Washington County ArArchives Biographies.....Mock, Will Hugh ************************************************ 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 June 1, 2009, 9:18 pm Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) WILL HUGH MOCK, M. D. P. A. C. S. Dr. Will Hugh Mock, thoroughly trained for the practice of medicine and surgery, has won notable success in following his profession in Prairie Grove, where his record stands in contradistinction to the old adage that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, for in this locality in which his life has been passed he has made substantial progress and enjoys in unusual measure the confidence and goodwill of his fellowmen. Dr. Mock was born here in 1875, his parents being John and Margaret (Rogers) Mock, the former a native of Sevier county, Tennessee, while the latter was born near Charleston, South Carolina. The Mock family was long represented in Tennessee, the grandfather having been a native of that state, while within the borders of the commonwealth he spent his life. The grandfather in the maternal line was Hugh Rogers, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, who came to Arkansas in pioneer times and devoted his life to farming, aiding in the early agricultural development of the section in which he lived. The marriage of John Mock and Margaret Rogers was celebrated in Georgia and removing to Arkansas they settled in Washington county in 1851. Here Mr. Mock purchased a farm, which is still owned by his son, Dr. Mock. In his religious faith the father was a Methodist and fraternally he was a Mason. His political allegiance was always given to the democratic party and during the Civil war he served for four years with the Confederate army. He departed this life December 16, 1900. He is still survived by his widow, who has reached the notable age of ninety-one years. Mrs. Mock deserves more than passing notice in this volume, by reason of the part which she played in the period of pioneer development and her activity in the Civil war. Her home was located on the battle ground of Prairie Grove and during the course of the battle she sent her daughter to the cellar while she remained in the home until after firing had ceased. When hostilities were over she had the wounded brought to her home in order to help nurse them. She knitted socks and made clothing for the soldiers throughout the war, gave them food and in every possible way assisted the southern cause. When the troops were encamped near her home she and an old negro went to the fields and shot their hogs, which they then cooked and served to the soldiers of the south. Mrs. Mock is still living near the old home with her son and though she is now an octogenarian she possesses all her faculties to an unusual degree and is a most well informed and lovable old lady, who well deserves prominent mention in the history of the state. Mr. and Mrs. John Mock had a family of eight children, all of whom are living: J. E., a land owner of San Angelo, Texas; John F., also a land owner, living at Altus, Oklahoma; W. H., of this review; Martha J., the wife of J. J. Baggett of Fayetteville; Mary, the widow of Frank Lake of Oklahoma, now living in Prairie Grove; Margaret, who is the widow of Samuel Neal of Altus, Oklahoma, and a wealthy land owner of that place; Carolyn, the wife of Senator G. T. Cazort, wealthy planter of Lamar, Arkansas, who is a large land owner and now represents his district in the state senate; and Josephine, who is the wife of W. L. Stuckey, an attorney of Fayetteville, who also owns a fine country home at Johnson, Arkansas. Dr. Mock pursued his education after completing his public school course in the University of Arkansas and in the Vanderbilt College of Tennessee, in which he matriculated as a medical student, being there graduated with the class of 1895. He next attended the University of Tennessee and completed his course there in 1899. He had a year's hospital service during that period and later he became chief surgeon for the O. & C. C. Railroad. In 1899 he entered upon the private practice of medicine and after his hospital service he opened his office in Prairie Grove, where he has remained, save for the period of two years which he spent in connection with the railroad company. He engages in general practice and also specializes in surgery. He has taken postgraduate work in New Orleans, Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, Kansas City and Cleveland and has thus constantly promoted his knowledge and increased his efficiency. He is now prominently known by reason of his highly developed .skill in surgery and does all his operating in Fayetteville hospitals. He possesses comprehensive knowledge of anatomy and the component parts of the human body, is cool and collected in the face of cases and his efforts have been attended with splendid results. Dr. Mock belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church and fraternally is a thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Since attaining his majority he has been a stalwart democrat and has filled various local offices. As the years have passed he has acquired outside business interests beyond his profession, having made judicious investment in banks, in oil stations and in land. He owns two excellent farms and town property and is the owner of two parks in Prairie Grove. After all, however, his time and energies are most concentrated upon his professional duties and he keeps in close touch with the trend of modern thought along medical and surgical lines through his membership in the Washington County Medical Society, the Arkansas State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and he is also a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. The Doctor has perhaps given more of his time gratis toward charitable work than any other man in his town and to the development of his community, from the good roads subject to every call that is made for help and charity. 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/washington/bios/mock17bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 6.5 Kb