Mississippi : comprising sketches of towns, events, institutions, and persons, arranged in cyclopedic form Vol. III, Part 2

Author: Rowland, Dunbar, 1864-1937, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Atlanta, Southern Historical Publishing Association
Number of Pages: 938

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a large general practice in Natchez and vicinity and is recognized as a loyal citizen and as a worker for the general advancement of municipal and State interests. The Doctor is a member of the American medical association, the Mississippi state medical asso- ciation, the Adams county medical society, the Prentiss Club, of which he has served as president, and of the Progressive League and the Masonic fraternity. He has proven a most efficient execu- tive in the office of county health officer. His political allegiance 'is given to the Democratic party. On Oct. 25, 1894, Dr. Aikman was united in marriage to Miss Charlotte Balfour, daughter of William S. and Elizabeth (Hunt) Balfour, of Homewood, Miss.

Abston, J. T., M. D., of Hickory Flat, is one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Benton county, where he has been suc- cessfully established in practice since 1882. The Doctor was born near Tippah, that county, in 1859, and is a son of I. J. and Eliza (Roundtree) Abston, the former of whom was born in Virginia, whence he came to Mississippi and located in Benton county, where he passed the remainder of his life, devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits. Dr. Abston was reared to the sturdy dis- cipline of the farm and secured his early educational training in the public schools and in the Blue Mountain academy, in Tippah county, and in fortifying himself for the work of his exacting pro- fession he completed the prescribed course of study and work in the medical department of the University of Tennessee, at Nash- ville, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1882, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In 1884 he took up the practice in Benton county, where he has since been established and where he controls a large and representative practice, while for the past decade and a half he has maintained his home in the village of Hickory Flat. He is well known throughout the com- munity and is held in high regard by all. He is a member of various medical societies, and is a Democrat in his political ad- herency. Dr. Abston was united in marriage to Miss Alice O. Crawford, daughter of John L. Crawford, of Pine Grove, Benton county, the family having been pioneers of the county.

Andrews, Frank H., secretary of the Vicksburg board of trade and a member of the firm of Markham & Andrews, engaged in the real estate and insurance business, was born in Warren county, Miss., March 28, 1870, and is a son of William H. and Fannie D. (Fortner) Andrews, who were likewise born and reared in Warren county, of which Vicksburg is the judicial seat. William H. Andrews was a successful merchant and planter of the county and one of its well known and influential citizens, while he served with utmost fidelity as a soldier of the Confederacy during the Civil war. The Andrews family was founded in Warren county in the pioneers days, a's was also the Fortner family. Frank H. Andrews secured his preliminary educational discipline in the public schools of his native county and later completed a course in the law depart- ment of the celebrated old University of Virginia, at Charlottes- ville. He never engaged in the active practice of his profession.

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For the past several years he has been successfully identified with the real-estate and insurance business, in which he is associated with Frank D. Markham. In 1897 the board of directors of the Vicksburg board of trade elected him to the office of secretary, and he has ever since remained incumbent of this responsible posi- tion, while he is also secretary of the Vicksburg Wholesale Grocers' Association and Vicksburg Credit Bureau. He is one of the most loyal and progressive young business men of Vicksburg and has shown a deep interest in all that tends to conserve municipal growth and prosperity, while his labors in the offices which he holds have been signally effective in practical results. He is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party and its principles and is identified with various fraternal and social organizations in his home city, where he is well known and uniformly popular. In 1897 Mr. Andrews was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Huntt, of Richmond, Va., and they have one child, namely: Frank H. Andrews.

Archer, Stevenson, of Greenville, superintendent of the schools of Washington county, was born near Natchorn, Jefferson county, Miss., July 31, 1838. His father, James Archer, was born near Baltimore, Md., in 1811, and his mother, whose maiden name was Mary A. Hunt, was a native of Jefferson county, Miss., having been . born near Rodney. His ancestors have been participants in almost every war in which the United States has been engaged. His great-grandfather, Dr. John Archer, was a major in the colonial army during the Revolution and was three times a member of congress. He was the first graduate of medicine in the United States, receiving the degree of M. D. in Philadelphia. Five uncles of Stevenson Archer were in the War of 1812; two cousins fought in the Mexican war, and a large number of his relatives were in the Confederate army during the war between the States, among them Gen. Jas. Archer, of Jackson's corps. Early in life the subject of this sketch entered the ministry of the Presbyterian church. During the war he was chaplain of the Twenty-eighth Mississippi cavalry; for twenty-eight years he has served as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Greenville, and was for sixteen years an evangelist of the Central Presbytery. He has always been inter- ested in the education of the masses and for twenty years has been superintendent of education in Washington county, devoting his best energies to the upbuilding of the school system. Politically he is a stanch adherent to Democratic principles, but is by no means an active politician. In fraternal circles he is well known, being a popular member of the Knights of Pythias and a Knight Templar Mason. He was married on Feb. 18, 1864, to Miss Annie P. Finlay, and to that union were born eleven children, six of whom are still living: Dr. J. F. Archer, who was a surgeon in the volun- teer ranks during the Spanish-American war, died shortly after his return from the effects of his service; Stevenson, Jr., a civil engineer of Greenville; Alice, who was the wife of S. C. Bull, is now deceased; Hellen, deceased; William H., an attorney at

