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Elam H. Stevenson, M. D., was born in Giles County, Tenn., near Pulaski, July 22, 1856, and is a son of Willis M. and Eliza T. (Abernathy) Stevenson, and is of Scotch-Irish descent. His ancestors first settled in North Carolina before the Revolution, and his grandfather, Elam Stevenson, was a minister of high standing in the Methodist Episcopal Church. The maternal grandfather was one of the pioneer settlers of Giles County, Tenn. Our subject was one of a family of five sons and four daughters. He passed his boyhood at home, and first began to study medicine with W. Slaughter, M. D., a physician of high standing. A year later he entered the Eclectic Medical Institute, at Cincinnati, from which he graduated in the winter of 1879-80. He then practiced his profession in Kerrville, Tenn., until 1881, at which time he located in Beebe, Ark. Since 1883 he has enjoyed a lucrative practice in Fort Smith. He is a self-made man, having paid his own way through college, and is one of the respected citizens of this place. While but a young man he became identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and is one of the active members of that denomination at Fort Smith. He was married in Tennessee to Miss Cleopatra, a daughter of Dr. Slaughter, and an accomplished lady. They now have two children: Eugene and Wyatt. Mrs. Stevenson is deeply interested in the progress of the women’s temperance work in this city, and also belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Stevenson belongs to the I. O. O. F., the National State Eclectic Associations and the American Legion of Honor.