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

FINIS E. STOCKTON.
    Finis E. Stockton, identified with banking interests of Ozark, was born on a
farm ten miles from this city, July 17, 1883. His grandfather, William Stockton,
was a Confederate soldier, who was killed in the battle of Peach Tree Creek. The
father, William G. Stockton, was born in Alabama and came to Franklin county,
Arkansas, in 1880. He was a farmer and school teacher, being well educated for
his day, in the schools of Alabama. The greater part of his life has been
devoted to educational work and he is now principal of the school at Hodgen,
Oklahoma. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a past master of the blue
lodge. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and while
residing in Franklin county, Arkansas, he served for two terms as county judge.
In early manhood he married Hannah Ford, a native of Alabama and a daughter of
George Ford, who also served as a soldier of the Confederate army, having
participated in the battle of Shiloh, during which time one of his arms was shot
off. He was a resident of Franklin county at the time of his demise. They were
married in that county and became the parents of seven children, six of whom are
living: Finis E.; Inez, who married Joe Mantooth, a farmer, residing at Newport,
Arkansas; Winnie, who is the wife of Bradley Cotton of Cowlington, Oklahoma,
where he follows farming; William, a school teacher of Oklahoma; George, a
farmer and school teacher, living at Rogers, Arkansas; Una, the wife of DeWitt
Durham, a machinist of Allen, Oklahoma; and Sam, who is in the post office at
Tulsa, Oklahoma. The wife and mother departed this life in 1905. In religious
faith Mr. Stockton is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

    In the acquirement of his education Finis E. Stockton mastered the branches
of learning taught in the country schools and afterward attended the State
University of Arkansas for two years. He then began teaching in the rural
schools of Franklin county and followed the profession for two years, while
later he pursued a commercial course at Fort Smith. He then started out in
mercantile lines by working in a store for two years, after which he became
connected with the People's Bank of Ozark, in 1910. His original position was
that of bookkeeper and in 1916 he was advanced to the cashiership, since which
time he has occupied that position. He is thorough and systematic in all of his
work in connection with the bank, is courteous and obliging to its patrons and
has made a popular official. The People's Bank is capitalized for twenty-five
thousand dollars, has a surplus and undivided profits of thirty thousand dollars
and its deposits amount to more than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The
bank was established in 1905 and is under the presidency of L. L. Ford.

    In 1910 Mr. Stockton was united in marriage to Miss Annie Bearden, who was
born in Webb City, Arkansas, a daughter of Moses Bearden, a farmer of Alma,
Arkansas. They have become the parents of five children: Grady, Finis and Axie
Catherine, who are in school; Christina and Wilson, who are not yet of school
age. The religious faith of the parents is that of the Methodist Episcopal
church and Mr. Stockton is a Royal Arch Mason, has served as master of the lodge
and high priest in the chapter. In politics he is a democrat and is now serving
as chairman of the democratic county central committee. He does everything in
his power legitimately to promote the success of the party because of his firm
belief in its principles and he is interested in all that pertains to the city's
welfare and promotion of public interests.


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


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