Biography of John Gatling, St Francis County, AR

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        Date: 14 Nov 2008
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Transcribed by Lisa Hamilton from 
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SOURCE:  Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern 
Arkansas. Chicago:Goodspeed Publishers, 1890.
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Gatling, John Williams
[Aug. 2, 1851 Death: Sep. 26, 1916]

John Gatling, an attorney of Forrest City, is of Scotch descent, his ancestors
coming to this country many years ago. He is a son of James and Mary E. Gatling,
natives of North Carolina, and was born August 2, 1851, in Perquimans County, N.
C. His boyhood was spent on a farm and he attended school at an academy at
Hertford until 1870, when he entered the University of Virginia, remaining there
two years, and taking an academic course. After graduating he returned home, and
in 1875 began the study of law in Raleigh, in the office of Moore & Gatling,
where he continued about six months, then entering the Law School of Harvard
University, Cambridge, Mass. In January, 1877, he was examined by the supreme
court of North Carolina, and admitted to the bar. He then returned to his native
county and remained until 1881, when he came to St. Francis County and located
at Forrest City, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his
profession and enjoys a large practice. He was married in 1881 in Hertford, N.
C., to Miss Elizabeth Gilliam. Mr. Gatling is a member of the K. of P., and a
Democrat and now holds the position of United States commissioner. He has one of
the finest libraries in this city, valued at about $1,000.