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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

MARSHALL PATTERSON DOOLEY.
    One of the well known citizens of Crossett is Marshall Patterson Dooley,
foreman of the planing mill of the Crossett Lumber Company. A native of
Tennessee, he was born in Columbia, Maury county, on the 26th of July, 1861, of
Irish ancestry on the paternal side and German descent on the maternal side.
Both the Dooley and Holcomb families came to America from their native lands
prior to the Revolutionary war. The father, William Hill Dooley, was born and
reared to manhood in the state of Tennessee, where he engaged in farming for the
greater part of his life. It was in 1842 in Tennessee that Mr. Dooley was united
in marriage to Miss Mary Holcomb, who died in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1914, at the
advanced age of ninety-two years. She was likewise a native of Tennessee, her
family having been among the early settlers in the central portion of the state.
Mrs. Dooley had three brothers who served in the Confederate army during the
Civil war. Mr. W. H. Dooley died at Columbia, Tennessee, in 1872, when he was in
his fifty-second year. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Dooley eight children were
born, five boys and three girls, Marshall Patterson, whose name initiates this
review, being the seventh in order of birth. Two boys and one girl are living.

    In the acquirement of an education Marshall Patterson Dooley attended the
primary school near Columbia, Tennessee, and worked on the farm during vacations
and in his spare time until he reached the age of twenty years. In 1886 he came
to Arkansas, secured work in connection with the sawmills here and has been
active along that line since. Since 1902 he has been an employe of the Crossett
Lumber Company and has been foreman of the planing mill since 1904. He is well
fitted for that position, being thoroughly familiar with every phase of the
sawmill business, and is one of the most highly valued employes of the concern.
Mr. Dooley is a member of the board of directors of the Employes Investment
Company of Crossett and is a stockholder in the East Arkansas Lumber Company at
Little Rock. In 1909 Mr. Dooley was called to his first public office, being
elected mayor of Crossett, which office he held for seven years. He gave to the
city a businesslike administration, which was marked by great prosperity and
continued development in the general welfare. He has always been a stanch
advocate of education and from 1903 to 1921 has been a member of the board of
directors of the board of education.

    On the 19th of September, 1888, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Dooley to
Miss Molly Kinnabrew, a daughter of J. D. and Nanny Kinnabrew of Rison, the
ceremony being performed at that place. To their union eleven children have been
born, eight boys and three girls. Two hoys and one girl died in infancy. The
living children are: Roy, assistant cashier in the Bank of Crossett, who is
thirty years of age and is married to Ruby Parkhill of Crossett; Ora Belle, the
wife of Elmer Oslin, who is active in the conduct of a grocery business in
Arkansas City; Jessie, who is working in the lumber company in the office of Mr.
Thornton; Eunice, living at home; Joe, eighteen years of age, and J. D., fifteen
years of age, who are students in the Crossett high school; Marshall P., Jr.,
twelve years of age, who is a student in the grade schools; and Ray, nine years
of age, also a student in the grade schools.

    The religious faith of the family is that of the Methodist church, to the
support of which they are generous contributors. Fraternally Mr. Dooley is
identified with the Woodmen of the World and the Masons, holding membership in
Crossett Lodge. No. 576, A. F. & A. M. Since age conferred upon Mr. Dooley the
right of franchise he has given his support to the democratic party, in the
interests of which he has taken an active part. He is one of the representative
and public-spirited citizens of Crossett whose aid may be counted upon in the
furtherance of any movement for the development and improvement of the community.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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