Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 48

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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Dr. Faust has been married twice. In September, 1895, he wedded Norma Rogers, who died April 1, 1912. They were parents of five children, four of whom are living: Margaret, who died at the age of three years; Frances, who was born July 13, 1899, and is traveling in Oklahoma; Florence, who was born September 7, 1901, and is attending the Arkansas College at Batesville; John E., who was born January 19, 1905, and is also a student in the Arkansas College; and Norman, who was born March 28, 1912, and is a student in Batesville. For his second wife Dr. Faust chose Zora (Patterson ) Ray, their marriage being celebrated April 20, 1918. Dr. Fanst and his first wife were Presbyterians and later he joined the Baptist church, to which his present wife belongs. He is a member of Searcy Lodge, A. F. & A. M., with which he has been identified since 1895. He is a democrat in politics and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but has no time nor inclination to fill public office. preferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his professional duties. He belongs to the White County, Arkansas State and Tri-State Medical Societies and to the American Medical Association and he is ever most prompt and conscientious in the performance of all of his professional duties.

LODOWICK BRODIE STONE.

Lodowick Brodie Stone, a retired merchant and prominent farmer and stock raiser residing at Fayetteville, was born April 23, 1859, in the house which is still his home. He is a son of Stephen K. Stone, who was long one of the prominent, honored and valued citizens of Arkansas. He was almost a nonagenarian when death called him and had been a resident of Arkansas for nearly seventy years. His birth occurred in Oxford, North Carolina, September 25, 1819. The family is of English origin and was founded in America by Allen Stone, grandfather of Stephen K. Stone. He died in early life, sur- vived by his son, Parker F. Stone, who was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1788. When about fifty-seven years of age Parker F. Stone removed to Arkansas, settling on Lee's creek, near Van Buren, where both he and his wife died. They were married in 1811,

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Mrs. Stone bearing the maiden name of Kindness Hicks. She was born in Granville county, North Carolina, in 1793. Mr. and Mrs. Parker F. Stone became parents of the following named: Dr. Robert Stone, who spent his life in Stewart county, Tennessee; Harriet, who became the wife of Nathaniel Daniels and died in Mississippi; Sallie, who married Thomas Word and died in Tennessee; Allen, whose death occurred near Van Bnren, Arkansas; Mary, who after becoming the widow of James Phillips married a Mr. Miller and died in Tennessee; Stephen K .; and Sophie, who married James Gatlin and departed this life in Tennessee.

The youthful training ot Stephen K. Stone was that of the farm bred boy and his education was obtained in the military school at Bingham, North Carolina. When fifteen years of age he left home and started out to provide for his own support by clerking in a store at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, while subsequently he became bookkeeper in an auction store in New Orleans, Louisiana. He next proceeded northward by way of the Mississippi as far as Vicksburg and there he again was employed as a salesman and bookkeeper. The 11th of June, 1840, witnessed his arrival in Fayetteville, Arkansas, at which time his c sh capital consisted of but four hundred and fifty dollars. Here he entered the employ of others and in 1850 he established a family grocery store. to which he constantly added other lines of goods until he was engaged in the sale not only of groceries but of dry goods, hardware and implements, his original establishment having thus been converted into a small department store. At one time he retired from active business but later joined a son in another venture, becoming a partner of the firni of B. H. Stone & Company. He possessed marked ability as a financier and displayed sound judgment in everything that he undertook. In order to meet the demands of a constantly expanding business he erected buildings and he also improvel vacant prop- erty around the square as an investment, realizing the growing importance of the county seat. From time to t'me he made purchases of property which constantly increased in value as the district became more thickly settled.

Stephen K. S'one was married September 22, 1842, to Miss Amanda Milvina Brodie, a danghter of Lodowick Brodie, who established his home near Fayetteville in 1835. Mr. Brodie left Clarksville, Tennessee, with his family and traveled hy wagon to Arkansas in 1831, spending one year in Benton county. He afterward engaged in general merchan- dising at Fayetteville from 1840 until 1842 and then took up the occupation of farming. Following the discovery of gold in California he made his way to that state and spent two years upon the Pacific coast, making the return trip by way of the Isthmus of Panama. While en ronte, however, he became ill and died, being buried at sea. His daughter, Mrs. Stone, was but twelve years of age when on horseback she accompanied her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. James Brodie, to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, where she attended school, returning in the same manner in 1840.

The father of Mrs. Stone was Lodowick Brodie, who was born at Oxford, North Caro- lina, September 22, 1800, a son of Dr. John Brodie, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, who was graduated in the University of Edinburgh and in young manhood come to the United States. He weddel Mary Taylor, a cousin of Zachary Taylor, who later became president of the United States. Dr. and Mrs. Brodie were parents of the following named: Dr. John Brodie, Jr .; Thomas; Lewis; David; Nancy, who became the wife of Dr. Kittrell; Mary; Dr. David; Lodowick; Alexander; and James. Dr. Brodie, Sr., resided for many years in Montgomery county, Tennessee. and there both he and his wife lie buried. Lodowick Brodie was active in many ways. He built the first Methodist church in Fayetteville, also the first schoolhouse in the town in 1835. This building afterward became the first female academy west of the Mississippi river. The structure was a brick building and was the first of the kind in the county, occupying the present site of the Fayetteville high school. Lodowick Brodie was married twice. In 1821 he wedded Miss Matilda Anthony, daughter of William B. and Susan (McClain) Anthony, the latter a sister of Charles McClain, a soldier of General Harrison's army in the battle of Tippecanoe, in which he captured an Indian tomahawk that is now an heirloom in the family at Fort Smith. Ledowick and Matilda Brodie became parents of the following named: Crispes, born in 1822; William, in 1823; Mrs. Stephen K. Stone, born October 15, 1825; and John, born in 1827. After the death of his first wife Mr. Brodie wedded Miss Amanda Malvina Anthony, a sister of his former wife, and their children were as follows: Prairie, Susan, Adelaide, Jane, Mary, Ella, James, Thomas, Albert and Lewis. The grandfather of Mrs. Amanda M. Stone in the maternal line was William B. Anthony, a gallant soldier of the War of 1812, who enlisted September 24, 1813, as a private in Captain George Smith's company of spies, Dyer's regiment of mounted gunmen, of the Tennessee volunteers. He was hon- orably discharged April 30, 1814, after which he returned to his home at Gallatin, Sumner county, Tennessee. He reenlisted September 28, 1814, in Captain Moore's company, Second Regiment Mounted Gunmen, as a private, and was killed December 28, 1814, at the battle of Lake Borgne, Louisiana, when in defense of New Orleans under General Jackson.

There are many interesting events related in connection with the history of the

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maternal ancestry from which Stephen K. Stone sprang. His grandfather was Cap- tain Robert Hicks, who was the father of Kindness Hicks. Captain Hicks married a Miss Raven, of French-Huguenot lineage, whose maternal ancestors journeyed to England from France in order to escape the persecutions of the Catholics. They came from Eng- land to America during the colonial epoch in the history of the new world. Robert Hicks was a son of John Hicks, who lived for many years on Long Island, and Hicks street in Brooklyn was named in his honor. Captain Hicks spent his youthful days in North Carolina, the family home being there established about the time of the outbreak of the Revolutionary war. He joined the militia troops of North Carolina and at the battle of Guilford Courthouse his company was placed in front of the trained Colonials. Being untrained militia, all fled from the assault of the British save Robert Hicks, who scorned to retreat and single-handed fought the enemy. He finally escaped from the Red Coats, according to the records in the war department at Washington, and shared the dangers and glories of the struggle for independence. The records of North Carolina concerning that period show that Captain Hicks was issued certain certificates in payment for services rendered as a soldier in the Revolutionary war.

It was from such ancestry that L. B. Stone sprang in the maternal line. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Stone, had a family of seven children: Mary, who became the wife of George S. Albright of Fayetteville; Stephen R., a merchant of Olathe, Kansas; Benjamin H., of Fayetteville; William C., of Altus, Oklahoma; Lodowick Brodie, of Fayetteville; Amanda M .; and Albert Brodie, who is engaged in the practice of law. The mother gave the block of ground where the City Hospital of Fayetteville now stands. it then containing only a small brick building. It was her wish and will that this ground be used for the sake of humanity and on the board of trustees she appointed one member from every denomination, both Jews and Gentiles, represented in Fayetteville.

Stephen K. Stone was a man of splendid business ability, adaptable, ready, alert and possessed of broad information. He was characterized by a genial manner, affability and generosity and was constantly extending a helping hand where aid was needed. He made a notable record in the achievement of success, but it was his straightforward and creditable business policy that gained for him the high regard and goodwill of all with whom he came in contact. A contemporary biographer said of him: "In his relation to the city and public generally Mr. Stone was simply a modest, quiet citizen without am- bition for politics or for public office. The nearest he came to holding an office was when he was made deputy postmaster at Fayetteville to protect his interests as a bondsman for the postmaster. He was reared a whig but when that party dissolved he became a dem- ocrat. He was not a party to any of the events of the Civil war but was in sympathy with the southern cause and gave it his moral support. He was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church and fraternally he was affiliated with the blue lodge of Masons and with Washington Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M."

Lodowick Brodie Stone was educated in the University of Arkansas and in the Emory and Henry College at Emory, Virginia, being thus well qualified for life's practical and responsible duties. He afterward returned home and he and his brother, Benjamin H. Stone, purchased the father's store and carried on mercantile pursuits from 1880 until 1891, winning substantial success during that period. In the latter year they disposed of the store and purchased the farm of David Walker, who had built a large brick house upon the place prior to the Civil war. When hostilities between the North and South occurred Mr. Walker and his family removed southward and after the battle of Prairie Grove the Union army used the house as a hospital. L. B. Stone still owns the farm and he has altogether five hundred and fifty acres, constituting the best and most highly im- proved farm property in the county. Hereon he raises full-blooded shorthorn cattle, Shropshire sheep and Duroc hogs and is one of the most prominent stock raisers of this section of the state. He has made a most thorough study of scientific methods of farming and stock raising and his wide understanding and unfaltering industry have been strong features in the attainment of his present-day success.

In 1884 Mr. Stone was married to Miss Juliet Thurmond, who was born in Nashville, Tennessee, a daughter of James M. and Prairie (Brodie) Thurmond. Her mother was born in a log cabin in Fayetteville, then considered the finest house in the town. Mr. Thurmond was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and they were married near Clarksville, that state. Removing to Fayetteville, Mr. Thurmond engaged in contracting and building. He afterward took up his abode in Texas, where he died in 1906. He was consid- ered a very wealthy man for his day, owning one thousand acres of land, and was also successfully engaged in merchandising To Mr. and Mrs. Thurmond were born three children, of whom two are living, Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Mary Whitcomb, a widow residing in Groesbeck, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Stone have become parents of a son, Dudley, who is engaged in merchandising at Pierce City, Missouri. He married Marie Roberts and they have one daughter, Juliet Annette Stone.

Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Stone are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, with which

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they have been identified for many years. The grandfather, Lodowick Brodie, gave the lot upon which the church now stands to the society and thus for several generations representatives of the family have been closely associated with the moral development of the community as promoted through the activities of the Methodist church. In politics Mr. Stone has always been a democrat and he belongs to the Anti Horse Thief Association. He still owns and occupies the house in which he was born, his father having purchased this large brick residence from Judge David Walker in 1858, the judge having erected the building ten years before. Through various connections Mr. Stone is closely associated with the pioneer development and later history of Fayetteville and the western portion of the state. He has long taken an active and prominent part in public affairs and his labors have been so directed that the results achieved have been most gratifying to the public. His memory forms a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present and there are few events which have to do with the history of Fayetteville and northwestern Arkansas with which he is not thoroughly acquainted.

