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Charles O. Cargile, M. D.

Charles O. Cargile, M. D., is a physician of more than ordinary ability, and at an early age displayed an eagerness for study and a desire for a professional life. He was born in Chambers County, Louisiana, in October, 1861, being the eldest of seven children born to Charles J. and Ellen A. (Barrow) Cargile, both of whom were Georgians. Their children are: Charles O., Jimmie W. (wife of Jim Smith, of Shiloh, Louisiana), Ida A., John A. (deceased), Era E., Joel J. and William T. The father was born in Georgia, in 1838, and was the eldest in a family of six children. His parents were natives of North Carolina.

The immediate subject of this sketch was brought to Claiborne Parish by his parents in 1867, and here he has since resided, his early literary education being received in Summerfield and Shiloh. In 1883 he entered the old Atlanta (Georgia) Medical College, from which place he graduated in 1886, his attention since that time being devoted exclusively and successfully to the practice of his profession. He also managed a plantation of about 200 acres, and although he is still a young practitioner, he has shown much skill in the treatment of his cases, and fully deserves the large practice which he commands. He was married to Miss Artie M. Mason, in May, 1886, and both are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He has always been a Democrat.

Biographical Sketches| Claiborne Parish

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, Southern Publishing Company, 1890