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Dr. Charles S. Stephenson, Little Rock, Arkansas.his wife, Anna Whitley, was born in DeSoto County, Mississippi, September 11, 1863. In the year 1870, when Charles was seven years old, his father moved to Des Arc, Prairie County, Arkansas. He was educated in the common schools of Des Arc. In 1881 he became a drug clerk. In 1884 he attended a course of lectures at Louisville, at the Kentucky School of Medicine. He returned to Arkansas and practiced medicine for a few months at Hazen. He then went to Des Arc and worked at the drug business. In 1886 he left Des Arc for Swan Lake, where he remained till 1889. He then took another course of lectures in the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville. He was graduated that year, taking the gold medal for the highest standing in his class, in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He returned to Swan Lake, and, after a few months' practice, he settled at Stuttgart, remaining there till 1899, when he settled in Little Rock. He is now, 1905, actively engaged in the practice of his chosen profession.
While living at Stuttgart, Dr. Stephenson was a member of the School Board for four years, all the time Secretary of the Board. Since coming to Little Rock, he has devoted his entire time to his special-