W. D. DAVENPORT.

W. D. Davenport, attorney at law of Searcy, was born August 3, 1877, in White county, Arkansas, and comes of Irish ancestry. His grandfather, John Davenport, was a native of the Emerald isle and in 1830 crossed the Atlantic, settling in North Carolina. Later he removed to Tennessee and afterward to White county, Arkansas, in 1856. He then entered one hundred and sixty acres of wooded land and after clearing away the trees and brush, broke the sod and began the development of a farm. He was one of the pioneer settlers of White county, having made the journey westward with ox team and wagon and his oxen were used in breaking the sod. There was much big game to be had in this section of the country at the time and all of the experiences and hardships of pioneer life constituted the features of the daily existence of the people of the community. He did his trading at West Point in the early days and he lived to see many changes as the country became settled and developed. His death occurred during the Civil war period. He was the father of Benjamin F. Davenport, who was born in North Carolina and accompanied his parents to Arkansas in 1856. He enlisted in the Confederate army from White county and served during the last year of the war, although only fifteen years of age, being on duty west of the Mississippi, the time being largely passed in northern Arkansas and along the Missouri border. When the war was over he returned to White county, where he became a land owner and carried on general farming. He had to clear. break aud improve his land and from time to time he added to his holdings, prospering as the years passed by. He continued to occupy and further develop the homestead until his death and the property is still in possession of the family. In young manhood he married Frances Haywood, a native of Mississippi, the daughter of Tillman Haywood, who removed from Mississippi to Greene county, Arkansas, in 1866 and in 1867 erme to White county. In Mississippi he had been a slave-owner and had engaged extensively in farming, but during the Civil war lost everything that he had save his home. After coming to this state he bought land in White county and here spent his remaining days. his death occurring in 1876; while his wife, who bore the maiden name of Tabitha Haley, also departed this life here. Their daughter, Mrs. Frances Davenport, survives her hus- band, who died in 1886 at the age of thirty-six years. She has reached the age of seventy- two and she recently carded and spun yarn and made a scarf, which was on exhibit at the Arkansas state fair. Mr. Davenport was a populist in political faith and in religious belief a Christadelphian, while Mrs. Davenport belongs to the Apostolic church. In their family were four children: W. D., of this review; Kate, the wife of Walter N. Harshaw, who operates a gin and conducts a farm at Pangburn, Arkansas; Jennie, who is the widow of George Reaves; and Benjamin Booth, who died at the age of sixteen years. The daughter, Jennie, had one child by her first marriage, Maude, who is the wife of Riley Doyle, a farmer of Pangburn, Arkansas. After losing her first husband Mrs. Reaves became the wife of Pressely Broadwater and they have one child, May, who is the wife of Goldie Williams of Pangburn, Arkansas. Mrs. Broadwater died in 1901.

W. D. Davenport, having mastered the elementary branches of learning taught in the rural schools of White county, continued his education in the Searcy high school and then took up the occupation of farming, to which he had been reared and which work he successfully conducted. He also taught in the district schools for a period of ten years, mostly in the winter seasons and ambitious to advance his education he later became a student in the State University, where he prepared for law practice, being graduated in 1909 with the Bachelor of Laws degree. In the same year he opened an office in Searcy and entered upon general practice. Through the intervening period he has tried all kinds of cases. While he regards the practice of law as his real life work

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he is also well known as a land-owner, having a thousand acres, from which he derives a good rental. Mr. Davenport is also interested in the Union Bank & Trust Company of Searcy as one of its directors and vice president.

Mr. Davenport was united in marriage to Miss Margaret E. Figg, who was born in White county, and they became parents of two children, but the older one died in infancy. The other, Elvin Figg, is at home. Mr. Davenport is a democrat in his political views and has been called upon to fill several important public positions. In 1915 he was elected to the state senate, serving as president of the upper house during 1917. He was also acting governor of the state for a short time during the absence of the chief executive. He is thoroughly conversant with all of the questions vital to the welfare and progress of the commonwealth and his aid and influence have been a dominant force in shaping the history of the state in recent years. His patriotism and public spirit are manifest in all that he does and his labors have brought satisfactory and helpful results.

A. J. MCCOLLUM.

A. J. Mccollum, well known financier and member of the bar, who since 1903 has been at the head of the Merchants & Farmers Bank of Atkins and who has ever recognized and met his obligations and duties in relation to the public welfare, certainly deserves classification with the prominent and representative residents of Pope county. A native of Tennessee. he was born in Hickman county, in September, 1845, and has therefore passed the seventy-sixth milestone on life's journey. yet remains an active factor in the world's work. His parents, John and Susan (Carothers) McCollum, were natives of South Carolina, whence they removed to Tennessee in early life and were there married. The father was a farmer and saddler and following the establishment of his home in Tennessee he continued to reside in that state until called to his final rest. He was quite successful in his business affairs and was a well educated man who exerted considerable influence over public thought and action. He belonged to the Christian church, while his wife held membership in the Presbyterian church. In politics he was a democrat and filled some of the local offices.

A. J. Mccollum, who was the second in order of birth in a family of six children and who is the only one living, was educated in the schools of Hickman county and of Perry county, Tennessee, and started out in the business world as a farmer, continuing to devote his attention to general agricultural pursuits until 1874. He removed to Missouri in December, 1870, and was identified with the farming interests of that state until 1874. when he was called to public office, being elected circuit clerk. He served altogether for twenty years, making a most splendid record by the prompt and capable manner in which he discharged his duties. In January, 1903, he came to Arkansas and settling at Clinton organized the Van Buren County Bank. In the same year, however, he disposed of that bank and came to Atkins in September, 1903, after which he established the Merchants & Farmers Bank with a capital of twenty-five thousand dollars. The bank has averaged deposits amounting to two hundred thousand dollars and has' enjoyed a steady and sub- stantial growth, Mr. MeCollum wisely directing the interests of the institution as president of the bank from the beginning. He has also been admitted to the bar and practices law in connection with his banking business. His knowledge of the law, too, is of value to him in the conduct of his financial interests.

In 1867 Mr. McCollum was married to Miss Alice Harrington, who was born in Perry county, Tennessee, and they became parents of two children: Mary, who is the wife of Elijah Dalton, a farmer and banker of Pocahontas, Arkansas; and Thomas, of Spring- field, Missouri, who is a traveling salesman. The wife and mother died in 1878, in the faith of the Presbyterian church, of which she was a consistent member. In 1879 Mr. McCollum was married to Miss Emma Borth, who was born in Ripley county, Missouri, and they have become parents of three children: Oscar H., who is cashier of the Merchants & Farmers Bank of Atkins; Albert C., who is assistant cashier of the bank: and Flora, the wife of Dr. L. Gardner of Russellville. The family is one of prominence as judged by all well known standards, Mr. McCollum measuring up in every way to high ideals of manhood and citizenship. He and his wife are members of the Pres- byterian church, in the work of which they take active and helpful interest, Mr. Mc- Collum serving as one of the elders. He is also a Royal Arch Mason and was secretary of his lodge for a number of years. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to the Knights of The Maccabees. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party and for eight years he served as mayor of Atkins, his administration of municipal affairs being strictly businesslike and progressive. There is also a military chapter in the life record of Mr. MeCollum, for in the fall of 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army as a member of Company H, Forty-second Tennessee Infantry and served to the

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close of the war. He was captain of his company and he was paroled and discharged near Franklin, Tennessee, in November, 1864. He participated in the battles of New Hope Church, Jackson, Mississippi, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, and in several other of the lesser engagements. He was captured at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, and was in prison seven months during the war, at Chicago, Illinois His life history is altogether interesting inasmuch as it shows what can be accomplished, not only in the way of attaining success but also in developing character. He started out in the world a poor boy and all that he possesses has been acquired through his own labors, his entire career proving that prosperity and an honored name may be gained simultaneously.

ROY R. GEAN.

Roy R. Gean, who since his service in the United States army during the World war. has been engaged in the practice of law in Fort Smith, being one of the younger mem- bers of the bar who is rapidly forging his way to the front, was born in Van Buren, this state, on the 19th of September, 1894, his parents being John R. and Charlotte (Mann) Gean. The maternal grandfather was a soldier of the Confederate army during the Civil war.

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Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 48

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