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George A. Harper, D. D. S.

George A. Harper, D. D. S., is a skillful practitioner of the pleasant little city of Homer, Louisiana, and is a native of Claiborne Parish, his birth occurring here in 1864, being one of three children. Dr. Harper is a graduate of Vanderbilt College of Dentistry of Nashville, Tennessee, his education in this institution being completed in the year 1887, but he was a well-educated young man where he entered the dental college, for he had received thorough training in the Meridian Male and Female Academy of Meridian. His father is a renowned physician in the prosperous town of Meridian. He served in the Rebellion with distinction and bravery, which received for him encomiums from his countrymen. His wife, whose maiden name was Miss Geraldine Nuckolls, was a Tennessean, who died in 1872, after which Dr. Harper married Miss Lelia Nuckolls, a sister of his first wife, by whom he bad seven children. He has attained a prominent position as a medical practitioner in his portion of the State, and being possessed of engaging manners, and a brilliant mind, coupled with unquestioned integrity, and habits of strict morality and sobriety, it is not to be wondered at that his career has been one of distinction and success.

Dr. George A. Harper began his independent career as a salesman in a drug store at the age of eighteen years, and after following this until he reached his twentieth year, he began the study of dentistry, and finally graduated as has been mentioned above. As he possesses numerous admirable traits of character, a bright future is before him. He was the leader of his class in the mechanical execution of his work whilst in college, and otherwise became distinguished while preparing himself for his profession, being an earnest and painstaking student.

He entered upon his practice in Homer in 1887, and has already acquired a widespread reputation as a dental surgeon. He is an honored member of the K. of P., of Homer, Louisiana, and has always affiliated with the Democratic Party, and at all times has endeavored to endorse men of principle and honor, although he is not an active partisan, except in the matter of voting. Dr. Harper has always been a young man of much principle, of that moral and personal integrity, and clear well-balanced, active intelligence, for which all his people have been noted. He holds a warm place in the estimation of his numerous friends and patrons, and promises to be a valuable adjunct to the citizenship of any locality in which he may make his home.

Biographical Sketches| Claiborne Parish

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