POINSETT
COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES
Arkansas
Genealogy Trails
COLE, I. R.
COLLINS, DR. L. J.
COPPAGE, A. A.
ISAAC R.
COLE
Source: The Goodspeed
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast
Arkansas, 1889, The Goodspeed Publishing Company,
Chicago, p. 582.
D. C. and I. R. COLE are
prominent lumber manufacturers of Poinsett County, Ark.,
and have been established in business since May, 1886,
their mill having a capacity of 1,500,000 feet per year.
They are situated two and one-half miles north of
Harrisburg, and have their own tramway of three and
one-half miles, and employ from fifteen to twenty men, to
whom they aim to give employment the year round.
Isaac R. Cole, the senior member of the firm, was born in
Darke County, Ohio in 1833 and inherits a fair share of
the energy and push which are so characteristic of the
inhabitants of that State. He was the sixth of eight
children born to James and Sarah Rupple Cole, who were
born in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, respectively; at an
early day they settled in Darke County, Ohio and in
February, 1836, emigrated overland to St. Joseph County,
Ind, where they settled on a farm and made their home the
remainder of their days, the former's death occurring in
July, 1856 and the latter's in October 1860. In this
county and State Isaac R. Cole received his education and
was initiated into the mysteries of farm work. After
having farmed for himself for a number of years he, in
1871, engaged in the milling business in North Liberty,
Liberty Township, St. Joseph County and in 1886 moved his
mill to Poinsett County, Ark., where he has his present
plant. Being a man of excellent business qualifications
and experience he has built up an extensive business and
readily disposes of immense quantities of lumber
annually, as his shipping facilities are good.
In 1856 he was married, in the "Hoosier State,"
to Miss Eliza J. Rush, but she was called to her long
home three years later, leaving a son, James Arthur. Miss
Mary Ellen Reamer became Mr. Cole's second wife, their
union taking place in 1860. She was born in the State of
Indiana, and she and Mr. Cole have an interesting little
family of three children: Alma Alice (Mrs. Nelson, a
resident of St. Joseph County, Ind.), Benjamin F. and
Mabel B. at home. Mr. and Mrs. Cole are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at North Liberty, Ind., and he
was Worshipful Master of Lodge No. 266, of the A.F. &
A.M. at North Liberty, Ind. During his residence in this
county since 1886 he has noticed a gradual improvement
each year, and has taken an active interest in promoting
the growth and improvement of the same. Churches and
schools always receive his patronage, and on his and his
brother's land, which amounts to 2,600 acres, many homes
are being erected and clearings made, and a schoolhouse
will soon be erected thereon.
DR.
L. J. COLLINS
Source: The Goodspeed
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast
Arkansas, 1889, The Goodspeed Publishing Company,
Chicago, p. 582.
L. J. Collins, M. D. is
one of Poinsett County's most trustworthy physicians and
surgeons, and as he has obtained a liberal share of
public favor, it is one of the best of proofs of his
skill and care. He was born in Fulton County, Ky, in 1857
and is the third in a family of three children, born to
Leroy and Evaline (Murphy) Collins, who were Tennesseans,
and emigrated to Fulton, Fulton County, KY, at an early
day, where the father followed the trade of a mechanic.
He still resides in Fulton, but his wife died many years
ago, when our subject was but a small lad.
L. J. Collins was taken to Carroll County, Tenn., after
his mother's death, and there remained until he attained
his eighth year, when he returned to Fulton County, Ky.,
and was educated in the schools of that county. From
earliest manhood the study of medicine always had a
fascination for him , and he determined to make that his
calling through life; and in order to fit himself for
active work he entered the Hospital Medical College of
Louisville, Ky., and was graduated from that institution
in 1877. His first experience as a practitioner was
gained in Hardeman County, Tenn., but he only remained
there a short time when he entered upon the practice of
his profession in Wittsburg, Cross County, Ark. After a
short stay of three months in this place he located in
Bay Village of the same county, remaining here until the
first of January, 1881, when he came to his present
location, and has a paying practice in the town and
surrounding country. He has been an active politician for
years, and always votes the Democratic ticket, and in
1888, was elected by that party to the State legislature
from Poinsett County, and is now ably discharging the
duties incumbent upon this office. Socially he is a
member of the A.F. & A.M.
In 1876 he was married in Hardeman County, Tenn., to Miss
Amanda Hurst, a native of Hardeman County, Tenn. To their
union were born the following children: Henry, Dixie and
LaFayette. Although the Doctor has resided here only a
few years, he has noticed a decided change for the better
in the public school system, and in the growth and
prosperity of the county.
A.
A. COPPAGE
Source: The Goodspeed
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast
Arkansas, 1889, The Goodspeed Publishing Company,
Chicago, p. 583.
A. A. Coppage, clerk of
the county and probate court, and also county recorder,
was born in Marion County, Ky, on the 12th of January,
1847, being the seventh of twelve children born to the
union of Hardin Coppage and Sally C. Robertson, both
natives of Marion County, Ky., the former a farmer and
stock dealer by occupation. He died in Davis County, Ky
in 1886 at the age of seven-five years, his excellent
wife's death occurring two years earlier.
A. A. Coppage received the education and rearing which
usually fall to the lot of the farmer's boy and in April
1877 he left home and came to Greene County, Ark., where
he engaged in general merchandising at Bethel, and after
successfully continuing there for three years he moved to
Harrisburg. He had also been engaged in teaching school
while in Greene County, and after his locating in
Poinsett County, he was elected to the office of deputy
county clerk, serving from 1883 to November, 1888 and
discharging his duties in so efficient a manner that in
the fall of the latter year he was elected to his persent
office. By appointment he was made county judge in 1884
and filled the position with ability for six months. He
has shown his approval of secret organizations by
becoming a member of the A.F. & A.M. and the
I.O.O.F., holding the position of secretary in the
latter. He was married at Bethel, Greene County, Ark., in
1880 to Mrs. Bettie Going, formerly Betty Sloan, a native
of East Tennessee, reared in Poinsett County, Ark. Three
children have been born to their union: Effie and Abbie,
being the only ones living. He has two step-children:
Clyde and May Going.
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