Bio Clinton P Meriwether

Clinton P. Meriwether, M. D., of Walnut Ridge, was born in Independence county, Ark., December 23, 1871, son of William D. and Eleanor (Bradley) Meriwether, his father being a prominent merchant and cotton buyer of Arkansas. Doctor Meriwether was educated in the Arkansas college at Batesville, St. Vincent's college, of Cape Girardeau. Mo., and was graduated from the Missouri Medical college of St. Louis in 1893. Subsequently he has taken several post graduate courses, attending the Post Graduate college of Chicago in 1897, and again in 1900, and also attending the New York Polyclinic the same year. He came to Walnut Ridge in 1893, has taken a prominent stand in the medical profession, and is one of the leading citizens of that city. He is a member of the Lawrence County Medical society, of which he has been president and also secretary; member of the Arkansas Medical association; member of the Tri-State Medical association; and a member of the county board of health. In 1898 he was appointed assistant surgeon of the First regiment of Arkansas volunteers for duty in the Spanish-American war and served in that capacity until mustered out at Fort Logan H. Root, October 28, 1898. Doctor Meriwether is prominently identified with some of the leading business enterprises of Walnut Ridge, being secretary of the T. J. Sharum Mercantile Company, director in the Bank & Trust Company of Walnut Ridge, and secretary of the Walnut Ridge & Hoxie Railroad Company. He is interested in matters of an educational nature and is a member of the local school board. Doctor Meriwether was married in October, 1894, to Myrtle, daughter of Thomas J. Sharum, a prominent merchant and capitalist of Walnut Ridge, and they have two children, Francis C. and Mona L. He is a member of the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Methodist church.