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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

JAMES WILEY SLAUGHTER, M. D.
    Dr. James Wiley Slaughter, a physician and surgeon of El Dorado, in which
city he was born July 27, 1S86, is a son of Hardy and Mary Ellen (Martin)
Slaughter. The father was a native of Alabama and was a lad of nine years when
he accompanied his parents on their removal to Arkansas, the family home being
established on a farm in Union county. There Hardy Slaughter was reared to
manhood and since attaining his majority has given his attention to general
agricultural pursuits. His wife was born in Union county, this state, and they
are highly esteemed people of the county, enjoying the warm regard of all with
whom they have been brought into contact.

    Dr. Slaughter was educated in the rural schools of Union county, in the El
Dorado high school and in the Arkansas State University. In 1907 he entered upon
the study of medicine at the last named institution and was graduated with the
class of 1912, at which time his professional degree was conferred upon him. He
displayed the elemental strength of his character by paying his own way through
the university. There was a lapse of one year in his medical course, 1909-10,
when he taught school for six months, also acted as census enumerator for one
township and raised a crop of sweet potatoes. By these three lines of activity
he made enough money to finish his course in medicine. A man who will provide
means for his education is sure to succeed, for the same quality of
determination and perseverance which enabled him to finance his schooling will
bring him success in anything that he undertakes. When his course was finished
Dr. Slaughter located for practice in Lisbon, Arkansas, and there remained for
two and a half years. On the expiration of that period he removed to Wesson, a
sawmill town, where he successfully followed his profession for three years. On
the 15th of January, 1918, he enlisted for service in the Medical Corps of the
United States army and was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he remained in
training for three months. He was then assigned to duty at Camp Dodge. Iowa,
where he was stationed for five months and then was sent overseas in August,
1918, with the Three Hundred and Thirty-ninth Field Artillery, with which
command he remained up to the time of their return to the United States in
March, 1919. He saw much of the horrors of modern warfare and always promptly
and efficiently discharged his duties, returning to his home with a most
creditable military record. When he had again reached his native land he was
made assistant camp sanitary inspector at Camp Dodge, Towa. On the occasion of
the race riots at Omaha he was sent on detached duty with a machine gun
battalion to the scene of trouble, the battalion there remaining for three
weeks. On the 12th of January, 1920, he was transferred to Fort Bayard, New
Mexico, where he was stationed to the time of his discharge on the 16th of June
of that year.

    Returning to Arkansas, Dr. Slaughter opened an office in El Dorado, where he
has since engaged in private practice and in the intervening period a liberal
patronage has been accorded him. He has had broad experience and his wide
knowledge gained from books has made him one of the most capable medical
practitioners of southern Arkansas.

    On the 2d of September, 1920, Dr. Slaughter was married to Miss Mabel Rogers
of El Dorado, who is a graduate nurse. Fraternally Dr. Slaughter is connected
with Wesson Lodge, A. F. & A. M. His time and attention, however, are chiefly
concentrated upon his professional interests and business affairs, for aside
from his profession he has been successful in his lease operations in the oil
fields of El Dorado and still has some lease holdings. He likewise has a fourth
interest in the royalties on forty acres which at the present writing has four
producing oil wells; and twenty acres in section 4 with three producing wells.
He manifests sound judgment and keen discrimination in the management of his
business interests, while in his profession he is a most capable and
conscientious practitioner, neglecting no duty that devolves upon him and
finding keen pleasure in rendering aid to the sick and suffering. He is also
chairman of the Union County Medical Association and a member of the Arkansas
State Medical Association.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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