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Dermott, Ark .; Anna Mary, now Mrs. T. W. McCoy of Greenville ; J. P. is in the cotton business at Greenville; Dunbar is with Greenly & Co., merchants of Greenville; Blanche is living at home; Betty and an infant are both deceased.

Arrington, John Hodge, of Monticello, is one of the prominent and successful members of the bar of Lawrence county and is an ex-member of the State legisla- ture. He was born in the county which is now his home, the date of his nativity having been Oct. 8, 1863, and he is a son of Dr. John Hodge and Anna (Fox) Arrington, the latter a daughter of Gen. Arthur Fox, one of the pioneer settlers of Lawrence county. The father is a native of South Carolina and the mother of Mississippi. Mr. Arrington made good use of the privileges afforded him in the common schools and carefully prepared himself for a collegiate course, finally entering the University of Mississippi and taking a partial course in the literary department, after which he took up the prescribed work in the law department, from which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1893, being shortly afterward admitted to the bar of the State. He initiated the active work of his profession by locating in Monti- cello, the judicial center of his native county, and he has attained prominence and marked success in his chosen field of endeavor, having been concerned in many important litigations, retaining a representative clientele and being known as a lawyer of much force and versatility. He is uncompromising in his advocacy of the prin- ciples and policies of the Democratic party and in 1892 he was elected to represent Lawrence county in the State legislature, serv- ing one term. On March 4, 1894, Mr. Arrington was united in marriage to Miss Nannie Johnston, who was born and reared in Lawrence county, being a daughter of George W. and Susan (Eaton) Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Arrington have five children : Anna Lee, Richard Olney, Jo Drake, George Lamar and Susie Eaton.

Arnold, William D., M. D., engaged in the practice of his profes- sion at Ackerman, where he also conducts a well appointed drug store, is one of the able physicians and surgeons of Choctaw county. He was born in LaGrange, this county, March 1, 1867, and is a son of William M. and Addie (Quinn) Arnold, the former of whom was born in Alabama and the latter in Mississippi, while they now reside in Ruff, Choctaw county, the father having long been identified with agricultural enterprises and being one of the well known and highly esteemed citizens of this county, while he served during the Civil war as a faithful soldier in the Confed- erate ranks, having been a member of a Mississippi regiment. Dr. Arnold completed the curriculum of the public schools, while his

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professional discipline was secured in the medical department of the University of Tennessee, in which he was graduated in 1890, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The first two years of his active practice were passed in Chester, county seat of his native county, and he then removed to McCool, Attala county, where he built up a large and lucrative practice within the ensuing decade. In January, 1901, he removed to Ackerman, where he has met with gratifying success in his professional work and where he has opened a drug store, to which he gives his personal supervision. In 1901 he took a special post-graduate course in the New York Polyclinic, in the national metropolis, and he keeps fully abreast of the ad- vances made in both departments of his profession. He is secre- tary of the medical association of his county and a member of the nomination committee in the State medical association, while in a fraternal way he is affiliated with the Masonic order, Woodmen of the World, Knights of Pythias and Knights and Ladies of Honor. His political allegiance is accorded unreservedly to the Democratic party. In 1891 Dr. Arnold was married to Miss Sallie White, daughter of William and Ann (Staples) White, of Choctaw county, Miss. They have two daughters, Myrtle and Willie, and two sons, Felix and Lester.

