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

M. E. BURGESS, M. D.
    Dr. M. E. Burgess, successfully engaged in the practice of medicine and
surgery in Clarksville, was born in Pope county, Arkansas, August 26, 1879, and
is a son of Iverson Carter and Dulcenia (Jolly) Burgess both of whom were
natives of North Carolina, where they were reared and married. Removing westward
they settled in what was then Johnson but is now Pope county, Arkansas, taking
up their abode in this state soon after the Civil war, in which I. C. Burgess
had served as a Confederate soldier. He was in limited financial circumstances
when he arrived in this state and here he devoted his attention to farming and
to school teaching, winning a substantial measure of success and continuing
active in business until his health failed about six years prior to his demise.
He always voted with the democratic party and both he and his wife were members
of the Missionary Baptist church. They became parents of eight children, seven
of whom are living: Gilford B., who is a farmer of Pope county, Arkansas; Henry,
who is teaching in Oklahoma; I. C, an attorney and abstractor of western Texas;
T. E. and M. E., twins, the former a physician of Lamar, Arkansas; Marinda, the
widow of Finis Burns and a resident of Texas; and Arah, the wife of H. Kennedy,
living in Doyle, Oklahoma.

    Dr. Burgess of this review was a student in the State University of Arkansas
at Little Rock, where he pursued his medical studies for two years. Later he was
graduated from the Gates Medical College at Texarkana, with the class of 1903.
He also attended the Arkansas Normal College at Sulphur Rock before entering
upon his medical studies, having thus laid broad and deep the foundation upon
which to build the superstructure of professional knowledge. In early manhood he
taught school for three or four years, so that he had some experiences in life
before entering upon his chosen professional career. After completing his
studies he practiced medicine for three years in the Indian Territory and then
removed to Lamar, Arkansas, where he remained for seventeen years. In December,
1920, he came to Clarksville, where he already has gained a large practice, his
ability being known to the public even before he took up his abode here. He is
thorough and most careful in his diagnosis of a case and is seldom, if ever, at
fault in planning a course of treatment. The results that he has achieved have
been most gratifying and his professional colleagues and contemporaries
acknowledge his ability in his chosen field.

    On the 31st of December, 1904, Dr. Burgess was married to Miss Alice Cowan,
who was born in Johnson county, Arkansas, a daughter of Dr. J. M. Cowan, who
practiced medicine at Lamar, Arkansas, for a number of years. Dr. and Mrs.
Burgess are parents of three children: Roy, who was graduated from the high
school at Clarksville at the age of fourteen years and is now a pupil in the
College of the Ozarks; Glenn, who is attending high school; and Truett, also in
school here. Dr. and Mrs. Burgess have ever been deeply interested in
educational progress and in all those forces which make for the uplift of the
individual and the benefit of the community at large. They belong to the Baptist
church and Dr. Burgess is a member of the state executive board of the church,
being the only representative on the board between Fort Smith and Conway. In all
branches of the church work he takes deep and helpful interest and is now
serving as superintendent of the Sunday school, a position which he also
occupied at Lamar for fifteen years. He was elected superintendent in
Clarksville almost immediately after his arrival here and has been continued in
that position, his labors being an effective force in holding the interests of
the pupils and in working out a plan of instruction that will be of the greatest
possible benefit. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, the Woodmen of the World and the Ancient Order of United Workman. In
politics he is a democrat and is now filling the position of county health
officer. His time is divided between his church work and his professional
interests and in the latter connection he has membership in the County and State
Medical Societies and is secretary of the former. He has taken postgraduate work
in Little Rock on diseases of women and he engages in general practice, his
patronage steadily growing.


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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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