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James Milton Park, M. D., Cabot’s leading physician, was born in Panola County, Miss., February 6, 1851, being the son of Mathew and Caroline (Walker) Park, early settlers of Tennessee. His father, Mathew Park, removed to Panola County, Miss., when a boy of seventeen years, and resided there till 1883, in the meantime marrying, when he removed to Lonoke County, Ark., and purchased the farm on which he still lives. He is a leading Democrat in politics, and was appointed postmaster of Cabot under President Cleveland’s administration, filling this office very acceptably for about three years. Mathew was a son of Ephraim and Clara (Jackson) Park, who were of Scotch and Irish descent. He and his wife still live, and are the parents of five children, all of whom are living: John F. (a lawyer of De Witt, Ark.), Johnson (a merchant of Cabot), Paschall (telegraph operator at Cabot), Mary Wright (a widow residing at Cabot) and James Milton (our subject, and the oldest of the family). The latter was reared in his native county, and received his literary education at Trezvant in the Panola County Masonic Institute. He acquired his medical education at the Eclectic Medical College, of Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating from this school in 1871. After graduating he went to Ozark, Ark., and began the practice of medicine, and in 1872 went to Hickory Plains, Prairie County, residing there until 1873, when he came to Cabot, where he now makes his home. He has built up an extensive practice in this town, and accumulated considerable property, owning over 800 acres of land, also the house and lot where he lives. Dr. Park was married, in 1873, to Miss Arabella Simmons, a Tennesseean by birth. Mrs. Park died in 1887, leaving one child, Mary Eugene. In April, 1889, the Doctor was married, the second time, to Miss Mary Harris, of Prairie Grove, who was born in Texas, in 1869. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to the Cabot Lodge No. 319. Having been elected chairman of the Democratic Central Committee, of the county, he has served this body for about six years, and also filled the office of secretary for this same society for a like number of years. He has presided over the State Eclectic Medical Society, as president one year, corresponding secretary of same for two years, and treasurer three years, which office he now fills. He is a member of the National Eclectic Medical Society, and one of the directors of the “Famous Life Association.” Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Church. Having grown weary of country practice, he contemplates moving to Hot Springs, to open an office in that place.