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

TALBOT FEILD.
    Talbot Feild, president and general manager of the Hope Lumber Company,
manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of lumber, and also president of the
Hope Chamber of Commerce, is a dominant figure in the business circles of this
city. A man of steady and persistent purpose, his plans have always been
carefully formulated and promptly executed and the results which he has achieved
have been most satisfactory. Little Rock numbers him among her native sons, his
birth having occurred on the 17th of February, 1880, his parents being Talbot
and Annie Rose (Terry) Feild, who were also natives of Arkansas. The father died
at the early age of twenty-eight years and the mother died when her son was but
four years of age, after which he was reared by his grandfather, Silas Flournoy
Feild, a Little Rock merchant, who was senior partner in the firm of Feild &
Dolley, pioneer merchants of the capital city. In later years, however, the
grandfather engaged in farming. Talbot Feild has a twin brother, William Terry
Feild, who is a mechanical engineer, with office in the Gazette building in
Little Rock.

    Talbot Feild was educated in the Little Rock grammar schools and in Keys
Commercial College. In young manhood he found employment with the J. H. Martin
Arms Company of Little Rock, with which he was associated for a period of
fifteen years, rising from the position of salesman to the vice presidency of
the firm. His steady advancement came as a recognition of his ability and
expanding powers. He readily adapted himself to any task which confronted him
and step by step he progressed until he became one of the officials of the
company. On the 1st of January, 1910, however, he removed to Hope, Arkansas, to
become secretary of the Hope Lumber Company, in which he purchased stock. In
1911 he was elected to the presidency and was made general manager at the same
time. This company is conducting an extensive business in the manufacture of
lumber, which is sold to both the wholesale and retail trade, and the business
is now one of substantial proportions. Mr. Feild likewise became identified with
the Hope Ice & Coal Company on his removal to this city, purchasing stock at
that time, while in 1912 he became president of the company and has remained as
chief executive officer to this time.

    On the 14th of October, 1908, Mr. Feild was married to Miss Wanda West, a
daughter of Captain J. T. West, who was the organizer of the Hope Lumber
Company. He died in 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Feild are parents of a son and daughter:
Talbot and Hattie Anne. Mr. Feild is well known in Masonic circles, having
membership in Whitfield Lodge, No. 239, A. F. & A. M.; Washington Chapter, No.
23, R. A. M., of Hope; Albert Pike Consistory, No. 1, A. & A. S. R., and was
invested in 1921 with the Knight Commander of the Court of Honor; and Al-Amin
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He likewise belongs to Hope Lodge, No. 1109, B. P. O.
B., of which he is now the exalted ruler, and to the Woodmen of the World,
having previously served as council commander, in which capacity he continued
for four years. His membership relations likewise extend to the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, to the United Commercial Travelers, the Woodmen Circle and the
Rotary Club, of which he was secretary for three years. He and his wife are
active and faithful members of St. Mark's Episcopal church, of which he is
serving as treasurer Along strictly social lines he has connection with the
Hempstead County Hunting Club. During the World war he was active in support of
all projects for the country's good and served as sales director in the third
and fourth Liberty Loan drives, in both of which his district went over the top,
and he was publicity director in the United War Work campaign. He was likewise
county chairman of the War Camp Community Service and also served as county
chairman of the Girls' Industrial School. He belongs to the Arkansas Travelers.
His interests and activities are broad and varied and many of them constitute
forces for public improvement and for the support of those projects which have
most to do with the welfare and upbuilding of community, commonwealth and country.


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


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