William Thomas McCormick

McCORMICK, Wm. T. - Wm. T. McCormick, a leading and influential

citizen of Prairie Grove, died suddenly on Wednesday of last week of heart

failure. Deceased was 49 years of age and is survived by a wife and two

sons. Mr. McCormick had been a resident of Prairie Grove since 1882 and

had always taken an active part in building up the town. He was manager

of the Prairie Grove Telephone Co. and was senior partner in the drug firm

of McCormick & Collier. [The Springdale News 4/26/1907]---McCormick Bros. The drug interests of Prairie Grove. Ark., are ably represented

by the above named firm, which consists of William T. and Dr. E. G.

McCormick, who are the sons of James W. and Mary J. (Zink) McCormick.

The father belonged to one of the F. F. V.'s, and was reared and married in his

native State, being engaged in the milling busine3s, which occupation he carried

on until his death. He moved to Arkansas in 1875, becoming a resident of

Washington County in 1877, and in 1884 located at Prairie Grove, where he died

the same year. His wife survives him. Their son, Dr. E. G. McCormick, was

born in the " Old Dominion," February 10, 1855, and continued to reside in his

native State until he attained his twentieth year, when he came tg Arkansas with

his parents. He received an excellent early education, and after coming to

Arkansas began the study of medicine at Carlisle, being several years engaged

in studying that science, and in teaching school, following the latter occupation

in Arkansas and Iowa. He took his first eourse of lectures in the winters of

1878-79, at the Missouri Medical College, of St. Louis, and in the spring of the

latter year located in Crawford County, and engaged in practicing his profession

until 1880, when he returned to college. and was graduated as an M. D. from that

institution in the spring of 1881. He then resumed his practice in Crawford

County, but in July, 1884, went to Florida, where he spent three months in looking

over the State, then returned to Washington County, Ark., where he has

since been a successful practitioner. He and his brother have been engaged in

the drug business since 1884, and, in connection with their medicines, carry a

large line of paints and oils. The Doctor is president of the Canning Association

of Prairie Grove. . He was married in Crawford County, February 10, 1884,

to Miss Mamie Gilliam, a daughter of Dr. C. D. Gilliam, by whom he is the

father of two children: William Grover and Myrtle. Dr. McCormick and wife

are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is a Master Mason. William

T. McCormick. a member of the firm of McCormick Bros., of Prairie Grove, Ark.,

was born in Augusta County, Va., October 21, 1858, and came to Arkansas in

1875, and to Washington County in 1877. Like his brother he received good

educational advantages, and after coming to Arkansas assisted his father in the

mill until 1881, when he located in Prairie Grove, where he clerked for some

time in a drug store. They engaged in their present business in 1884, and have

built up a large and paying trade. He is one of the stockholders in the Canning

Association, and is also its treasurer, being one of the men to establish that

enterprise. He. is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

South, and has the confidence and esteem of all who know him.