Union County ArArchives Biographies.....Alphin, Julius S. ************************************************ 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 July 15, 2009, 10:20 am Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) JULIUS S. ALPHIN. Possessing those qualities which have made him a dynamic force in business circles, Julius S. Alphin has long been identified with a number of the more important commercial and financial interests of El Dorado. It is a well known fact that power grows through the exercise of effort and from early manhood Mr. Alphin has labored diligently and persistently, finding in the faithful performance of each day's duties the strength and courage for the labors of the succeeding day. Arkansas numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred on a farm about five miles south of El Dorado, in Union county, January 25, 1866, his father being Julius Alphin, Sr., who came from Alabama to this state at an early day, settling here prior to the Civil war. He married Miss Martha Phelan, who died when her son, Julius S., was but eight years of age. The father's death occurred in 1896. Julius S. Alphin was born and reared on the old homestead farm, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops, although his school training was limited. He came to El Dorado in 1886 with a cash capital of hut two dollars and a half and started out in business circles here as a clerk in the store of D. E. Armstrong, with whom he continued for a few months. Step by step lie has advanced, owing to the wise use he has made of every chance and opportunity that has come his way, and for a long period he has been accounted one of the most active and enterprising business men of El Dorado. He is today one of the largest stockholders in the First National Bank, also a stockholder in the Ritchie Grocer Company, in the Carson Dry Goods Company, in the Taylor-Miles Drug Company, in the El Dorado Oil Mills & Fertilizer Company, in the Warren oil mills, in the First National Bank at Huttig and in other business enterprises. The gradual expansion of his commercial activities has not only constituted a source of individual wealth but has also been a contributing factor to the upbuilding and prosperity of the community. In addition to his other interests he is the owner of ten thousand acres of land in Union county, scattered in every township of the county. Owing to the development of the oil industry he bids fair to become one of the very wealthy men of the state. He also has large property holdings in El Dorado and in the vicinity of the city and his business activities have at all times claimed his entire attention. He owns oil interests in and near El Dorado and the outlook for oil development in Arkansas is so favorable that undoubtedly he will win large results through that channel. Mr. Alphin was married first to Miss Amy Pinson and they became parents of a son, Hendrick J. For his second wife Mr. Alphin chose Mary Armstrong and they have two children: Samuel David, who is four and a half years of age; and Jim Armstrong, a little lad of two summers. Mr. Alphin and his family are widely known and their circle of friends is almost coextensive with the circle of their acquaintance. Mr. Alphin has always been too busy with his various commercial and financial interests to take active part in politics, but his cooperation in support of public welfare in his home town is never sought in vain. 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/alphin171bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb