Genealogy Junkie ~ All Roads Lead to Arkansas

Cousins

2012-02-25T11:26:00.000-06:00

Thomas Sutton (my 3rd ggu) was born @1836 in Tennessee to John and Sarah Richards Sutton. He moved from Bradley County Tennessee to Hempstead County Arkansas with his family between 1850-1852.

On June 21, 1862 he enlisted with his brothers Asel H., George W., and Maston E. Sutton (and a couple of Sutton cousins), with Company F, Portlock's Regiment, Ark Conf 24th Inf at Washington, Arkansas.

After the war, he returned to Hempstead County and on 9/13/1866 he married Eliza A.B. Cantley White (my neighbor's 2nd ggm) at the ME. South Church. She was born in February 1838 (AR) to James and Sarah Best Cantley.

146 years after the marriage of Thomas and Eliza, two of their descendants discovered they lived across the road from each other.

4th cousins, once removed.

It's a small world.

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Allen & Rebecca Webb

2012-01-24T07:00:00.000-06:00

Allen & Rebecca Webb Webb

Allen, born 1790 North Carolina, son of Elisha & Mary Pritchard Webb. He married Rebecca Webb 1823 in Morgan County Tennessee.

Rebecca, born 5-8-1804 Tennessee, daughter of Cuthbert & Elizabeth Goff Webb.

Allen and Rebecca moved from Bradley County Tennessee to Hempstead County Arkansas between 1850 and 1854, following daughter Sarah & her husband Chrisanbury W. Sutton..

Allen & Rebecca Webb are my 4th great grandparents. Allen died in 1864 and Rebecca passed in 1892. Both are buried in Zion Cemetery in Hempstead County Arkansas, along with several of their children, including their daughter Sarah (my 3rd great grandmother).

See more Tombstone Tuesday and/or genealogy blogging themes at Geneabloggers, hosted by Thomas MacEntee.

Treasure Chest Thursday ~ Dee's Vase

2012-01-19T12:47:00.000-06:00

("Old- Dee Whitten")

This vase belonged to my grandmother- Lela Barrett Sutton.

Ellie Dee Coleman was born on March 10, 1893 to William and Lena Sissell Coleman in Howard County Arkansas. Her siblings were: Robert J. (b.1890), Bertha (b.1892), John T. (b. 1897), Thomas R. (b. 1898), Nancy (b. 1900) and Joe C. (b. 1902).
On December 24, 1913 she married William J. Whitten in Howard County and they had two children (Nena and Lillie- that I am aware of).

Dee's brother, Robert J. Coleman, married my grandmother's sister Cular Barrett, on November 23, 1927, and I am sure that was Dee's introduction to my grandmother. I don't have any idea of how to date the vase. It reminds me of other simple design vases from the 30's and 40's, but I have searched the internet and can't find any exactly like this one. It doesn't have any markings on it.

I've wondered if it might be one of those freebie items manufacturers used to put in laundry detergent??

Treasure Chest Thursday is a genealogy meme suggested by Leslie Ann Ballou of Lost Family Treasures and used by many gen-bloggers. See more TCT and/or genealogy blogging themes at Geneabloggers, hosted by Thomas MacEntee.

Hammett/Henson ~ Miller & Little River Counties ~ Arkansas

2012-01-08T13:10:00.001-06:00

Eugenia Lucille Hammett was born on January 8, 1858 in Lehi, Bradley County Arkansas to Edward and Mary Ann Martin.
On April 13, 1876 Eugenia married John W. Mundine in Miller County Arkansas. I don't have any information on him except for the marriage record, which gave his age as twenty years, putting his birth about 1856.
On July 9, 1878 Eugenia Hammett Mundine married Thomas F. Henson in Miller County Arkansas. I don't know what happened to John Mundine. I don't find him anywhere on the 1880 census, so he may have passed.

Eugenia and Thomas Henson had the following children:
Kate, born 4/27/1880
William Edward, born 12/17/1882
Hattie Mae, born 12/25/1889
Nora, born 10/1890
Callie, born 10/3/1894

Thomas passed on 2/4/1926 in Ashdown, Little River County, and Eugenia on 2/17/1941. Both are buried in Hicks Cemetery, Ashdown.

They were my husband's 2nd great grandparents.

Researching this Henson/Hammett family? Send me an email- my address is on the side-bar.

Wedding Wednesday ~ Cox/Follmer

2011-12-28T04:36:00.000-06:00

Newton Alonzo Cox

B. November 25, 1850 Greenville, South Carolina

D. February 22, 1899 Sevier County Arkansas

Sarah Amanda Follmer

B. May 15, 1853 Arkansas

D. June 26, 1931 Sevier County Arkansas

Wedding Wednesday is a genealogy blog meme suggested by Carol of Reflections from the Fence and used by many gen-bloggers.

Patrick Cleburne's fallen soldiers- Liddell's Brigade

2011-12-22T06:38:00.000-06:00

Patrick R. Cleburne’s Arkansas Division

Monument Dedication at Wartrace, Tenn.

12/10/2011

Mary Mills Jackson

UDC Albert Pike Chapter #2507, Texarkana

Patrick Cleburne’s fallen soldiers (Liddell’s Brigade) at the Battle of Liberty Gap June 24-26, 1863 were recently honored with VA markers in the Confederate Section of Willow Mount Cemetery in Shelbyville, Tenn.

Mary spreads Arkansas soil from my garden on the graves of the following Arkansas soldiers:

Samuel Oran- 8th AR Inf
Thomas Elms- 8th AR Inf
John Hoskins- 13th AR Inf
Laurence R Frisk- 5th AR Inf
WH Fuquay- 5th AR Inf
PT Neal- Key's Co ARK L A
LH Gill- 6th AR Inf
John Hoskins- 13th AR Inf
AJ Lewis- 6th AR Inf
George A Laughter- 15th AR Inf
William H. Cronin- 15th AR Inf
Stephen H. Tribble- 2nd AR Inf
De Witt A Weddel- 15th AR Inf
Thomas Mackey- 2nd AR Inf
Ray P Ralford- 2n AR Inf
West Stellar- 13th AR Inf
Lemuel Harrell- 5th AR Inf
LF Howard- 13th AR Inf
William L Chaddick- 2nd AR Inf
John W Garrett- 15th AR Inf
Jerry Noland- 5th AR Inf
Edward D Wood- 2nd AR Inf
NM Mercer- 5th AR Inf
CW Traywick- 8th AR Inf
John Hood- 13th AR Inf
Thomas Riddle- 4th AR Inf
Augustus A Small- 2nd AR Inf
Francis M Dill- 2nd AR Inf
James C Bays- 2nd AR Inf
WH Raney- 2nd AR Inf
JA Forrest- 2nd AR Inf
Ransom C Fowlkes- 2nd AR Inf
Braston H Cooper- 13th AR Inf
Henry Farrar- 2nd AR Inf
GW Lambert- 2nd AR Inf

