Jewell's studies were not pursued continuously, however, for at an early day, before he had completed his uni- versity studies, he started out in the business world as a printer and thoroughly acquainted himself with every phase of the trade. He worked with the Associated Press and did work on newspapers for a number of years. He was also on the editorial staff and acted as city editor and associate editor for a number of papers. He has since done a considerable amount of unsigned syndicate work and to the newspaper field he turned for financial support in early manhood, while as the years have gone by he has continued his labors to a greater degree or less extent in connection with journalism. He was still a young man when he took up the profession of teaching, which he followed in Louisiana in 1906 and 1907. He was afterward in the State Teachers College at Emporia, Kansas, for six years and during two years of that period acted

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as state high school examiner of Kansas and inspected all high schools of the state. In August, 1913, he came to Fayetteville, being brought here to organize a school of education in connection with the state university. This became a college of education in the following year and Dr. Jewell was made dean thereof. He organized this de- partment and has had charge continuously from the beginning, making it one of the strong and growing departments of the university. Dr. Jewell has also lectured exten- sively through Arkansas since coming to Fayetteville and is widely known as a lecturer in other parts of the country. His name is better known perhaps as a lecturer than that of any other man of Arkansas save Dr. Brough. Dr. Jewell has spoken in all but four of the counties of the state, addressing the public upon many vital questions. In the summer months he gives his attention to Institute or Chautauqua work. He has conducted some of the largest city institutes in the United States, including those of Cleveland, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana. He has put forth every possible effort to advance the standards of the schools and uphold the ideals of education in Arkansas. He has filled the position of president of the State Teachers Association and his own zeal and interest in the work is of contagious quality. He is the author of a volume entitled "Psychology of Dreams" that has had a wide circulation in Europe as well as in the United States.

On the 21st of August, 1907, Dr. Jewell was united in marriage to Miss Edna L. Keith, who was born in eastern Kansas, her people coming, however, from Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Her father is Corwin B. Keith, a paving contractor. Dr. and Mrs. Jewell have three children: Margaret, who is just completing her public school edu- cation and will soon enter the state university; James R., and Keith Coe.

Dr. and Mrs. Jewell are members of the Presbyterian church, in which the doctor is serving as an elder, and Mrs. Jewell takes very prominent and helpful part in church work and also in club affairs of the city, being now president of the University Club. Politically Dr. Jewell maintains an independent course hut usually votes with the democratic party. His time, however, is altogether given to his college interests and duties and his valuable contribution to the intellectual development of the state includes the founding and management of the department of education in the University of Arkansas. His plans are always well formulated and his ideals are high, but the methods which he follows in their pursuit are of a most practical and tangible char- acter. Inherent talent, wisely developed and directed, has brought him to a prominent position among the educators of the southwest. His name is on the membership rolls of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce of Fayetteville.

J. H. STONE, M. D.

Dr. J. H. Stone, a successful physician, engaged in the practice of medicine in Mansfield, was born in Scott county, Arkansas, in 1856, and is a son of William D. and Elizabeth (Archey) Stone. The father was born in White county, Illinois, and upon removing to Arkansas took up his abode in Scott county, where he spent his remaining days. He joined the Confederacy at the time of the Civil war, serving throughout the period of hostilities. He filled the office of justice of the peace and was a well known and representative citizen of Scott county. To him and his wife were born five children: J. H .; T. W., who is now an attorney at Waldron; C. C., also living in Waldron; Mary V .; and Mrs. Julia Holtsclaw.

Dr. Stone, the eldest of the family, was educated in the schools of his native county and having determined to make the practice of medicine his life work he began studying under the preceptorship of Dr. Davenport more than thirty-three years ago. He supplemented his early reading by exhaustive research and intensive study and throughout the intervening years he has been a close student of the profession, keeping in touch with all modern thought and investigation bearing upon the practice of medicine and surgery. Thirty-one years ago he located in Mansfield and at one time engaged in merchandising here in addition to following his profession. Through all the years he has enjoyed a large practice and is the loved family physician in many a household, having carried comfort and cheer into numerous homes of Mansfield.

In early manhood Dr. Stone was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Foster and they had one child, Fred. For his second wife, Dr. Stone chose Miss Ida Heavner and their children were four in number: Ben. now deceased; James, who served with the Ninety-first California Engineers overseas and was in the sanguinary battle of the Argonne forest; Vernon and Henry. For his third wife, Dr. Stone chose Miss Esther Harris and they have one child, Thomas H.

Dr. Stone is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen and is acting as medical examiner for the last named. He

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has never been active in politics but concentrates his efforts and attention upon his professional duties and aside from his private practice is serving as surgeon for the Rock Island Railroad. He has ever been most faithful in the performance of his pro- fessional duties, displaying the utmost care in the diagnosis of his cases and mani- festing the utmost conscientiousness in the performance of every professional duty.

