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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

W. D. MAUCK.
    W. D. Mauck, a well known attorney of Bentonville, where he has practiced
his profession continuously for almost a third of a century, was born in
Harrison county, Indiana, in 1864. His parents, Jonathan W. and Hannah
(Cunningham) Mauck, were also natives of that county and there spent their
entire lives, the father devoting his attention to the pursuits of farming and
stock raising. David Mauck, the paternal grandfather of W. D. Mauck, became one
of the pioneer settlers of Harrison county, Indiana, while Samuel Cunningham,
the maternal grandfather, was a native of Ireland. Jonathan W. Mauck and his
wife were consistent and loyal members of the Presbyterian church and in
politics he was a democrat. In his family were nine children, seven of whom are
yet living.

    W. D. Mauck, the eldest of the children, obtained his early education in the
district schools of his native county and subsequently became a student in the
State University of Indiana. He began reading law under the direction of Major
W. Funk at Corydon, Indiana, and was admitted to the bar in 1883, after which he
began practice at Corydon, thus continuing for three years. He then went to
Kansas in order to look after some land which he had purchased in that state and
also took a trip to Arkansas. So well pleased was he with the outlook here that
he brought his family to Bentonville in 1889 and opened an office for the
practice of his profession. Here he has remained continuously since and he has
been admitted to practice in all the courts. His clientage is now-extensive and
of an important character. He is remarkable among lawyers for the wide research
and provident care with which he prepares his cases. At no time has his reading
ever been confined to the limitations of the questions at issue. It has gone
beyond and compassed every contingency and provided not alone for the expected
but for the unexpected, which happens in the courts quite as frequently as out
of them. Mr. Mauck is likewise identified with agricultural interests on an
extensive scale, owning four or five farms in Benton county, Arkansas, two farms
in Missouri and also some Texas land. Success in notable measure has crowned his
efforts, for he came to this state with hut a thousand dollars and by diligence,
determination and capable management has worked his way steadily upward until he
is now recognized as one of the prosperous citizens and representative attorneys
of Benton county.

    In 1886, in Indiana, Mr. Mauck was united in marriage to Miss Emma Deutsch,
a native of that state and a daughter of Jacob Deutsch, who was born in Germany
and on crossing the Atlantic to the United States took up his abode in Harrison
county, Indiana. He was a tailor by trade but later engaged in the grocery
business. Mr. and Mrs. Mauck had one son, Ralph, who was a graduate of the
University of Arkansas and also completed a course in the law department of the
University of Virginia but passed away in 1909.

    In his political views Mr. Mauck is a democrat and while residing in Indiana
he served as a member of the state legislature from 1883 until 1885. Fraternally
he is a Knight Templar Mason and a Knight of Pythias, being a past chancellor in
the latter order. His wife is a devoted member of the Presbyterian church and
both are highly esteemed in the community in which they make their home and in
which the circle of their friends is almost coextensive with the circle of their
acquaintance.


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


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