To see photographs of these soldier's VA markers, and to read more about the story and dedication, please visit Hwy 64's photo album at Flickr

and the Civil War Buff

To read more about the Battle Of Liberty Gap, please visit Civil War Wiki.net

Photographs copyright Mary Mills Jackson- 2011

Christmas at the Museum

2011-12-02T04:40:00.000-06:00

"A Storybook Christmas"

Two Rivers Museum

Little River County Genealogy Society's

tree

The Rest of His Story ~Richard Alby

2011-12-01T07:58:00.003-06:00

Richard Alby was born about 1830 in Pulaski County Arkansas, his family arriving in the area about 1828.

They moved to Saline County, Ar in 1840 and then settled in Perry County. Ar about 1848.

Richard is listed on the Perry County census in 1850 and again in 1860.

He joined 10th Ar Inf in 1862, and was injured in the Battle of Shiloh. Click here for an article about this unit at Faulkner County Historical Society's site.

According to the hospital records, he survived his wounds, and his company's pay roll (dated 11/1/1862) shows he was paid for service at least through July and August that year.

Then he disappears.

He isn't listed on the 1870 census anywhere.

And of course, Perry County is a burn county.

To my knowledge, he never married or had any children. I've not found a grave in Perry County for him, but his parents and siblings (except for two sisters) are buried in unmarked graves, so it's a good possibility he is too.

I would love to know the rest of his story.

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Zelma Zachry

2011-11-29T08:18:00.000-06:00

Zelma America Hill Zachry

photographed for Findagrave

Wife of Daniel H. Zachry, married

December 6, 1905 in Sevier County Arkansas

buried in Wright's Chapel Cemetery

Cowlingsville, Sevier County Arkansas

Mother- Mary A Schoggin

2011-11-15T07:39:00.001-06:00

Mother, Mary A Schoggin
Come to Live With Jesus

Mother Dear has left us here
And although it is his will
A vacant place is in our home
That no one can ever fill.

But I trust to God that some sweet day
I will clasp her by the hand
And we will all again be glad
Over in the Glory Land

My home on Earth is a lonely place
For she now sleeps in her new made grave
For no more do I see Dear Mother's face
And lonely cedar trees over her wave

Mother was laid to rest by Father's side
and we will see her here no more
She is sleeping with little brothers three
who have long gone on before.

Three of us are left to wait God's call
And he will carry us safely home
If we will only believe in him
who died to save us all

Where we will have to part no more
But will all be happy there.
In God's blessed Glory Land
For this is my daily prayer

Oh won't that be sweet to meet mother
in that great home up above
There we will all sit at Jesus' feet
in peace and joy and love

For if we live a Christian life
as down on Earth we wait
we will gain eternal live
and meet at the Golden Gate.

---Eller Fitzhugh

Eller wrote this eulogy poem for her mother's funeral.
Her mother was Mary Angeline Huff, wife of James E. Schoggin, and daughter of Wyatt and Tabitha G. Phillips Huff.
Mary Angeline was born in 1856 and died on November 11, 1923. She is buried in Phillips Cemetery in Hot Spring County Arkansas.
The three brothers mentioned in the poem were Eller's siblings- Edward, Auston and one unnamed brother. The three left to carry on were Eller, Missie Etta and Malissa. Eller's husband was James E. Schoggin and he passed on February 4, 1890.

Fitzhugh , Dorotha Eller (Schoggin)- (1878-1935). "Mother, Mary A Schoggin". Nov. 1923
The original is held in a private collection owned by <living, name withheld >

This is my offering for the Third Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge, hosted by Bill West of West in New England.

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Polly Holland McCrary

2011-11-08T20:40:00.001-06:00

Mary Offut Holland

wife of Matthew McCrary (1798-1855)

Mother of Matthew, Thomas, Reason, Irvin, Lyman, Mary and America

Daughter of Rezin and Mary Low Holland

Wednesday's Child ~ Mary, Lucetta, Sallie, Charley & Samuel Hopson

2011-10-05T01:52:00.002-05:00

Mary Hopson

Lucetta Hopson

Sallie Hopson

Charlie Hopson

Samuel Hopson

These five were the children of Nevill & Ann E. Pettus Hopson. They were married on October 1, 1851 in Sevier County Arkansas and resided there until their deaths. They are both buried at Hopson Cemetery, along with most of their children.

Wednesday's Child is an ongoing series by Amy at Gravestoned.

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Fannie Marion McCreary Cook

2011-10-04T17:02:00.001-05:00

Fannie Marion McCreary Cook

buried Richmond Cemetery

Richmond, Little River County, Arkansas

Daughter of Thomas Marion & Sarah Ann Martin McCreary

Married Nathan Judson Cook in 1874

Tombstone Tuesday is an ongoing series at

GeneaBloggers

Seeking Information Saturday ~ Emmer Jean Van

2011-10-01T03:42:00.006-05:00

Van-Albey Mystery

AKA

Who's Your Daddy?

Emmer Jean (Jane) Van was born 2/22/1882 (according to her death certificate), or 2/22/1881 (according to her Social Security card) or October of 1884 (according to the 1900 Hot Springs County Arkansas census) , or about 1881 (according to her marriage certificate that states she was 18 on 10/13/1899, the day she married William John Ashley in Hot Spring County Arkansas.

Family lore states that she was the child of Martha Angeline MNU Albey and Willis Vann, and she was always known as a half-sister of James (my great grandfather) & Robert Albey, his brother. The only problem with that story is that Angeline was still married to William Albey during the time Emmer was born.

A short timeline of events gives us cousins much to ponder....

7/5/1880- William & Angeline are listed as living together with their two sons- James W (19) & Robert G. Albey (12) in Perry County Arkansas.

Emmer born 2/22/1881?

12/22/1880- William & Angeline Albey quit claim to ten of their forty acres in Perry County Arkansas, and by 1881, their entire 40 acres of land are listed as delinquent for taxes.

Emmer born 2/22/1882?

3/1/1883- William Albey rents land in Perry County from James and Lucy Vance to plant corn and cotton on. His 15 year old son Robert is listed as "witness". Angeline is not named on this document.

6/22/1883- Angeline Albey sells one cow and calf for $20 in Perry County. William is not named on this document. (Wouldn't you need a milk cow for a 1-2 year old child?)

9/17/1883- oldest son James (my great grandfather) gets married in Perry County to Mary Alice Sumner (daughter of Peter and Elmira Denton Sumner of Drew County Arkansas).

1/15/1884- Angeline buys 2 acres of land in Perry County from the Drakes. William is not named on this document.

Emmer born 10/1884?

6/20/1886- Twins Martha and William are born to James and Elmira in Reyburn Arkansas (Hot Spring County) - named after his parents??

6/1887- Date that William Albey claims his wife Angeline left him without cause.

(Dang, I miss that 1890 census!)

7/17/1891, William Albey filed for divorce, subsequently claiming that Angeline so hides herself that she can't be found for trial. (We believe she had already moved to Hot Spring County Arkansas, either following son James, or they all moved together. It is unknown when son Robert left home, but he marries Onestine Hamm in Miller County Arkansas on 2/1/1893.)

By the 1900 census everyone was scattered- Robert in Miller County, James, Emmer and Martha Angeline in Hot Spring County, and William left behind in Perry County- living with his sister Dianah Vance).

Is Emmer the daughter of William Albey or Willis Vann? Since no marriage license has ever been found for either/or, that avenue is closed. The only Willis Vann in the area about the time of Emmer's birth is a John Willis Van, age 24, who was residing in the next county (Yell) in 1880. He was the son of Willis Vann & Francis Davenport- who we've debated might possibly be Martha's father too, by his first wife- Elizabeth Standler, thus giving a more valid reasoning to the maiden name Vann instead of Albey. (As in Angeline was so angry with William when she divorced him she changed their daughter's last name to her own maiden name- I know- that's a big leap, but at this point we are looking at every possibility)

The timeline of Emmer's early years has big gaping holes, and we need to fill in the blanks. Right now, we have more questions than answers.

Wordless Wednesday ~ Gossip at the Post Office

2011-09-28T05:35:00.000-05:00

Ben Lomond, Arkansas

I love this old photo of my grandfather Clarence Sutton, and his neighbors- from the 50's. On the right is the post office and on the left is the country store. My grandpa is immediately to the right of the stack of brooms in the back. I can just hear the men gossiping- talking crops and cattle, weather and politics. The only woman in the photo is the post mistress- her last name was Mills.

Today the store is long gone- and the tiny post office is on the list of those to be closed.

Wednesday's Child~ Bessie Overstreet

2011-09-28T01:35:00.003-05:00

Bessie Lee Overstreet

Buried in Hopson Cemetery

Sevier County Arkansas

Wednesday's Child is an ongoing series by Amy at Gravestoned.

Little River County Genealogy Society News

2011-09-19T14:36:00.002-05:00

It's been a long hot, dry summer, but fall is finally in the air and it actually RAINED yesterday. I was beginning to think that we were never going to see that wet stuff again!

We had our first fall meeting this month and it was so good to see everyone and get back to talking genealogy.

Our next meeting will be October 11th- refreshments at 5:30 and business meeting & program starts at 6. More information about the program will be listed on our home page.

If you live in the area, we would love to see you there!

News:

Funeral Home Records are being transcribed, and should be finished soon.

Our room over the 2Rivers Museum is also moving along nicely- the wiring is almost finished and we will just need to clean up the construction dust and start moving in.

Nominations for new officers will be coming up in November.There are several spots open and we would love to see some of our new faces on the board!

I'm updating the website, running link checks, and hopefully going to end up with a more modern look to the front page. (I'm still on page 10 of my "CSS for Dummies" book, so I'm not real sure exactly how modern )

I'm taking articles for the 2012 annual, which will be online in our member's only section some time in April, maybe a bit sooner. Trying to get an earlier start this year.... I need new members to send in their surnames please!

For more information on the society, check us out online at http://backwardbranch.com/lrcgs/ or visit us at facebook.

Surname Saturday ~ Williamson

2011-09-17T05:11:00.004-05:00

William Williamson
b. @1793 North Carolina
d. Between 1860-1870 Pope County Arkansas

m. 2/14/1825 Mecklenburg County North Carolina

Violet L. McCoy
b. @ 1803 North Carolina
d. Between 1860-1870 Pope County Arkansas

James Godfrey Williamson
b. 1/23/1825 Mecklenburg County , North Carolina
d. 6/16/1914 Pope County Arkansas

m. 1/24/1850 Pope County Arkansas

Cerey Ann Harkey
b. @1825 Montgomery County North Carolina
d. @1882 Pope County Arkansas

John W. Williamson
b. 11/1852 Pope County Arkansas

d. Between 1910-1920 Pope County Arkansas

m. about 1873

Nancy MNU
b. 6/1851
d. Between 1910-1920 Pope County Arkansas

Charles L. Williamson
b. 3/6/1880 Pope County Arkansas
d. 4/8/1915 Pope County Arkansas

m. 11/4/1902 Pope County Arkansas

Virgie Martin
b. 9/18/1883 Pope County Arkansas
d. 2/1/1915 Pope County Arkansas

Tombstone Tuesday ~ William Jordan

2011-09-13T14:21:00.000-05:00

William Garret Jordan

B. 11/22/1895 Little River County Arkansas

D. 6/22/1919 Little River County Arkansas

Buried: Blackerby Cemetery

William was the son of William & Margaret Jordan, and grandson of Absalom & Martha Katherine Clark Jordan.

uploaded to:

Find A Grave

Military Monday ~ Ancestors in the News

2011-09-12T04:26:00.009-05:00

Newspapers are one of my favorite resources when I want to find information to fill in the blanks between the cold hard facts that all genealogists have found- dates of birth, marriage, death. Non-genealogists may find it trivial, but I get excited about the tiniest little glimmer of what life was like for each of my ancestors. Case in point- a local call to action during WW 1. My kin are bolded.

