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

SAM BEASLEY.
     Sam Beasley, an able member of the Bentonville bar and junior partner in
the law firm of Floyd & Beasley. was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, March 2,
1882, a son of B. F. and Ann (Bowen) Beasley, likewise natives of that state,
where they continued to reside until 1896. In that year they made their way to
Benton county, Arkansas, where the father engaged in agricultural pursuits. They
were faithful members of the Christian church and Mr. Beasley gave his political
allegiance to the populist party. He died in 1903, but the mother is living,
making her home at Hiwasse, Arkansas. Of the children born to their union five
are living, namely: Sam, of this review; Joe. who is a leading lawyer of
Bentonville and is now serving as county judge of Benton county; Hattie. who is
filling the office of postmistress of Hiwasse; Esther, who resides at home and
is engaged in teaching a country school; and Noble, who is attending the West
Point Military Academy.

    Mr. Beasley attended the public schools of Benton county and the Normal
School at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, after which he began the study of law in the
office of W. B. Horsley, prosecuting attorney for the fourth judicial circuit.
Having mastered the principles of jurisprudence, he was admitted to the bar in
1910. after passing the required examination, and later was made deputy circuit
clerk, which position he continued to fill for.a period of four years. In 1914
he was elected circuit clerk and for four years was the incumbent in that
office, after which he became associated in practice with Judge Floyd under the
style of Floyd & Beasley, a relationship that has since been maintained. They
rank with the leading law firms of the locality. Mr. Beasley is a capable
attorney, well versed in all branches of the law, and his ability is manifest in
the logic of his deductions and the clearness of his reasoning.

    Mr. Beasley was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Banks, a native of
Hiwasse, Benton county, and a daughter of Houston Banks, a pioneer farmer of
this county who served as a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil
war. Mr. and Mrs. Beasley have become the parents of a son. Sam, Jr., aged five
years. They are members of the Christian church and Mr. Beasley gives his
political allegiance to the democratic party. Fraternally he is identified with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is a past grand chancellor,
and he is also a prominent Mason, belonging to the blue lodge, of which he is a
past master; to the chapter, of which he has been made secretary, and to the
commandery, of which he is now serving as eminent commander. He holds to high
standards in his law practice.


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


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