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ALLSOPP, MRS. FRED W., 600 Gaines St. Born at Little Rock, Ark. Daughter of James Chap- ple and Jenny Reed Chapple. Educated in the Public and high Schools of Little Rock, Ark. Married Mr. F. W. Allsopp at Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 7, 1892. Mrs. and Mr. Allsopp have three children : William Chapple, Fred K. Reid and James Edward. Member of the Musical Coterie Club; Corresponding Secretary Arkansas Pioneers Association ; President of the Presbyterial of Arkansas. Democrat.
ALLSOPP, FRED W., 600 Gaines St. Newspaper man. Born at Tet- tenhall, near Wolverhampton,
England, June 25, 1867. Eldest son of William and Harriet D. Allsopp, also natives of England. When one and one-half years old, was taken with his parents to Toronto, Canada, and in 1880 the family moved to Prescott, Ark. Was educated in the pub- lic schools of Wellington Coun- ty, Ontario, and Prescott, Ark. Married Miss Mary F. Chapple at Little Rock, Sept. 7, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Allsopp have three children : William Chapple, Fred- erick Reed and James Edward. Came to Little Rock when 17 years of age and became con- nected with the Arkansas Gazette, filling successively positions of mailing clerk, stenographer, bookkeeper, reporter and adver- tising manager; for the past 25 years business manager and one of the owners of the Arkansas Gazette; Secretary City Market & Arcade Co .; Director Union & Mercantile Trust Co .; one of the Commissioners of the Broadway- Main St. Bridge District; stock- holder in many local institutions. Founder and one of the owners of the Allsopp & Chapple Book and Stationery Store for 21 years. Owner of the Freiderica Hotel, Allsopp Apartments, and other real estate. Author : "Twenty years in a Newspaper Office," "Life Story of Albert Pike," and some verses. Mem- ber of the Elks, A. O. U. W., Country Club, Lakeside Club, Arkansas Press Association, Na- tional Editorial Association, L. R. Advertising Club, Little Rock Board of Commerce. Democrat
ALMAND, FRANCES EDMONDSON, 324 W. Fourteenth St. Born in Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 11, 1887.
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Daughter of H. P. Edmondson and Leula Thomas Edmondson. Educated at Dennison College, Granville, Ohio; Smith College, Northampton, Mass. Married Mr. J. P. Almand at Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 4, 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Almand have one child, A. J. Almand.
ALMAND, JOHN PARKS, 324 W. Fourteenth St. Architect. Born at Sithonia, Ga., May 8, 1885. Son of Alexander Jones Almand and Clara Bond Almand. Re- ceived B. S. degree, Emory Uni- versity, 1907; B. Architecture, Columbia University, 1911. Mar- ried Miss Frances Edmondson at Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 4, 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Almand have one child, Alexander Jones Jr. Mr. Almand specializes in church and hospital architecture. Mem- ber of the Rotary Club.
ALTIIEIMER, COL. LOUIS, IOIO W. Third St. Retired Merchant. Born in Eberstadt, Germany, 1850. Came to America in 1863; 1865, grocery business, Jackson, Miss. : 1869, mercantile business, Pine Bluff, Ark .; 1884, town of Altheimer was formed; 1886, promoted the Cotton Belt Rail- road to Little Rock. ; 1904, moved to Little Rock; 1910, started the firm of Altheimer Dry Goods Co. Mr. Altheimer is also interested in the Altheimer Supply Co., Altheimer, Ark .; Altheimer, As- borne & Clary, at Humphreys. Member of the Jewish Temple.
ALTHEIMER, M. L., 1801 Arch St. Owner department store; Presi- dent Twin City Bank. Born at Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept. 21, 1872. Son of Louis Altheimer and
Julia Altheimer. Educated at Jordan's Academy, Pine Bluff ; L. L. B., Washington University, St. Louis, 1896. Married at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 17, 1902, to Alice R. Kramer. Mr. and Mrs. Altheimer have two children : Alan J. and Julia. Mr. Altheimer is a member of the firm of Al- theimer Dry Goods Co .; Presi- dent Twin City Bank, North Lit- tle Rock, Ark. Member of the Masons; Elks; K. of P .; Con- sistory 32 degree, Shriner ; State Chairman Near East Relief.
ANDERSON, HENNING W., 4724 K St. Life Insurance. Born at Tappahanock, Va., Jan. 2, 1880. Son of Capt. Robert M. Ander- son and Harriet S. Lewis An- derson. Educated at the Gram- mar and High Schools of Rich- mond, Va .; Mechanics Institute, Richmond, Va. Married Miss Grace Campbell at Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 9, 19II. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have one child, Barbara Temple. Assistant Manager National Life Ins. Co. of U. S. A. ; member Little Rock City Council from Eighth Ward; Director Central Bank, Little Rock. Member of Masons, Scot- tish Rite and Shrine. Member of the Methodist Church and Y. M. C. A. Democrat.
ANDERSON, JOHN W., 2324 Ringo St. Member of the firm of Cen- tral Printing Company.
ARBUCKLE, JOHN D., Van Buren, Ark. Lawyer. Born at Ar- buckle's Island, Ark., June 24, 1868. Son of Capt. David A. Arbuckle (C. S. A.) and Ara- minta Carroll Arbuckle. Edu- cated Cumberland University,
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Lebanon, Tenn., one year; Uni- versity of Arkansas, A.B., 1892, L.L.B., 1907. Married Miss Nell Rieff, daughter of Col. A. V. Rieff (C. S. A.) and Mary Spen- cer Rieff, at Little Rock, Ark., April 7, 1897. Mr. and Mrs. Ar- buckle have three children: Mrs. Wanda Arbuckle Wood, Mary Edris and Nell Virginia. Mr. Arbuckle was admitted to Arkan- sas Bar 1895; Superintendent of. Schools, Logan County, 1896- 1900; Clerk and Recorder Logan County, 1900-1904; Insurance Clerk, State Auditor's Office, 1905-1907 ; resigned and entered practice of law at Booneville, Ark .; 1907; Prosecuting Attor- ney 15th Judicial Circuit, Arkan- sas, 1908-1912; Assistant United States Attorney and engaged in practice of law, Ft. Smith, Ark., 1913-1916; Attorney General Arkansas, 1917-1921. Member Methodist Church; Royal Arch Mason; Knight of Pythias; A. O. U. W .; Columbian Wood- men. Democrat.
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ARETZ, VERY REV. WINAND H., D.D., Twenty-fifth, between Arch and State Sts. Catholic priest. Rector St. John's Seminary ; Chancellor of the Diocese of Lit- tle Rock. Member of K. of C., Fourth Degree.
ARMISTEAD, H. M., 1508 Gaines St. Lawyer. Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, May 15, 1874. Son of Bowles E. Armistead and Elizabeth Marshall Armistead. Educated in public and private schools of Virginia. Married Miss Elizabeth Murphy at Little Rock, Ark .. Nov. 2, 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Armistead have three children : George M .. Henry M.
and Lewis A. Member of firm Cockrill & Armistead (lawyers). Member of Quapaw Club and Country Club. Democrat.
ARMSTRONG, MISS IRIS, III5 W. Twenty-third St. Teacher of Expression. Born at Sarcoxie, Mo. Daughter of Clark B. Arm- strong and Elizabeth Armstrong. Educated at Marvin College ; Cape Girardeau State Normal; Dr. S. S. Curry's School of Ex- pression, Boston, Mass. Mem- ber of Musical Coterie, Oriana Club.
ARNOLD, JOSEPH D., 1701 Park Ave. J. D. Arnold & Co. (Real Estate, Loans and Insurance ). Born in Noble County, Ohio, in 1869. Taught school in Pauld- ing County, Ohio, several years ; later attended the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio. Mar- ried Miss Kate Dotterer in 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold have two children : John and Ruth. Came to Arkansas 1901 ; engaged in the life and fire insurance business ; representative of several large Eastern insurance companies ; vice-president of the Home Life and Accident Co. Former direc- tor in various financial institu- tions; former president of the . L R. Chamber of Commerce ; Director in the Y. M. C. A .; member of the Royal Arch Ma- sons ; K. of P.'s and Rotary Club. Deacon Second Presbyterian Church.
ASHBY, MISS LILA, 1923 Gaines St. Cashier C. J. Lincoln Co. Born at Morrilton, Ark., Feb. 6, 1884. Daughter of Lloyd J. Ashby and Carrie Nelly Ashby. Educated in the Little Rock Public Schools ;
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Galloway College, Searcy, Ark. Miss Ashby has traveled exten- sively over Europe and America. Was with the Arkansas Brick & Tile Co .; Little Rock Auto Co .; now with C. J. Lincoln Co. Member of the Y. W. C. A .; Y. W. C. A. Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club; Na- tional Federation Business and Professional Women. Demo- crat.
ASHER, JUDGE JOE, 1509 Lincoln Ave. Born in Bohemia, 1858. Educated in public schools. Mar- ried Miss Georgia I. Thrift, at North Little Rock, Ark., 1889. Taught in public schools 1881 to 1888; principal, Argenta Public Schools two years; Deputy Clerk 16 years; County Clerk four years; ex-President Arkansas Judges' Association, 1908-13 ; ex- President and Chairman Legis- lative Committee Arkansas Good Roads Association ; ex-Secretary and Treasurer Arkansas Clerks' Association ; County Judge four terms, 1908-16; President Trav- elers Building and Loan Associa- tion. Built many miles of pikes in Pulaski County with State con- vict labor and established the county farm for prisoners. Mem- ber Elks, A. O. U. W., Turn- verien and other organizations. Democrat.
ASKEW, DR. J. A., 2305 Summit Ave. Dentist. Born at Panola County, Miss., Feb. 12, 1875. Son of J. O. Askew and Mary S. Read Askew. Educated at Public Schools of Mississippi; Missis- sippi College, Clinton, Miss .; Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. Married Miss Jessie L. Roby, at Sardis, Miss., April
30, 1900. Dr. and Mrs. Askew have seven children: Virginia, Alice, Claudia, John, Jess, Mil- dred and Robin. Dr. Askew practiced in Sardis, Miss., 1899 to 1912. Practicing in Little Rock since 1912. Mason, Royal Arch Chapter and C. C., W. O. W .; K. of P .; Member of Bap- tist Church. Democrat.
AULT, WILLIAM F., 2017 Arch St. General Contractor and Builder. Born at New Market, Tenn., Aug. 27, 1872. Son of A. J. Ault of New Market, Tenn., and Mrs. Abbie Hodge Ault. Educated in the township schools of New Market and Holsen Seminary of New Market. Married Miss Adelia May Cox at Knoxville, Tenn., on Dec. 27, 1907. Build- ing and contracting, New Mar- ket, Tenn., and Mobile, Ala .; Oklahoma City, 1909-13 ; in part- nership with Robt. O'Neal at Hot Springs, Ark., 1913-14; came to Little Rock in 1915 as general contractor and builder and has erected many of the prominent buildings here. Mem- ber B. P. O. E .; Charter mem- ber Lakeside Country Club ; Kiwanis Club; member Execu- tive Board of the Builders Ex- change ; President L. R. Contrac- tors Association.
AUTEN, MRS. CARRIE C., 520 N. Elm St. Wife of Henry F. Auten, known as the Builder of Pulaski Heights.
BABCOCK, MRS. BERNIE, Broadview. Author. Born at Unionville, O., April 28, 1868. Daughter of H. N. and Lottie B. Smade. Edu- cated at Public Schools and L. R. University. Married Mr.
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Wm. F. Babcock of Russell-
ville, Ark., at Russellville,
Ark., April, 1886 (now de- ceased). Their five children are : Mary Lucille, Mrs. S. G. Boyce ; Charlotte Burnelle, Mrs. W. W. Shepherd ; Frances Mildred, Mrs. John Thornburgh, Jr .; William Franklin and MacArthur. Mrs. Babcock was on staff of Arkan- sas Democrat ; later owner and editor The Arkansas Sketch Book (quarterly). Author : The Daughter of a Patriot, 1900; The Martyr, 1900; Justice to the Women, 1901; At the Mercy of the State, 1901 ; An Uncrowned Queen, 1902; Billy of Arkansas ; Santa Claus, the Stork and the Widow; Yesterday and Today in Arkansas Mammy ; The Battalion of Death; The Bride of King Solomon; The Lincoln Love Story, 1919; The Soul of Ann Rutledge ; contributed poetry and short stories to magazines. Mrs. Babcock's first temperance story sold 100,000 copies in six months. Member of the Psychical Re- search Society of London ; Presi- dent Friend's Memorial for Psychical Research in Arkansas ; Drama League of America; League of American Authors (New York) ; President League of American Penwomen (Ark- ansas) ; member Author's and Composer's Society of Arkansas.
