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Marcellus C. Mclntosh, M. D., is another bright light in the medical profession of Arkansas, located at Sherrill, Jefferson County. He was born at Palmetto, Ga., on November 5, 1859, and is a son of Marcellus E. and Barbara J. (McBride) Mclntosh. The father was also a physician of note, and a graduate of the Medical College of Augusta, Ga., in 1845, and practiced his profession in that State and Alabama. He was one of the most intellectual and scholarly men in his native State, and attained a high eminence among the medical fraternity. During the late war he served as surgeon in the Confederate army, and performed such work that had the United States such institutions as the Iron Cross of Europe he would have been entitled to the honor of being so decorated. His father was Jesse Mclntosh, of Scotland, who emigrated to America and settled in Morgan County, Ala., where he also practiced medicine, and gave part of his attention to a plantation. This Mclntosh was one of the largest and wealthiest planters in Georgia at that time, and well known throughout the Southern country. The McBride family are old and well known residents of Georgia, and are noted for their merchant princes as well as the Mclntosh family are known for their famous physicians and surgeons, the firm of McBride & Co. being one of the largest in Atlanta. The parents of Marcellus C. were both members of the Baptist Church, and took great interest in religious and educational affairs. The father had been a prominent Mason, and had taken nearly all the higher degrees, besides belonging to several temperance societies. In politics he was a Democrat and a valuable man for his party, as his influence in that section was considerable. Seven children were born to their marriage, of whom five grew to maturity and four are yet living: Mary L. (wife of John M. Adams, a prominent planter of Chambers County, Ala.), Dora E. (deceased, who was the wife of McCuin Robinson, of Lee County, Ala.), Marcellus (who is at present in San Francisco with a brother), Marcellus C. and William P. The latter was the third child born to the parents. Like his forefathers he inclined toward the medical profession, and was a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, the Johns Hopkins University in the same city, and of the male academy at West Point. He is now connected with the United States Marine Hospital service, and is stationed at San Francisco, Cal. Marcellus C. was educated at the home schools, and first commenced to study medicine under his father and elder brother. He began when eight years old, and continued with them until 1882, when he attended lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore. After graduating from that college he was a thorough physician and entered into active work at Palmyra, Ark., where he remained a short time, and then moved to Greely, near the boundary line of Lincoln and Jefferson Counties, practicing at this place until 1885. During the years 1885-86 he attended the Memphis Hospital Medical College, and after graduating from that institute, moved to Corner Stone and again began to practice, but the following year he changed to his present location. While at Baltimore he was assistant surgeon to a well-known physician, and at Memphis was assistant at the City Hospital, but virtually had entire charge of the place. In February, 1886, he entered the United States Marine Service and remained a short time, and upon obtaining an indefinite leave of absence he came back to Jefferson County, where he has resided ever since. In 1885 Dr. Mclntosh was married to Miss Mary Hudgens, a daughter of William R. Hudgens, of Lincoln County, but lost his wife in January, 1889. The Doctor is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and in secret societies a Royal Arch Mason and Odd Fellow. In politics he is a Democrat. As a physician and surgeon Dr. Mclntosh has few equals and no superiors in Central Arkansas, and his record among the medical fraternity is such that his name will long live in the annals of Arkansas professional men.