Union-Clark County ArArchives Biographies.....George, Isaac M. ************************************************ 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 August 16, 2009, 10:23 pm Source: See Full Citation Below Biography Author: S. J. Clarke ISAAC M. GEORGE. M. D. Dr. Isaac M. George, a specialist in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, practicing successfully in El Dorado, was born in Clark county, Arkansas. November 3, 1860, and is a son of Daniel and Martha (Reid) George. The parents were natives of the state of Georgia and the father was of English descent, while the mother came of Irish ancestry. The grandfather in the maternal line assisted in building the first railroad ever constructed in Georgia and in this way he made the money with which he purchased his first negro slave. He served as captain of the Home Guards during the Civil war, while nine of his ten sons served throughout the period of hostilities between the north and the south and six of the number laid down their lives on the battle fields. The grandfather was also seriously wounded, but lived through the memorable struggle. The birth of Dr. George's parents occurred on adjoining farms, but they were not married until their removal to Arkansas. Daniel George came to this state in young manhood, while his future wife was brought to Arkansas by her parents when twelve years of age, the family settling in Clark county. Mr. George departed this life soon after the close of the Civil war, his death resulting from exposure during the service. Dr. George was educated in the high school at Lanius, Texas, and in 1887 he took up the study of medicine, which he read for two years before entering college. In 1889 he enrolled as a student in the Louisville Medical College at Louisville. Kentucky, where he attended one course of lectures that fall and in the following spring he pursued a course in the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville. In July, 1890, he, entered upon active practice in Clark county, Arkansas, and in December of the same year he removed to Union county with the coming of the railroad, settling in Smackover. In 1896 he completed his medical studies in the University of Arkansas, which conferred upon him his professional degree that year. He continued to practice in Smackover, in Union county, until the fall of 1899, and through a period of two and a halt years thereafter he made frequent removals and trips for the benefit of his wife's health. In 1902 he located at Jonesboro, Louisiana, where he was in active practice for five years, and in 1907 he came to El Dorado, where he has remained. In 1900 and again in 1907 he took postgraduate work on the eye, ear, nose and throat in the Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat College, and in 1914 he pursued a special course in the same department of the Tulane University at New Orleans. For the past twenty years he has specialized in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, but for fifteen years of that time also conducted general practice. During the past five years, however, he has confined his attention solely to his specialty and is recognized as an eminent authority upon this branch of professional activity. On the 15th of May, 1892, Dr. George was married to Miss Anna Norton, a daughter of Preston Norton, a farmer of Clark county. They are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, and Dr. George is identified with El Dorado Lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M., and El Dorado Chapter, No. 114, R. A. M. He is interested at all times in those forces which make for the benefit and progress of the community and for the uplift of the individual. In his practice he has performed his work in a most conscientious way and is zealous in promoting his knowledge, that his labors may be of the greatest possible benefit to those who seek his aid. He keeps in touch with the latest scientific researches and discoveries and his methods are thoroughly modern in every particular. He is a member of the Union and the Arkansas State Medical Societies. 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/union/bios/george438bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb