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

J. M. STANFORD, M.  D.
    Although one of the more recent additions to the medical fraternity of
Russellville, Dr. J. M. Stanford has already won a well established position in
professional circle, and is rapidly building up a large practice. He is a native
son of Arkansas, his birth having occurred near Scottsville on the 18th of
March, 1879, and his parents were John W. and Anna (Snyder) Stanford, the former
born in Mississippi and the latter in Missouri. They were married in
Scottsville, Arkansas, and the father has devoted his life to the occupation of
farming. He served for two years as a soldier in the Civil war and while
participating in the raid in Missouri he became ill and was invalided home, but
did not recover sufficiently to rejoin his command before the termination of the
war. He is now residing with the subject of this review and has reached the age
of seventy-seven years. He is a Baptist in religious faith and his political
allegiance is given to the democratic party. His father, Miles Stanford, was
also a native of Mississippi and previous to the outbreak of the Civil war he
came to Arkansas, where he followed the occupation of farming. The maternal
grandfather, Peter Snyder, was born in Germany, hut acquired his education in
France and on emigrating to the United States he first settled in Missouri,
removing to Arkansas prior to 1861. He was a well-known physician and his demise
occurred in this state when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-five
years. His daughter, Mrs. Stanford, died in 1906. She had become the mother of
six children, three of whom survive, namely: J. M.; Clara, the wife of Paul
Llewellyn, who is one of the oldest teachers in Pope county and is now following
his profession at Newton Springs; and Thomas, who is engaged in farming and
resides at Dover, Arkansas.

    In the public schools of Pope county, J. M. Stanford acquired his early
education and his professional training was obtained at the Memphis Hospital
Medical College, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1908. He entered
upon the work of his profession at Hector, Arkansas, where he remained for
sixteen years, during which period he developed a large practice, being obliged
to cover an extensive area in ministering to his patients. While residing there
he also became the owner of a drug store and acquired farming property, which he
retains, and he likewise has a house and lot in that, town. In April, 1918, he
opened an office in Russellville, where he now has a large practice, conducting
his professional interests under the firm style of Campbell, Hays & Stanford. He
engages in the general practice of medicine, but devotes considerable attention
to surgical work, in which he has been very successful. In 1918 he took a
postgraduate course at the Mayo Brothers Hospital at Rochester, Minnesota, and
is an earnest student of his profession, doing everything in his power to
broaden his knowledge and promote his skill.

    On the 21st of May, 1902, Dr. Stanford was united in marriage to Miss Fannie
Webb, a native of Hector, Arkansas, and a daughter of James Webb, a well-known
farmer residing in that place. Four children have been born of this union: Ruth,
who died at the age of twelve years: Cecile, who is a student at the State
Agricultural College; Mildred, who is attending the grammar schools; and John,
Jr., who is but twenty-one months old.

    Dr. Stanford is a democrat in his political views and fraternally he is
identified with the Woodmen of the World and the Masons, and while residing at
Hector he was master of his lodge. He keeps in touch with the advancement that
is continually being made along the lines of his profession through his
membership in the Pope County and Arkansas State Medical Societies and the
American Medical Association, and of the first named organization he served as
president in 1920. He has never been content with mediocrity, hut is ever
striving toward the attainment of high ideals, and his pronounced ability and
upright policy have won for him the respect and confidence of his fellow
practitioners and also of the general public.


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


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