CHARLES B. FOX.

Charles B. Fox, deceased, whose family resides in Hot Springs, was prominently known as an extensive broker and grain merchant in New York, where he operated as the junior partner of the well known Morton-Lachenbruch Company, with offices at 42 Broad street in the eastern metropolis. Mr. Fox was of Canadian birth and of English lineage. His father, Henry Fox, who was born in England, crossed the Atlantic to the new world, settling in Canada, and throughout his entire life was extensively en- gaged in the contracting business.

His son, Charles B. Fox, horn in Canada, pursued his education in public and high schools of Owen Sound, Canada, and was one of the four children born to Henry and Mary (Cleary) Fox. When a young man he began learning telegraphy and fol- lowed the business until 1901, when he turned his attention to the brokerage business as member of a firm of that character in St. Louis, Missouri. There he continued to reside until 1913, when he extended the scope of his operations 'by entering the business circles of New York city. He became associated with the Morton-Lachen- bruch Company as a junior partner and was thus well known as one of the prominent grain merchants and brokers of the east. He continued in the business with marked success until his death and had made for himself a most creditable position in the eastern metropolis.

It was on the 29th of July, 1901, that Mr. Fox was united in marriage to Miss Mary F. Dwyer, a daughter of John R. Dwyer, representative of a well known and prominent family of La Fayette, Indiana. To Mr. and Mrs. Fox were born one son, James W., whose birth occurred July 29, 1913, and who with his mother resides in an attractive residence at No. 1611 Central avenue in Hot Springs.

The family circle was broken by the hand of death on the 13th of January, 1922, when the husband and father was called from this life, his remains being brought to Hot Springs for interment. He was a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, connected with the lodge in New York city, and his political allegiance was always given to the republican party. He was never ambitious to hold office, however, preferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs, and he had made for himself a notable position in commercial circles ere death called him when he was but forty-two years of age.

E. E. BARLOW, M. D.

For twenty years Dr. E. E. Barlow has been identified with the medical fraternity of Dermott, during which period he has won a well established position in the ranks of his profession, and he also figures prominently in business circles here. He is an active worker for the good of his community, cooperating heartily in many plans and projects for the promotion of the general welfare, and his interests and activities are thus well balanced. He was born in Crawford county, Illinois, September 16, 1873, a son of Thomas P. and Elizabeth (Rosebrough) Barlow, the former also a native of Illinois, while the latter was born in Ohio. During her childhood the mother removed with her parents to Illinois, in which state her marriage occurred. For some time the father successfully engaged in merchandising at Eaton, Illinois, and then went to Ohlong, that state, where he lived retired until his death, which oc- curred in 1915. The mother is still a resident of that place.

After completing his public school course Dr. Barlow attended the Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana, the Keokuk (Iowa) Medical College and the Memphis Hospital Medical College, now the medical department of the University of Tennessee, being graduated from the last named institution with the class of 1902. With broad collegiate training, he entered upon the work of his profession at Dermott, where he has since been located, and as the years have passed his practice has steadily increased as he has demonstrated his ability to cope with the intricate problems which continually confront the physician in his efforts to restore health. He is a close and discriminating student of his profession and through earnest study of the cases

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which come under his care and broad practical experience, he is continually augmenting his knowledge and skill. In addition to his professional activities, Dr. Barlow also has important business interests, being president of the Dermott Hotel Corporation. In December, 1906, Dr. Barlow was united in marriage to Miss Nina P. Bryan of Memphis, Tennessee, and they have become the parents of a son, Bryan E. They are members of the First Presbyterian church and fraternally the Doctor is identified with the Masons, belonging to Dermott Lodge, F. & A. M .; Albert Pike Consistory, No. 1, A. & A. S. R .; and Sahara Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias. Progress has ever been his watchword and through his membership in the Chicot County and Arkansas State Medical Societies, the Southern and American Medical Associations and the American College of Surgeons he keeps in touch with the great truths which science is constantly revealing along medical and surgical lines. During the World war he was a member of the Medical Reserve Corps and he also served as chairman of the medical advisory board of Chicot, Desha and Ashley counties. Actuated by laudable ambition, he has made continuous progress in his profession, in which he now occupies a position of prominence, and in ever relation of life he measures up to the highest standards of manhood and citizenship.

CHARLES ALBERT WALLS.

At the outset of his business career, Charles Albert Walls elected to follow a profession in which advancement must depend not upon any outside influences or support but entirely upon individual merit and ability and as an attorney he has made for himself a prominent position at the bar of Lonoke. He was born about ten miles northwest of this city on the 6th of January, 1885, and is a son of A. J. and Mollie (Robinson) Walls. His father was also a native of the same locality, born in 1865, and his parents were Jackson and Catherine (Dickinson) Walls. The grand- father was a native of South Carolina, born in January, 1809. The grandparents in the maternal line were James and Jane (Swain) Robinson, the latter a daughter of Samuel Swain of an old southern family. James Robinson was born on Long Island, New York, and came to Arkansas in pioneer times. The removal westward of the Walls family was made by way of Alabama, for when Jackson Walls left his native state of South Carolina he took up his abode in Alabama and there remained until 1848, when he came to Arkansas, settling in that part of Pulaski county which after- ward was set aside as Lonoke county, his home being situated about ten miles north- west of the city of Lonoke in the Pleasant hill neighborhood. The Dickinsons also settled in the same neighborhood, while James Robinson took up his abode seven miles northwest of Lonoke. Thus three families from whom Charles A. Walls is descended were represented among the pioneers of this section of the state. To Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Walls were born six children: Ella, the wife of Judge E. M. High; Charles Albert, of this review; Maysel, the wife of H. C. Currie of Winchester, Arkansas; Elsie, who married Thomas C. Trimble, Jr., of Lonoke; Shepard, a resident of Silver City, New Mexico, who served with the aviation branch of the army at Kelly Field and afterward was transferred to the naval aviation department at New Orleans, where he contracted influenza and was later invalided home; and Viva, the wife of Dr. E. H. Harris, who is located at Coy, Arkansas.

Charles Albert Walls, having pursued his education in the local schools and in the Lonoke high school, afterward continued his studies in the University of Arkansas, from which he was graduated in 1907 with the degrees of B. A. and LL. B. and later studied at Georgetown University, where he was graduated in 1910. He began practice in Lonoke in 1909 and has since been recognized as a progressive member of the bar. Gradually his powers as a counselor and advocate increased and his practice has steadily grown in volume and importance with the passing years. In 1917 he became state senator through appointment of Governor Brough and later was elected to the office, his term extending to 1923. In 1916 he had served as presidential elector, rep- resenting Arkansas in that connection. He has thus figured prominently in politics as well as in the practice of law and he has made a most commendable legislative record. He was joint author of the bill abolishing corporation commission and sub- stituting a railroad commission and he prepared and secured the passage of a bill placing the Arkansas penitentiary commission on a cash basis, allowing the state to borrow from the school funds by depositing bonds in lieu thereof. He was also the author of a bill making an appropriation of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars with which to establish a building program at the University of Arkansas. He was likewise one of the promulgators of a hill creating an agricultural experiment station, and thus his work as a legislator has been of a most constructive and far-reaching

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character. Nor have his public efforts been confined to his duties as state senator. He has been very prominent in connection with the good roads movement and he wrote the first successful road improvement act for the benefit of the public highways of Arkansas.

In 1909 Mr. Walls was united in marriage to Miss Anna Long, a daughter of James and Grace (Gamble) Long of Lonoke county. Their children are two in number: Charlotte and Charles A., aged, respectively, nine and four years.

Fraternally Mr. Walls is a Mason, who has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Pythias aud to the Kappa Sigma, a college fraternity. His religious faith is that of the Baptist church and his loyalty to his honest convictions no one calls into question. During the World war as at all other times he stood one hundred per cent American, taking an active part in all war work, serving as county chairman of the Liberty Loan and as chairman of the Lonoke chapter of the Red Cross, a position which he still occupies. He is the president of the Lonoke Chamber of Commerce and he assisted in securing the aviation flying field, known as Eberts Field, near Lonoke. In regard to public affairs he believes that there should be continued expansion, growth and development, just as in the life of the individual. He has, therefore, labored consistently and earnestly to produce results of benefit to city, county and commonwealth and he is today a forceful figure in the state, exerting a widely felt influence over public progress and improvement.

CAPTAIN J. D. HOGAN.

Captain J. D. Hogan, named after Colonel J. Dickerson Hogan of Mexican war fame, is a retired farmer now living in Atkins, and was born and reared in Fairfield county, South Carolina, his natal day being the 13th of September, 1838. He spent his youthful days in the home of his parents, Sandal S. and Margaret (Crankfield) Hogan The former was a native of South Carolina. The mother was a daughter of Littleton and Lncy (Wilson) Crankfield, the latter a daughter of Captain James Wilson of Revolutionary war fame and an extensive land owner, whose holdings lay in Kershaw and Fairfield counties. He had a large amount of stock and a number of negro slaves and the British drove off his cattle during the Revolutionary war.

It was in the year 1802 that Sandal S. Hogan was born and his wife was born in the year 1818. Both have long since departed this life, the former dying in 1856, while the latter died in 1858. He was a well-to-do farmer and owned a plantation of four hundred and ten acres, together with a number of negroes. Both he and his wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church and his political allegiance was given to the democratic party. In the family were twelve children, of whom J. D. was the eldest. Only three of the number are living, the others being: Mrs. Helen Allen, who resides on the old homestead farm in South Carolina; and Eugene, who is a merchant of Sumter county, South Carolina.

J. D. Hogan pursued his education in the schools of Fairfield county and was preparing to enter at Columbia, South Carolina, at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. He enlisted in the Hampton Legion Cavalry and organized and hecame captain of the scouts. For four years he was in the service and was shot through the lungs while on duty in Stafford county, South Carolina, this forcing him to remain in the hospital for three months, after which he once more entered upon active duty and fought until the close of the war. He was again wounded in the advance into Pennsylvania and had four ribs broken. He participated in many important and hotly contested engagements and with his command surrendered at Knotts Mill, North Carolina. When the war was over he returned to South Carolina, where he took up the occupation of farming. He secured a four mule team and engaged in hauling goods as well as in tilling the soil. Working earnestly and persistently, he made money from the start and he also found a profitable source of income in the opera- tion of a cotton gin in South Carolina until 1888, when he disposed of his property there and removed to Arkansas.

Captain Hogan settled in Pope county, where he had purchased the "Jim Wilson" farm, prior to his removal to this state. For a number of years he lived on his land, and brought his fields under a high state of cultivation. At length he removed to Atkins, where he purchased property, it being his desire to educate his children in the city.

On the 15th of March, 1866, Mr. Hogan was united in marriage to Miss Cynthia M. Cloud, who was born and reared in South Carolina, in which state the marriage was celebrated. They became the parents of twelve children, eight of whom are living: Minnie, the wife of Robert Gray, a farmer of Yell county, Arkansas; Mrs. Hattie

CAPTAIN J. D. HOGAN

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Haney, a widow, living in Atkins; Nattie, the wife of Gus Mathis, a business man of Oklahoma City; Irene, the wife of Alexander Gibson, a farmer of Atkins; Mable, the wife of Forrest Finnie, superintendent of a mine at Midland, Arkansas; Amy, the wife of Verda Hammock, who follows farming near Atkins; Walter, who is engaged in the drug business at Atkins; and Lionel, a farmer, being manager of his father's farm. He married Millie Griffin of Atkins. The wife and mother died in 1900. her death deeply regretted by many friends, as well as her immediate family. She was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Hogan had also been a member of that church for sixty-nine years, faithful at all times to its teachings. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity and has ever heen a loyal supporter of democratic principles. He served as justice of the peace in South Carolina and has held some minor offices since coming to Pope county, while in 1907 he was elected to represent his district in the state legislature. While a member of that body he intro- duced a bill to purify the ballot. He is interested in everything that has to do with the welfare and progress of community, commonwealth and country and his aid is ever on the side of right, justice and truth. In 1908 he retired from active farm life but still owns his farm property, which returns to him a gratifying annual income. He is widely known in Pope county and is highly esteemed by all with whom he has been associated, the sterling traits of his character gaining him warm regard. He has now passed the eighty-third milestone on life's journey and can look back over the past without regret and forward to the future without fear. His life record is in many respects well worthy of emulation and he is accorded that veneration and high regard which should always accompany an honored old age.

CHARLES WILLIS GARRISON, M. D.

Dr. Charles Willis Garrison, a physician of pronounced capability, now filling the office of secretary of the state board of health, is in this connection giving most thoughtful and earnest attention to everything that bears upon health conditions in Arkansas. His study is comprehensive and his efforts are proving far-reaching and.resultant. Little Rock claims him, therefore, as a most capable official as well as a leading representative of his chosen profession.

Dr. Garrison was born in Bastrop, Texas, July 15, 1879, and is a son of Samuel Harvey and Hannah Elizabeth (Bogar) Garrison, the latter a daughter of F. A. Bogar, who was a Confederate soldier in the Civil war. The father was born in Georgia, while the mother's birth occurred in Florence, Alabama. They now reside in Abilene, Texas, having been residents of that state for an extended period. Mr. Garrison long followed the occupation of farming. He had six brothers in the Con- federate army, hut was not connected with the service personally. He has rendered much valuable aid to his commonwealth in public office, however. For fourteen years he occupied the position of county and district clerk of Taylor county. Texas, and retired from the office in 1907, enjoying an excellent reputation as a most progressive and thoroughly reliable official. Since that time he has been secretary of the Retail Merchants Association of Ahilene, Texas, and in that connection has done much to further the commercial development of the city. To Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Garrison were horn three sons and two daughters, of whom three sons and one daughter are living. The daughter is Elsie Aleta, now the wife of Morris W. Jessup; and the other was Hattie Lenora, who was the wife of Arthur E. Watson and who died January 2, 1914, leaving a son, Arthur E., Jr., and a daughter, Edith Lenora.

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Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 160

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