Arrighi, Frank J., who made his home in Natchez from the time of his birth, was an honored Confederate vet- eran, and the high esteem in which he was held in the community was signified by the fact that he was incumbent of the office of city assessor and tax collector for the thirty years previous to his death which occurred on April 22, 1906. He was born in Natchez, March 15, 1838, and a son of Dominick and Ellen (O'Rourke) Arrighi, the former of whom was born in Italy and the latter in Ireland. They took up their residence in Natchez in 1833 and here passed the remainder of their lives. The father was here engaged in business until the time of his death, in 1879. Frank J. Arrighi was afforded the advantages of the schools of his native city, where his advantages were of ex- cellent order. At the inception of the war between the States hie went forth in defense of the Confederate cause. He enlisted as a private in Company D, Sixteenth Mississippi infantry, which be- came a part of Harris' brigade, and he eventually was promoted captain of his company. He took part in the many engagements in which his command was involved, and was thrice wounded in action. At the battle of Sharpsburg or Antietam he received a gunshot wound in the left side of the head, the injury being so severe as to necessitate the insertion of a large silver plate over the skull at that point. In the battle of Chancellorsville, Captain Arrighi received a flesh wound in the hip, and he was again wounded

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at Spottsylvania Court House. He was captured at Weldon Rail- road, Sept. 21, 1864, and was thereafter held a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware, from which he was released and paroled in July, 1865. Prior to the war Captain Arrighi had been employed five years as a bookkeeper in his native city, and soon after his return from military prison he was chosen deputy sheriff of Adams county, in which office he served from August, 1865, until Jan. 1, 1876, when he was elected, by popular vote, to the office of city assessor and collector, in which he continuously served until his death-his record being probably unparalleled by any other officeholder in the State in the matter of prolonged and consecutive incumbency. He never wavered in his interest in all that touched the welfare of his home city, and was well known and highly esteemed in that section of the State. He was affiliated with the United Confederate Vet- erans and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and was also a member of the Prentiss Club. His political allegiance was given in an unequivocal way to the Democratic party. In 1866 Captain Arrighi was united in marriage to Miss Mathilda Hughes, daughter of James Hughes, of Natchez, and the children of this union are : Mrs. J. W. Kennedy, Ruth, Mathilda, Frank, Mrs. R. A. Keyer, James H., and Dominick.

Atterbury, John T., a prosperous mer- chant and planter of Washington county and vice-president of the First National bank of Greenville, is a native of the State of Missouri, having been born in Madi- son, Monroe county, Feb. 5, 1848, and be- ing a son of Daniel and Mary (Holliday) Atterbury, the former of whom was born in Howard county and the latter in Pike county, that State. John T. Atterbury re- ceived his educational training in the common schools of Paris, Mo., and later took up the study of medicine. He prac- ticed from 1872 to 1876, in which latter year he took up his residence in Wash- ington county, Miss. His finances at the time were very limited, and he engaged in business as a country merchant and planter, bending his energies to the development of the resources at his com- mand and in time achieving pronounced success, as he is now numbered among the most extensive planters in the Mississippi delta, while he also has a well equipped general merchandise estab- lishment. He is one of the substantial capitalists and influential citizens of his county, and has been vice-president of the First National bank of Greenville since 1903. That is one of the solid monetary institutions of the State, being capitalized for $100,000 and having a surplus of equal amount. In his political proclivities Mr. Atterbury is unswerving in his advocacy of the principles of the Democratic party, and he takes a public-spirited interest in local affairs, being liberal and progressive in his ideas and attitude. He

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was a member of the Levee Board from 1882 to 1884, and in 1902 was again made a member and president of that body, his term ex- piring in 1906. On June 19, 1879, Mr. Atterbury was united in marriage to Miss Ida Williams, daughter of David and Mary (West) Williams, of Selma, Ala., and they have four children- Dora Ida, William D., Mattie Ruth, and Mary Pauline. The eldest daughter is the wife of John P. Bullington, of Memphis, Tenn.

