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W. B. Worthen, a prominent banker, broker and real-estate dealer of Little Rock, is of English-Welsh descent, and was born in Arkansas, on September 17, 1852, as the son of George A. and Louisa B. (Booker) Worthen. Mr. and Mrs. Worthen, who were natives of Kentucky, came to Arkansas in an early day, and settled in Little Rock when it was in its primitive state. His education, so far as schools were concerned, was completed in the freshman’s course in St. John’s College, but he has always been a great student, and is thoroughly posted on the topics of the day. After he left school, he joined a surveyor’s and civil engineering corps, aiding to lay off several additions to Little Rock. Entering into D. F. Shall’s real estate agency, he subsequently, after the death of Mr. Shall, formed a partnership with Gordon N. Peay, upon whose death, which occurred some little time later, he associated himself with E. W. Parker, and added banking and brokerage to the real-estate business. Mr. Worthen has since bought Mr. Parker’s interest, and is now the sole proprietor. The straightforward manner in which he carries on his business interests secures for him, what he well deserves, a liberal patronage. Mr. Worthen’s choice of a life partner has proved a very happy one. His wife is an attractive, accomplished lady, and a general favorite in her wide circle of friends and acquaintances. They have an interesting family of three children. Mr. Worthen is a member of the Knights of Honor and Royal Arcanum. In politics he is a Democrat, and in all enterprises that betoken the good or growth of the country, his name is among the foremost.