owned the bulf of the stock. He left an estate of more than $100,000, and by will gave it all to his wife, who also has a large fortune in her own right. His son, George McClure Hearne, inherits several thousand dollars from his mother's estate, and has now been two years in the University of Missouri, where he will complete his education. He is an unusually bright boy and greatly resembles his grandfather, Frank P., Sr., when at same age.

FRANK P. HEARNE, Jr., born Apr. 28, 1861, married Miss Elizabeth Ellen Hill of Alton, Ill., Sept. 18, 1889. She was born Jan. 1, 1869. They live in Alton, Ill. Children: William Gregory, born Jan. 16, 1893; James Givens, born June 10, 1896, and Susan, born Sept. 19, 1905. He was trained in the lumber business and continued with his father till they sold out at Wyandotte, Ark., 1889. He then went to Camden, Ark., and started a lumber yard alone. In a few years he sold out and entered the T. J. Moss Tie Co., of St. Louis, as secretary and treasurer. His father-in-law, Capt. William Hill of Alton, Ill., being the largest stockholder. Early in 1905, this firm dissolved and Capt. Hill and Frank P. Hearne organized "The Hearne Timber Co.," whose office is in Room 612 Mermod-Jaccard building, St. Louis, Mo., and is doing a fine business. Indeed, Mr. Hearne has always been successful, and he has a charming family and lovely home. He and wife are members of Presbyterian church, and he a Democrat.

Jennie Barkley Hearne, daughter of Frank P., Sr, born Feb. 2, 1869, married Caswell T. Coffman, a prominent young and rising lawyer of Little Rock, Ark. Mr. Coffman is now county judge, having been elected by a large majority. A Little Rock paper has this to say:

A GOOD SELECTION.

The county judgeship comes as a birthday gift to the Hon. C. T. Coffman. He is 44 years old today and his friends are congratulating him on both events. Mr. Coffman is one of the ablest lawyers in the state and one of the strongest Democrats in Pulaski county. He is a thoroughly conscientious, Christian gentleman, and his canvass was conducted on a high moral plane, in keeping with his ideas of the dignity and responsibility of the position. Pulaski county will have a judge of whom her citizens may well feel proud, and the taxpayers may well feel secure in their rights. C. T. Coffman will not permit a wrong to be done if he knows it, and the

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