1. He attented Jordan's Pine Bluff Academy in Pine Blff, Arkansas, Hendrix College at Conway, Arkansas, then Memphis Medical College, Medical School of the University of Tennessee, and became a Medical Doctor 27 Mar 1896.
2. He practiced overt 41 years in Pine Bluff and inspired three of his brothers to become doctors.
3. He was a Mason.
1. He served in the Confederate Army in both the infantry and cavalry.