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present residence, practicing till the time of the

late war. Iu 1864 or 1855 he engaged in cotton

planting, in which business he has since continued

most suceersfnlly. He a t one time owned about I c i a of note, and having graduated from the lead-

sixty slaves, and during the war was dlowed to ing medical colleges of the United Stntes. Ran-

remain on his plantation because of his principles. dolph, the subject of this sketch, received his

Dr. Brunson is a Democrat,and a man of good sound diploma from the Jefferson Medical College, of

!sense, a characteristic by no means common in this I Philadelphia, which he left in 1858, 8nbseqnently

day. He is respected for his sterling integrity, settling in Arkadelphia. I n August of that year
and enjoys the esteem and confidence of hosts of he came to Pine Bluff, where he has since resided.
friends. A large part of his lend has been washed becoming the leading physician of the place, as

'1away by the river. I n 1845 Dr. Brlrnson married . well as one of the oldest settlers. During the late

Alcinda Simpson, of Virginia, who was born in war he served as surgeon, going toVirginia in 1881,
1824; she died in Pine Bluff in 1864. leaving one whence he was transferred to the Trans-Miasissippi
child, Mary, now the widow of Frank Tomlinson. Department, taking a very mtive part till the &rife

/His second wife was Mrs. Louisa A. Fowler, nee was ended. Then he returned home and resumed

&fardough, of Mississippi. They have three sons, his practice with the attention and energy which

Aso, Percy and Edgar, the two eldest of whomare ' have redonnded to a well deserved esteem and

at school at Knoxville University. honored reputation. I n 1860 he married Miss

Dr. Randolph Brunson, of Pine Blui?, whose Fannie White, of Pine Bluff, daughter of one of

career as a medical practitioner is favorably knowu, the county early settlers, Drew White. Four

comes from a family of physicians ~ n sdurgeons. children have been given them: Randolph, John

His paternal grandfather was a surgeon in Edin- W., May (Mrs. Turner), and Atherton, now at

burgh College, Scotland, one of the l e n d i q school in Virginia. Dr. Brunaon has been a dele-

fichools of the world He came to America when gate to conventions of his State and of the United

a young man, during the Revolutionary War, and Stntes, and he and his wife are both members of

served in the army as surgeon. He added to an the Episcopal Church.

extensive reputation alreadr enjoyed by a large John W. Chamblee, who as a planter and dealer

practice all through the South, and died in Ten- in general merchandise has attained to well de-

nessee, a wealthy planter and stock raiser. He served prominence, was born in Franklin County,

had several sons. all medical students, one of N. C., but was reared in Wake County until the

whom, Jesse, was the father of the subject of this oge of seventeen, when he went toTenneasee, there

sketch. He (Jesse) attained his majority and was making his home with his uncles. He was the son

married in Tennessee, where Randolph was born, of Rayford and Elizabeth (Wilder) Chamblee, who

in Stewart County, in 1530. I n December of the were natives of the Carolinas, and of Scotch-Irieh

same year the father, nn iron manufacturer by descent, their ancestors having come to this coun-

occupation, died, and his wife, formerly Louisa try long ago The father was a farmer by ocaups-

Shelby, took charge of the estate, which she man- tion and was so~llewhatinterested in politics; he

aged for several years in a creditable manner and was born in 1812. When John was an infant his

settled to the satisfactio~lof all. Large mining mother died, leaving one other child, a daughter,

interests, as well a share of the estate of 6200,000, Eliea, who married A. J. Uoderhill. The father

were left by the father of Jesse. Mrs. Brunmn then married Mrs. Ray, a widow, by whom he

was a lovely woman, well educated and possessed had four children: Eliza W., Bertie D., Angustus

, of unusually superior business abilities. She T. (who died in the war), and Cherry L. F .
married the second time and lived to a good old The subject of this sketch attended d o 0 1 in
age, dying in 1880, llaving been a strict member Tennessee in youth, subsequently engaging in

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