Biography of Louis McDaniel, St Francis County, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Paul V Isbell Date: 19 Nov 2008 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** The late Mr. Louis McDaniel established the St. Francis Motor Company Co. in 1914, and is one of the oldest active dealerships for Ford. The activities of the company today are much different from the time of those in early 1900's, when they assembled Model-T's on the second floor. Mr. McDaniel was one of the most beloved and esteemed business and civic figures in the growth of Forrest City. He did not live a long life, having died just past the half century mark when death claimed him on April 21, 1945, but he always had made his life count to the utmost. He was born July 3, 1890, in Forrest City. His father, Sidney Thomas McDaniel was a prominent farmer of St. Francis County. His mother was Lou (Kirby) McDaniel, also a native of Arkansas. A graduate of Forrest City Public Schools, Mr. McDaniel completed his formal education at the University of Arkansas. In successfully operating the St. Francis Motor Company, which he founded in 1914. Mr. McDaniel married Montine Kirkpatrick of Ripley, Tenn., April 16, 1914. They were the parents of five daughters. Montine McDaniel is now Mrs. Richard W. Freeman of New Orleans. Jenny Lou McDaniel, born Aug. 15, 1916, died Dec. 2, 1916. Laura Louise McDaniel, born Dec. 2, 1918, married John C. Bowen Aug. 15, 1939. They have three childrenas also survived by two half- sisters; one brother, and three half brothers. SOURCE: HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher -Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas