Judge Eugene Cypert (1857-1955) was a Searcy, Arkansas attorney and County Judge of White County, Arkansas. An Arkansas native, Judge Cypert attended the Searcy Academy and was admitted to the bar in 1884. He formed a legal partnership with his father, Jesse Newton Cypert (1823-1913) which lasted until Jesse's death. Apart from his activities in the legal profession and real estate speculation, Judge Cypert was elected White County Judge for four terms, attended the Arkansas Constitutional Convention of 1917, and was an avid local historian. In 1897, Judge Cypert married Louise Iradel Seat(1877-1959) at Webster Grove, Missouri. The couple had five children, Sarah, Benton, Eugene Jr., Harriet, and Florence, the donor of this collection.
Louise Seat Cypert came from a pioneer southern family as well. Her father was Captain Benton Bell Seat (1830-1917) of Trenton, Tennessee. Seat left Tennessee for California during the gold rush of 1849 after studying law at Lebanon. He settled in Texas after his return and served in Sibley's Texas Brigade and the Fifth Texas Cavalry during the Civil War, participating in the ill-fated New Mexico Campaign. He was wounded in the battle of Valverde, New Mexico and finished the war fighting with troops in Louisiana. Seat resumed his legal career in Texas following the war and then moved to Nicaragua where he practiced law and speculated in the banana business. Aside from Louise, Seat had another child, William Haymond Seat, who remained in Nicaragua after the Captain left for Arkansas in 1901. Captain Seat lived the rest of his life in Searcy with his daughter and son-in-law.
Concerning Judge Cypert's children, Harriet Cypert graduated from Searcy High School in 1932 and attended college at a number of different institutions, including Galloway Woman's College in Searcy. She served as a medical technician in World War II at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. Florence Cypert married Reverend Kenneth Spore of St. Charles, Arkansas, in 1933. Spore was a Methodist clergyman who graduated from Hendrix College in 1927. He preached to congregations at Scott, Little Rock, and Hope, Arkansas during his lengthy career and was actively interested in the history of his denomination. Spore published numerous articles and a book on Arkansas Methodist History - Courtesy of the University of Arkansas.
Louise Seat Cypert came from a pioneer southern family as well. Her father was Captain Benton Bell Seat (1830-1917) of Trenton, Tennessee. Seat left Tennessee for California during the gold rush of 1849 after studying law at Lebanon. He settled in Texas after his return and served in Sibley's Texas Brigade and the Fifth Texas Cavalry during the Civil War, participating in the ill-fated New Mexico Campaign. He was wounded in the battle of Valverde, New Mexico and finished the war fighting with troops in Louisiana. Seat resumed his legal career in Texas following the war and then moved to Nicaragua where he practiced law and speculated in the banana business. Aside from Louise, Seat had another child, William Haymond Seat, who remained in Nicaragua after the Captain left for Arkansas in 1901. Captain Seat lived the rest of his life in Searcy with his daughter and son-in-law.
Concerning Judge Cypert's children, Harriet Cypert graduated from Searcy High School in 1932 and attended college at a number of different institutions, including Galloway Woman's College in Searcy. She served as a medical technician in World War II at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. Florence Cypert married Reverend Kenneth Spore of St. Charles, Arkansas, in 1933. Spore was a Methodist clergyman who graduated from Hendrix College in 1927. He preached to congregations at Scott, Little Rock, and Hope, Arkansas during his lengthy career and was actively interested in the history of his denomination. Spore published numerous articles and a book on Arkansas Methodist History - Courtesy of the University of Arkansas.
Judge Eugene Cypert (1857-1955) was a Searcy, Arkansas attorney and County Judge of White County, Arkansas. An Arkansas native, Judge Cypert attended the Searcy Academy and was admitted to the bar in 1884. He formed a legal partnership with his father, Jesse Newton Cypert (1823-1913) which lasted until Jesse's death. Apart from his activities in the legal profession and real estate speculation, Judge Cypert was elected White County Judge for four terms, attended the Arkansas Constitutional Convention of 1917, and was an avid local historian. In 1897, Judge Cypert married Louise Iradel Seat(1877-1959) at Webster Grove, Missouri. The couple had five children, Sarah, Benton, Eugene Jr., Harriet, and Florence, the donor of this collection.
Louise Seat Cypert came from a pioneer southern family as well. Her father was Captain Benton Bell Seat (1830-1917) of Trenton, Tennessee. Seat left Tennessee for California during the gold rush of 1849 after studying law at Lebanon. He settled in Texas after his return and served in Sibley's Texas Brigade and the Fifth Texas Cavalry during the Civil War, participating in the ill-fated New Mexico Campaign. He was wounded in the battle of Valverde, New Mexico and finished the war fighting with troops in Louisiana. Seat resumed his legal career in Texas following the war and then moved to Nicaragua where he practiced law and speculated in the banana business. Aside from Louise, Seat had another child, William Haymond Seat, who remained in Nicaragua after the Captain left for Arkansas in 1901. Captain Seat lived the rest of his life in Searcy with his daughter and son-in-law.
Concerning Judge Cypert's children, Harriet Cypert graduated from Searcy High School in 1932 and attended college at a number of different institutions, including Galloway Woman's College in Searcy. She served as a medical technician in World War II at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. Florence Cypert married Reverend Kenneth Spore of St. Charles, Arkansas, in 1933. Spore was a Methodist clergyman who graduated from Hendrix College in 1927. He preached to congregations at Scott, Little Rock, and Hope, Arkansas during his lengthy career and was actively interested in the history of his denomination. Spore published numerous articles and a book on Arkansas Methodist History - Courtesy of the University of Arkansas.
Louise Seat Cypert came from a pioneer southern family as well. Her father was Captain Benton Bell Seat (1830-1917) of Trenton, Tennessee. Seat left Tennessee for California during the gold rush of 1849 after studying law at Lebanon. He settled in Texas after his return and served in Sibley's Texas Brigade and the Fifth Texas Cavalry during the Civil War, participating in the ill-fated New Mexico Campaign. He was wounded in the battle of Valverde, New Mexico and finished the war fighting with troops in Louisiana. Seat resumed his legal career in Texas following the war and then moved to Nicaragua where he practiced law and speculated in the banana business. Aside from Louise, Seat had another child, William Haymond Seat, who remained in Nicaragua after the Captain left for Arkansas in 1901. Captain Seat lived the rest of his life in Searcy with his daughter and son-in-law.
Concerning Judge Cypert's children, Harriet Cypert graduated from Searcy High School in 1932 and attended college at a number of different institutions, including Galloway Woman's College in Searcy. She served as a medical technician in World War II at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. Florence Cypert married Reverend Kenneth Spore of St. Charles, Arkansas, in 1933. Spore was a Methodist clergyman who graduated from Hendrix College in 1927. He preached to congregations at Scott, Little Rock, and Hope, Arkansas during his lengthy career and was actively interested in the history of his denomination. Spore published numerous articles and a book on Arkansas Methodist History - Courtesy of the University of Arkansas.
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