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Dr. Samuel M. Carrigan is one of the leading physicians of this region, and is also engaged in the drug business in Washington, Ark. He is the eldest of seven sons and two daughters, and was born eight miles southwest of Washington to Judge A. H. and Mary E. (Moore) Carrigan, their births occurring in Alamance and Rockingham Counties, N. C, respectively. They were married in the Old North State in 1854, and at once came to Hempstead County, Ark., and here are still residing, the father a wealthy planter and an active politician. He was a colonel in the Confederate army, has always been a Democrat, and on this ticket was elected to the State Legislature, serving one term in the Senate and several terms in the House. He has also filled the position of county and probate judge of Hempstead County several terms, and upon his retirement from the bench he carried with him the respect and confidence of all. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is a son of William A. Carrigan, who was probably born in North Carolina, and is supposed to have established the first cotton factory in that State, as well as the first one in the South, which he operated successfully for many years. In 1854 he removed to Hempstead County, Ark., and here died about 1882, aged eighty-three years. He was of Scotch Irish descent and a Presbyterian in religious faith. Samuel Moore, the mother’s father, was a wealthy planter, and spent his life in his native State of North Carolina. Dr. Samuel M. Carrigan was educated principally in Washington and St. John’s College, of Little Rock, and in 1876 he began the study of medicine with Dr. W. P. Hart, and in 1877-78 attended the Bellevue Medical College of New York City. In 1879 he graduated from the Missouri Medical College, of St. Louis, and since that time has been one of the leading practitioners of the healing art in this section of the State. His wife, whose maiden name was Minnie Conway, was born in Washington, Ark., and their marriage was celebrated December 14, 1887. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is a daughter of Dr. Joel D. Conway (of the same family as ex-Gov. Conway), who was for many years one of the first physicians of Hempstead County. He passed from this life soon after the war, his wife having died when Mrs. Carrigan was an infant. Dr. Carrigan is a Democrat, Tilden receiving his first presidential vote in 1876, and socially belongs to Relief Lodge No 2451, K. of H., of Washington.