Anderson, Albert C., editor and pub- lisher of the Southern Sentinel, the only paper published at Ripley, the county seat of Tippah county, is a native of this county and has represented the same in the State legislature, having been elected to that body when but twenty-one years of age and having been its youngest member during his incumbency. He is one of the able and successful repre- sentatives of the newspaper fraternity in the State and the Sentinel properly covers its field and stands as an exponent of the principles and policies of the Democratic party. Mr. Anderson was born on the parental plantation, near Dumas, Tippah county, Feb. 7, 1878, and is a son of William W. and Mary E. (Shackelford) Anderson, both of whom were likewise born in Tippah county, where the respective families were established in the pioneer days. Mr. Anderson's father was a gallant soldier of the Confederacy during the crucial period of the Civil war and he and his wife still reside at Dumas. One of the maternal great-grandfathers of the subject of this sketch was a soldier in the Continental line in the War of the Revolution and was a member of a Georgia regiment. Mr. Anderson is in- debted to the schools of Dumas for his early educational discipline and he was engaged in agricultural pursuits near that place until 1903, when he purchased the Southern Sentinel, of which he has since been editor and publisher. The paper was established in 1879, and under his management its circulation has been largely increased and its prestige enhanced. The plant is well equipped and is essentially modern, in both the news and job departments. Mr. Anderson is a stanch Democrat, takes a distinctive interest in party work and has been a delegate from Tippah county to several State Democratic conventions held at Jackson. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, and the Wood- men of the World, is a member of the Baptist church and enjoys marked popularity in both the business and social circles of his native county. Mr. Anderson is also a member of the Mississippi editorial association and has been a delegate from that association to the national body. On Dec. 24, 1905, was solemnized the mar- riage of Mr. Anderson to Miss Carrye Humphrey, of Dumas, Miss., who is also a native of Tippah county.

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Adams, Lynnly C., of Jackson, is numbered among the leading lumber operators of the State, doing an extensive wholesale busi- ness in the handling of lumber and general building materials. Mr. Adams has been in close touch with the lumbering industry from his boyhood days, since he was born in the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., then the center of this line of enterprise in that State, in 1861. Mr. Adams secured his early educational training in the public schools of Grand Rapids and later continued his studies in the Northern Indiana normal school and commercial college, at Val- paraiso, Ind. After leaving school he held the position of book- keeper in Grand Rapids for a period of three years, and in 1886 he came to Mississippi, where he became bookkeeper for the Armistead Lumber Company. He has ever since continued to be identified with the lumbering interests in this State, and in 1896 he was one of the organizers and incorporators of the Adams Lumber Com- pany, of Scott county, the concern having been organized for the carrying on of a general lumbering and manufacturing business. The enterprise was discontinued in March, 1903, and Mr. Adams then removed to Jackson, where he has since maintained his home and business headquarters and where he has built up a business which averages in its transactions about $10,000 a month. He handles both rough and finished lumber in carload lots and also a general line of building materials at wholesale. He is selling agent for the firm of King, Mantle & Company, of Knoxville, Tenn. ; the Morgan Sash and Door Company, of Chicago, Ill .; and for Adams Brothers, of Jackson. In the year 1888 Mr. Adams was united in marriage to Miss Ada L. Loper, of Rankin county, Miss., and they have five children.

Adams, Wirt, revenue agent of the State of Mississippi, is a prom- inent member of the bar of the State and is a scion of one of the old and distinguished families of this commonwealth. He was born in the city of Jackson, his present home, Feb. 12, 1852, and is a son of Gen. William Wirt Adams, whose father, George Adams, was United States district attorney of Mississippi from 1830 to 1836, thereafter serving as United States district judge until 1839. Gen. William Wirt Adams was a gallant soldier of the Confed- eracy in the Civil war and was a distinguished citizen of Missis- sippi, having been a banker and a large planter. On Oct. 15, 1861, he was commissioned colonel of the First Mississippi cavalry, and Sept. 28, 1863, he received commission as brigadier-general, continu- ing in active service until the close of the war and making a record of signal distinction. He was tendered a cabinet position in the government of the Confederate States, by President Davis, but de- clined the honor, preferring a position in the field. Wirt Adams secured his earlier educational training in preparatory schools of his native city and then entered the Virginia military institute, at Lexington, Va., in which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1873. He decided to take up the profession of law and with this end in view was matriculated in the law department of the famous old University of Virginia, where he was graduated

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in 1878, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He forthwith en- gaged in the practice of his profession in the delta district in Issaquena Co., where his novitiate was brief, since he soon built up an excellent business, giving his entire attention to the same until 1886, when he was appointed State revenue agent, by Gov- ernor Lowry, having thereafter been twice reappointed by Governor Stone and having been elected by popular ballot in 1895 and re- elected in 1899 and 1903, without opposition. He has thus been incumbent of this important office for a score of years and this fact bears significant evidence of the estimate placed upon his services. Mr. Adams is aligned as an uncompromising supporter of the cause of the Democratic party and its local councils feel the influence of his efforts and unfailing allegiance. He and his wife are communi- cants of the Protestant Episcopal church, and he is affiliated with the lodge, chapter and commandery of the Masonic fraternity, as well as with its adjunct, the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and with the Knights of Pythias and the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. On Nov. 21, 1882, Mr. Adams was united in marriage to Miss Sallie Yerger, daughter of William Swann Yerger and Henrietta (Rucks) Yerger, of Washington county, Miss., the former having been a loyal soldier of the Confed- erate States in the war of 1861-5. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have two children-Mayrant and Norvelle.

