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Early Businesses & Professionals

 

This is a 'work in progress'. My goal is to compile a list of early businesses and professionals in
Calhoun County. I have included names of owners when known,(owners names in boldface) the
location, and any tidbits I have found in the records. Often the year the business was established or
the professional began practice is unknown and I have included the earliest year I have found in
records where noted. If you have additions or corrections, please contact Carol Smith.

Early Businesses | Early County Officials | Early Professionals

 

Early Businesses

Acruman Woolen Mill - Chambersville

Adams, G. B. - Hampton Merchant

Adams, J. S. - Hampton Merchant

Atsule, Solomon - Hampton Merchant

Bass, Dr. Walter - General Store - Chambersville

Black & Means - Dry Goods Store owned by H. C. Black and J. H. Means, ca. 1853

Black, O. H. P. - Merchant, Hampton pre-Civil War

Black, Dr. Thomas A. - Hampton Hotel ca. 1859

Brickell, W. T. - publisher of the Thornton Record, ca. 1887

Buchanan & Company - Saw Mill, ca 1880's - Thornton

Bull, Jacob - General Contractor ca. 1851. He built the first store owned by O. H. P. Black

Calhoun Courier, owned by James Houston Peacher, ca. 1889

Cone & McLemore - Chambersville Merchant

Cone, S. - General Store - Thornton

Cornish, Eli- Saw Mill and gin, ca. 1888, Summerville

Cotton Belt Railroad, ca. 1883

Davis, John - Hampton Merchant

Dickinson, George Ware - Steam operated gin, ca. 1890 Summerville

Dixon, Tom - Hampton Merchant

Ella, Louis - Hampton Merchant

Eureka Lumber Company

Files, Richard - General Store - Thornton

Frost & Cook - Hampton Mercantile

Frost & Porter - Dry Goods, ca. 1865

Glitton Brothers General Store - Eureka Station

Harper, Hon. R. G., editor of the Calhoun County Courier, ca. 1888

Harris, Louis - General Store - Thornton

Hollis, L. J. - Steam Cotton gin and saw mill, Locust Bayou

Jones & Cornish Mills - Eli Cornish and Dr. W. B. Jones, owners

Jones, Dr. W. B. - Drug Store - Somerville

Little Bay Lumber Company

Manor, Alex - Hampton Merchant

Marks & Cone - General Store - Thornton

McClendon & Bridges - General Furnishing Store - Locust Bayou

Means, T. N. - Drug Store and Groceries

Miears, William F. - General Store - Summerville

Neel & Co., S. C. - Dry Goods

Newton, John S. - Cotton Gin ca. 1881

O'Rourke Hotel - owned by S. J. Harrison, Thornton

Pearson, W. R. - Saw Mill, ca. 1880's - Thornton

Pickett, Hugh A. & Tomlinson, W. A. - drug store, groceries and general furnishings, ca. 1888 - Pickett & Tomlinson purchased the Thornton Record and moved it to Hampton, publication began July 5, 1888 under the new name Calhoun County Courier

 

Porter, H. A. - Hampton Merchant

Ranes & Graham, publishers Thornton Tablet, first paper in Calhoun County, ca. 1886

Remley, Dr. Freeman A. - Drug Store - Thornton

Roe, A. P. - Butcher - Thornton

Saint Louis, Arkansas & Texas Rail, ca. 1883

Samuels, I. - Drug Store - Thornton

Strong & Brother, Joe - Hampton Merchant

Strong, I. B. & G. M. - Dry Goods, ca. 1865

Stroud & Cone - Chambersville Merchants

Stroud Hotel - owned by J. M. Stroud - Thornton

Summer & Bruce - General Store, Summerville

Temperance Hill Cooperative Store - Thornton

Thornton, Col. J. R. - Hampton Merchant

Thornton, William

Tomlinson, L. G. - General Store and Postmaster

Wilson, D. F. - Drug Store, Summerville

Wood, J. B. - Saw and grist mills, ca. 1886

Wood, S. V. & Co. - General Store - Summerville (Brothers owning the store were S. V. Wood, J. B. Wood and R. H. Wood) ca. 1885

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Early County Officials

Judges

Jonathan Davis 1850-54
John C. Avant 1854-56
Michael Yeager 1856-58
Alex Toney 1858-50
R. B. Earnest 1860-62
W. S. Harris 1862-66
R. B. Earnest 1866-68
A. S. Johnson 1868-72
Not Available 1872-74
W. R. Pickett 1874-76
John J. Harris 1876-82
O. H. P. Richardson 1882-86
W. J. Bunn 1886-88
R. F. Dedman 1888-90

 

Clerks

J. H. Means 1850-60
Alex Mason 1860-66
J. H. Means 1866-74
W. J. Bunn 1874-84
H. A. Pickett 1884-90

 

Sheriffs

Jeremiah Hollis 1850-56
A. J. Barker 1856-60
J. M. Brown 1860-62
A. G. Barker 1862-68
John Gardner 1868-72
A. H. Cone 1872-80
W. S. Evins 1880-86
W. A. Tomlinson 1886-90

 

Coroners

J. B. Dunn 1850-52
A. S. Lidion 1852-54
A. Shoemaker 1865-56
E. J. Riggs 1856-58
Harvey Oliver 1858-60
W. B. Stringfellow 1860-62
W. G. Hollingsworth 1862-66
S. Allshul 1866-68
Not Available 1868-72
W. G. Smith 1872-74
N. W. Thompson 1874-76
J. S. Mitchell 1876-78
C. W. Davidson 1878-80
H. P. Shoffner 1880-82
W. W. Jones 1882-86
George B. Adams 1886-88
T. N. Means - elected in 188, but declined to qualify.

 

Surveyors

N. T. Avant 1850-52
G. W. Johnson 1852-54
John Frazer 1854-58
J. H. Marks 1858-64
J. H. Marks, Jr. 1864-68
H. F Durham 1868-72
G. B. Talbot 1872-74
J. H. Marks 1874-76
W. Robertson 1876-78
H. C. Black 1878-80
F. E. Tobin 1880-82
H. C. Black 1882-90

 

Assessors

T. A. Black 1864-66
Not Available 1866-68
J. R. Webb 1868-70
L. Ivy 1870-72
C. D. Tobin 1872-74
T. C. Bass 1874-80
William McDonald 1880-82
T. C. Bass 1882-84
William Mc Donald 1884-86
W. S. Cottrell 1886-68

 

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Early Professionals

Barron, T. L. - Lawyer and Judge of the Ninth District

Bass, Walter - Physician - Chambersville

Black, Thomas A. - Physician

Brandon, William Frances - Physician

Brooks, William - Physician

Echols, Phil H. - Physician and Commander of the CSA "Yellow Jackets", ca 1861

Farrior, J. M. - Physician

Harper, H. L. - Lawyer

Harper, L. G. - Lawyer

Jones, J. C. - Lawyer

Jones, Met L. - Lawyer

Jones, W. B. - Physician, Summerville

Mason, Alex - Lawyer

McCullough, Joe - Lawyer - first Lawyer to settle in Hampton

Ponder, J. B. - Physician, Locust Bayou

Remley, Freeman A. - Physician, Thornton, ca. 1889

Richardson, O. H. P. - Lawyer

Robertson, J. C. N. - Physician, Thornton

Robinson - Physician - Thornton

Thompson & Thompson - Physicians

Thornton, R. J. - Lawyer and served as Arkansas State Senator for 8 years

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