Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 83

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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Their son, Dr. Yancey, acquired a liberal education along literary lines and then, determining upon the practice of dentistry as a life work, he made preparation therefor as a student in the St. Louis College of Dentistry, following the completion of his high school work at Cabot, Arkansas. When he had won his professional degree he located at Ward, Arkansas, and subsequently followed his profession for a time at Pangburn, whence he removed to Des Arc in 1917. Through the intervening period of five years he has successfully practiced here and his ability is widely attested by those who are numbered among his patrons. His work in operative dental surgery is of high class and he displays marked skill and mechanical ingenuity in the use of the multitudinous delicate little instruments which constitute the equipment of the dentist.

Dr. Yancey was united in marriage to Miss Palestine L. Tucker of Des Arc and they have many friends in this city, the hospitality of the best homes being cordially extended them. Dr. Yancey served on the local exemption hoard during the World war. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow and Mason and is most loyal and faithful to the teachings of these organizations.

CHESTER CLYDE KIRK, M. D.

Dr. Chester Clyde Kirk, occupying the position of superintendent of the Arkansas State Hospital for Nervous Diseases at Little Rock, has studied comprehensively along this line and his recognized ability brought him to his present appointment. Born in Ohio, he is a native of the town of Flushing and his natal day is August 1, 1878. His parents were Robert and Sarah Jane (Pickering) Kirk. The father was also born in Flushing, February, 1837, and the mother's birth there occurred on the 14th of October, 1838. They were reared, educated and married at the place of their nativity, their wedding being celebrated in 1858, after which Mr. Kirk was for many years successfully engaged in merchandising in Flushing. He was ever a loyal advocate of those interests which he deemed of value and benefit to community, commonwealth and country. He died in July, 1907. His wife died in Flushing, Ohio, in April, 1908. They were the parents of five sons and two daughters, of whom four sons and one daughter reached adult age and are still living.

Dr. Kirk of this review pursued his education in the schools of his native city until graduated from the high school with the class of 1895. When he had determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work he matriculated in the Ohio Medical University, from which he was graduated with the M. D. degree on the 15th of April, 1902. Through the intervening period of nineteen years he has devoted his attention to nervous and mental diseases and his course has been marked by that steady progress which results from hroad experience, wide study and familiarity with the latest scientific researches and discoveries. He has kept in touch with the trend of modern progress through the

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proceedings of the Pulaski County Medical Society, the Arkansas State Medical Society and the American Psychiatric Association, in all of which he is a member. He is like- wise a member of the Alpha Mu Pi Omega, a medical fraternity. Following his gradu- ation he served eighteen months as interne in the Protestant Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, and thirteen years in the Toledo State Hospital, and has been identified with the pro- fession in Arkansas since 1917. He was called to his present position as superintendent of the Arkansas State Hospital for Nervous Diseases in 1917, as a result of the recom- mendation made by the American Psychiatric Association, and he has introduced many improvements and modernized the care and treatment of the patients during the inter- vening period.

In Saco, Maine, November 13, 1907, Dr. Kirk was married to Miss Joanna Frances Deering, daughter of Gilman and Miriam (Hall) Deering. They were also natives of the Pine Tree state, living for many years in Saco, where the mother still makes her home and where the father died April 11, 1921. Dr. and Mrs. Kirk have become parents of the following named: Robert and Gilman, twins, horn August 7, 1908; Miriam Jane, born December 22, 1910; Charles Sanborn and James, twins, who were horn May 5, 1917, and died in November, 1918. Dr. Kirk is a democrat in his political views and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Second Presbyterian church, in which he is serving as an elder. He has also taken the degrees of the York and Scottish Rites Masonry and is a highly esteemed member of the Country Club. His interests and activities have always centered in those channels through which flow the greatest and most permanent good to the greatest number and he has always been keenly inter- ested in those wholesome, purifying reforms which have been growing up in the civic life of city, state and country.

