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

HAROLD E. BLUTHENTHAL.

    Harold E. Bluthenthal, a cotton factor and merchant of Pine Bluff, well
known in the business circles of Arkansas, is a representative of one of the old
families of the state whose members have been conspicuous in the life of the
south for more than a century. He is the son of David M. Bluthenthal, who passed
away in Pine Bluff in 1915, having reached the age of seventy years, his birth
having occurred in Bavaria, Germany, in 1845. Before entering upon the immediate
history of Harold E. Bluthenthal it will be interesting in this connection to
note that the first representative of the name in America was an uncle of David
M. Bluthenthal, who, coming to the new world, served with the American army in
the Mexican war and was killed before the city of Mexico, under command of
General Scott. A. Simon, the father-in-law of David M. Bluthenthal, came to the
United States from France in 1825 and was a prominent business man of
Louisville, Kentucky, but spent the last fifteen years of his life in Arkansas
and was buried at Pine Bluff. He was a noted horseman and owned many
thoroughbreds. He also served in the Mexican war and was in the secret service
of the Confederacy during the Civil war. Samuel Bluthenthal, elder brother of
David M. Bluthenthal, left Germany to become a resident of the new world and
made for himself a creditable position in connection with the business interests
and the public life of Arkansas. He took up his abode in Dallas county. He was
married to Bertha Becker and at the time of the Civil war he joined the
Confederate forces and served in the Third Arkansas Cavalry command under Solon
Bolin. He was also with General Forrest and General Wheeler, was twice taken
prisoner and was wounded in battle, sustaining injuries in the engagement at
Corinth and again at Chickamauga. At the latter place, when his regiment
surrendered, its numbers had been reduced until there were only eighty-four men.
On one occasion after being captured he escaped from prison. When the war was
over he returned to his home in Arkansas and in this state he reared his family,
numbering five children. Herbert C., the eldest of the family, married Jessie
Marks of Cincinnati, Ohio, and they became parents of three children: Irwin, who
served in the World war; Herbert, Jr., a student in the University of Chicago;
and a daughter, Mabel. The second of the family of Samuel Bluthenthal is
Blanche, the wife of S. Katzenstein, and the others are: Josie, the wife of
Rabbi Kornfeld, United States minister to Persia; Gabe, living in New York city;
and Mrs. Max Mayer, also of New York.

    David M. Bluthenthal, the father of Harold E. Bluthenthal, spent the first
ten years of his life in his native country and then came to the United States
to join his brother Samuel, who had previously settled in Dallas county,
Arkansas. A cousin, D. S. Bluthenthal, was also a resident of Dallas county, as
was another cousin, Simuel. David M. Bluthenthal joined his kindred and lived in
Dallas county until the outbreak of the Civil war. His brother, Samuel, joined
the Confederate army and David afterward became a representative oŁ that great
army of gray-clad soldiers who marched to the defense of the south. Henry
Bluthenthal, another brother who had previously lived in Arkansas, died at
Princeton in 1860. Following the war David M. Bluthenthal and his brothers,
Samuel and D. S., came to Pine Bluff, where they organized the S. Bluthenthal
Company in 1865 and opened a store which has been in existence throughout the
intervening period, a most substantial and constantly growing business having
been developed. The senior partner in the firm, Samuel Bluthenthal, passed away
in 1917 and from that time the business was carried on by Harold E. and Herbert
Bluthenthal up to February, 1922, when the former became sole proprietor by the
purchase oŁ the interest of Herbert Bluthenthal. The latter is a son of Samuel
Bluthenthal and Harold E. is a son of David M. Bluthenthal, both founders of the
business. The company has not only conducted a mercantile establishment but has
also engaged in cotton raising, having extensive acreage, its properties
amounting altogether to fifteen thousand acres, situated in ten counties of the
state. The original owners were men of recognized business ability and marked
enterprise and their activities brought them a very substantial measure of success.

    David M. Bluthenthal was united in marriage to Miss Sophie S. Simon, a
daughter of Abraham and Minnie (Kahn) Simon, and they became parents oŁ two
children, Harold E. and Bessie.

    Harold E. Bluthenthal, who was born at Pine Bluff, July 11, 1884, was
educated at Center College of Kentucky, in which he completed his course of
study in 1902. Immediately afterward he became associated with his father in
business and is now manager of the company. Like his father, he has displayed
marked enterprise, diligence and perseverance in the conduct of his affairs and
obstacles and difficulties in his path have seemed to serve but as an
inspiration for renewed effort on his part.

    For a brief period during the World war Harold E. Bluthenthal was in
military service. He is well known in fraternal circles, being a past exalted
ruler of the local lodge of Elks, while in Masonry he has taken the degrees of
the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. The family have been
represented in Arkansas during the greater part of a century and the name has
always been a synonym of business enterprise and progressiveness, while their
influence has ever been on the side of improvement in connection with affairs of
public moment.


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


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