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Source: See Full Citation Below Biography
Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

CALVIN H. BURKS.
    On the roster of county officials in Jefferson county appears the name of
Calvin H. Burks of Pine Bluff, who is filling the position of county treasurer
and making an excellent official, as attested by the consensus of opinion on the
part of his fellow citizens. A native of this state, he was born in Monticello,
Drew county, in 1869, and is a son of Captain W. P. and Maggie (Hemingway)
Burks, who were natives of Tennessee and Mississippi, respectively. The Burks
family was founded in Arkansas at an early day, when settlement was made in Drew
county, and the Hemingways also took up their abode in Drew county on coming to
this state. Captain W. P. Burks served with the Confederate army during the
Civil war. He had been a man in affluent circumstances prior to the period of
hostilities and after the war he largely recuperated his fortunes through the
conduct of a general merchandise business at Monticello. He was also a planter
and his carefully directed interests again brought to him a gratifying measure
of success. In the family of Captain and Mrs. Burks were six children: Belle
Pearl, the wife of T. W. Loper; Calvin H.; Agrippina, the deceased wife of M. C.
Cleveland; J. Pinckney, who is editor of the Helena World; Anna Marie, principal
of the Pine Bluff schools; and Lona May, the wife of E. C. Chestnut. Two of the
sons of J. Pinckney Burks—Edwin and Pinckney—were soldiers of the World war.

    Calvin H. Burks pursued his education in the schools of Monticello and in
early life became a salesman, thus making his initial step in the business
world. In 1892 he removed to Pine Bluff and became identified with the wholesale
grocery house of the John H. Talbot Company as a salesman. Later he filled a
position with a railroad company as an accountant and in 1921 he was elected to
the office of county treasurer, which position he is now filling. In the
discharge of his duties he is prompt, systematic, thorough and painstaking and
is making an excellent official in the office.

    Mr. Burks was united in marriage in 1895 to Miss Dora G. Toney, a daughter
of W. L. and Mary (Kimbrongh) Toney. Mr. and Mrs. Burks have become parents of
four children: Calvin H., Pearl, Elizabeth and William. Calvin is a veteran of
the World war, while the daughter, Pearl, is a teacher of elocution in the high
school at Pine Bluff and has also appeared on the Chautauqua platform. Mr. Burks
and his family are members of the Methodist church, in which he has served as a
steward for fifteen years. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons, the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the
World. He is keenly interested in all those forces which make for the uplift and
betterment of mankind and his influence has ever been on the side of law and
order, of right and progress.


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


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