Pope County ArArchives Biographies.....Alewine, Reece ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006574 June 7, 2009, 9:17 am Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) REECE ALEWINE. With the industrial and manufacturing interests of Atkins, Reece Alewine is closely associated through his operations as a miller and lumberman. He has developed a business of substantial proportions and his enterprise and determination have constituted the foundation upon which he has builded his success. He comes to Arkansas from South Carolina, in which state his birth occurred December 29, 1868, a son of J. C. and Emma (Milford) Alewine, both natives of South Carolina. The father, who was born in 1842, represented one of the old families of that state, being a son of Michael Alewine, who spent his life in South Carolina. The mother was born in 1846 and her father was also a native of South Carolina. It was in that state that J. C. Alewine and Emma Milford were married and there made their home until 1870, when they came to Arkansas, settling in Pope county, where he purchased a farm and has remained upon that place. In early manhood he joined the Confederate army, enlisting from South Carolina, serving for more than three years. He was the youngest soldier in his regiment and his comrades called him the baby. He has met with substantial success since coming to Arkansas and now owns a farm of one hundred and twenty acres of well improved land. He is a Royal Arch Mason and has served as treasurer of his lodge for many years. In politics he is a democrat and in religious faith he holds membership in the Baptist church. To him and his wife were born six children: Reece; 0. C, who is engaged in business with his brother Reece, at Atkins; G. W., who is engaged in farming with his father; J. J., a farmer of Pope county; Sarah, the wife of James Reyoulds, an insurance man of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; and Jane who is the wife of C. L. Matthews, who is engaged in clerking in a store at Atkins. During his youthful days Reece Alewine attended the country schools of Pope county and started out to provide for his own support as a farmer, devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits until twenty-eight years of age. He then removed to Atkins and worked in a mill for nine years, after which he purchased the property and has since operated the mill, being associated in the enterprise for a time with Mr. Evans, later with Mr. Bell and now with his brother. The mill has a capacity of seventy-five barrels daily and in addition to carrying on this business he has a lumberyard and has built up a good trade in handling lumber and building material. In 1911 Mr. Alewine was married to Miss Myrtle Austin, who was born in Pope county, Arkansas, a daughter of S. Y. Austin, one of the old settlers of the county and a farmer by occupation. Mr. and Mrs. Alewine have become parents of one son, Maureece, now six years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Alewine belong to the Methodist Episcopal church and his fraternal relations are with the Masonic lodge and chapter. He is a past master of the order, having served for three different terms as worshipful master of his lodge and at the present time he is high priest of the chapter. He likewise belongs to the Woodmen of the World and both he and his wife are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. He votes with the democratic party and gives stalwart allegiance to its principles but has never been an aspirant for public office. His time and energies have been concentrated upon his business affairs and it has been by reason of his close application, his thoroughness and his reliability that he has advanced steadily until his undertaking has brought to him a substantial measure of prosperity. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/pope/bios/alewine58bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb