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Author: S. J. Clarke

GORDON FRIERSON.
    Gordon Frierson, one of the well known attorneys of Jonesboro and a member
of the firm of Frierson & Penix. was born at Forrest City, Arkansas, November
18, 1872, a son of James Gordon and Emma G. (Davis) Frierson, of whom an account
is given on another page of this volume.

    Gordon Frierson, after the usual public schooling, entered the law school at
the University of Arkansas in Little Rock and in 1896 received his B. L. degree.
In 1893 and 1894 he was executive clerk to Governor Fishback and in 1895 and
1896 held the same position under Governor Clarke.

    After his graduation and admittance to the bar Mr. Frierson came to
Jonesboro and here remained until the opening of the .Spanish-American war, when
he enlisted in Company C of the Second Arkansas Volunteer Infantry. In this
branch of the army he remained throughout his period of service.

    In 1905 and 1906 Mr. Frierson assumed the duties of private secretary to
Senator Clarke, one of the most distinguished citizens and statesmen of
Arkansas. In July, 1906, he went to the republic of Panama and served in the
department of civil administration until September, 1907, when he returned to
Jonesboro and resumed the practice of his profession. Mr. Frierson served as
police judge of Jonesboro, having been elected in 1903 and again in 1905. He was
mayor during two terms, beginning in 1917 and ending in 1921.

    On the 14th of March, 1912, Mr. Frierson was married to Miss Pearl Clardy,
daughter of the late Hon. Martin L. Clardy of St. Louis, who was vice president
and general solicitor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad.

    Mr. Frierson is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the
Knights of Pythias. He is a democrat and a member of the Presbyterian church.


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



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