BACK, WILLIAM, 1722 Center St. Dry Goods Dept. Store. Born at Austria, Hungary, 1866. Son of Pincus and Sophia Back. Ed- ucated at Public Schools in Little Rock. Married Miss Sophie Goldstein ,at Baltimore, Md., 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Back have seven children: Bernice, Phillip, Wm. Jr., Joe D., Edward, Sonia,
Marian. Mr. Back has been in the dry goods business 29 years ; director Exchange National Bank. Member of the Concordia Club; Woodmen; originator of Y. M. H. A.
BAER, L. J., 1010 Rock St. Mer- chant. Born at Little Rock, Ark., March 30, 1865. Son of Ferdinand Baer and Earnestine Baer. Educated in the Little Rock Public Schools. Married Miss Sadie E. Darragh at Little Rock, Ark., April 26, 1893 (de- ceased). Married Miss Pauline Finney, Feb. 6, 1917, at Little Rock, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Baer have one child: Mrs. J. A. Anderson. Louis J. Baer & Bro., Grocers; director State Building and Loan Assn. ; director Central Bank; Commissioner Oakland Cemetery. Member of the Old River Fishing Club. Democrat.
BAGLEY, EDWARD ORICK, 3800 Eighth Ave., Pulaski Heights. Newspaper man. Born at De- Witt, Ark., Dec. 26, 1874. Son of Paul Bagley and Helen Bag- ley. Educated at Public and High Schools of Mabelvale, Ark .; L. R. University; State University of Arkansas; Law School, Little Rock : Draughon's College, Little Rock. Married Miss Emma Sue Bales of Little Rock, Ark., daughter of Prof. Haron Bales, founder of Bales Business College (now Draugh- on's Business College), at Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 20, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Bagley have six chil- dren : Cornelia, Edward O. Jr., Helen, Frederick W., Charles U. and Emma Sue. Printer and cir- culation work on Post-Dis- patch ; Washington Post ; Arkan-
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sas Gazette; Secretary Beach Abstract & Guaranty Co .; Secre- tary Little Rock and Hot Springs Highway; member 1919 Arkan- sas Legislature; director Y. M. C. A .; member Board of Com- merce; Kiwanis Club; deacon First Christian Church. Demo- crat.
BALL, J. J., 2000 Arch St. Con- tractor. Born at Brazil, South America, 1868. Son of Ann and John Ball. Educated in Public Schools. Married Miss Mary E. Barron. Mr. and Mrs. Ball have one child : Mary Elizabeth. Started commercial life as a water-boy and gradually ad- vanced until he became superin- tendent of railway. Engaged in the railroad contracting work in 1002; Row member of Ball & Peters, General Contractors : President Ball Benton Gravel Co .; President J. J. Ball Equip- ment Co. Thirty-second degree Mason. Knight Templar and Shriner.
BARKMAN, JAS., 522 State Sa. U. S. Internal Revenue Agent.
BATEMAN, Jos. B., 524 E. Ninth St. Pres. Merchants Transfer Co .; Pres. State Building and Loan Assn.
BATES, FRANK DELMAR, 15141/2 W. Twenty-eighth St.
Southern Building Products Co. Born at Floral, Kan., March 11, 1891. Son of W. P. Bates and Lydia Robbins Bates. Educated in the Kansas Grammar and High Schools, Business College and Central Field Artillery Officers Training School, Camp Taylor, Ky. Married Miss Lucille Un-
dine Nowlin at Dallas, Texas, Dec. 24, 1919. Director of the Bankers Supply Co., Denver, Colo., 1912-13. Associated with Fraser Brick Co., Dallas, Texas. ( Was in service with the Army while connected with Fraser Brick Co., 1914-19. ) Organized1 jointly with B. J. Chamblin the Southern Building Products Co., Little Rock ; director of Choctaw Brick & Gas Co., Ft. Smith and Mansfield, Ark. Member of the American Legion ; vice-president of the L. R. Lions Club; Con- sistory: Al Amin Temple ; Shrine ; United Commercial Trav- elers ; I. R. Engineers Club. In- dependent.
