Biography of C C Symonds, Clay Co, AR

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The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of N. E. Ark.
Biographical Information.

Dr. C. C. Symonds. There are always, in the profession of which this gentleman
is a member, some individuals who become eminent and command a large patronage,
and among these deserving of especial recognition is Dr. Symonds, who is a
skillful physician and surgeon. He was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., February
15, 1829, and was the fourth in a family of five children born to the marriage
of Shubel Symonds and Mary Baker, natives of Rhode Island. They were early
pioneers of Syracuse, N. Y., where the father followed tilling the soil, and
resided for a number of years. He died in Allegany County, of the same State, in
1853, at the age of seventy-six years. His excellent widow still survives him,
and resides at Flora, Ill., having reached the advanced age of ninety-three
years. Dr. C. C. Symonds attended the common schools of Cayuga County, and after
attaining a suitable age, began the study of medicine. May 4, 1832, he was
married to Miss Sally Ann Sawyer, and soon after moved to Allegany County, N.
Y., and in 1857 to Clay County, Ill., where he practiced medicine, and was also
engaged in merchandising and shipping grain. In 1878 he emigrated to Corning,
Clay County, Ark., where he has since been devoting his time to the practice of
medicine and surgery. He assisted in incorporating Corning, and has been one of
the foremost men in building up the town, being now a member of the city
council. He has always been interested in educational advancement, and is
independent in his religious views. He has never been very active in politics,
but casts his vote with the Republican party. He owns a good farm in the western
division of Clay County, besides other property. He and wife are the parents of
the following children: Harriet (Mrs. Loppins), residing in Clay County, Ark.;
Amanda (Mrs. Marrow), residing in Madison County, Ind.; Ida (Mrs. Noble Stacey),
whose husband is a druggist at Du Quoin, and Marenous, who is married and
resides with his parents. Mrs. Symonds was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., and is
a daughter of Ebenezer and Laura (Smith) Sawyer, also natives of New York State.
The father was a sturdy tiller of the soil, and remained in his native State
until his death, in 1854, his wife having died in 1844. The Doctor has three
brothers: Syrenous, who is married and resides in Cortland County, N. Y.,
seventy-three years of age; John S., who is married and lives at Flora, Ill., of
which place he is a prominent resident (he represented his county in the State
legislature, and is now inspector of the Southern Asylum), and Marenous, who
resides in Sedgwick County, Kas., near Wichita, and is engaged in farming.