Carroll Co., AR - Biographies - Archimedes Davis

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Archimedes Davis, one of the prominent attorneys of Eureka Springs, 
Ark., is a native of Abingdon, Washington Co., Va. He was born on 
December 12, 1850, and is a son of Archimedes and Mary V. (Fulkerson) 
Davis. The father was of English and Welsh extraction, and a native of 
Virginia. By profession he was a lawyer. He also owned several 
plantations, which he managed. For twenty years before his death he 
was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. In politics he was a stanch 
Democrat. His death occurred in 1865. His wife was also a native of 
the "Old Dominion." Two of her brothers were colonels in the 
Confederate army, and one of them has been in Congress since the war. 
She is still living at the old home in Virginia at the age of seventy-
five years. Our subject was reared on his father's farm and secured a 
good education, which was finished at King College, Bristol, Tenn. In 
1870 he began reading law with his uncle, Frank Fulkerson, of 
Rogersville, Tenn., and continued for one year. Thence he went to 
Bristol and finished his law education with York & Fulkerson, the 
latter being his mother's youngest brother. He obtained license to 
practice at Abingdon, Va., and came west in 1873. Locating at 
Marshall, Searcy Co., Ark., he practiced law there ten years, after 
which he came to Eureka Springs, where he has since controlled a large 
practice. In 1876 he was elected to the State Legislature from Searcy 
County, and served one term, during which time he was a member of 
several important committees. For a number of years he served as 
school examiner of Searcy County. In 1884 he was elected mayor of 
Eureka Springs, and held the office two terms. which was during the 
litigation on the town site; and was one of the committee appointed to 
carry out the decree of the court in that suit. His marriage with 
Sallie B. Rogers was celebrated in Searcy County, Ark., in 1878, and 
to them have been born four children, of whom one, Grace, is dead. 
Those living are Blanch. Sam, Vance and Mary, Mrs. Davis is a 
consistent Christian and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. 
Davis takes an active interest in political matters, and supports the 
Democratic party. For the past two years he has served as chairman of 
the Democratic Central Committee of Carroll County.