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

WILLIAM A. McHENRY, M. D.
    Dr. William A. McHenry, who has been continuously engaged in the practice of
medicine and surgery at Rogers through the past fifteen years, was born in
Fillmore county, Minnesota, in 1859, a son of W. M. and Amanda (McGuffey)
McHenry, both of whom were natives of Ohio, in which state their marriage was
celebrated. They removed to Minnesota in the early '50s, at which time the
Indians were still numerous in that region. The father preempted a tract of land
and carried on farming for a number of years, bringing his property to a high
state of cultivation and improvement. He passed away in the state of Oregon in
1908, having for almost four decades survived his wife, who was called to her
final rest in 1869. His political allegiance was given to the democratic party,
while his religious faith was indicated by his membership in the Methodist
Episcopal church. To him and his wife were born seven children, four of whom
survive, namely: James, who follows farming in Oregon; William A., of this
review; Sam, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Texas; and Lizzie, who
is the widow of John Nelson and resides in Dakota.

    William A. McHenry obtained his education in the schools of St. Charles,
Minnesota, and after putting aside his textbooks assisted his father in the
operation of the home farm until he decided to enter professional life and with
that end in view matriculated in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at St.
Louis, from which he was graduated with the class of 1906. In that year he came
to Arkansas and at once opened an office in Rogers, where he has since remained
and has built up a practice of gratifying proportions, his patronage steadily
increasing as he has demonstrated his skill and ability in coping with the many
complex problems which continually confront the physician in his efforts to
restore health and prolong life. He owned a drug store in Rogers for four years
but now devotes his entire time to his professional duties. He is a valued
member of the Benton County Medical Society and also belongs to the Arkansas
State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

    On the 25th of July, 1883, Dr. McHenry was united in marriage to Miss Sadie
Miller, a native of Wisconsin and a daughter of Joshua and Huldah Miller, the
former born in Massachusetts and the latter in Pennsylvania. Joshua Miller, who
was engaged in business as a barber and laborer, lived in the states of Iowa,
Nebraska and Missouri and died in 1903 in Santa Barbara, California, passing
away in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a devoted
and consistent member. He participated in the Civil war as a member of the
Eighteenth Iowa Infantry, remaining with that command until the close of
hostilities between the north and the south. He was injured while on a forced
march and this disabled him throughout the remainder of his life. His wife
passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. McHenry, in Rogers, Arkansas,
December 23, 1914. They became the parents of six children, four of whom are yet
living, as follows: Mrs. McHenry; William A., who is a farmer residing in
Rochester, Minnesota; Herbert A., who is identified with journalistic interests
in Montana; and Edith, the wife of Charles F. Harris, a contractor of
Bellingham, Washington.

    Dr. and Mrs. McHenry are the parents of five children: Maude E., at home;
Percy W., who is engaged in the drug business in St. Louis; Blanch, who is the
wife of Milton Brown, of Rogers, Arkansas; Ralph Ray, a physician who is engaged
in Red Cross work in Serbia; and Edith, who has been a teacher of domestic
science during the past five years and is now a resident of Rogers, Arkansas.
The last named was educated in the high school at Rogers, Arkansas, and also
pursued a course of study in Baker University of Baldwin, Kansas. Ralph Ray
McHenry served in the World war with the rank of captain for nineteen months and
was given a medal for bravery by King George, who pinned it on his coat in
Buckingham Palace on the 19th of December, 1918. He was one of the physicians
loaned to the English government by the United States. In politics Dr. McHenry
is a republican, having stanchly supported the men and measures of that party
since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. His religious faith is that
of the Methodist Episcopal church, while fraternally he is identified with the
Odd Fellows and the Woodmen. He holds to the highest ethics and standards in the
performance of his professional duties and enjoys the confidence and esteem of
his colleagues and contemporaries as well as of the general public.


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


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