BATHURST, DR. W'M. R., 3227 Pros- pect Ave. Physician. Born at Mount Union, Pa., Nov .. 1876. Married Miss Anna H. Howell, Prescott, Ark. Member Ameri- can Medical Association.
BEAL, J. T. 1701 Center St. Presi- dent Beal-Burrow Dry Goods Co. Born at Lewisburg, Miss., Jan. 5, 1857. Son of Turner Beal and Elizabeth Knott Beal. Educated in private school; State Univers- ity, Oxford, Miss .; Emory and Henry College, Va. Married Miss Elizabeth Jane Harrison, at Morrilton, Ark., March 31, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Beal have two children : Lula Beal Dibrell and Robert Knott Beal. General merchandise business in Morril- ton, Ark., 1880 to 1891 ; moved to Little Rock and entered the wholesale grocery business as member of Beal-Fletcher & Co .; later Mr. Fletcher sold out to Mr. T. N. Doyle and firm was changed to Beal-Doyle Grocery Co. In 1901 Beal-Doyle Grocer
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Co. closed out their wholesale grocery business and entered the wholesale dry goods business. In 1913 Mr. Beal sold his interest in the Beal-Doyle Dry Goods Co. and established the Beal-Burrow Dry Goods Co., of which he is now the president. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist Church; chairman of the Board of Stew- ards for eight years; member of Country Club. Democrat.
BEAL, ROBERT KNOTT, 3223 Pros- pect Ave. Wholesale Dry Goods Co. Born at Morriltor, Ark., Aug. 4. 1890. Son of J. T. Beal and Elizabeth Harrison Beal. Educated at Little Rock Public Schools; graduated from High School 1909; University of Ark- ansas ; Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsi, N. Y. Married Miss Leila Ellen Smith of Con- way, Ark., at New York City, Sept. 6, 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Beal have two children: Eliza- beth Harrison and Joseph Tur- ner. Vice-president and depart- ment manager Beal-Burrow Dry Gcods Co. ; director of the Bank- ers Trust Co. Member of the Town Club of Little Rock and Kiwanis Club. Democrat.
BEAUCHAMP. STONEWALL J., 519 E. Capitol Ave. Prcs. Terminal Warehouse Co.
BEMBERG, JULIUS C., JR., 1321 Bar- bar Ave. General manager Bem- berg & Sons Iron Works. Born at Little Rock, Ark .. Aug. 5, 1890. Son of Julius and Theresa Bemberg. Educated at the Luth- eran Academy; LaSalle Exten- sion University. Married Miss Edna Mae Ries at Little Rock. Ark., Aug. 5. 1919 (died June 8,
1921). Member American Assn. of Engineers; L. R. Board of Commerce; International Lions Club; executive member L. R. Builders Exchange ; president L. R. Steel & Iron Fabricators Assn.
BEMBERG, JULIUS, 1504 Barber Ave. President Bemberg & Sons Iron Works.
BEMBERG, KARL H., 714 E. Eighth St. Asst. Manager and Supt. Bemberg & Sons Iron Works. Born at Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 12, 1892. Son of Julius and Theresa Bemberg. Educated at the Lutheran Academy. Mar- ried Miss Alma E. Poppe at Lit- tle Rock, Ark., June 26, 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Bemberg have one child : Karl H., Jr. Member L. R. Board of Commerce ; Kiwanis Club ; Travelers Protective As- sociation ; First Evangelical Luth- cran Church.
BENNETT, HALEY M., 822 Louis- jana St. . Manager Lesser-Gold- man Cotten Co.
BENTLEY, DR. CARLE E., 1200 Mc- Alment St. Surgeon. Member American, County and State Medical Assns.
BILHEIMER, J. H. JR., 1415 Chester St. Master Plumber. Born at Lonoke, Ark., Dec. 5. 1883. Son of Joe H. Bilheimer and Annic E. Hall Bilheimer. Educated in Little Rock Public and High Schoo's; Key's Business College. Married Miss Grace Goeken at Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 4. 1915. Mr. and Mrs. Bilheimer have two children: George Preston and Joseph Lemmel. With the South- ern Plumbing Co., 1212; with
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Bilheimer Bros. Plumbing & Heating, 1914; member of City Council, Alderman from Third Ward for past three terms and present incumbent ; member of City Council Committee on Street Commission, Parks, Sew- ers and Ordinances. Reporter for Arkansas Democrat 19II. Member of Knights of Honor ; Puritans ; Woodmen, Modern Woodmen; Praetorians; Treas- urer Master Plumbers Assn. past three years. Democrat.
BINLEY, BUSH, Peabody Apts. Life Insurance. Born at Covington, Ky., March 27, 1891. Son of John B. and Lucie B. Binley. Educated at Law School, Uni- versity of Arkansas, 1915. Life insurance business six years.
BLACKBURN, CHIARLES SIIELLEY, 2124 Izard St. Author. Born at Minden, La., March 4, 1850. Son of Myra Waggoner and William Jasper Blackburn. Edu- cated at Homer, La., College. Married Miss Josephine Carr, at Homer, La., Nov. 11, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn have seven children : Nina Clare, Charles Dickens, Myra Lily, Shelley, Roscoe Jennings, Rosalind and Victor Hugo. Mr. Blackburn has published and edited news- papers ; has written extensively on political and social subjects, and is the author of a volume of short stories and verse. Repub- lican.
BLAISDELL, FRANK M., 5208 U St. Civil Engineer, Architect and Landscape Architect. Son of General William Blaisdell, rela- tive of President Franklin Pierce and Daniel Webster. Born in
Boston, Mass. Educated in Bos- ton, Mass., Washington and West Point Military Academy. Mar- ried Miss Belle Burr Brace of Connecticut, 1889. Was Chief Engineer or U. S. Fish Commis- sion; Chief Engineer for Arte- sian Wells and Irrigation In- quiry; also with General Casey finishing the west wing of the Army and Navy Building and Washington Monument. De- signed and built over forty of the large parks and summer re- sorts, such as Kadyross Park, Saratoga ; Sacandaga, in the Adi- rondacks; Riverton, Portland, Maine ; Cascade Park, New Cas- tle, Pa .; Ravinia Park, Chicago; Poland Springs, Maine; Norum- bega and Westwood Park, Bos- ton, Mass. Architect for Arka- delphia U. S. Postoffice; Hen-' derson Brown College; Agricul tural Schools at Jonesboro and Russellville ; Little Rock College ; Landscape Architect for the Ark- ansas State Capitol grounds. During war was supervising architect for the Base Hospital at Camp Pike and Fort Roots. Member of Lions Club, L. R. Member of the American Insti- tute of Architects and Little Rock Chapter of Architects ; also member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Little Rock Engineers Society ; Academy of Science and the Science Club.
BLAISDELL, MISS LILLIAN, 5208 U. St. Map Compiler. Daughter of Mr. Frank M. Blaisdell and Mrs. Belle Burr Brace Blaisdell. Born in Augusta, Ga. Educated in the Public Schools of Wash- ington, D. C., Albany, N. Y., and Boston, Mass. Attended the Westbrook Seminary, Portland.
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Maine. Miss Blaisdell is a mem- ber of the Board of Equaliza- tion; member of the U. D. C .; Art Club ; member of the Execu- tive Board of the Arkansas Fed- . eration of Women's Club; Sec- retary Pulaski Heights Civic Assn.
