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Charles B. Eaton had devoted his energies to business matters, with little thought of political preferment previous to becoming a resident of Baxter county, Arkansas. However, his father's mantle as a Republican of the stanehest type had fallen upon his shoulders and he had always given his vote and support to the candidates of that party. He was elected mayor of Cotter upon his record as a citizen rather than as a party man, and was incumbent of the office when made postmaster of Cotter.
Mr. Eaton was first married on April 8, 1881, in Crawford county, Indiana, Miss Hester Thurston becoming his wife. This lady passed away at English, Indiana, the mother of Nora, who died in Trinidad, Colorado, as Mrs. Clyde Lee and left no issue ; Harvey, of Indiana ; and Letha, wife of Frank Camp, of Illinois. On June 19, 1897, Mr. Eaton was united, in Batesville, Arkansas, to Mrs. Laura Adams, a daughter of Ephraim Adams and widow of a gentleman of the same name. She has two sons by her previous marriage, namely: Jesse and Joseph Adams.
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In the matter of religious conviction Mr. Eaton belongs to the Mis- sionary Baptist church, as does also his estimable wife, he being a deacon in the same. Fraternally he is a member of the Woodmen of the World and both are widely and favorably known in the attractive center in which they have elected to make their permanent home.
HERMON CARLTON. Honored and respected by all, there is no man in Chicot county, Arkansas, who occupies a more enviable position in commercial, industrial and financial circles than does Hermon Carlton, not alone on account of the success he has achieved, but also on account of the honorable, straightforward business policy he has ever followed. He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution, his close application to busi- ness and his excellent management having brought to him the high de- gree of prosperity which is his today. While laboring for his own sue- cess he has also promoted the general prosperity by pushing forward the wheels of progress and advancing the commercial prestige of this section of the fine old Bear state of the Union.
Concerning the Carlton family the following brief data are here incorporated in connection with the father of him to whom this sketch is dedicated. Charles Hill Carlton, who is now deceased, was born in King and Queen county, Virginia, the date of his nativity being Decem- ber 24, 1838. When a mere youth he went to live with his paternal grandmother in Kentucky, in the vicinity of Lexington. He received a good common-school education and in due time began the study of law, in which connection he attended the Lebanon Law School, at Lebanon, Kentucky, in which excellent institution he was graduated as a mem- ber of the class of 1859, with the degree of Bachelor of Law. Immedi- ately after graduation he came to Arkansas, locating at Pine Bluff, where he resided with Major Hermon Carlton, who was his uncle, till the beginning of the war, when he enlisted as a private in Company A of Cleborn's regiment. As a reward for gallant and meritorious service he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was wounded on three different occasions and was, with a small detachment of his com- pany, taken prisoner and confined for a time on Johnson's Island. After the close of the war he came to Lake Village, Chicot county, this state, where he entered upon the practice of his profession, beginning opera- tions as a lawyer as a partner of Johnson Chapman, who later became his father-in-law. The firm of Chapman & Carlton gained wide renown in this county and existed until the death of Mr. Chapman, August 12, 1868. Thereafter Mr. Carlton carried on the work of his profession indi- vidually until death called him from the scene of his labors, in August, 1891. He was prominent in public affairs in Chicot county and served with utmost efficiency as state senator during the sessions of 1878 and 1880.
On the 24th of April, 1867, was solemnized the marriage of Charles Hill Carlton to Miss Maria Verdier Chapman, a daughter of his former law partner. This union was prolific of seven children, namely, Hermon, the immediate subject of this review; Johnson Chapman, who died at the age of thirteen years, Julia; Charles H., who died at the age of four years; Gertrude; Daisy ; and Irene. Mr. Carlton and his family main- tained their home on the noted "Red Reuben" plantation, three miles distant from Lake Village.