RED CROSS NOTES~July 27, 1918

The surgical dressing room is kept open only three days in the week now during the hot weather. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The following ladies are expected to work on these days:

Tuesday /

Mesdames J.M. Johnson, R.A. Phillips, O.M. Oliver, C.A. Bishop, Jean Curran, C.P. Smith, L.T. Jones, H. Gist, J.W. Lang, O.D. Turner, Gus Patterson, Ethel Sims, T.B. Cook, O. Hampton, Ora Green, Clyde Head, W.H. Dupree, R.M. Price, R.A. Hartsfield, Misses Iloa Turner, Eva Johnson, Katrina Mobley, Dora Mangrum, Madge Collins.

Thursday/

Mesdames Haller, Welch, Cobb, Wallace, J.E. Locke, Joyner, Rayburn, Koonce, J.U. Johnston, Tiffin, Cowling, Cox, Clifton, Freeman, Traylor, Wales, Dowden, Frank Locke, Goolsby, Watkins, Misses Lucy Furlow, Mary Draper, Myrtle Furlow.

Friday/

Mesdames P.H. Phillips, C.H. Locke, Boyer, Briant, Dulaney, A.B. Bishop, Toland, Snyder, Henry, Waldrop, Bishop, W.W. Sanderson, J.G. and Mrs Mattie, D.P. Holmes, Park, Martin, Leslie, Misses Ursa Ringgold, Effie Draper.

We will be glad to have any lady who would like to help. Do not stay away because your name is not on the list. Now, ladies, do not be slackers. Of course it is hot but sitting in a clean room under an electric fan is not so hot as the battles now on the front and we can put up fruit 5 days in the week and give one to the Red Cross. The sewing room will be opened up again soon, and other ladies whose names are not on this list will be drafted in regardless of age. Let’s do our part now.

Little River News, Ashdown, Little River County Arkansas

Published with permission, LRCGS

Military Monday is an ongoing series by Cindy at Everything’s Relative – Researching Your Family History

Thankful Thursday ~ Photo Clues

2011-09-08T11:51:00.000-05:00

Today I am thankful for helpful, knowledgeable people in the online genealogy community who go out of their way to help others.

This is the portrait that I found earlier this year (see "Could Have Been Trash") behind an old picture that belonged to my grandparents. I haven't had much luck dating it, or figuring out how to preserve it until I stumbled across a wonderful forum (Photograph Restoration & Dating) over at rootschat.com

I uploaded the portrait and very quickly had opinions from three very helpful forum users. (Thank you Prue, China and JDJames.) They each gave me something to think about. The idea of an overlay with two separate photos just blows my mind! You think I might have noticed that, but I didn't. And I never thought about the possibility of the two being from different time periods.

I still believe this to be a portrait of my 3rd g grandfather, but now I am wondering if the female might be his second wife. Chrisanbury Sutton was alive from 1824 to sometime in the mid 1880's. His wife Sallie was alive from 1828 to April of 1871. I found Berry on the 1880 census over in Lamar Co Texas with a 2nd wife Bettie, who was alive from about 1832 to sometime in the 1880s.

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Falls

2011-09-06T14:10:00.000-05:00

Three center stones: James Robert & William Falls

sons of George C & Asenath Falls

Sympathy Saturday ~ Arkansas River Flood 1935

2011-09-03T06:27:00.000-05:00

In one second of time, a horrific flood took the lives of Prestridge "Buck" Foreman and Moses Patrick Jordan.

Left behind to suffer the losses were Wilma Foreman and Ola Mae Jordan Foreman.
Wilma lost her father and grandfather and her mother Ola Mae lost her husband and father.

FIVE MEN HUNTED AS FLOOD WATERS RECEDE IN STATE
Three Conway County Tenant Farmers May Be Drowned

   Thursday, June 27 1935
Searching parties sought five persons
believed drowned in Arkansas flood waters today as further relief come to
the state following the seventh overflow of the year.

     Three tenant farmers are missing in flooded lowlands near Morrilton. A
fisherman is sought in the White River at Batesville, while the Fayetteville
area is concerned over the disappearance of a 65-year-old man, all feared
victims of overflows in the respective sections.

    ..... Pat Jordan, aged about 55, Buck Foreman, aged 25, and Herman Jones,
aged 20, all tenant farmers, were the object of a search near Morrilton
after the finding of their overturned boat in which they had been hauling
vegetables to a refugee camp. Approximately 50,000 acres of land in Conway
County still is flooded from the Arkansas River rampage.

     Near Fayetteville a hunt was under way for a man identified only as
Kellogg, missing from his home since yesterday. He came to the area from
Colorado.
---------------------------------------------------------
Friday, June 28 1935

FIND BODIES OF DROWNED PAIR
Conway County Men Victims of Flood

    Bodies of two flood victims were recovered
today, while searchers continued their hunt for three others apparently
drowned in receding breakwaters from Arkansas' latest damaging overflow.

     The bodies of Pat Jordan, 48, and Buck Foreman, 20, Conway County
tenant farmers, were found early today in Arkansas River backwaters three
miles southeast of Morrilton. A third victim, Herman Jones, 20, still being
sought, as general falling stages continued on major streams of the state.

     The two bodies were recovered near the place where the three men,
farmers on the plantation of County Judge J.L. Williams, were hurled to
their death late Wednesday while hauling vegetables to a refugee camp where
they were living after being forced from their homes by flood waters.

Moses Patrick Jordan (son of John Frederick and Emaline C. Eatmon Jordan) was born 4/7/1887 and died June 26, 1935. He was married to Lucretia Isolene Mary Ann Lane (the daughter of John Franklin and Sally Renay Brannum Lane). She was born October 1891 in Arkansas and died 7/15/1967 in Camden Arkansas.
Their daughter, Ola Mae Jordan was born 9/8/1914 and died 7/27/2003. She married Prestridge Foreman (son of Walter Marion and Mary Emma Brasier Foreman) who was born 1915 in Texas and died 6/26/1935.

Log Cabin Democrat, Conway, Faulkner County, Arkansas

Sevier County Arkansas Historical Society Museum - Step back in time

2011-09-02T10:49:00.001-05:00

Sevier County Historical Society Museum
717 N. Maple St.
De Queen, Arkansas

The museum houses antiques, documents, photographs, books, dresses,...all types of memorabilia from Sevier County history.

