Dr. Walter B. Stroup
1836-1902

Dr Walter Bedford Stroup b. Oct 1835 in Georgia, d. 26 Aug 1902 Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas and is buried at Oak Cemetery. His father was Alexander Stroup (1807-1862) and his mother Irene Feuell/Fewell(1815-1903) 12/09/1850 - Lived with parents in Gordon Co., GA (indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Walter Stroup) 1858 - "Received his medical education in Macon, GA" [He may have attended Reform Medical College of Georgia, Macon, Bibb Co., GA.] 11/04/1858 - Married, Margaret Isabella Peeples (1842-1869), Blount Co., AL 06/30/1860 - Practiced medicine, Morgan Co., AL (lived with wife, "Margaret J." and one child He was a Surgeon, Edward's Battalion, Georgia [or Lousiana] Cavalry His father, Alexander died in Prairie, Franklin Co., AR in 1862 07/07/1863 - Enrolled as 1st Lt., Capt. William C. Asher's Company, (Murray Cavalry), 1st Regiment, Georgia State Guards, Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia 01/01/1864 - Lt. Commanding, Co. A, Col. W.H. Dabney's Regiment (1st Infantry, Georgia State Guard), Dalton, GA 01/16/1864 - 1st Lt., Capt. William C. Asher's Company, (Murray Cavalry), Georgia State Guards 1867 - Settled in Ozark, AR [from: Obituary of Dr. W. B. Stroup (1902) Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock, AR, Aug. 28, 1902, posted below. 06/00/1869 - Wife, Margaret P., died in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR (buried: Brownsville Cemetery, Brownsville, Lonoke Co., AR) 07/19/1870 - Practiced medicine, Clear Lake Township, Pulaski Co., AR (single - indexed as "Walter B. Strupe") 01/16/1872 - Married, Martha Patton "Mattie" Counsell (1847-1931), Franklin Co., AR 1874,1877 - Practiced medicine, Roseville, Franklin Co., AR 1877 - Member, Franklin County Medical Society 06/04/1880 - Druggist and physician, Webb City, Franklin Co., AR [lived with wife, Mattie P., three daughters, and two sons - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as "Walter B. Shoup"] 1886 - Practiced medicine, Webb City, Franklin Co., AR 06/08/1900 - Practiced medicine, Fort Smith, Sabastian Co., AR 1902 - Member, Belle Point Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons, Fort Smith, AR 02/27/1902 - Dr. Stroup was considered to be an expert on the diagnosis and treatment of smallpox, but he was arraigned before a judge on a charge of violating a Fort Smith, AR, ordinance in permitting a man to escape quarantine before the time limitation arrived. Fort Smith Times February 1902 Aug 6. 1902 Aug 25, 1902 Aug 26, 1902 Aug 27, 1902