Applewhite, Rufus Revill, M. D., of Brookhaven, may well be designated as one of the pioneer representatives of the medical profession in Lincoln county, where he was engaged in the active prac- tice of his profession for nearly forty years, being now retired. He is one of the loyal sons of Mississippi who went forth in defense of the Confederacy in the Civil war and his standing as a citi- zen is irreproachable in every respect. Dr. Applewhite was born in Carroll county, Miss., Oct. 25, 1838, and is a son of Eldridge R. and Eliza (Lee) Apple- white, both native of Marion county, this State, where the former was born in 1815 and the latter in 1817. Stephen Applewhite, a brother of Eldridge R., was a soldier in the Seminole Indian war and also in the War of 1812, in which latter he took part in the battle of New Orleans. Jesse Lee, maternal grandfather of the doctor, attained to the patriarchal age of 110 years, his death occurring in Marion county. When Dr. Applewhite was but five years of age his parents removed from Carroll county to Lincoln county, and here he has ever since made his home. After completing a course in the Salem high school, he entered the New Orleans school of medicine, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1860, duly receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine. He forthwith began the practice of his profession in Lincoln county,

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continuing until there came the call to higher duty, when the war between the States became assured. He was one of the first to tender his aid in defense of the Confederate cause, having enlisted April 20, 1861, as a private in Company A, Twelfth Mississippi in- fantry, and having served under Capt. J. J. McLean in the engage- ments at Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Cold Harbor and Gaines' Mill, at which last point he was captured by the enemy and taken to Governor's Island, where he remained one week, passing the fol- lowing week at Fort Warren and then being taken to the city of Richmond, where his exchange was effected. He rejoined his regi- ment and took part in the second battle of Manassas, after which he was in charge of the sick brigade for some time. Later he par- ticipated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Mine Road and Williamsport. He was again captured, near Petersburg, and was taken to Johnson's Island, in Lake Erie, where he was held a prisoner until after the close of the war. At the time of the reorganization of the army, in 1862, Dr. Applewhite was elected captain of his company, and he held that office until he received his final parole, at Johnson's Island, June 18, 1865. After his release he returned to his home in Lincoln county and resumed the practice of his profession, continuing to reside upon and manage his fine plantation, twelve miles distant from Brookhaven, until 1900, when he retired from active practice, having built up a large and representative professional business in this section. In the year noted he removed to the village of Brook- haven to enter upon his duties as sheriff of the county, an office to which he had been elected the' preceding year and in which he served one term. He is still called into consultation in critical cases and also responds to the urgent demands of many families to whom he has ministered for a long term of years, but he feels that he is entitled to a release from his professional labors and is living essentially retired, giving a general supervision to his ex- tensive landed interests. The doctor is aligned as an uncompromis- ing supporter of the cause of the Democratic party, and in 1871 he was elected to represent his county in the lower house of the State legislature, being chosen as his own successor in 1873, and being re-elected in 1877, 1879, 1883, 1885 and 1887. His record of service is one of which he may well be proud and its prolongation indicates the high regard in which he is held in the county which has been his home from childhood. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and he is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the United Confederate Veterans, besides being identified with various medical associations. Dr. Applewhite has been twice mar- ried. In October, 1864, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Nancy Paxton, daughter of Benjamin and Frances (Lofton) Paxton, of Lincoln county. Of this marriage four children were born: Dr. Rufus, who was graduated in Memphis medical college and who died in 1900; Capt. Hugh Lafayette, who is a member of the United States army, being stationed in New Orleans at the time of this

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Mississippi : comprising sketches of towns, events, institutions, and persons, arranged in cyclopedic form Vol. III, Part 2

Author: Rowland, Dunbar, 1864-1937, ed Publication date: 1907 Publisher: Atlanta, Southern Historical Publishing Association Number of Pages: 938

Author: Rowland, Dunbar, 1864-1937, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Atlanta, Southern Historical Publishing Association
Number of Pages: 938