Outside you can walk through an antique village with replicas of some of the early town buildings and businesses.

DeQueen Bee Newspaper- still in business today

Hotel de Horse

1st National Bank & Brookes Drug Store

Trail of Tears Marker

Click here for more information...

Sepia Saturday #88 ~ Melancholy Tree

2011-08-20T08:23:00.002-05:00

It might be a tad hard to see, but this is a giant tree in the middle of a small abandoned family cemetery. All the headstones are gone now, (or so I am told...I think there was a lot of poison ivy and no one wanted to dig around and take the risk!)

But in keeping with Alan's theme this week, I thought of this tree and how I often wondered what tales of sadness it could tell.

Here's another shot of the same cemetery...you can see a small portion of the tree on the left side.

Photos copyright ~ LRCGS 2011

To view more Sepia Saturday, or to join in,

click over to Alan Burnett and Kat Mortensen's Sepia Saturday

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Little Big Horn National Cemetery

2011-08-16T04:16:00.002-05:00

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Allen Pettus

2011-08-09T10:46:00.000-05:00

In memory of

Lt. Col. Allen T. Pettus
Born in Charlottle Co., VA.
Aug 11, 1821
Served in the Mexican War under Gen. Taylor
Killed at Marks Mill Apr 25, 1864

Buried Hopson Cemetery

Falls Chapel, Sevier County Arkansas

Son of Martin (died in Charlotte Va. before 1850) & Sarah Pettus

Wordless Wednesday ~ No Tears Shed For Me

2011-07-14T08:58:00.001-05:00

Alexis

Redmen Cemetery

Sevier County Arkansas

Wedding Wednesday ~ Black/Smith

2011-07-06T05:22:00.000-05:00

Keziah Francis Smith was born December 3, 1840 in Franklin Alabama to Evan and Susan Griffin Smith. She married Thomas A Black on February 23, 1860, and had one child with him, Evan Marelous Black, who was born December 23, 1860. Thomas died before 1870, and Keziah then married my 2nd great grandfather- James Wood Nichols.

Keziah died January 17, 1927 in Hot Spring County Arkansas. She and James were the parents of four children: Gordon Inge, Martha J,. William Clinton, and Alice S.

Wedding Wednesday is a genealogy blog meme suggested by Carol of Reflections from the Fence and used by many gen-bloggers.

Sunday's Obituary ~ Mollie Elizabeth Welch Gill

2011-06-26T01:05:00.004-05:00

Little River News, Ashdown Arkansas
8/19/1943

Mrs. Ollie Gill Funeral Monday

Funeral services were held and burial made at Hicks Monday afternoon for Mrs. Ollie Gill, 80. Rev. C.H. Farmer officiated at the services. Arrangements were under the direction of Phillips Funeral Home.
Mrs. Gill was born at Mobile, Alabaa, but moved to Little River County when she was a girl. She was a member of the Methodist Church.

Mrs. Gill is survived by two sons, John Gill and Floyd Gill; two daughters, Mrs George Waddel and Mrs Marion Henry; two brothers Clint Welch and Bob Welch; three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

More about Mollie:
She was born May 3, 1865 to Thomas and Mary Welch. She married Oliver Perry Gill on February 15, 1885 in Little River County Arkansas. They had the following children:
John Edward, Emma, Walter, Mattie, and William Floyd. Mollie died on August 15, 1943.

“Sunday’s Obituary” is a Daily Blogging Prompt at GeneaBloggers, hosted by Thomas MacEntee. For information on this theme, and others, and how to join the genealogy blogging community, click on over.

Wednesday's Child ~ Little Nellie Buster

2011-06-08T07:30:00.000-05:00

Nellie was the daughter of William Walters and Maggie T. Boseman Buster, who lived in Little River County Arkansas.

Her grandparents were Joseph M. and Margaret Hanks Buster, and G. & Fannie Boseman.

I don't know the cause of death, but in this time frame, I always wonder if it was the Spanish Flu, which claimed so many lives in this area.

Nellie's mother was pregnant at the time of her death and her little sister Francis was born just 5 months after her death.

Wednesday's Child is an ongoing series by Amy at Gravestoned.

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Peytonville Cemetery

2011-06-07T06:55:00.001-05:00

Peytonville Cemetery,

Peytonville, Arkansas

These five stones stand sentinel at the gate of this cemetery. This is one of my favorite cemeteries in the county and one of the oldest.

I've gotten away from one of my favorite genealogical efforts lately- taking cemetery photographs and census for Find A Grave & my local genealogy society.

It's so easy to strike a different path each day with this crazy hobby, but I'm determined to find more time for photographing headstones.

Surname Saturday ~ Aro, Mariano, Fejarang

2011-06-04T15:16:00.000-05:00

I'm working today on my daughter in law's family- hoping to get a little more in depth information for the book I am making for my grandsons.
The following is about all I have on this family:

Jerry Robert Hallett (son of Charlie W.- grandson of Charlie A.) married Living Mariano, mid 1950's in Guam, while serving in the US Marine Corps.
He was born in 1932 in Texarkana Texas, died 1/10/2003 and is buried in Wilton Cemetery, Wilton, Arkansas.
Living Mariano was born in Guam.
Her mother was Ana Mariano Aro, and her grandparents were Juan Quitugu and Candelaria Fejarang Mariano. Juan was born about 1888 and Candelaria was born about 1886, both in Guam.
Juan and Candelaria were found on the 1920 and 1930 Guam census along with their children:
Ana, Vicente, Amalia, Nicholas, Antonio, Jose, Jesus, Juan and Maria.

I'm also in the process of studying the unique history & culture of the Chamorros. I'm a bit overwhelmed by their naming customs, especially clan names.

If anyone else is researching these surnames, please send me an email.

Sepia Saturday #76 ~ Cat & Dog

2011-05-28T04:08:00.006-05:00

These little tykes have really got a grip on their pets.

1920's Arkansas

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Church Record Sunday ~ Cox- Standing Springs Baptist Church- SC

2011-05-15T10:40:00.000-05:00


Minutes of the Standing Springs Church - June 14, 1851

William J & wife Harriett Cox are admitted to the

Standing Springs Baptist Church

Simpsonville, South Carolina

Many members of my Cox family (and several Coxes that were not related) belonged to this church at one time or another

My 5th great grandfather (James Cox) bequeathed 3 acres in his will to the church.

'Tenth, I give devise and bequeath unto the Standing Springs Baptist Church three acres of land immediately surrounding the meeting house of said church, for the use of public worship for all orthodox denominations of Christians, so long as the said meeting house continues to be used as a place of worship, or the said church desires to worship and assemble there at. '

Amanuensis Monday ~ Indigent Soldiers List ~ Sutton

2011-05-09T17:54:00.003-05:00

Thank you John Newmark, for this great blogging theme, which I read about over at Joan’s blog (Roots ‘n’ Leaves) (amanuensis defines a person employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts).

Families of Indigent Soldiers of Hempstead County, Arkansas 1862-1864
Document located in Hempstead County Courthouse- misc. book #1

Thomas Sutton (24th Reg. AR) in service
Sarah 61 mother
Isabell 23 sister

Asel Sutton (24th Reg. AR) in service
Lucretia 23 wife
Sarah Ann 6 child
John Robert 4 child
William Bell 6/12 child

*Berry Sutton (20th Reg. AR) in service
*Sarah 35 wife
Sunny 14 child
**John W. 11 child
William 10 child
Tennessee 8 child
Marytine 6 child
Benjamin 1 child

Martin Sutton (24th Reg. AR) escaped, at home
Sarah 21 wife
Sarah 1 child

James P. Sutton (24th Reg AR ) at home
Ann 22 wife
William 4 son
Josephine 2 child

*My third great grandparents Chrisanbury William and Sarah Webb Sutton
** My second great grandfather, John Wesley Sutton.

Sepia Saturday #73

2011-05-07T02:54:00.002-05:00

Early 1900's

Little River Bridge

Little River County Arkansas

Hwy 71 North

(that is a dance hall on the left, and I don't know what everyone is watching there in the back)

I love old bridges-

here is another one from old Hwy 71

bottom photo is dedication on the bridge

1934

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Matrilineal Monday ~ Bailey

2011-05-02T10:27:00.002-05:00

3rd Great Grandmother
Mary Ann Bailey
born 11/14/1818 in Nelson County Virginia
died 8/13/1890 in Hot Spring County Arkansas
Mary was the daughter of William (1780 Va-1839 Tn) and Francis White Phillips Bailey (1787 Va- 1866 Ar).
She was married first to Jacob Huff in Dickson County Tennessee in 1833 and they had one son- Wyatt. Jacob died and she then married my 3rd great grandfather, Aeriel Fitzhugh, in Dyer County Tennessee on 6/9/1840.

According to Aerial's War of 1812 Pension file:
Mary Ann Bailey Huff stated:
"Aeriel (Earl) Fitzhugh first married Margaret (called Peggy) Lawrence (September 26, 1815 in Davidson Co., Tenn.) I was present when she died in Dyer County in the State of Tennessee in the year 1839 and saw her buried."

Aerial and Mary Ann had a total of eight children on the day they married. Over the course of the next fourteen years they added ten more children to the clan, making a grand total of eighteen, not including any children that I do not have evidence of.

After Mary's father, my fourth great grandfather, William Bailey died in 1839, her mother Francis, (whom I cannot find in 1840) moved to Hot Spring County Arkansas, with some of her children. .
Here she is in 1850 & 1860, living with one of her sons in each census:

1850 Fenter Tp, Hot Spring Co Ar
#61
Lonenzo D. Bailey 21 farmer TN
Frances 63 VA
Martha J. 17 TN

1860 Big Creek Tp, Hot Spring Co Ar
#468
Zachariah Bailey 23 MS farmer married within the year
Francis W 16 TN
Mrs Francis Bailey 75 VA

Further mention of her is found here:

Author- Harold Dean Davis "The Fitzhugh Family of Dorchester County Maryland" Vo. III pg 12.14
..."John W. Bailey, born 1812 Va. to Frances Phillips & William M. Bailey, William died 1839, Frances was born about 1786 in Va. and d. 1866 in Hot Spring Co. Ark. John, Susan and Frances are buried in the Clear Creek Cemetery, Hot Spring County Ark.....John (wife) Susan Fitzhugh Bailey, two daughters, and his mother (Francis White Phillips Bailey), two brothers and a sister moved from Dyer Co to H.S. Co between Mar. 1844 and Dec 1844 when John entered land in the Brush Creek area which is now in Grant Co Ar....

I have much work to do with my Bailey line. Right now I have nothing further back than William. I know he married Francis White Phillips on 11/7/1803 in Amherst County, Virginia and they had five children born in Virginia:
Mary Ann, Claiborne C., Benjamin, John and Francis. After moving to Tennessee, they had five more:
James, Martha, William, Zacharia and Lorenzo Dow.

If anyone is also researching this line and would like to talk "Bailey", please email and let me know. I love to find new cousins!

Matrilineal Monday is an ongoing series by Jennifer Geraghty-Gorman of ‘On a flesh and bone foundation’: An Irish History.

Surname Saturday ~ Gill

2011-04-30T13:31:00.000-05:00

Gill

1770-present
Newton & Morgan Counties Georgia
Elmore & Montgomery Counties Alabama
Little River County Arkansas

Joseph & Sarah Spears Gill
Benjamin & Sarah Mason Gill
Oliver Perry & Mary Welch Gill
John & Hattie Henson Gill
Raymond & Clara Williamson Gill

Treasure Chest Thursday ~ Grandma's Pie Safe

2011-04-28T01:00:00.001-05:00

Grandma's Kitchen

1950's

just barely in the photo

Grandma's Kitchen

Mar 1961

My kitchen

April 2011

Seeking Information Saturday ~ Charles Andrew Hallett

2011-04-23T04:13:00.016-05:00

I am seeking information on Charles Andrew Hallett, who was married to Margarite Glovina Rush on April 5, 1892 in Little River County Arkansas.
He was 52 and she was 27.
They had three children:
Helen Glovina, and twins Margarite Ethel and Charles Willis.

I have very few clues to follow,except that he was born about 1840, according to the marriage license, and that he died in Little Rock Arkansas, in November 1897, according to information handed down in the family.

