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

J. A. DOWDY.
    J. A. Dowdy, mine owner of Clarksville, Arkansas, and president of the
Spadra Coal Company, is one of the dynamic forces in the business circles of
that section of the state. In the conduct of a business project he never fails
to reach his objective, and his position as one of the leading and
representative business men of Arkansas remains unchallenged. He is a native son
of the state, his birth having occurred in White county in 1870, his parents
being William T. and Elizabeth Dowdy. The schools of his native county accorded
him his educational privileges and when his textbooks were put aside he became a
traveling salesman and devoted a number of years to business of that character.

    Constantly watchful of opportunities and utilizing every chance for
legitimate advancement, in 190S Mr. Dowdy became associated with others in
acquiring the Spadra coal mines, the property embracing more than five hundred
acres in the principal mining district of northwestern Arkansas. The company
employs from forty to fifty miners and produces more than two hundred tons of
coal per day. The officers of the Spadra Coal Company are: J. A. Dowdy,
president; Dave McKinney, W. J. Lemley, R. A. Dowdy and Tom McKinney.

    In addition to his coal mining interests Mr. Dowdy is connected with oil
development in Columbia county, Arkansas, he and his business associates having
acquired immense acreage in Columbia and other counties. Active drilling has
begun in Columbia county and this is considered one of the large development
projects of the state. Mr. Dowdy is a man of clear vision, keen insight and
sound business judgment. He carries forward to successful completion whatever he
undertakes, and his energy and determination have enabled him to reach the goal
of success. Moreover, his activities are of a character which have contributed
to public progress and prosperity, as well as to individual affluence, and
northwestern Arkansas is indeed fortunate in that he has cast in his lot with
the residents of this section of the state and has here directed his energies to
the benefit and upbuilding of the community.


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


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