David Glendenning Fort (1803-1859), (painting).

David Glendenning Fort (1803-1859), (painting).

Wheeden, painter.

David Glendenning Fort (1803-1859), (painting).

Approx. 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 61.0 cm).

Portrait of David Glendenning Fort in a black suit with gold buttons, a white stock, and white vest.

Portrait male -- Fort, David Glendenning

Fordyce, Downs Lander, Mrs., 1801 Shadow Lane, Little Rock, Arkansas 72207

Formerly in the collection of Lander, R. S., Mrs., Little Rock, Arkansas 1934.

David Glendenning Fort was born on May 11, 1803 in Wake County, North Carolina, the son of William Knight and Charlotte (Lile) Fort. He married Araminta Harlow Myatt in Wake County, North Carolina on April 18, 1824. The year they were married the couple had their portraits painted by a Mr. Wheeden of Memphis, Tennessee. The couple moved to Alabama and then to Texas in March of 1854. He died on March 14, 1859 in Waco, Texas.

Arkansas State AAUW BIAP Survey, 1977.

National Society of Colonial Dames, Arkansas, 1980.

Crawford, Sybil F., 2003.

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