He was the son of Richard Bullock Somervell and Virginia Taylor Somervell.
In July 1891, he married Mary S. Burke at the residence of her father, Captain R.A. Burke in Dyersburg, Tennessee.
They were the parents of one child.
He was educated at the University of Virginia and earned a medical degree from the University of Louisville. In 1891, he married Mary S. Burke who taught school in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Soon after his marriage he and his wife moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where he practiced medicine. In 1892 their only child, Brehon Somervell, was born. From 1896-1905 he served as principal of the Centennial Elementary School. In 1906 they moved to the District of Columbia where they opened Belcourt Seminary, a finishing school for young women.
Sources: Supplying the Troops by John Kennedy Ohl and the Little Rock School District website.
In July 1891, he married Mary S. Burke at the residence of her father, Captain R.A. Burke in Dyersburg, Tennessee.
They were the parents of one child.
He was educated at the University of Virginia and earned a medical degree from the University of Louisville. In 1891, he married Mary S. Burke who taught school in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Soon after his marriage he and his wife moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where he practiced medicine. In 1892 their only child, Brehon Somervell, was born. From 1896-1905 he served as principal of the Centennial Elementary School. In 1906 they moved to the District of Columbia where they opened Belcourt Seminary, a finishing school for young women.
Sources: Supplying the Troops by John Kennedy Ohl and the Little Rock School District website.
He was the son of Richard Bullock Somervell and Virginia Taylor Somervell.
In July 1891, he married Mary S. Burke at the residence of her father, Captain R.A. Burke in Dyersburg, Tennessee.
They were the parents of one child.
He was educated at the University of Virginia and earned a medical degree from the University of Louisville. In 1891, he married Mary S. Burke who taught school in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Soon after his marriage he and his wife moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where he practiced medicine. In 1892 their only child, Brehon Somervell, was born. From 1896-1905 he served as principal of the Centennial Elementary School. In 1906 they moved to the District of Columbia where they opened Belcourt Seminary, a finishing school for young women.
Sources: Supplying the Troops by John Kennedy Ohl and the Little Rock School District website.
In July 1891, he married Mary S. Burke at the residence of her father, Captain R.A. Burke in Dyersburg, Tennessee.
They were the parents of one child.
He was educated at the University of Virginia and earned a medical degree from the University of Louisville. In 1891, he married Mary S. Burke who taught school in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Soon after his marriage he and his wife moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where he practiced medicine. In 1892 their only child, Brehon Somervell, was born. From 1896-1905 he served as principal of the Centennial Elementary School. In 1906 they moved to the District of Columbia where they opened Belcourt Seminary, a finishing school for young women.
Sources: Supplying the Troops by John Kennedy Ohl and the Little Rock School District website.
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