Johnson Chapman, maternal grandfather of him to whom this ar- ticle is dedicated, was born at Orange Court House, Virginia, on the 19th
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of May, 1815. There he was reared and edneated and there he initiated the study of law. Subsequently he attended the University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, in which he was graduated with the degree of Bache- lor of Laws. As a young man he followed the tide of immigration west- ward, going to Port Gibson, Mississippi, where he resided for a time, then to Columbia, Arkansas, remaining a short time, and coming thence to Lake Village, Arkansas, some time in the late '30s. In the latter place he opened law offices and he purchased a plantation on the lake, near Lake Village, which he named "Red Reuben." The principal crop raised on the plantation was eotton and in time the Red Reuben stamp on cotton bales insured the highest price in New York and London mar- kets. He was the first county clerk of Chicot eounty and in that office acquitted himself with honor and distinction. He married Miss Eliza- beth P. Gaines, of Chicot county, and they became the parents of seven children, all of whom are living except two. General Albert Pike was a personal friend of both Mr. Chapman and of Mr. Carlton and was a frequent visitor at "Red Renben," as were also many other notable personages.
Hermon Carlton was the first born of the seven children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hill Carlton and his birth occurred on the famous "Red Reuben" plantation on the 6th of October, 1868. He attended the district schools of Chicot county for two months each year until he had attained to the age of fifteen years, when he seenred a position as a elerk in a store at Gaines Landing. He was similarly engaged at various places until 1895, when he opened a general merchandise store at Lake Village, which he condueted with all of success until 1898, in which year he be- came interested in the grain commission and lumber business at this place. In 1901 he opened a cotton gin at Clarendon, Oklahoma, where he remained for the ensuing two years, when he returned to Lake Village and here purchased the Penn Gaines Insurance Agency, to the details of which he has since devoted the major portion of his time and atten- tion. In addition to his insurance ageney Mr. Carlton has other finan- cial interests of broad scope and importance in this section of Arkansas. He is treasurer of the City Hardware Company, secretary of the Lake Village Ice & Coal Company and is manager of the Chicot Building & Supply Company. He has been elected coroner of Chicot county suc- cessively for the past six years and in politics has a record for never hay- ing asked a man to vote for him.
On the 10th of August, 1905, Mr. Carlton was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Tompkins, of Auburn, Alabama. She was born in that state on the 22d of March, 1882, a danghter of Francis E. and Missourie (Amazon) Tompkins. The former is now deceased and the latter is living with the subject. To Mr. and Mrs. Carlton have been born two children-Maria Verdier and Gertrude.
In politics Mr. Carlton endorses the cause of the Democratic party and fraternally he is affiliated with D. H. Reynolds Lodge, No. 563, Free & Accepted Masons, in which he is past master; Charles H. Carlton Lodge, No. 92, Knights of Pythias, in which he is keeper of records and seals; and Cotton Piekers Lodge, No. 148, Benevolent & Proteetive Order of Elks, at Greenville, Mississippi. In 1910 Mr. Carlton erected a sub- stantial briek business block at Lake Village, in which are located the post office, four stores and the "Carlton," a modern hotel. Mr. Carlton is a man of distinet and forceful personality, of marked sagacity, of un- daunted enterprise, and in manner he is genial, courteous and easily approachable. His career has ever been such as to warrant the trust and
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confidence of the business world and his activity in industrial, commer- cial and financial circles forms no unimportant chapter in the history of Chicot county.
EDWARD J. LOOP, cashier of the Baxter County Bank at Cotter, has brought to the management of the affairs of the important monetary in- stitution with which he is connected unusually fine executive gifts, while as a citizen he is the logical outcome of many preceding generations of loyal citizens, the history of both sides of his house being adorned with the rec- ords of forbears who were soldiers and patriots. Mr. Loop, who has been identified with the state of Arkansas since 1905, was born near Bingham- ton, Broome county, New York, in 1865, and in that place was reared and educated. His father, Charles H. Loop, was a carpenter by vocation, and was born in Binghamton in 1818, dying there at an advanced age in December, 1910. The family is a Colonial one, originally of New England, and members of it settled in the vicinity of Binghamton before the Indians left that part of the Empire state and when Binghamton was yet called Chenango Point. Charles H. Loop married Elizabeth Scott, whose fore- fathers were among the American patriots and whose family embraced General Winfield Scott, the distinguished soldier of the war of 1812, who commanded the army at the outbreak of the Civil war. To the union of this estimable couple two children were born, Mr. Loop, of this review, be- ing the elder, and his sister, Mrs. J. W. Lelley, residing in Binghamton, New York.
