Bio: A. K. Clingman, Claiborne Parish, LA
Source:  Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890
Submitted for the LAGenWeb Archives by: Gwen Moran-Hernandez, Jan. 2000


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A. K. Clingman needs no introduction to the people of this community, for he
is the owner of a magnificent plantation near the town of Homer, La., about
300 acres of which are under cultivation, and on which is one of the finest
nurseries in this section of the country, comprising about 250,000 trees and
plants.  He was born in Clark County, Ark., where he grew to maturity and
received a good common-school education in various schools of the State, but
in 1873 left the land of his birth to take up his abode in Louisiana, and
since that time has been devoted to the interest of Homer and Claiborne
Parishes.  His work here has prospered in every way, and as the property of
which he is now owner has been obtained by his own unaided efforts he deserves
the greatest credit for his stability, perseverance and energy.  He is at the
present time constructing a hotel at Homer, which is to be 60 x 130 feet, two
stories in height, and built of brick with an iron front.  It will be
admirably fitted up, and every convenience which the traveling public and
desire will be at their disposal.  He was married in 1879 to Miss Delia
Tankersley, a daughter of J. O. Tankersley, of Homer, and an interesting
little family of three children has been born to their union: Annie, Arthur
Brandon and Minnie Terrelle.  Socially, Mr. Clingman is connected with the A.
F. & A. M., the I. O. O. F. and the K. of P.  He and his wife are earnest
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have the unbounded respect of
all who know them throughout this section, for, besides being liberal in their
donations to all worthy enterprises, they are kind, hospitable and public
spirited.  The intelligent manner in which he has conducted his nursery, and
his desire to please and satisfy his patrons, has met with the best of
returns, and Mr. Clingman can look forward to a prosperous and pleasant
future.  He was one of a family of twelve children, nine of whom lived to
maturity, born to A. B. Clingman, who was born in the Old North State, but who
located in Arkansas at an early day, and there reared his family.  The latter
spent his youthful days in Huntsville, N. C., being one of four children of
Peter Clingman, who was a wealthy German of that place, engaged in the
mercantile business.  A. K. Clingman had five brothers in the Confederate
Army, one receiving a wound at Murfreesboro, from which he died, and two of
the others were taken ill and died.  The other brother has died since the war,
A. K. and two sisters being the only ones of the family now living.  Gen. T.
L. Clingman, a cousin, was a member of the United States Senate for eight
years, and before he was twenty-one years of age he was elected a member of
the State Legislature.  He resides at Ashton, N. C.  A. K. Clingman's father
was a practicing physician, who died in Arkansas at the age of seventy-four
years.

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