1. Max Frauenthal was a leading merchant in post-bellum Arkansas, and was a founding father of Conway, Arkansas; Heber Springs, Arkansas; and Cleburne County, Arkansas.
16 Facts About Max Frauenthal
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Max Frauenthal is known for the courage he showed during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in the American Civil War.
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Max Frauenthal was born on November 11,1836, in Marienthal, Rhenish Bavaria.
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Max Frauenthal's family moved to the United States when he was 15 years old, eventually settling in Brookhaven, Mississippi, after short stints in New York City, Texas and Louisiana.
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Max Frauenthal enlisted in the Confederate States Army as a private in Company A of the 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment at Summit, Mississippi; one of 1500 Jewish volunteers in the Confederate Army.
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In 1869, Max Frauenthal married Sallie Jacobs, a native of Baltimore, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Max Frauenthal would go on to have an impact in the commercial and civic development of both Conway and Heber Springs.
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Max Frauenthal moved to Conway Station in 1871 and opened the new railroad town's second store in 1872.
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Rather than locate on the town square, Max Frauenthal located his store on the alley where he noticed the farmers would park their wagons.
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In 1875, Max Frauenthal was among the 30 petitioners to incorporate "Conway" as a town, dropping "Station" from its name.
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In 1881, Frauenthal bought land in Van Buren County from John T Jones.
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Max Frauenthal founded the Sugar Loaf Springs Company and plotted a town site which was incorporated as "Sugar Loaf" on October 4,1882.
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In 1883, Max Frauenthal donated land for the courthouse square, built a frame courthouse to be used by the soon to be created Cleburne County, and donated the land for Spring Park, thus securing the county seat for the new town.
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Max Frauenthal chose the name Cleburne to honor Confederate General Patrick Cleburne, who was killed in the Battle of Franklin in 1864.
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Frauenthal chose the new name to honor John T Jones's son, Dr Heber Jones, who was a prominent physician in Memphis, Tennessee, where Frauenthal had since moved.
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Max Frauenthal died on March 8,1914, and is buried at Temple Israel Cemetery in Memphis.