When Mr. Loop reached the age of nineteen he became imbued with the desire to go west, and, encouraged by the famed advice of .Horace Greeley, he proceeded to make of his desires realities setting forth like the proverbial hero of romance to seek his fortunes, and eventually located in central Kansas. During the years just preceding and subsequent to 1884, Kansas was filled with new settlers almost from Wichita to its western boundary, and Mr. Loop joined his youthful and enthusiastic citizenship to the community around Little River. Ile established himself as a factor in the lively affairs of the section, engaging in real estate and eventually becoming acquainted with banking in its various phases, gaining a varied experience which was to prove of inestimable value in his future career. In 1900 he servered his connection with the Jayhawker state and located at Springfield, Missouri, where he engaged in banking, serving in a clerical capacity in the National Exchange Bank in that city. At the termination of a period of five years Mr. Loop went to Thayer, Missouri, where he assumed the cashiership of the Bank of Thayer, and it was following his services there that he became cashier of the Cotter bank. The Baxter County Bank was organized in 1903, with a capital stock of ten thousand dollars, with Clark Hall, of Thayer, Missouri, as president; and L. K. Anderson as cashier. In 1905, when Mr. Loop was made cashier, William F. Eatman of Mountain Home, became president and J. E. Felts, of Mcl- bourne, accepted the office of vice-president.
On March 13, 1884, Mr. Loop laid the foundation of a happy domestic life by his marriage, in Binghamton, New York, to Miss Edith Schouten. Their only daughter, Anna, now Mrs. C. A. Marsden, resides at The Dalles, Oregon.
Mr. Loop is one of the well known Masons of the county and state, and well exemplifies the principles of moral and social justice and brotherly love. He is a Knight Templar Mason, has represented the Cotter Lodge in Grand Lodge and was a member of the auditing committee of that body in the year 1910. His membership extends to King Hiram Lodge,
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No. 548 : Mountain Home Chapter, No. 43; St. John Commandery, No. 21; and Al Amin Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Little Rock.
HOWARD H. GALLUP. A name well and favorably known throughout the length and breadth of Baxter county is that of Howard H. Gallup, who has assisted in detinite manner in the progress and upbuilding of the section. His occupation is that of a wholesale grocer and jobber in general merchandise, and in this field the enterprise and fine executive capacity which characterize him, i. e., the ability to make realities out of fine ideas, have resulted in bringing into existence an institution which stands among the leading ones of the county. He is a vigorous example of that pro- gressive citizenship which has brought distinguished fortunes to the in- dustrial center of Baxter county and has greatly aided by his efforts those who piloted the destinies of Cotter in its infancy.
Mr. Gallup, who is an adopted son of Arkansas, comes from the Great Lake country, in which region so much of the energy which stimulates the South and West originates. Ile was born in Chicago, February 17, 1861; flourished mentally and physically on the ozone of the lake breeze; ac- quired his education in the city schools; and entered business in a humble capacity with Edson, Keith & Company, of Chicago, engaged in the whole- sale millinery business, and for years was an employe in that great concern. He eventually became identified with the ribbon department, and before he severed his association with the concern he had been advanced to the position of buyer. He next entered the employ of Gage Brothers, who possess a world-wide reputation in the millinery business, but after a year he resigned with the intention of becoming an independent factor in the great world of affairs.
It was in 1895 that Mr. Gallup first became identified with Arkansas. He came to the Southwest from the city of his birth to engage in zinc min- ing, and he opened up and operated for a time the "Lion Hill," near Buffalo, Marion county, but conditions proving adverse to the most sue- cessful development of such a business in that locality, he abandoned it and returned to Buffalo and the commercial world, opening up a mercan- tile establishment. Having demonstrated that the White River country was a safe place to exploit goods and risk capital, when the management was efficient, he removed to Cotter in the days when it still wore its swad- dling clothes. The step was a wise one and Mr. Gallup has become a lead- ing factor in the affairs of the little railroad town. His business provides a market for any and every branch of local commerce, from a muskrat skin to a bale of cotton. He buys everything the farmer has to sell, and sells the farmer everything he needs to buy, thus providing the agricultural class with metropolitan opportunities and stimulating all lines of trade in a strictly rural and sparsely settled community.
As a builder of Cotter, he has contributed his business house and his commodious residence, the latter being the only modern home thus far erected here. It stands on the apex of Cotter Ifeights, and commands a view of the White River as it winds its way through the mountains towards the Mississippi, which is of real grandeur. Better still it is renowned in the community as the center of a hospitality graciously dispensed.
Howard H. Gallup is a son of Benjamin E. Gallup, who, at his death in December, 1895, was a mortgage banker of Chicago. Hle was born in New Hampshire, in 1826, and was graduated from Dartmouth College. His ancestry was numbered among the Colonial families of New England. The Gallups bore their honorable part as soldiers and loval Americans during the Revolution, as did the Hulburds, the subject's forbears on the
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maternal side. The father married Delia S. Hulburd, whose ancestors were stanch New Englanders and contributed their share of the patriotism and dauntlessness in the face of adversity which so adorn the pages of our national history. The children of Benjamin E. Gallup and his wife were Howard H., of this notice; Mrs. Stephen Laskey, of Brookline, Massa- chusetts; Mrs. William ReQua, of Chicago: Mrs. Andrews, wife of Dr. Andrews, also of Chicago; and Mrs. Herbert D. Miles, likewise a resident of Chicago.
On December 9, 1888, Mr. Gallup contracted a happy life companion- ship by his union with Miss Jennie Mix. their union being celebrated in Kankakee, Illinois. Mrs. Gallup is a daughter of James Mix, originally of Ohio. The subject and his wife have no children.
Mr. Gallup is a man of strong and vigorous personality, of large physique and a dynamo of energy and enthusiasm. His appearance and manner give little evidence of the half century he has lived and the flush of cheek and beaming eye seem Nature's permanent gifts. He is very loyal to the best interests of the community, which in turn holds him in high affection and esteem.
WILLIAM R. HAYNIE, M. D. Having by use of his professional knowl- edge and skill gained the confidence of the community in which he resides, William R. Haynie, M. D., of Haynes, Lee county, has gained a fine repu- tation as a physician and surgeon, and won for himself the respect and good will of the people. Born March 22, 1863, near Corinth, Mississippi, he acquired his first knowledge of books in the Corinth schools.
Having a natural talent and liking for the study of medicine, he sub- sequently entered the Memphis Hospital Medical College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1895. Soon after receiving his diploma, Dr. Haynie began the active practice of his profession, and for a period of ten years was located at MeNairy, Tennessee, where he had a good patronage. Coming from Tennessee to Arkansas, the Doctor located in Haynes on April 8, 1898, and has here continued an active member of his chosen profession, having a large and lucrative practice. He is also associated with the mercantile activity of this part of Lee county, owning and conducting a drug store at Haynes.
Dr. Haynie is identified with various medical organizations, includ- ing the Lee County, the Arkansas State, the District and the Tri-State Medieal Societies. He is examiner for about twenty life insurance com- panies, and is certainly one of the busy men of the town. Public-spirited and much interested in local affairs, the Doctor has served one term in the State Legislature. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the Knights and Ladies of Honor and of the Woodmen of the World.
On January 31, 1886, Dr. Haynie was united in marriage with Lena L. Moody, of Corinth, Mississippi. Of the seven children born of their union, three died in infancy and four are living, namely: Lessie, wife of B. C. Curtis, of Haynes; Blanche B. ; Williford Bernays and Ina Davis. The latter was named for herself by Mrs. Jefferson Davis, wife of United States Senator Davis, and former Governor of Arkansas for three terms.
WILLIAM KIBLER SURRIDGE. In the military and official life of the state and county William Kibler Surridge is prominent, and a volume devoted to the careers of representative citizens of Arkansas would scarcely be complete without chronicle of his. In the former field he occupies the high position of brigadier general in command of the National Guard of Arkansas and in the latter has in retrospect a record of useful
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and efficient service as ex-sheriff and ex-clerk of Lawrence county. General Surridge has been abundantly gifted with attributes of mind and heart to inspire confidence and popularity, and good report has carried his fame beyond the boundaries of the old Bear state, of which since birth he has been one of the most loyal of citizens.
