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

CHARLES H. TRIPLETT.
    Charles H. Triplett, president of the National Bank of Arkansas at Pine
Bluff, occupies an enviable position in business and financial circles, not
alone by reason of the success he has achieved but also owing to the
straightforward business policy he has ever followed. His life record cannot
fail to prove of interest because of his wide acquaintance and the high esteem
in which he is uniformly held. He was born in Jefferson county, Arkansas, in
1850, a son of C. H. and Esther Ann Triplett, both natives of Virginia, and a
descendant of the old Triplett family of Round Hill, Fairfax county, Virginia.
The grandfather attended the same church as did George Washington, purchasing
therein Pew No. 5 on the 24th of February, 1774, at which time it was the custom
to buy church pews. Mr. Triplett of this review still has in his possession the
deed to this pew, showing the signatures of Washington, Mason, Henderson, Thomas
Triplett, Payne and several other members of the church and also bearing the
seal of the commonwealth of Virginia. Following their marriage C. H. and Esther
Ann Triplett settled on a farm in Jefferson county, Arkansas, about 1S46 and
they became the parents of four children: Sarah, Marion, George W. and Charles
H., but the last named is the only one now living.

    In his youthful days Charles H. Triplett of this review attended the public
schools of Jefferson county and during the summer months worked on the home farm
until he was eighteen years of age, when, thinking to find other pursuits more
congenial, he took up clerking and was thus employed for four years. He next
entered the real estate business in Pine Bluff on his own account, and his close
application and undaunted enterprise brought him at length to a commanding
position in the real estate circles of the county, while his labors constituted
an important factor in the development of Pine Bluff and this section of the
state. His business steadily increased until it became one of extensive
proportions and for years he devoted his entire attention thereto, save for the
period of his service in public office. He was elected county treasurer of
Jefferson county in 1888, filling the position for four years, and in 1894 he
was elected sheriff and also occupied that office for four years. At the time of
the failure of the old Bank of Pine Bluff, Mr. Triplett purchased the assets and
became president of the newly organized National Bank of Arkansas, of which he
has continued the chief executive officer. He shaped the policy of the
institution and has largely directed its destiny and the bank has enjoyed a
steady and substantial growth through the intervening years. It is now in
excellent condition and is regarded as one of the thoroughly safe and dependable
moneyed institutions of this part of the state.

    In 1880 Mr. Triplett was united in marriage to Miss Estelle Holland, a
daughter of W. H. and Hannah Holland, and they have become the parents of five
children: Charles H., Jr.; Gerald; Esther Dunlap, the wife of Sam Williamson;
Arthur F., an attorney; and Frank, who served in the World war and is now a
teller and assistant cashier in the National Bank of Arkansas. Mr. Triplett is
the oldest paying member of the Presbyterian church at Pine Bluff, in years of
continuous connection with the organization, and he has long been a most
consistent and helpful worker in the church. In politics he has always been a
democrat and was the first person elected to the office of sheriff on the
democratic ticket after the Civil war. He made a most excellent official in
public office, discharging his duties with the same thoroughness and fidelity
that have always characterized the conduct of his private business affairs. His
name has long heen regarded as a synonym of enterprise and integrity in business
and through his own efforts he has reached a most creditable position in the
financial circles of Jefferson county.


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


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