Washington Co., AR - Biographies - Mccormick Bros *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Goodspeed Publishing Co Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** Mccormick Bros. The drug interests of Prairie Grove. Ark., are ably represented by the above named firm, which consists of William T. and Dr. E. G. McCormick, who are the sons of James W. and Mary J. (Zink) McCormick. The father belonged to one of the F. F. V.'s, and was reared and married in his native State, being engaged in the milling business, which occupation he carried on until his death. He moved to Arkansas in 1875, becoming a resident of Washington County in 1877, and in 1884 located at Prairie Grove, where he died the same year. His wife survives him. Their son, Dr. E. G. McCormick, was born in the "Old Dominion," February 10, 1855, and continued to reside in his native State until he attained his twentieth year, when he came to Arkansas with [p.979] his parents. He received an excellent early education, and after coming to Arkansas began the study of medicine at Carlisle, being several years engaged in studying that science, and in teaching school, following the latter occupation in Arkansas and Iowa. He took his first course of lectures in the winters of 1878-79, at the Missouri Medical College, of St, Louis, and in the spring of the latter year located in Crawford County, and engaged in practicing his profession until 1880, when he returned to college, and was graduated as an M. D. from that institution in the spring of 1881. He then resumed his practice in Crawford County, but in July, 1884, went to Florida, where he spent three months in looking over the State, then returned to Washington County, Ark., where he has since been a successful practitioner. He and his brother have been engaged in the drug business since 1884, and, in connection with their medicines, carry a large line of paints and oils. The Doctor is president of the Canning Association of Prairie Grove. He was married in Crawford County, February 10, 1884, to Miss Mamie Gilliam, a daughter of Dr. C. D. Gilliam, by whom he is the father of two children: William Grover and Myrtle. Dr. McCormick and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is a Master Mason. William T. McCormick, a member of the firm of McCormick Bros., of Prairie Grove, Ark., was born in Augusta County, Va., October 21, 1858, and came to Arkansas in 1875, and to Washington County in 1877. Like his brother he received good educational advantages, and after coming to Arkansas assisted his father in the mill until 1881, when be located in Prairie Grove, where he clerked for some time in a drug store. They engaged in their present business in 1884, and have built up a large and paying trade. He is one of the stockholders in the Canning Association, and is also its treasurer, being one of the men to establish that enterprise. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and has the confidence and esteem of all who know him.