Biography of Eli McClain, Independence Co, AR

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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas. 
Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
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page 689 

Eli McClain, M. D., a young physician of acknowledged merit in
Independence County, Ark., was born in Randolph County, this State, April 24,
1859, and is one of four surviving members of a family of eight children born
to the marriage of Matthew McClain and Alcy Huffstedler, that marriage
occurring August 7, 1851, in the State of Tennessee, where they were born, the
former May 20, 1822, and the latter November 27, 1832. They moved to this State
in the year of their marriage, procuring a place in Randolph County, where the
father continued to till the soil up to his death, April 29, 1864. His widow
married John S. Campbell, August 7, 1867. They, with all the children [p.689]
that have arrived at the years of accountability, are members of the Christian
Church. The McClain children still surviving are: Margaret, born October 23,
1856; Martin, born January 14, 1861; Julia, born December 23, 1862, and Dr.
Eli. At first, the latter attended school in his native county, but a strong
desire to study medicine led him to enter the Medical College of St. Louis,
Mo., in which institution he made progress sufficient to justify him in
entering into active professional life, which he did in his native State, and
has continued successfully in this calling up to the present date, and many can
testify to his ability. He is an active member of the Christian Church, and is
unmarried.