Sebastian-Crawford County ArArchives Biographies.....Gean, Roy R. ************************************************ 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 July 20, 2009, 11:20 pm Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) ROY R. GEAN. Roy R. Gean, who since his service in the United States army during the World war, has been engaged in the practice of law in Fort Smith, being one of the younger members of the bar who is rapidly forging his way to the front, was born in Van Buren, this state, on the 19th of September, 1894, his parents being John R. and Charlotte (Mann) Gean. The maternal grandfather was a soldier of the Confederate army during the Civil war. Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, Roy R. Gean attended the public schools of Van Buren and later prepared for his professional career as a student in the law department of the La Salle University through its extension course. He continued his reading until he had thoroughly qualified for practice and then, having passed the required examination for admission to the bar, he opened a law office in Fort Smith. Advancement in the profession is proverbially slow, yet he made steady progress and after a time entered into partnership with James A. Gallaher. His professional activity, however, was interrupted by his service in the World war. On the 26th of April, 1917, he volunteered for the army and went to the First Officers Training Camp at Fort Logan H. Roots. There he was honorably discharged. Later he was drafted into the service on the 26th of August, 191S, and remained a member of the Fourth Company of the Fourth Battalion, I. C. O. T. S., until mustered out the following December. Mr. Gean was united in marriage in 1919 to Miss Nan Fisher Baker of Oklahoma City, and they have become parents of a daughter, Francis Virginia. Mr. Gean is identified with the Masonic fraternity and also has membership with the Woodmen of the World and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. He finds pleasurable associations in these orders and is loyal to their teachings and purposes. The major part of his attention, however, is given to his professional interests and earnest effort, close application and the exercise of his native talents have won him constant advancement as a representative of the bar. By reason of what he has already accomplished it seems that his future career will be well worth watching. He is now assistant prosecuting attorney of the twelfth judicial district. 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/sebastian/bios/gean285bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb