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

J. J. DOYNE.
    J. J. Doyne, ex-state superintendent of public instruction and former
president of the State Normal, is now superintendent of the public schools of
Lonoke. He has for many years been closely and prominently associated with
educational interests in Arkansas and has contributed in notable measure to the
progress of the schools in this state. Born in Farmville, Prince Edward county,
Virginia, in 1858, he is a son of John and Agnes (Stratton) Doyne. His father
was a native of Petersburg, Virginia, and a son of Charles Doyne, who came from
Dublin, Ireland, following the completion of his education in Trinity College at
Dublin. He settled in Petersburg, Virginia, where the family home was maintained
for some years. His son, John Doyne, was a veteran of the Confederate army,
serving throughout the Civil war as a member of Pickett's famous brigade. Later
he became a merchant at Farmville. Virginia, and the building which he occupied
is now utilized as a store by his nephew, so that the Doyne family has carried
on business in the same building for eighty years. To John and Agnes Doyne there
were born four children: William T., Mary E , Susan and J. J. Doyne.

    The last named was accorded liberal educational opportunities, pursuing his
collegiate work in the University of Virginia. Subsequently he taught in Lonoke,
Arkansas, coming to this city forty-three years ago, and throughout the
intervening period he has been identified with the public school system of the
state. For eight years he remained a teacher in the schools of Lonoke and then
went to Fort Smith, where he remained for two years, after which he returned to
Lonoke and was again active in school work in this city for nine years. In 1898
recognition of his ability, forcefulness and resourcefulness in the educational
field came to him in his election to the office of state superintendent of
public instruction, which position he filled most acceptably for four years. He
was then out of office for two terms, but in 1906 was reelected to the position,
which he filled for a time and then resigned to accept the presidency of the
State Normal School. He became the first president of that institution and
served altogether for nine years, establishing its policy and largely
formulating its course of instruction and field of work. Upon his resignation
there, in 1917, he returned to Lonoke, where he is again superintendent of
schools. This city is to be congratulated upon having at the head of its
educational system a man of such wide experience and marked capability as
Professor Doyne, and Lonoke has, indeed, reason to he proud of her schools. He
also served for fourteen years as county examiner of Lonoke county and in every
possible way has maintained the high standards under which the district schools
have been conducted. For thirty-five years he has been a member of the National
Education Association and he is a life member of the Arkansas Educational
Association.

    Professor Doyne was united in marriage to Miss Ida Beard of Lonoke, a
daughter of Judge T. C. Beard, and their children are: Charles B. and William
T., who have departed this life; and Charles Russell, a physician and surgeon,
who is now serving as staff physician in the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases
at Madison, Indiana. He was graduated from the Arkansas Medical College and has
devoted his entire life to professional activity. He married Mazie Lawson.

    Professor Doyne is a Baptist in his religious faith and fraternally he is
connected with the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World.
His prominence in the educational field extends far beyond the boundaries of
this state. For five years he was editor of the Arkansas Teacher, at that time a
state publication.


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


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