Biography of John William Alderson, Jr., St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Mr. John W. Alderson, Jr., took over the footsteps of his father, John W. Sr.,
who is the present President of Fussell-Graham-Alderson Co. Mr. Alderson already
has established a reputation of remarkable decision of character, able to enter
upon great undertakings and carry them through to successful conclusions with
fairness, honesty, and careful consideration of the opinions of others. Born of
the sturdy pioneer stock which gave this country the early impetus to make it
great, Mr. Alderson has continued operation of the Alderson Farming interests
and has contributed even more dignity to the respected name of his father. Mr.
Alderson received his early education at the Forrest City Public Schools and
then was graduated in 1928 from Washington & Lee, Lexington, Va., where he
received a B. S. in Business and Commerce and a major in Banking and Economics.
The summer before he entered college, he got his first experience in farming
when he took over a sharecropper's crop on his father's farm because the man was
unable to finish it due to illness. On Feb. 11, 1934, he married Miss Maxine
Morse, daughter of James Marion and Sara Frances (Duncan) Morse, of Marietta,
Texas, and to this union have been born two children, Eugenia Katherine, now a
student at Hollins College in Roanoke, Va., and John William III, a student at
the Forrest City Public Schools. Mrs. Alderson had come to St. Francis County as
U. S. Public Health Nurse. He has been active in the Bank of Eastern Arkansas in
1932, becoming Sect. /Treasurer, and is now a director in the National Bank of
Eastern Arkansas. He is presently raising a herd of Polled Herefords, featuring
the Victor Domino breeding, and has encouraged farmers in diversification,
especially the raising of livestock and fruit. He is a Ruling Elder of the
Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas