Bio of C. C. Dorrian, Miller Co, AR From "The Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas," Published 1890 by Goodspeed. Chicago, Nashville, and St. Louis: The Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1890 Submitted by: Becky Hargett ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ====================================================================== C. C. Dorrian, mayor, Texarkana, Ar. this prominent and much respected citizen owes his nativity to North Ireland, where his birth occurred in May, 1853, and is the son of Charles and Catherine (Hagerty) Dorrian, both natives of the Emerald Isle. The father is deceased, but the mother is still living and resides in her native country C. C. Dorrian was educated principally in the United States, whither he had emigrated in 1869, when sixteen years of age, and attended school at Rock Hill College, Ellicott City, Md., graduating in 1875. The same year he came to Texarkana, embarked in the grocery business (which was the first start made form himself), and in this he was very successful, continuing it until September, 1889, when he retired from business. He started on a letter of introduction as his capital in Texarkana, and he now ranks among the wealthiest men of Miller County, Ark. As a merchant he was successful beyond his most sanguine expectations. He owns a vast amount of real estate in the city of Texarkana, and is one of the leading citizens of the county. He is identified with almost every public enterprise in the city; is director of the First National Bank, vice-president of the Texarkana Car & Foundry Company, and is interested in several other enterprises. Mr. Dorrian owns one of handsomest residences in Texarkana, which has just been completed at a considerable outlay. He has been mayor of the town for one term, and was a candidate for re-election in 1890. He was married in 1877, in Texarkana, Ark., to Miss Lizzie Morton, a native of Richmond, Ray County, Mo.