Biography of Calvin E McAuley, Greene Co, AR

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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas

page 156

Calvin E. McAuley, M. D. The most important science bearing upon man's happiness,
comfort and welfare, is that of medicine, and Dr. McAuley is a credit to the
profession. His birth occurred in Carroll County, Tenn., in April, 1857, and he is
the only surviving member of a family of three children, born to Dr. Enos and Martha
(Duke) McAuley, who were born in North Carolina and Tennessee, in 1821 and 1833,
respectively. The father was taken by his parents to Carroll County, Tenn., when ten
years of age, and was reared to manhood in that State on a farm. He graduated from a
medical college of Kentucky and in February, 1878, came to Greene County, Ark., where
he died in 1881, having been an active medical practitioner for about thirty-seven
years, or since twenty-one years of age. He also taught school in his youth, and
socially was a Royal Arch Mason; he was an active member of the Baptist Church, to
which his wife also belonged. Dr. Calvin E. McAuley attended the common schools of
Carroll County, and in 1872 or 1873 commenced the study of medicine under his father,
and at the age of nineteen began practicing. He entered the Louisville Medical
College in 1885, and since July, 1878, has been a very successful practitioner of
Greene County, Ark. In 1877 he was married to Miss Mary U. Butler, a native of
Tennessee, who was born in 1863, and died December 17, 1878, having been an earnest
member of the Baptist Church. She left one child, Lelah U. The Doctor took for his
second wife Miss Mary F. Ledbetter, who was born in Arkansas in 1859, and by her he
has three children: Maud L., Irvin E. and Florence P. Mrs. McAuley is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The Doctor belongs to the I. O. O. F., is an
advocate of schools, and a Republican in his political views, and in 1886 was
tendered the nomination as representative to the State legislature, but would not
accept. After coming to Arkansas he was in partnership with his father until the
latter's death.