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Author: S. J. Clarke

F. E. LARIMORE.
    F. E. Larimore, a successful real estate operator of Rogers, conducts his
interests under the name of the Rogers Land Company and has built up an
extensive and profitable enterprise of this character. He was born in
Plattsburg, Missouri, on the 9th of August, 18S7, his parents being Sam and
Maggie (Blocker) Larimore, both of whom passed away in Bentonville, Arkansas,
when their son, F. E., was still young. The father devoted his attention to the
drug business with gratifying success and was widely recognized as a substantial
and esteemed citizen of his community. He was a democrat in politics and a
Baptist in religious faith. To him and his wife were born eight children, of
whom but two survive, the sister of Mr. Larimore of this review being Mrs. R. A.
Spieker of Pratt, Kansas, whose husband is connected with the Rock Island
Railroad as train dispatcher.

    F. E. Larimore obtained his education in the public schools of Rogers and
early began providing for his own support by securing a position as helper in a
blacksmith shop, in which he worked for eighteen months. He then took a business
course at Fort Smith and entered the employ of the Reynolds-Davis Company, a
wholesale grocery concern, remaining in the office for one year, after which he
spent four years as a traveling salesman. He next became district manager for a
life insurance company in Oklahoma, continuing in that connection for four
years, on the expiration of which period he returned to Arkansas and embarked in
the real estate business at Rogers. This has claimed his attention to the
present time and his interests have been developed to extensive and gratifying
proportions. He does considerable commission business, but, also buys and sells
property on his own account. His holdings in Benton county are quite extensive
and have been accumulated through his own efforts and perseverance. His time is
now divided between his real estate and farming interests and he devotes
considerable attention to the raising of pure blood Poland China hogs and
shorthorn cattle.

    In October, 1911, Mr. Larimore was united in marriage to Miss Goldie Gipple,
a native of Iowa, and they have become parents of two children: F. G., who is
four years of age; and Doris Joan, who is in her first year.

    In his political views Mr. Larimore is a stalwart democrat, while
fraternally he is identified with the Elks and the Masons, belonging to the
Knights Templar commandery and the Mystic Shrine of the latter order. He is also
a valued member of the Rotary Club and is now serving as its president. Both he
and his wife attend the services of the Presbyterian church and are widely and
favorably known throughout the community in which they make their home. Mr.
Larimore is a most progressive and public-spirited young man, whose cooperation
can at all times he counted upon to further any measure or movement instituted
for the benefit of city and county or for the promotion of the general welfare.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922



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