BLAKENEY, J. O., 121 Brown St. Insurance. Born July 18, 1852, at Montrose, Miss. Son of Mr. Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth (Quarles) Blakeney. Educated in the Primary Schools of Des Arc; M. and F. Institute, Ifick- ory Plains, Ark .; St. John's Col- lege, Little Rock. He was mar- ried at Morrilton, Ark., March 21, 1889, to Miss Anrie Mcose, daughter of James M. and Sophia E. Moose. Mr. and Mrs. Blake- ney have two children: Mary Emily, now Mrs. James L. Blake- ney, and Martha. Mr. Blakeney was with the Arkansas Daily Democrat from 1879 to 1886; owner and editor "Morrilton Headlight," 1888 to 1894; ab- stract and insurance business, Shawnee, Okla .; controlling stockholder Citizens Bank, Mc- Loud, Okla .; active in Demo- cratic county and territorial poli- tics; territorial council represen- tative of Pottawatomie and Cleveland counties 1903; insur- ance business, Searcy, Ark., 1906- 13; insurance business, Little Rock, 1913 to present. He is a member and Past Grand Chan- cellor of the Knights of Pythias, Grand Lodge of Oklahoma; served unexpired term as Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, Knights of Pythias, Grand Lodge of Arkansas ; K. R. S. in Bayard Damon Lodge; Secretary Pyth- ian Castle Hall Assn .; member
and Historian Arkansas Sons of American Revolution ; member of First M. E. Church, South. Democrat.
BLASS, GILBERT, 1302 Scott St. Jacob Blass & Sons.
BLASS, JACOB, 1201 Cumberland St. Jacob Blass & Sons.
BLASS, JULIAN G., 920 W. Third St. President of the Gus Blass Co. Born at Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 15, 1876. Son of Gus and Bertha Blass. Educated in L. R. Public Schools and Virginia Military Institute. Married Miss Leah Gans at Little Rock, Ark., March 30, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Blass have two children: Eliza- beth G. and Julian G. Jr. Vice- president Wolf Mars Co., San Antonio, Texas; Director Levy Bros. D. G. Co., Houston, Texas ; Director Grand Leader, Houston, Texas ; Director Bry Bloch Co., Memphis, Tenn .; Director B. Nugent & Bros., St. Louis, Mo .; Director Norton Berger Shoe Co., Little Rock, Ark. Member Elks; K. of P .; Kiwanis ; A. O. U. W .; I. O. B. B .; Concordia ; Lake Side; Masons. Democrat.
BLASS, NOLAND, 818 Scott St. Vice- President Gus Blass Co.
BLASS, NORMAN J., 1201 Cumber- land St. With Jacob Blass & Sons.
BLOCHER, MRS. FANNIE GORDON, 823 W. Third St. Born at Hot Springs, Ark., Aug. 20, 1853. Daughter of Dr. Wm. H. Ham- mond and Juliette E. Peay Ham- mond. Educated at St. Mary's Convent at Little Rock, Ark.,
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and Patapsco Institute, near Bal- timore, Md. Married Mr. Jesse M. Blocher (deceased) of Cum- berland, Md., at Little Rock, Ark., Oct., 1874. Their one child is William M. Blocher. Mrs. Blocher is in business with her sister. Member of Widow's Pro- tective and Benevolent Assn. Member of Christ Episcopal Church. Democrat.
BODEMAN, BRUNO, 424 Denison St. Banker. Vice- Pres. Peoples Saving Bank; Vice-Pres. and Treasurer Arkansas Abstract & Guaranty Co.
BODEN, REV. JNO., 220 E. Seventh St. Rector Christ Episcopal Church. Born at The Hebrides, Scotland, G. B. Son of John Boden and Margaret MacLach- lan Boden. £ Educated in the Primary Schools in Scotland; Public Schools in Chicago, Ill .; Hanover College, Hanover, Ind .; McCormick Theological Semin- ary, Chicago. Married Miss Mabel Boley Crum at Virginia, Ill., June 1, 1905. Mrs. and Rev. Boden have two children: John David and Mabel Crum. Mem- ber of L. R. Board of Commerce, 1920; Director Arkansas State Farm for Women, 1920-23; Pu- laski County Tuberculosis Assn., 1920; L. R. United Charities, 1920 ; vice-president L. R. Coun- cil Boy Scouts, 1921; president I .. R. Motor Club, 1921. Member of all Masonic bodies; Past Grand Orator, Grand Lodge of Minnesota, A. F. & A. M. ; Sigma Chi Fraternity ; Country, Civitan. Lions and Kiwanis Clubs ; Y. M C. A.
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