Mr. Surridge was born at Pocahontas, Randolph county, on the 17th day of Angust, 1870, his parents being James and Tillie (Dennis) Spur- ridge. Glancing back we find his paternal ancestry to be British, his father, the late Major James Surridge, having been a native of England, who came with his parents to America when he was a lad about thirteen years of age. They eventually located in Randolph county, Arkansas, and were numbered among its pioneer settlers, being of that stanch and ex- cellent stock which the state was fortunate enough to obtain in great numbers and which paved the way for latter-day prosperity. General Surridge comes naturally by his military proclivities, his father having been known as a particularly gallant soldier. He was one of those who believed in the supreme right of states to sever their connection with the national government, and he lost no time in enlisting in the cause he believed to be just, serving in an Arkansas regiment in the Confederate army throughout the course of the Civil war, enlisting as a private, but being commissioned a major ere the end of the great conflict. Both that gentleman and the mother, who was a native of Ohio, have been deceased for several years.
General Surridge was reared and went to school at Pocahontas, his birthplace, but in early youth removed to the adjoining county of Law- rence and established his home at Walnut Ridge. At the breaking out of the Spanish-American war he was made second lieutenant of Company C, Second Arkansas Regiment, with which he went first to Chickamauga Park and latterly to Anniston, Alabama, eventually being promoted to the first licutenancy of his company. At the termination of the war he re- turned to the life of a civilian and in 1902 received unmistakable mark of the approbation of the community which knew him best in his election as county clerk of Lawrence county, the satisfaction of his constituents in the excellence of his services being manifested with all eloquence by his re-election in 1904, his tenure of office in this important capacity covering a period of four years. On account of the county scat being at Powhatan he moved to Black Rock so as to be near the county seat, which is yet his home. In 1906, shortly after the termination of his service in the connty clerkship, he was elected sheriff of Lawrence county and was re-elected in 1908. As in all things he was very diligent in the performance of his duties and won great popularity with the law-abiding, if not with that clement whose business too often takes them from the straight and narrow path. In 1910 he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for member of the Arkansas Railroad Commission, and was defeated by a very small majority of opposing candidates.
The subject, as previously mentioned, is brigadier general in com- mand of the National Guard of Arkansas, consisting of two full regi- ments, the First and Second Arkansas. In this splendid and useful organ- ization he has held every position from private to commanding officer of the state, and has been and is a potent and influential factor in raising the Arkansas National Guard to its present state of efficiency and useful- ness. He is a thorough believer in the military necessity of the National Guard and has given freely much of his time and effort to perfecting this organization in the state. During the session of the Legislature in 1911 he spent considerable time in Little Rock in an effort to influence the members favorably in the matter of an adequate appropriation for the
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Arkansas National Guard. General Surridge, although a young man, has made a splendid record as a notably clean official and citizen, and as such is widely known throughout the state. He has two brothers: James Surridge, a planter. located at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas; and Joe Sur- ridge, superintendent of a steel foundry at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A sister, Mrs. John P. Kizer, resides at Pocahontas.
General Surridge was married at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, in 1898, the young woman to become his wife being Miss Linnie Rhea, born and reared at Walnut Ridge and a daughter of John and Mrs. Lizzie Rhea. The untimely demise of this admirable young woman occurred in the year 1909. General Surridge has one daughter, Ramona, born at Walnut Ridge, June 3, 1901.
Fraternal matters play an important part in the life of General Sur- ridge. He is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of the World. In the latter order, which has done a work of much beneficence in Arkansas, General Surridge has taken a prominent part in spreading its usefulness and has been of most en- lightened assistance as a 'speaker at and participant in its public functions, dedications and the like. General Surridge has also become widely known as an effective and winning campaign orator.
JAMES ALEX THORNTON. Few citizens of Mena are more widely and favorably known than J. A. Thornton, who represents the strong arm of the law in Polk county. He was elected sheriff and tax collector in 1910, and in the ensuing time has effectually evinced his determination to fulfill in the most enlightened and thorough manner the duties of his office. In consequence he is a hero among the law-abiding and greatly distrusted among that element whose business takes them out of the straight and narrow way, to the peril of society.
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