Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 47

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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Professor Blacklock was united in marriage to Miss Grace Morrill, a daughter of Albert and Jemima (Jadwin) Morrill, and they have become the parents of three chil- dren: Carl Morrill, Naomi Ruth, and Orla Ray. The family occupies a prominent position in those social circles where true worth and intelligence are accepted as the passports to good society. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and take great interest in religious activities.

Mr. Blacklock is keenly interested in everything that makes for public progress and improvement and his own course has been marked by steady advancement. In his youth he learned the printer's trade, working on the Johnson City Journal, the Stanton County Sun and on the Blackwell Daily Eagle. He learned many valuable lessons from his experience along those lines and his career has shown steady development as he has continued his work in the educational field. He is the author of much creditable poetry, his writings having appeared in The Arkansas Teacher, and local periodicals. His dis- cussions of vital questions are always enlightening, showing deep research and broad vision. Two of his shorter poems are here given:

HONESTY.

Honesty, boys, must come from the heart; When you are tempted some wrong to impart. Make it your challenge pure motives to test- Policy never makes honesty best.

He who seems honest, to cover his wrongs, Shall in due time stand where he belongs; Hypocrite, rascal, though dressed like a king, Greater the torments that round him shall cling.

He who looks honest, intent upon wealth, Finds his soul shriveled, his physical health Ruined prematurely by Satan's device, Grinding his life for a counterfeit price.

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He who courts beauty, to revel with friends, Scarcely may know worthy honor depends Wholly on grace or the inner design, Rather than form of features so fine.

Thus you will see that bonesty comes Purely from character, riches or crumbs Nothing avail, for a man's sterling worth Ever must date from his silent re-birth.

"Do as Rome does, when you are in Rome,". Curses the world in both commerce and home.

Do your full duty, regardless of fate,

Then in God's sight you may become great.

Honesty first, though you swear to your hurt,

Hold up the banner, your claims to assert;

Honesty always, with noblest of strife,

Models the image of Christ in your life.

THOU TINY SEED.

I'd like to know how you can grow, O tiny seed in coat of brown! How can you tell so very well The way to send your rootlets down?

How make the bend, your stem to send Above the ground, in search of light?

Or how to sprout your branches out And send them forth, a lovely sight?

How grow so strong in form, ere long, That you can bear a goodly weight?

That passing birds, with chirping words, May rest within your foliage great?

Methinks you must a Pilot trust, To guide your groping in the dark,

Or else you might not steer aright Your wandering course, when you embark.

Within, quite firm, the living germ Contents itself, unseen, to stay Until the clime, at proper time, Has warmed the dreary, lifeless clay.

When duty calls within your walls, Without a single beat of drum, To see the world around you furled, Quite bravely out, at once, you come.

O lesson fair, to all who dare Earth's hidden beauties e'er to find If we would climb to heights sublime, We must this precept bear in mind:

Each little thing some truth may bring, If we but look with eyes intent, In nature's laws to find the cause Which to that seed its growth has sent.

But we observe that this may serve A purpose foul, if borne too far; In asking why, we must not try The source of power Divine to bar.

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Oh, foolish man! This mystery can Your strongest intellect confound! Perhaps too late, you'll see the bait That lured your steps to deadly ground.

We must not seek through nature's frenk, To find the cause in seed or clod;

Let us disclose what science knows, Then look through nature up to God.

Thou Source of Strength! We're forced at length To call on Thee with every plan. ('reation's power must come each hour, Directly down from God to man.

ALFRED MAJENDIE LUND.

Alfred Majendie Lund of the civil engineering firm of Lund & Hill of Little Rock, comes to this state from Tennessee. He was born in the city of Louisville, July 8, 1879. He is of English ancestry, his parents being Harry M. and Sarah Ann ( Stephenson) Lund, both of whom were natives of England, the former born in Bradford, in 1846, while the latter was born in Cumberland, in 1847. Their youthful days were spent on the "Merrie Isle" and in 1869 they were married. They became parents of three sons and two daughters, of whom one son died in infancy and one daughter died after reach- ing adult years. Mr. and Mrs. Lund became residents of Decatur, now Albany, Alabama. He devoted his life to railroad work and gave his political allegiance to the democratic party. His death occurred in 1904. The mother is still living.

Alfred M. Lund acquired his early education in the public schools of Bowling Green, Kentucky, his family removing from Louisville to that city during his infancy. He afterward became a student in Webb Brothers Preparatory School at Bellbuckle, Ten- nessee, and in 1902 was graduated from the Vanderbilt University with the degree of Bachelor of Engineering. Soon afterward he came to Little Rock, Arkansas, where he has since followed his profession and is now widely known as a civil and consulting engineer. He displays marked ability in the line of his chosen profession and has been identified with many of the most important engineering projects executed in this section of the country. He belongs to the American Society of Civil Engineers and also to the American Association of Engineers.

Mr. Lund was married November 15, 1911, to Arline House, a native of Searcy, Arkansas, and a daughter of Joseph W. House. She is a graduate of Goucher College at Baltimore, Maryland.

During the World war Mr. Lund was at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and in April, 1918, was assigned to Camp Humphreys, Virginia, near Alexandria, with the rank of major. He was on detached service and in July, 1918. he was transferred to Camp Hancock, Georgia, as camp engineer. He continued with the army until January, 1919. His political endorsement has always been given to the democratic party, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, in which he is now serving as deacon. He is also a Master Mason and belongs to the Delta Kappa Epsilon. In club circles, too, he is well known, being a popular and representative member of the Engineers' Club, the Spring Lake Club, the Country Club and the Kiwanis Club. He has many friends and is never too busy to be cordial, nor is he ever too cordial to be husy. The activities and interests of his life are well balanced and his genuine character worth has gained him high regard.

CLAYTON GOULD.

Clayton Gould, filling the position of county assessor at Pine Bluff, was born in Bradley county, Arkansas, in 1861, and is a son of Josiah and Marinda (Pomeroy) Gould. The father was a native of Massachusetts and on removing to the southwest settled in Warren county, Arkansas. Later he removed to Little Rock, where he engaged in the practice of law, becoming recognized as one of the prominent and representative mem- bers of the bar of the state. He also served as circuit judge in Little Rock and his course upon the bench was distinguished by a masterful grasp of every problem pre- sented for solution and by the utmost fairness and impartiality in his decisions. He

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likewise became widely known as the author of Gould's Digest and his ability ranked him with the most eminent lawyers and jurists of. the state. He died in Bradley, Arkansas, in 1872, while his wife, surviving for many years, died in Pine Bluff in 1899. He was twice married, having eight children by the first marriage and two children by his marriage to Marinda Pomeroy.

The elder of the two is Clayton Gould of this review, who was largely educated in the schools of Warren county and after putting aside his textbooks devoted his attention to farming. He removed to Pine Bluff in 1894 and became a surveyor and civil engineer, working along the lines of that profession until elected to the office of county assessor. He had previously filled the position of county surveyor, filling out the unexpired term of J. B. White. He has twice been elected to the office of county assessor-a fact which indicates his capability, promptness and fidelity in the discharge of his duties.

Mr. Gould was married to Miss Betty Holland, a daughter of Jacob Holland, and they have become parents of seven children, six of whom are living: Carrie, now the wife of L. A. Galloway; Florie, the wife of James Wood; Walter; Joseph; Frank; and Howard. Two of the sons, Walter and Joseph, are veterans of the World war. The family is well known in Pine Bluff, occupying a creditable social position, and as a public official the record of Mr. Gould is one over which there falls no shadow of wrong nor suspicion of evil.

RICHARD CALHOUN BRIGHT.

In insurance circles in Arkansas the name of Richard Calhoun Bright of Little Rock is prominently known. He has developed a business of large proportions as state man- ager for The Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company and what he has accomplished represents the fit utilization of the innate powers and talents which are his. Mr. Bright is a native of this state, his birth having occurred on a farm in Nevada county. March 17, 1872. His father, William Loderick Bright, was born in South Carolina in 1827, belonging to one of the old families of that state. With his parents he came to Arkansas in early life and lived for many years in Nevada county, where he followed the occupation of farming, bringing his land under a high state of cultivation and con- tributing much to the agricultural development of that section. Through the period of the Civil war he was a private in the ambulance service. He was married in Bossier parish, Louisiana, to Miss Elizabeth Franks, who was born in Alabama in 1829. Both .have departed this life, the death of Mr. Bright occurring in 1882, while his wife, sur- viving him for seven years, died in 1889. They were parents of nine sons and a daughter and of this family the daughter and three sons are yet living.

Richard C. Bright, the youngest of the family, spent his boyhood days upon the home farm in Nevada county and his experiences were those that usually fall to the lot of the farm bred boy who divides his time between the acquirement of an education in the country schools, the pleasures of the playground and the work of the fields, for the summer months were given to tasks suited to his age and strength in connection with the farm work. After attending the district schools he continued his education in public schools of Prescott and of Little Rock. His identification with the insurance business covers twenty-eight years. He first became connected with The Fidelity in 1893. Step by step he has steadily worked his way upward and is now occupying the responsible position of state manager with The Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company. He is widely known in this connection and his ability is evidenced in the splendid re- sults which have followed his labors in the upbuilding of the interests of the corporation which he represents in the state.

On the 22d of October, 1896, in Jacksonville, Arkansas, Mr. Bright was married to Miss Annie Louise Stone, who was born in Pulaski county and is a daughter of Manci and Mary ( Ferguson) Stone, the former a native of South Carolina. Both are deceased, their deaths occurring at their home at Jacksonville. Pulaski county. Mr. and Mrs. Bright have become parents of three children: Mary E., now the wife of William A. Moncrief, of Ponca City, Oklahoma: Richard C., who was born December 23, 1902; and Miles Alfred, born May 24, 1908.

During the World war period Mr. Bright rendered every possible service to the government and from December, 1917, until Armistice day was chairman of Local Ex- emption Board No. 1. He is a democrat in his political views, thoroughly informed concerning the vital questions and issues of the day, but has never been an aspirant for office. He belongs to the First Methodist Episcopal church, South, giving loyal adherence thereto and taking a helpful interest in its work. He is particularly well known in Masonic circles in Arkansas, being a thirty-third degree Mason and a past potentate of Al-Amin Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Little Rock. He is a past master of Western

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Star Lodge, No. 2, F. & A. M., of Little Rock, and has served as grand treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas and also as secretary of the board of finance of the Grand Lodge. In club circles he is a prominent and well known figure, being a past president of the Quapaw Club, a member of the Spring Lake Club and of the Big Lake Club. He has been a forceful factor in business and social circles and in the public life of the community, standing as one of the representative residents of the capital city.

ALONZO FRANKLIN THOMPSON.

Alonzo Franklin Thompson, filling the position of county and probate clerk of Arkansas county, has been a resident of De Witt since 1907 and has taken active interest in public affairs here. Born in Monticello, Drew county, Arkansas, in 1881, he is a son of J. F. and Martha (Carter) Thompson. He represents one of the old families of Georgia, his grandfather being James G. Thompson, who was born in that state and became a resident of Drew county, Arkansas. He married Elizabeth Penny and their family included J. F. Thompson, who was born in Harrison county, Georgia, and who took up his abode in Arkansas in 1856, settling in Dallas county. He after- ward became a resident of Drew county and spent his remaining days in this state. He was a veteran of the Civil war and in 1862, when home on a furlough in Drew county, he was captured by the Union forces. He first married Rhoda M. Brown and they became the parents of three children: James L., deceased; Josie F. and John T. He later married Martha Carter and to them were born six children: Joseph M., Lois E., Leona, Alonzo Franklin, Samuel and William G., the last named having departed this life. The father died in the year 1908.

Alonzo F. Thompson is indebted to the public school system of Arkansas for the educational privileges which he enjoyed and which qualified him for life's practical and responsible duties. He received high school training and afterward pursued a commer- cial course at Wilmar. He then took up the business of bookkeeping and in 1907 came to De Witt, where he entered the employ of the John Bowers Company. In 1914 he was appointed by Governor Hayes to the position of assessor of Arkansas county and he later filled the office of deputy county clerk. Still later he became deputy county col- lector and in 1918 he was elected without opposition to the position of county clerk. He is now acceptably serving in the office of county and probate clerk and is thoroughly methodical and systematic in the discharge of his duties, his record winning him high commendation from all who know aught of his service. He has also served as mayor of De Witt and the city benefited by his progressive administration. In business circles he is likewise well known, being the president of the New Era Publishing Company of De Witt.

Mr. Thompson was united in marriage to Miss Willie M. Kendell, of Tillar, Arkansas, and they have one child, Muriel. Mr. Thompson is a thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to the Woodmen and his religious faith is that of the Methodist church. The many sterling traits of his character are attested by all with whom he has come into contact, while his reliability and progressiveness in citizenship are known to the general public through the excellent service which he has rendered in office. His social qualities, too, have won him many friends and he is today widely and favorably known in the county. where for fifteen years he has made his home.

DUKE W. VINCENT, M. D.

Dr. Duke W. Vincent, physician and surgeon of Holly Grove, is one of the younger representatives of the profession in Monroe county, but already has attained a credit- able reputation and standing, his ability having won him place by the side of many older representatives of the profession. Dr. Vincent was born in Vici, Oklahoma, December 26, 1892, his parents being Hiram J. and Nellie (Connelly) Vincent, the former a native of the state of New York, while the latter was born in Urbana, Illinois. The father is now engaged in merchandising at Vici, Oklahoma, and is also a well-known ranchman, having for many years engaged extensively in raising and selling cattle. He has likewise figured prominently in connection with public affairs in his community and has served as county judge. To him and his wife were born six children: Duke W., Albert, Myrl, Hazel, Olive and Ella, the last named being the wife of Ernest Davis.

Dr. Duke W. Vincent pursued his education in the schools of Oklahoma, at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and in the University of Oklahoma. In the last named institution

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he pursued his medical course and was graduated with the M. D. degree as a member of the class of 1917. He then became first assistant to the dean of the Medical College of Oklahoma and continued in that connection until later in the year, when he joined the Medical Corps, U. S. A., in which he was commissioned a first lieutenant. However, he was permitted to study surgery for a year longer and was then assigned to duty at Camp Greenleaf. Later he was transferred to Camp Pike and afterward was stationed at the Evacuation Hospital No. 27, serving in France for twelve months, while for six months he was with the Army of Occupation at Coblenz, Germany. He won promotion to the rank of captain and as such was mustered out in October, 1920. When his military duties were over he did postgraduate work in surgery in Oklahoma City, but in July, 1921, he came to Holly Grove, Arkansas, where already he has gained a liberal practice. He is surgeon to Holly Grove Hospital, a private hospital which was estab- lished in 1921 by Drs. Sylar and Vincent.

Dr. Vincent was married in 1921 to Miss Marie Andreskowski of Buffalo, New York. She went overseas with a private Boston unit as a Red Cross nurse prior to America's entry into the World war and worked in this capacity in Austria for six months in collaboration with the Austrian Red Cross. She returned to this country just before the United States entered the struggle and subsequently again served overseas with the American Red Cross, coming home soon after the signing of the armistice. It was while serving as assistant superintendent of nurses in the State University Hos- pital of Oklahoma City, where Dr. Vincent was doing postgraduate work, that she formed the acquaintance of her future husband.

Dr. Vincent belongs to the Masonic fraternity, to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and to the national medical fraternity of Phi Beta Pi, while along the line of his profession he is connected with the Oklahoma State Medical Society and the Arkansas State Medical Society. Actuated by a laudable ambition, he is improving every oppor- tunity that will promote his efficiency and advance his skill in the treatment of disease and already he has gained a most creditable position, while his present-day achievements argue well for the future.

JOHN WILLIAM FAUST, M. D.

