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

W. TERRY FEILD.
    W. Terry Feild, a consulting engineer of Little Rock, with offices in the
Gazette building, was born February 17, 1880, in the city which is still his
home. His parents, Talbot and Annie (Terry) Feild, resided for many years in the
capital city. The father was here born in 1858 and devoted his life to the
occupation of farming. He gave his political allegiance to the democratic party,
and he died in the year 1883. His wife, who was born in North Carolina in 1858,
survived him for only a brief period, her death occurring in 1884. They were
married May 17, 1878, in Little Rock, and their family numbered twin sons and
three daughters.

    In the acquirement of his education W. Terry Feild attended the public
schools of Little Rock to the age of fourteen years, when he started out in the
business world. Later realizing the value and advantage of further educational
training, he became a student in the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and
there won his degree of Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in 1906, while later
the degree of Mechanical Engineer was conferred upon him. In 1909 he did
postgraduate work in Fayetteville, and all through his college lourse he paid
his own way, his industry and determination enabling him to carry out plans for
the acquirement of his education. He has since become widely recognized as an
able consulting engineer and he is now associated in practice with Colonel John
R. Fordyce of Hot Springs under the firm style of Fordyce & Feild. Their Little
Rock office is maintained in the Gazette building and their practice is
constantly growing in volume and importance. By reason of his professional
ability Mr. Feild was able to render most valuable aid to the government during
the World war period. In September, 1917, he entered the employ of the American
Car & Foundry Company, which had a government contract to manufacture high
explosive shells. Mr. Feild was made construction engineer for the erection of
the 155 MM. shell plant at Depew, New York. In October, 1918, Mr. Feild was sent
to St. Louis in charge of two similar plsmts of much larger capacity, erected at
a cost of fifteen million dollars. Mr. Feild did all the work of arranging these
two plants to get them ready for operation. He continue! in St. Louis until
December. 1918. and then retnrned to Detroit, where until May, 1919, he was
engaged in preparing estimates for the government of the cost of restoring the
plants to the original owners. Since the latter date he has resided in Little
Rock, pursuing his profession, and is now engaged in the task of assisting to
place a valuation upon the property and plant of the Little Rock Street Railway
Company. He has also been engaged in similar work in Detroit, in Kansas City and
in Washington, D. C, and the fact that he has been called in various cities
throughout the country is an indication of his expert ability in his chosen
field of labor.

    On the 29th of March, 1915, Mr. Feild was married to Miss Nelle Trimble; who
was born in Lonoke, Lonoke county, Arkansas, December 10, 1892, and is a
daughter of Judge Thomas Clark Trimble, who is a native of Alabama and in 1878
became a resident of Lonoke, where he is still engaged in the practice of law.
Mrs. Feild attended the Randolph-Macon College, also the Cincinnati Conservatory
of Music and is a graduate of the music department of the University of
Arkansas. Mr. and Mrs. Feild now have one child, Terry Trimble, born April 11,
1919.

    The parents are members of Christ Episcopal church and Mr. Feild is a Master
Mason. He also belongs to the Sigma Nu, a college fraternity. His political
allegiance is given to the democratic party and in matters of progressive
citizenship he has always stood one hundred per cent. He volunteered for service
in the World war before entering upon government construction work, but was
rejected for field duty. His entire time and energies are now concentrated upon
professional interests and he is the secretary of the Little Rock Engineers
Club, a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and he also
belongs to the Kiwanis Club.


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


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