All of my efforts to track him in the census (1850, 1860, 1870 & 1880) have been futile. He is not listed on the 1890 Little River County Tax List. I've checked LR Co court records (deeds, mortgages, criminal, circuit)...nothing.
I don't know why he was in Little Rock or what his cause of death or place of burial was.

He left Margarite with six children (three were from her first marriage) under the age of 14.

Charlie Andrew Hallett was my grandson's 3rd great grandfather.

If you are researching this same family, please contact me!

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Dianna Alby Vance

2011-04-19T09:39:00.002-05:00

My 2nd Great Grand Aunt

Dianna Alby Vance

born in Saline County Arkansas

died at the home of Moses Fowler in Brazil/Paron, Arkansas

Buried in Fowler Cemetery, Paron Arkansas

Married to Enoch Harvey Vance

April 17, 1881

in Perry County Arkasnas

Mappy Monday ~ BLM Bonanza

2011-04-18T01:03:00.005-05:00

Finding your ancestor's name on an old survey map?
Priceless!

3rd great grandfather

Peter Alby

Perry County Arkansas

1843 Survey Map

found at the Bureau of Land Management:

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx

Seeking Information Saturday

2011-04-16T09:31:00.001-05:00

Wiley B. Fowler was the son of Jeremiah Fowler and my 3rd great grandmother Elizabeth Brazil Fowler Alby. He died on December 26, 1895 and is buried in Fowler Cemetery in Paron, Saline County Arkansas.

Below is the only reference I have ever found about the existance of Jeremiah Fowler, the fact that he was married to Elizabeth, when he died and where he lived at a certain time.

Between 1826 and 1828 Elizabeth Brazil Fowler married my 3rd great grandfather Peter Alby, in or near Little Rock, Arkansas. No marriage license has ever been found. Peter was born in Vermont in 1794, and is also suspected of having a first spouse- but the only evidence we have is this census:
1820 Jefferson County Indiana
Peter Alby
1 male 26-45
1 female 0-10
1 female 16-26

This is Wiley's vanity bio from Goodpseeds.

Wylie B. Fowler, postmaster at Brazil, Saline County, Ark., first saw the light
of day in Ripley County, Mo., February 3, 1818, being the oldest in a family of
two children born to Jerry and Elizabeth (Brazil ) Fowler, natives of Kentucky
and Tennessee, respectively, and who emigrated to Missouri at an early day, where
Mr. Fowler died. Mrs. Fowler subsequently came to Arkansas Territory with her
children in 1826, and settled in what is now Saline Township, in 1840 moving to
Perry County, where she remained until her death in 1873. Wylie B. Fowler commenced
farming for himself in 1845. In 1844 he was married to Martha Allen, a native of
Missouri, who came to Arkansas in 1828. After his marriage Mr. Fowler settled in
Holland Township, and engaged in farming and hunting. The country at that time
was very thinly settled, the nearest market being at Little Rock, which was only
a small village. His wife died in 1876. By that union he had the following children:
John (formerly in the United States service, and now deceased), Martha (deceased),
Elizabeth (now Mrs. Burnett, of Holland township), Lucinda (now Mrs. Dryden, also
of Holland Township), Matilda (deceased), Mary Jane (also deceased), Jeannette
(Mrs. Seymore Holland), Moses (with whom his father resides), Angeline (Mrs. Thompson,
of Holland), Tennessee (deceased), William (in Mississippi County), James (deceased),
Wylie (at home), and Amasa (deceased). Mr. Fowler was in the Texas War of 1836,
guarding the frontier of Arkansas. He has lived to see the complete growth of Saline
County, having been a resident here for sixty-three years, and has taken an individual
part in its development. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
Wiley Fowler had one sister- Rachel, who was born about 1820 and died sometime after 1870 in Perry County Arkansas.

(Goodspeed's Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Central Arkansas p. 263)

I am seeking information on Jeremiah Fowler, in particular I would like to know his date & location of birth and date & location of marriage to Elizabeth Brazil, (who was the daughter of Richard & Jemima White Brazil (Braswell). I'm also seeking information on Peter Alby, in particular his exact county of birth, parent's names, date & location of first marriage, (which requires more evidence that he is one & the same Peter Alby in the 1820 census) and his migration dates.

Findagrave Friday ~ Ben Lomond Cemetery

2011-04-15T16:57:00.000-05:00

Ben Lomond Cemetery

Sevier County Arkansas

Tombstone Tuesday

2011-04-12T08:02:00.001-05:00

My great grand uncle

Robert Green Alby

Son of William and Angeline Mnu Alby

Born in Perry County Arkansas

Died in Camden Arkansas

Buried in Line Creek Cemetery

near Ida Louisiana

2011-04-11T08:02:00.003-05:00

Thank you to Mavis from Georgia Black Crackers for honoring me with the One Lovely Blog Award. I appreciate you including me in your list!

Upon accepting this award I am to pass it on to 15 "Lovely" blogs.

I've decided to list blogs that educate and entertain and make me think, laugh and cry- all blogs that I think are beautiful inside and out.

So here goes, in no particular order:

Sepia Saturday #69 ~ April 9, 2011

2011-04-09T06:24:00.003-05:00

Barrett Siblings 

My great aunt and uncle:

Nona & Mark Barrett
Brother & Sister
of my grandmother Lela Barrett Sutton

photo taken in the mid to late 20's

Howard County Arkansas

Photo Credit

2011- Leon Crabtree

Wedding Wednesday ~ Williamson/Harkey

2011-04-06T03:03:00.002-05:00

James Godfrey Williamson

B. 1/23/1825 in North Carolina

D. after 1910 in Pope County Arkansas

Creacy Ann Harkey

B. about 1830 North Carolina

D. Between 1880-1900 Pope County Arkansas

Wedding Wednesday is a genealogy blog meme suggested by Carol of Reflections from the Fence and used by many gen-bloggers.

Dating Old Photographs ~ Harriett Cox Barrett

2011-04-04T08:39:00.001-05:00

Harriett Cox

Born February 14, 1881 in Provo, Sevier County Arkansas

Died December 26, 1968 in Corn Hill, Sevier County Arkansas

Married Ernest Luther Barrett December 21, 1904

I posted last year about these buttons on Harriet's dress:

I couldn't find any information at that time, but today I was looking at the photo again, and decided to google the word "soup" along with "antique political buttons" and this is what I found:

McKinley-Bryant Presidential Campaign- 1894

Does this date the photo? It does gives me a time frame and I am pretty sure she was a teenager at the time this photograph was taken, so I am guessing this photo was taken between 1896-1900.

