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

JAMES A. GALLAHER.
    James A. Gallaher, member of the Fort Smith bar, practicing as senior
partner in the firm of Gallaher & Gean, a relation that has been maintained for
more than six years, is a native son of Arkansas, his birth having occurred in
the city of Paris in May, 1871, his parents being Thomas J. and Eliza J. (Rhyne)
Gallaher. While spending his youthful days in his father's home he attended the
public schools and later became a student in the Paris Academy. Determining upon
the practice of law, he began reading with the purpose of winning admission to
the bar and continued his studies in the University of Arkansas until graduated
with the class of 1898. Immediately afterward he opened an office in his native
city and there remained for about a decade, or until 1908, when he came to Fort
Smith. Here he has continued in practice, and on the 25th of March, 1915,
entered into his present partnership relation with Roy R. Gean, under the firm
style of Gallaher & Gean.

    In 1912 Mr. Gallaher was married to Miss Elba B. Culbertson of Fort Smith,
who is well known in this city, both Mr. and Mrs. Gallaher having an extensive
circle of warm friends, and to them the hospitality of the best homes is freely
accorded. Fraternally Mr. Gallaher is connected with the Modern Woodmen of
America and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, and he was a delegate to the
national convention of the Yeomen, while for ten years he served as secretary of
the local organization. He is also the secretary of the Southern Live Stock &
Lumber Company, which indicates that his activities have been extended into
other business fields outside of his profession. His political allegiance is
given to the republican party, and he was nominated on its ticket for the office
of circuit judge. However, he has always considered the pursuits of private life
as in themselves abundantly worthy of his best efforts, and he has made a
lasting impression upon the bar of the state, arguing many cases and losing but
few. His course in the courtroom is characterized by a calmness and dignity that
indicate reserve strength, and while he has manifested the utmost devotion to
the interests of his clients, he never forgets that he owes a still higher
allegiance to the majesty of the law.


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


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