J. H. RAYBURN.

J. H. Rayburn, an abstractor, residing at Cotton Plant, is a native of Mississippi, born March 13, 1890. His parents are J. R. and Caroline (Funderburk) Rayburn, who are natives of Tennessee and of South Carolina, respectively. The father, who is a farmer by occupation, carried on general agricultural pursuits and stock raising. He is quite active as a member of the Masonic fraternity and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, South, while his wife is of the Baptist faith. She has been married twice, her first hushand being G. N. Dyson, by whom she had five children: Jordan, now living in Mississippi; Jonas F., an attorney of Cotton Plant; Thomas N., a practicing physician and surgeon of Amarillo, Texas, who was educated in the Baylor University of that state; Ellen, the wife of Thomas Crook of Mississippi; and Armenta, the wife of Charles Outlaw of Mississippi. By her second marriage Mrs. Rayburn became the mother of three children: Minnie, the wife of E. C. Sloan of Mississippi; Clifford, also of that state; and J. H., of this review.

The last named was educated in the district and town schools of Itawamba county, Mississippi, and later attended the high school at Cotton Plant, Arkansas. He next went to Dallas, Texas, where he worked for a time and in 1914 returned to Cotton Plant, where he pursued his high school studies. He then began keeping books for the Cotton Plant Handle Company, with which he remained for two years and on the 5th of June, 1917, America having entered the World war. he enlisted in the army, being on duty at the state capital as a member of Company B, First Arkansas Infantry. Later he was trans- ferred to the One Hundred and Fifty-third Infantry and after spending some time at Fort Logan H. Roots he was sent to Camp Pike and later to Camp Beauregard. He then went overseas with the One Hundred and Fifty-third Infantry, which was attached to the Thirty-ninth Division, and after two months spent in France he entered the Officers' Training School at De Lavallbone in Aisne. He was commissioned on the 18th of March, 1918, but had completed his school work in December, 1917. Being made a second lieutenant he engaged in training soldiers and was assigned to Company E of the Fifty-third Infantry, Sixth Division, being largely engaged in the training of troops. Before receiving his commission he had served as a private, as corporal and as sergeant and he entered the training with the rank of first sergeant. After the signing of the armistice he went with the Army of Occupation into Germany and in June, 1919, he returned to the United States, receiving his discharge at Camp Pike on the 31st of July of that year.

Immediately afterward Mr. Rayburn returned to Cotton Plant, where he established the firm of J. H. Rayburn & Company, dealers in real estate, loans, titles and abstracts. His real estate activity is confined largely to Arkansas land, including timber, mining, oil and farm lands. He also handles life and fire insurance, representing twenty fire insurance companies and two life insurance companies, also two casualty companies.

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Another branch of his business covers abstracts and titles, his being the only abstract business at Cotton Plant. He devotes practically his entire time and attention to his business, which has constantly grown in volume and importance and already he has reached a creditable position in the business circles of Woodruff county.

Since his return from the war Mr. Rayburn has been commissioned a captain in the National Guard. He was one of the organizers of Otiswood Post, No. 98, of the American Legion, of which he is secretary and which has a membership of thirty-one. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to Bill Baxter Lodge, No. 228, at Wheetley, Arkansas, for eight years. He is likewise a Knights Templar and in November, 1921, he attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He has served as tyler in the blue lodge and is keenly interested in all that pertains to the advancement of Masonry and the adoption of the high principles which constitutes the basic elements of the order.

GUS KRONE.

Gus Krone, a wholesale cigar, candy and tobacco merchant of Fort Smith, estab- lished business on the 1st of May, 1917, under the name of the Southern Cigar & Candy Company and has since developed his interests to large proportions. He is a native son of the city in which he still makes his home, his birth having occurred in 1888. He is a son of J. H. and Katie M. (Manning) Krone, both of whom were natives of Arkansas and are represented on another page of this work. The grandfather in the paternal line was Paul R. Krone, who served with the Arkansas troops in the Civil war. J. H. Krone is conducting business in Fort Smith as a partner in the firm of Krone Brothers, wholesale dealers in cigars and candy and also engaged in the manufacture of cigars. His father was one of the first merchants of the city and thus through three generations the family has been prominently represented in connection with the com- mercial interests and development of the city.

Gus Krone, one of a family of nine children, was educated in the schools of Fort Smith and after putting aside his textbooks he started out in the business world by working for his father as a cigar maker and thus early learning the trade. Later he became a salesman and was employed in that connection until May, 1917, when he decided to leave his father and branch out in business for himself. Accordingly he became a whole- sale cigar, tobacco and candy merchant, conducting business under the name of the Southern Cigar & Candy Company. His trade has steadily and rapidly increased from the beginning and now extends throughout eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. His establishment occupies a space fifty by one hundred and forty feet and he carries an extensive and well selected stock. His patrons have found him progressive, enterprising and thoroughly reliable and thus his trade has constantly increased through the good words spoken of him by his customers and he has ever recognized the fact that satisfied customers are the best advertisements.

Mr. Krone was united in marriage to Miss Julia A. Deiser, a daughter of Julius and Carrie M. Deiser of Fort Smith, the former now deceased. Her father was a very highly respected citizen and was one of the first volunteer firemen and in his honor the first hook and ladder company was called the Deiser Company. He died when his daughter, Mrs. Krone, was quite young.

Mr. Krone belongs to the Business Men's Club, to the Lions Club, to the Modern Woodmen of America and to the Knights of Columbus. He is much esteemed in Fort Smith and is recognized as a citizen who gives stanch support to all those interests which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride, assisting in promoting the public welfare whenever possible.

G. T. SULLINS.

G. T. Sullins, attorney at law, engaged iu practice in Rogers, was born in Madison county, Arkansas, May 7, 1889, and is a son of A. J. and Mary (Patton ) Sullins. The father was born near Nashville, Tennessee, while the mother was a native of Kentucky and they were married in Madison county, Arkansas, where they settled in 1872. They are now residents of Huntsville, Arkansas, and both are representatives of old southern families. The father is a son of James Sullins, who removed to Arkansas and spent his last days in this state. He was a native of Tennessee and a farmer by occupation. The maternal grandfather was Reuben Patton, a native of Kentucky, who served in the Confederate army during the Civil war and died in Madison county, Arkansas. A. J. Sullins devoted his life to farming until about three years ago, when he removed to

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Huntsville and retired from active business, since which time he has spent his days in the enjoyment of the fruits of his former toil. Both he and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist church. They have a family of four children: G. T .; Hattie, who is the wife of John Perry and resides on a farm near Fayetteville; Sherman, who is engaged in the transfer business in Huntsville; and Grace, the wife of Mckinley Fritts, a farmer of Huntsville.

G. T. Sullins was educated in the common schools of Madison and of Washington counties and started out in life in connection with the occupation to which he had been reared, for he early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. He also taught school for six years in early manhood and while thus engaged he took up a correspondence course in law through the La Salle Extension University of Chicago and ultimately was admitted to the bar on the 3d of March, 1914. He then opened an office and began practice in Huntsville and in 1918 he was elected county judge, serving upon the bench for two years. On the 5th of January, 1921, he removed to Rogers, where he entered into partnership with W. N. Ivie, under the firm style of Sullins & Ivie. He has been admitted to practice before the supreme court of the state and the federal court and he now has a good clientage, which is rapidly developing both in volume and importance.

On the 12th of February, 1912, Mr. Sullins was married to Miss Vina Neal, who was born in Madison county, Arkansas, a daughter of Felix G. Neal, who follows farming in that county. Mr. and Mrs. Sullins have become the parents of five children, three of whom are living: Paul, eight years of age, now in school; Madge, two years of age; and Mildred, who is in her first year. Mr. Sullins is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Woodmen of the World and he has filled all of the chairs in the Odd Fellows' lodge and in the Woodmen Camp and has been junior warden in the Masonic lodge. His political endorsement has always been stanchly given to the republican party and in 1916 he was a candidate for the state legislature, on which occasion there was a tie vote, whereupon the governor appointed his opponent, J. B. Harris. Mr. Sullins devotes the major part of his attention to the practice of law, though he is a representative and progressive business man, as well as capable lawyer, alert and enterprising and at all times actuated by a laudable am- bition that argues well for his success in the future.

FRED RUSSELL.

Fred Russell of Clarksville, who is filling the office of county clerk of Johnson county, was born on a farm near the city in which he still makes his home, his natal year being 1891. He is a son of Henry and Lou ( McMIinn) Russell, the former a native of Johnson county, Arkansas, while the latter was born in Mississippi. The family has been repre- sented in this state for many years. The grandfather, Urias Russell, was born in Missouri in 1803 but came to Arkansas in 1836 and took up his abode on a farm, on which he lived until death ended his labors in 1873. His son, Henry Russell, was educated in the public schools of his native county and after reaching man's estate he began farming on his own account. He is still the owner of a farm property but makes his home at Ozone, Arkansas, where he is engaged in merchandising, having very suc- cessfully conducted his business affairs. His political endorsement is always given to the democratic party and fraternally he is connected with the Masons and also with the Odd Fellows. He wedded Lou McMinn, a daughter of N. B. McMinn, who came to Arkansas from Mississippi during the pioneer epoch in the history of this state and here followed the occupation of farming. Mrs. Russell is a member of the Christian church and like her husband is highly esteemed in the community in which she makes her home. They became parents of nine children, eight of whom are living: Mrs. Etta Smith of Rupert, Idaho; Mrs. Pearl Ferguson of Springdale, Arkansas; Fred, of this review; Grover and Guy, twins, the former a farmer and the latter a merchant at Ozone, Arkansas; Jet, Libby and Luther, all at home.

The public school system of Johnson county afforded Fred Russell his early educa- tional privileges, while later he continued his studies in the College of Ozarks at Clarks- ville. He started out in life as a farmer and in early manhood he also took up the profession of teaching, which he followed successfully for seven years, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired. In 1918 he was elected to the office of county clerk and public endorsement of his service came to him in his reelection in 1920, so that he is the incumbent in that position. He has always been interested in politics, giving stanch support to the democratic party and he is now devoting his entire time to his office.

In March, 1913, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Russell and Miss Olive Riddle,

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who was born in Johnson county, a daughter of M. F. Riddle, a native of South Carolina. who came to Johnson county in young manhood and here departed this life in 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are parents of two children: Verlon, now attending school; and Vivian, five years of age. Mrs. Russell is a member of the Baptist church. Both are held in high esteem by a large circle of friends, who entertain for them warm regard. They are leading young people of the community, both being well known here. Mr. Russell has spent his entire life in this section of the state and that his career has ever been an honorable and straightforward one is indicated in the fact that many of his stanchest friends are those who have known him from his boyhood to the present time. His entire course reflects credit and honor upon the community and Johnson county is proud to number him among her native sons. He is proving his worth as a citizen in the prompt and efficient manner in which he discharges his official duties and he enjoys the full confidence and goodwill of his fellow townsmen.

JAMES F. CRUMP, M. D.

Dr. James F. Crump of Pine Bluff, who since 1905 has engaged in the practice of medicine in Arkansas, was born in Cleveland county, this state, in 1873, and is a son of James F. and Priscilla (Tisdale) Crump. The Crump family has long been repre- sented in America. Early generations resided in Virginia, whence a removal was made to North Carolina. The grandfather was James Crump, who married a Miss Kendall, and their son, James F. Crump, Sr., was born in Anson county, North Carolina. He wedded Priscilla Tisdale, a daughter of Elbert and Fannie (Smith) Tisdale. Her father was originally from Tuscumbia, Alabama, and the Smith family was also established in Alabama at an early day. The grandfather in the maternal line was Abraham Smith, who came to Arkansas in 1840. The first of the Crump family to arrive in this state was James F. Crump, Sr., and his brother, who came about 1865 and settled in what was then Dorsey county, but is now Cleveland county. The first of the Tisdale family in Arkansas was the grandfather of Dr. Crump of this review, who also settled in what is now Cleveland county, and the Smith family was established in the same neighbor- hood, so that in several lines Dr. Crump is descended from old families of this state. His father served for four years under General Lee in the Confederate army. To him and his wife were born four children: James F .; Sidney, deceased; George E .; and Robert E., who is now superintendent of schools at Durant, Oklahoma.

Dr. James F. Crump of Pine Bluff was educated in the schools of Cleveland county and in the University of Arkansas, in which he pursued his medical course, being graduated in 1905. He at once located for practice in Cleveland county and in 1913 came to Pine Bluff, where he has remained. He specializes in the treatment of the eye, ear, nose and throat and has developed his skill and ability in this line to a high point of efficiency and power. He is constantly studying in order to promote his knowl- edge and ability and is thoroughly conversant with the most modern and scientific prin- ciples that have to do with his branch of the profession.

Dr. Crump was married to Miss Dora Harrison, a daughter of Jesse Harrison of Cleveland and of Balzora (Kesterson) Harrison. They have become parents of four children: Hazel, Lauriene, Jesse and George. Dr. Crump and his wife are members of the Methodist church and he is identified with the Masonic fraternity, being interested in all those forces which make for the uplift of the individual and the benefit of the community at large. Along professional lines he has membership with the Jefferson County, the Arkansas State and the American Medical Associations and he is a worthy exponent of the highest standards and ethics of the profession.

HOWARD H. CONLEY.

Howard H. Conley of Little Rock, agency director for the New York Life Insurance Company, comes to this state from Iowa, his birth having occurred at Iowa Falls, in Hardin county, September 20, 1885. He is a son of John and Ethel Anna ( Montgomery) Conley. The father was horn in Ireland in the year 1847, and the mother's birth occurred in Michigan. They were married in Marshall, Michigan, in 1881 and became the parents of a family of four sons and two daughters, all of whom are yet living, so that the family circle yet remains unbroken by the hand of death, as the parents also survive. The father was a successful cattle man of Iowa for a number of years, but is now living retired, making his home at San Antonio, Texas. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party.

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Howard H. Conley pursued his early education in the public schools of Iowa Falls, finishing the high school there and afterward attending Ellsworth College in the same town. He started business life in 1904 in San Antonio, Texas, with the New York Life Insurance Company and has been with that concern ever since. For the past ten years he has been agency director of Arkansas for this company, a position of responsibility and trust which he is most capably and efficiently filling. He is prominently known in insurance circles by reason of his marked capability and fidelity to the interests which he represents. He enjoys the high respect and confidence of his contemporaries and colleagues among insurance men and in 1918 was elected to the presidency of the Little Rock Life Underwriters Association, while in 1919 he was made president of the Arkansas Insurance Federation. He can speak most intelligently upon any phase of the insurance business because of his close study thereof and as agency director he has wisely developed the interests of the New York Life in this state.

On the 10th of November, 1914, Mr. Conley was united in marriage to Miss Marie Cates, who was born in Little Rock in 1893 and is a daughter of Mrs. F. L. French of Little Rock. Mr. and Mrs. Conley have become parents of two children: Howard H., born October 30, 1915; and French, born March 30, 1920.

Politically Mr. Conley is a democrat and the party has received his earnest endorse- ment since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He has never been an office seeker, but at all times has responded to the demands made in the line of good citizenship. He was a director of sales for Liberty Loan bonds in the district of Little Rock and also served on the committee having in charge the War Savings Stamps. He was likewise state director for the enrollment of the American Red Cross. He is popular in club circles, having membership in the Little Rock Country Club and in the Quapaw Club, of which he is now the president.

HARRISON HALE.

Dr. Harrison Hale, professor of chemistry in the University of Arkansas at Fayette- ville, was born in Columbus, Mississippi, December 27, 1879. He is of English lineage, although the family has been represented on American soil through many generations. Thomas Hale, founder of the family in the new world, came from England about 1630 and among his descendants were those who participated in the Revolutionary war. Through several generations the family was represented in Massachusetts, in which state occurred the birth of Harrison Hale, who in 1832 removed to Mississippi, where his remaining days were passed. He devoted his life to merchandising, to manufacturing and to iron mining and developed one of the first iron mines in the south. He prospered in his undertakings, hut suffered heavy losses during the Civil war period, including the loss of a number of slaves. However, his resolute spirit and determination enabled him largely to retrieve his fortunes. His son, Moses A. Hale, was born and reared in Mis- sissippi and in that state was united in marriage to Miss Sne Cook, also a native of Mis- sissippi and a daughter of William O. Cook, whose birth occurred in Mississippi and who served with the Confederate forces. Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Moses A. Hale continued residents of their native state until 1890, when they removed to Atlanta, Georgia, and there Mrs. Hale died in the year 1900. The father was engaged in the milling business in Mississippi in early life and afterward entered upon the practice of law, which he followed in Atlanta. He now makes his home with his son, Dr. Hale, an only child. His political allegiance has ever been given to the democratic party and fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church.

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Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 83

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