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

JULES BELKNAP, M. D.
    Dr. Jules Belknap, who has bheen an active and successful representative of
the medical profession at Sulphur Springs for more than three decades, has been
engaged in practice as a physician and surgeon in different cities of Arkansas
since 1875, or for a period covering forty-six years. His birth occurred in New
Orleans, Louisiana, in 1855, his parents being Gideon and Elizabeth Belknap,
both of whom were born near Versailles, France. After crossing the Atlantic to
the United States in 1849 they settled in New Orleans, where the father
conducted a millinery establishment to the time of his death, which occurred in
1864. The mother passed away in Greene county, Missouri. Their family numbered
five children, two of whom survive: David, residing at Harold, Missouri; and
Jules, of this review.

    When a little lad of ten years the latter was taken to Shelbyville,
Illinois, by his mother, who had been left penniless at her husband's demise and
who there rented a hotel which she conducted for a number of years. In this way
she made sufficient money to purchase a farm. Having determined upon a
professional career, Jules Belknap entered the medical department of the
University of Missouri, which conferred upon him the degree of M. D. at his
graduation with the class of 1873. He first located for practice in Springfield,
Missouri, but at the end of two years removed to Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he
followed his profession for three years. On the expiration of that period he
went to Little Rock, where he continued in practice for six years, while
subsequently he spent four years as a physician of Scottsville, Arkansas. The
year 1890 witnessed his arrival at Sulphur Springs, where he has remained
continuously since and has built up a practice of most extensive and gratifying
proportions as his professional skill and ability has become more and more
widely recognized.

   At Hot Springs, Arkansas, Dr. Belknap was united in marriage to Miss Bessie
Blenker, a native of Springfield, Missouri, who passed away in 1889. For his
second wife he chose Miss Lydia Johnson, of Scottsville, Arkansas, and they
hecame parents of four children who are yet living as follows: Mrs. Beatrice
Bagby of Gulfport, Mississippi, who is a college teacher of music, while her
husband is leader of a band; J. Rousseau, who is a graduate of the University of
Arkansas and is now principal of the machine department as well as a director of
the Reo Motor Company; Ray L., who is also a graduate of the University of
Arkansas and is now employed in the New York office of the Allis-Chalmers
Company; and Mrs. Anna Lee, a widow., living in Oklahoma City.

    Dr. Belknap has always given his political allegiance to the democratic
party and has served as health officer, in which position he is still active.
His wife is a devoted and consistent member of the Baptist church. They are
widely and favorably known throughout the community in which they reside and in
which Dr. Belknap has long enjoyed an enviable reputation as a leading
representative of the medical fraternity.



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


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