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

JAMES A. FOLTZ, M. D., F. A. C. S.
     Dr. James A. Foltz, a physician and surgeon oŁ Fort Smith, who has
developed marked efficiency and skill in his chosen profession and now enjoys an
extensive practice, was born in Memphis, Tennessee, March 24, 187S, and is a son
of J. K. and Mary (Rathell) Foltz. At the time of the Civil war the father
joined the Federal army and served in defense oŁ the Union with the rank of
captain, while Mary Rathell was the daughter of Colonel Rathell, who commanded a
regiment of Confederate troops during the Civil war.

    James A. Foltz pursued his education in the public schools of his native
city, and after mastering the work of the high school continued his education in
Tulane University of New Orleans, Louisiana. He was but three years of age when
his parents removed with their family to Fort Smith, taking up their abode in
this city in 1881. When he had completed his studies in Tulane University he
took up postgraduate work in Harvard College and also attended the New York
medical colleges and hospitals for further preparation in his profession.
Returning to Fort Smith, he has here engaged in practice, making a specialty of
surgery. In 1903 he was made chief surgeon of the Fort Smith & Western and the
St. Louis, El Reno & Western Railroads, two years later was appointed division
surgeon of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, and subsequently was
appointed surgeon of the Fort Smith Light & Traction Company. All of these
positions he still holds. For two terms he served as president of the Sebastian
County Medical Society, was at one time president of the Tenth Council or
District Medical Society of Arkansas and in the Medical Association of the
Southwest acted as chairman of the section on surgery.

    In 1903 Dr. Foltz was united in marriage to Miss Janie Price, and they are
well known in the social circles of Fort Smith, the hospitality of the best
homes being most freely accorded them, while the good cheer of their own
household is greatly enjoyed by their many friends. During the World war Dr.
Foltz acted as chairman of the district medical service of the Red Cross. The
cause of education has ever found in him a stalwart champion and he has taken
great interest therein, having served as a member of the board of education for
eight years. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and he
concentrates his efforts and attention wholly upon his professional duties,
fully realizing the obligations and responsibilities that devolve upon him in
this connection. In everything that pertains to professional advancement he
keeps abreast with the best thinking men of the age and his study, investigation
and experience have brought him prominently to the front in surgical work in
Arkansas.


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


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