Thoroughly trained in the science of medicine and displaying marked capability in the application of his scientific knowledge to the needs of suffering humanity, Dr. John William Faust has become recognized as one of the able physicians and surgeons of Searcy and this part of the state. Widely known, his life history is of interest to many of our readers. He was born July 1, 1874, in the home of his parents at the corner of Third and Chester streets, Little Rock, and comes of German ancestry. His grandfather was a native of Germany and on crossing the Atlantic with his two brothers settled in Alamance county, North Carolina, where he became a farmer and slaveowner, spending his remaining days in that state. His son, John W. Faust, born in North Carolina, in 1829, was graduated in Amherst University and after coming to Arkansas he read law under the direction of General Albert Pike. He entered upon the active practice of the profession in Little Rock several years prior to the Civil war and with the outbreak of hostilities between the north and the south he enlisted in Little Rock, becoming a captain in the Confederate army, with which he served throughout the period of hostilities. He then resumed the private practice of law in the capital city, becoming a law partner of W. C. Ratcliff, with whom he was asso- ciated at the time of his demise. He was also interested in farming and owned a plantation on the river below Little Rock. He brought the first registered Jersey bull into Arkansas and he won many prizes at the fairs on his blooded stock. He was likewise eminent as an horticulturist and was one of the first to engage in fruit growing and the first to produce strawberries in this state. He occupied a position of leadership in horticultural circles and became the first president of the Arkansas Horticultural Association. Another important feature of his business was the breeding of fine hogs and in everything that he attempted he was actuated by a spirit of progress, which made his lahors standard in every respect. His was the first marriage cele- brated in the Presbyterian church of Little Rock. He wedded Cora Beebe, who was born in White county, where the town of Beebe now stands. Her father, Roswell Beebe, was a native of New York and came to Arkansas prior to the admission of the state into the Union. He laid out the city of Little Rock and donated the capital grounds to the state and also made a gift of Mount Holly cemetery to the city. At one time he owned most of the property on the river front at Little Rock and his real estate holdings throughout the city were extensive. The town of Beebe was named for him, as he owned a large plantation there at the time the railroad was built

DR. JOHN W. FAUST

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through. He was a civil engineer by profession and through his professional and business activities he contributed in notable measure to the upbuilding and develop- ment of the capital city and to the state. His political endorsement was given to the republican party. He remained a resident of Little Rock until his demise and his passing was a matter of deep and widespread regret, owing to the value of his services and his devotion to the public good.

To John W. and Cora (Beebe) Faust there were born seven children, four of whom are living: Catherine C., the wife of Ed Insley of Los Angeles, California; Emma B., a teacher in Arkansas College at Batesville; John William, of this review; Henry; Roswell B., who was killed in the shipyards at Dayton, Ohio; Fannie Ashley, who be- came the wife of John Meehan at Cotton Plant and died in 1910 at the age of thirty- four years; and Cora, who died in 1881 at the age of four years. Mr. Beebe was married a second time, his second union being with Eliza A. Tucker, a daughter of Sterling H. Tucker, who was one of the pioneer settlers of Little Rock, where he took up his abode in 1833 and hecame president of the first bank of any consequence in the capital city. Mr. Faust was a democrat in his political views and fraternally was a Mason, in which he attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Albert Pike Consistory. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian church of Little Rock and died in that faith in 1879.

John William Faust, whose name introduces this review, acquired his education in the public schools and in the Arkansas College at Batesville, while later he at- tended the Peabody School of Little Rock and Searcy College for a period of two years. He next went to the Bingham Military School at Mebane, North Carolina, and afterward matriculated in Davidson College in Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, where he won his Bachelor of Arts degree. Later he entered the Hospital College at Louisville, Kentucky, and was graduated on the completion of a medical course in 1898.

Dr. Faust located for practice in Searcy in February, 1896, and since obtaining his professional degree he has continued in the general practice of medicine and sur gery for a quarter of a century. He pursued postgraduate work in the University of Louisville in 1899 and at all times he has availed himself of every opportunity to promote his professional knowledge and thereby advance his efficiency in handling the intricate problems of health and disease. He was elected captain of the Medical Corps on the 1st of January, 1918, and acted as inspector of local boards. After receiving his commission he inspected local boards throughout the state and thus rendered vali- able aid to the country.

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Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 47

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