Biography of Charles A. Figley, White County, Arkansas

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From "A Centennial History of Arkansas", edited by Dallas T. Herndon, the Director of the Dept.
of Archives & History, published by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago-Little Rock, 1922.

CHARLES A. FIGLEY

Strong purpose & unfaltering enterprise are factors in the success of Charles A. FIGLEY & his labors
have ever been of a character that has contributed to public progress & prosperity as well as to
individual advancement. He is today classed with the substantial representatives of industrial
activity in Judsonia, being the secretary and treasurer of the Enterprise Box Co. The story of his
life is the story of steady progression & his course has at all times been a commendable one, well
worthy of emulation. Mr. FIGLEY was born in Ohio, Aug. 21, 1872, and is a son of David & Rosana
(WEAVER) FIGLEY, both of whom were natives of the Buckeye state, where the father followed the
occupation of farming, owning land in Columbiana Co. In addition to tilling the soil he engaged in
stock raising. Both he & his wife are now deceased. Mr. FIGLEY gave his political endorsement to the
republican party & always kept well informed on the questions & issues of the day. His wife was a
member of the Baptist church. Their family numbered 4 children: Viola, the wife of Frank SMITH of
Iowa; J. A., living in Wichita, Kansas; Alice, the wife of J. F. SMITH, who is process man for a
packing co. of Kansas City, Missouri; and Charles A.  The last person named pursued his education in
the high school in Wichita, Kansas, and in the Southwestern Business College of that city, there
pursuing a commercial course which well qualified him for life's practical & responsible duties. He
started out in the business world as an employee in a lumber office in El Dorado, Ark. occupying the
position of bookkeeper & stenographer with the Daniel Ramsey Lumber Co. He afterward removed to St.
Louis, Missouri, where for 5 years he was employed in a mill office & for 6 years remained in the
St. Louis office of the same company, which had its mill at Perla, Ark. On the expiration of that
period he came to Judsonia & acquired an interest in the Enterprise Box Co. in 1910. This was at the
time a small factory, but with the passing years he has greatly developed the business & has
remodeled the factory, installing modern machinery & securing the latest equipment. The business
today employs an average of 75 men throughout the year, & Mr. FIGLEY is contributing in marked
measure to the success of the undertaking as secretary & treasurer of the firm. He now devotes his
entire time to the box factory, which finds a market for its product throughout the state. The co.
owns its timber land & Mr. FIGLEY is familiar with every phase of the business from the time when
the standing timber is secured until the finished product is placed upon the market. The company was
incorporated in 1910 with a capital of $6000 & today has a surplus of $20,000.   Mr. FIGLEY was
united in marriage to Miss Maude WILSON, a native of Ark., and they now have 2 children, Charles A.
& Dorothy, both at home. Mr. FIGLEY has always voted with the republican party since reaching adult
age and is a loyal champion of its principles. His religious belief is that of the Baptist church.
He has many admirable traits of character, displaying marked reliability & energy in business,
loyalty & progressiveness in citizenship & fidelity & trustworthiness in every relation of life.
Thus it is that his friends can be numbered by the score, while public opinion at all times accords
him a place of prominence as a citizen of White Co.