Crawford County ArArchives Biographies.....Quarles, Robert Warren ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006574 June 19, 2009, 11:21 am Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) ROBERT WARREN QUARLES. Robert Warren Quarles, a dental surgeon practicing at Van Buren, his professional standing being indicated in the fact that be has been honored with the presidency of the Arkansas State Dental Association, was born at College Hill, Mississippi, in 1853, a son of J. J. and Sallie E. (Buford) Quarles. The father was graduated with first honor in the first class that completed the course in the University of Mississippi and afterward became a professor in the Synodical College at La Grange, Tennessee. He continued his teaching there until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in the Confederate army from Mississippi and served until his death, which occurred in a hospital at Atlanta, Georgia, in 1863, in the midst of the conflict. Dr. Quarles was reared and educated in his native city and in young manhood became a student and assistant in the office of Dr. J. S. McCorkle of Oxford, Mississippi. In 1884 he came to Van Buren, where he has since followed his profession, and for many years has been accorded an extensive practice. He has kept informed concerning the latest researches and discoveries of the dental profession through his membership in the Port Smith Dental Society, the Northwest District Dental Society and the Arkansas State Dental Association, and in the last named has filled the offices of secretary and president. He likewise has membership with the Knights of Pythias. In October, 1888, Dr. Quarles was married to Miss Minnie Hynes, a daughter of Charles J. Hynes, editor of the Warrensbnrg Democrat, published at Warrensburg, Missouri. R. S. Hynes, an uncle of Mrs. Quarles, was the founder of the Crawford County Bank in Van Buren. Dr. and Mrs. Quarles have become parents of four children: Ashwell J., Donald A., Kathryn E. and Virginia C. Ashwell J., who was graduated from Cornell University, is now residing in Montreal, Canada, where he has charge of a department in a large machinery jobbing house, their trade extending to all parts of Canada, so that the position of Ashwell J. Quarles is an important one. Donald A., a Yale graduate, who completed his course at the university with a record in mathematics and entered the first training camp organized in the United States at Fort Benjamin Harrison, coming out as first lieutenant, and he afterward became identified with the Rainbow Division, while subsequently he was promoted to captain and transferred to the First Division in the Army of Occupation. He had gone overseas to receive special training in artillery given by the French and assisted in establishing an artillery training school for American artillery officers in France. Since his return he has become identified with the experimental laboratory of the Western Electric Company in New York city. Of the daughters, Kathryn E. is now the wife of Lawrence Harrison, a minister in Ontario, Canada, while Virginia C. has just graduated from the Fort Smith high school. Such in brief is the history of Dr. Quarles and his family, who have long occupied an enviable social position, while in his profession the Doctor has made steady progress. He is also regarded as one of the public-spirited citizens of Van Buren, giving ready and helpful support to all those plans and projects which have to do with the progress and improvement of city, county and state. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/crawford/bios/quarles121bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb