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Wade Hampton KITCHENS (FAMOUS)

Columbia (Lamartine) Cemetery
Columbia County,
Arkansas

December 26, 1878 - August 22, 1966

Born near Falcon, Arkansas, he was the son of James Monroe Kitchens and Margaret Sherrill. He was a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee in 1900. He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and practiced at Manila and at Lingayen, P.I.. In 1909 he returned to Magnolia, Arkansas and continued to practice law. He was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions at Little Rock, Arkansas in 1910 and 1912. He was a member of the house of representatives 1929-1933 and elected to Congress 1937-1941. He served as sergeant in company I, First Arkansas Regiment in the Spanish-American War and as a private in company E, Twentieth and Second United States Infantry in 1900-1902 during the Philippine Insurrection.

Contributed on 1/25/14 by debbraszymanski
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Submitted: 1/25/14 • Approved: 1/25/14 • Last Updated: 9/1/23 • R977024-G0-S3

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