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

H. N. PITTMAN.
    Arkansas numbers among her native sons H. N. Pittman, attorney at law at
Berryville. He was born in Prairie Grove on the 12th of August, 1867, a son of
J. M. and Margaret (Peel) Pittman, the former a native of Washington county and
the latter of Carroll county, this state, in which latter county their marriage
was celebrated. The paternal grandfather, James Pittman, was an early pioneer of
Washington county and for many years engaged in firming near Prairie Grove.
Extended mention of the Peel family may be found in the sketch of S. W. Peel,
appearing elsewhere in this work. J. M. Pittman was but a young man when the
Civil war broke out and he immediately entered the Confederate army, serving as
captain of the state troops for some time and later becoming a major in the
Confederate army. Subsequently he received the commission of lieutenant colonel
in the Sixteenth Arkansas Regiment and he was in active service until 1863, when
he was captured at Port Hudson. He was then confined in a military prison until
the close of the war. Returning to Arkansas, he resumed the practice of law,
having been prepared for a legal career at the time the Civil war came on. He
was judge of the district court from 1874 to 187S; from 1882 to 1890: and he was
again elected in 189S. He served but two years of that term, however, for his
demise occurred in August, 1900. To the union of Judge and Mrs. Pittman four
children were born, three of whom are living: H. N., whose name initiates this
review; Mrs. Jennie Wilkinson of Fayetteville. the wife of H. D. Wilkinson, in
the mail service there, and R. T., chief chemist for the Schloss Iron and Steel
Works in Birmingham, Alabama. Mrs. Pittman was a consistent member of the
Episcopal church and the family was reared in that faith. The Judge was a stanch
supporter of the democratic party and he represented Washington county in the
state legislature in 1872. Fraternally he was identified with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.

     H. N. Pittman received his early education in the schools of Fayetteville
and in due time became a student in the University of Arkansas. He received his
legal training in the University of Missouri, at Columbia, and in 1892 he was
admitted to the bar. He then located at Berryville, where he established offices
for the practice of his profession and has practiced here since. He has since
been admitted to practice in all courts and handles much extensive litigation.
Hİ was county judge of Carroll county from 1900 to 1904, and was reelected to
that office in 1912, serving until 1916. He is now devoting his entire time and
attention to his law practice and his abstract business.

     In 1897 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Pittman to Miss Alice McCleary,
a native of Carroll county and a daughter of James McCleary, who is engaged in
the hotel business in Berryville. Mrs. Pittman has many friends in this
community, who have known her from girlhood, and she takes a prominent part in
the club and social circles of Berryville. Mr. Pittman has always given his
allegiance to the democratic party and the principles for which it stands and he
takes a prominent part in its activities. He is an alert and enterprising
citizen and his aid may be counted upon in furthering any movement he deems
essential to the development and improvement of the general welfare.


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


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