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

BENJAMIN D. BR1CKHOUSE.
    Benjamin D. Brickhouse is serving for the second term as mayor of Little
Rock and is giving to the city an administration characterized by thorough study
of municipal needs and by practical methods in the attainment of high ideals in
municipal service. The story of his life is an interesting one to his fellow
townsmen, for he has long occupied a place in public regard in this city. He was
born in Norfolk, Virginia, June x, 1873, and is a son of Benjamin D. and Louise
A. (Wellons) Brickhouse. The father was born in Virginia in 1840 and resided in
that state for many years but in 1891 removed to Arkansas, settling at Little
Rock, where he continued to make his home until his demise. During the Civil war
he served as a private in Company H of the Sixteenth Infantry (Norfolk Light
Artillery Blues) and was on active duty until after the close of hostilities. In
early manhood he wedded Louise A. Wellons, who was born in 1842 in North
Carolina, their marriage being celebrated in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1867. The
father died in 1916 and the mother, still surviving, makes her home at Little
Rock. They became parents of four sons and three daughters, all of whom survive.

    Benjamin D. Brickhouse, who was the fourth in order of birth in this family,
pursued his education in the public schools of Norfolk. Virginia, to the age of
twelve years and then removed with his parents to Austin, Texas, where he
continued his studies in a private school. At length he determined to enter upon
the practice of law as a life work and with this end in view he became a student
in the law department of the University of Arkansas, from which in due course of
time he was graduated as a member of the class of 1908, the LL. B. degree being
at that time conferred upon him. He and his parents came to Little Rock in 1891
and therefore he had the opportunity to pursue his law studies in this state.
Since then he has been a representative of the bar of Little Rock and has won a
most creditable name and place among the attorneys of the city. In 1913 he was
called to the office of alderman and by reelection was continued in the position
until 1917 as representative of the eighth ward. In April, 1919, he was elected
mayor and was reelected in 1921, so that he is now serving for the second term.
He closely studies the needs and opportunities of the city and is seeking in
every way to uphold high civic standards and to promote the welfare of the
community. His political allegiance has always been given to the democratic
party and he has ever been found a stalwart champion of its principles.

    On the 20th of June, 1894, in Little Rock, Mr. Brickhouse was united in
marriage to Miss Edna V. Erion, who was born in Paris, Illinois, in 1875, a
daughter of Jacob and Mary J. (Marrs) Erion. Jacob Erion died in Little Rock,
Arkansas, in 1895. To Mr. and Mrs. Brickhouse were born two sons: Edwin
Benjamin, born March 19, 1895, was married in 1918. in Little Rock, to Eulalia
Sanders and they have two children, Roland B. and Clifford W.; Linwood Leonard,
the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Brickhouse, was born October 17, 1897.

    The religious faith of the family is that of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, and Mr. Brickhouse takes an active and helpful interest in the church
work, serving on the official board of the Winfield Memorial church and acting
as vice president of the board. Fraternally he is well known in Masonic circles,
having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, while with the
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine he has crossed the sands of the desert. He likewise
belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he is a past Noble
Grand. His labors have been carefully and wisely-directed for the benefit of his
fellowmen along many lines and he is interested in all those forces which tend
to promote higher ideals or which broaden the field of general public service.


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


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