Wedding Wednesday ~ Buster/Moss

2011-03-30T07:15:00.001-05:00

Samuel Woods Buster

B. 1798 Virginia

D. after 1870 Hempstead County Arkansas

Jane Moss

B. 1803 Scott County Virginia

D. Between 1850-1860 Hempstead County Arkansas

Samuel was the son of John and Jane Beattie Buster and he moved from Scott County Virginia to Hempstead County Arkansas in time to be listed on the 1830 census. Jane Moss was the daughter of James and Sarah Virginia Madden Moss and moved to Hempstead County Arkansas from Virginia by 1814, according to:

The Goodspeed Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, 1890, pp. 378-379.

Arrival in Arkansas::
Along with these very early pioneers came Col. John Wilson. The Mosses-James, William and Matthew, the Gibsons, Campbells, Nelsons and others landed at Fulton upon their first arrival, and for a time remained there. The Mosses came in 1818, and Col. Wilson in 1819.

Uncle Matthew Moss settled in the neighborhood about eight miles northeast from Washington in 1814. He was the first man to bring a keel boat up around the rafts in Red River. These rafts were removed about 1835, by the Government.

Nearly all of the pioneers above named have passed on to That country from whose bourne no traveler e’er returns The only one known to be surviving, who settled as early as 1818, is Capt Matthew Moss, now residing at Washington. He is a son of the old pioneer, James Moss, and nephew of Matthew Moss, who settled in 1814 in the neighborhood a few miles northeast of Washington. This man is now eighty-three years of age, and to him credit is due for much valuable information.

Tombstone Tuesday ~ John D. Sutton

2011-03-29T13:29:00.000-05:00

John D. Sutton

B. March 11, 1861

D. January 21, 1913

Pauley Cemetery, Little River County Arkansas

Yen Camp #1027 (??)

Honey Grove, Texas

Sunday's Obituary ~ Mary Alice Sumner Albey

2011-03-27T03:36:00.020-05:00

Malvern Daily Record
Malvern, Hot Spring County Arkansas

April 7, 1930

Mrs. J.W. Albey Claimed By Death

Mrs. J.W. Albey, aged 68, died this morning at about 10:00 o'clock at the family residence on Baker Hill after a lingering illness. Deceased is survived by her husband J.W. Albey and six children Mrs. Dora Davis, Oak Grove, W.R. Albey, Austin Albey, and Mrs. Annie Hightower of this city and Mrs. Elvie Richardson of Plummerville Ark., and Lawrence Albey of Moscow, Ark., and one brother W.R. Sumner of Oak Grove and one sister Mrs. Dora Clift of Hot Springs.

Mrs. J.W. Albey was Mary Alice Sumner Albey, my great grandmother. She was born in October of 1862 in Drew County Arkansas, and was the daughter of Simon Peter and Elmyra Denton Sumner.

After her father died and her mother remarried to John Maes, Mary followed her sister and brother in law Nathan and Martha Madora Sumner Donaldson to Perry County Arkansas, where she met and married James Wiley Albey on September 17, 1883.

“Sunday’s Obituary” is a Daily Blogging Prompt at GeneaBloggers, hosted by Thomas MacEntee. For information on this theme, and others, and how to join the genealogy blogging community, click on over.

Funeral Card Friday ~ Jennie Hicks

2011-03-25T16:38:00.001-05:00

Funeral announcement

(not a card, but close enough)

Jennie B. Hicks

Back of Jennie's photo

Jeannie B. Hicks was the daughter of John W. and Mary Hicks, who resided near Richmond Village, Little River County in 1870 and 1880. She was born about 1871 and died at 15 yrs, 4 months. The bottom photo is a scan of the back of Jeannie's photo.

Photo credit ~ LRCGS

Richmond Collection

Wedding Wednesday ~ Turner/Kittley

2011-03-23T02:49:00.004-05:00

James Cannon Turner married Mary Elizabeth Kittley on May 23, 1901 in Little River County Arkansas.
James was the son of Henry B and Callie Turner, and Mary was the daughter of Bailey G. and Sarah Jane Waldrop Kittley.

Wedding Wednesday is a genealogy blog meme suggested by Carol of Reflections from the Fence and used by many gen-bloggers.

Military Monday ~ Benjamin Griffith

2011-03-21T04:55:00.000-05:00

Benjamin Griffith

6th Great Grandfather

Buried:

McDaniel Cemetery
Mauldin
Greenville County
South Carolina, USA

Photo copyright: Robin Dixson 2011

Used with permission. Thanks Robin!!

Military Monday is an ongoing series by Cindy at Everything’s Relative – Researching Your Family History.

Sunday's Obituary ~ Charles Barrett

2011-03-20T16:04:00.000-05:00

McCurtain County, Oklahoma

July 2, 1930

Charles Barrett Died Monday

Charles Cleveland Barrett, who resided in the Forest Grove community, seven miles west of Idabel, died Monday morning at the Paris sanitarian following a lingering illness.

He was 45 years of age and is survived by his wife and four children, as well as three brothers. Judge G.M. Barrett, well-known attorney of Hugo, is one of the brothers.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10:30 A.M. at the Forest Grove cemetery. Rev. Ernest Quick, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hugo, was in charge.

Charles Barrett was a very likeable and honorable young man who enjoyed the friendship of a large circle of friends. Tot he bereaved family we extend our heartfelt sympathy in this sad hour.

*clipping, no name of paper attached, but assume Idabel, OK

“Sunday’s Obituary” is a Daily Blogging Prompt at GeneaBloggers, hosted by Thomas MacEntee. For information on this theme, and others, and how to join the genealogy blogging community, click on over.

Wedding Wednesday ~ Sutton/Myrick

2011-03-16T08:57:00.000-05:00

John Wesley Sutton and Mary Malissa Myrick were married in Washington, Hempstead County on August 17, 1871. John was the son of Chrisanbury W. and Sarah Webb Sutton, and Mary was the daughter of Allen and Rebecca Webb Webb. (distant cousins).

This marriage license took FOREVER to find because of the way the clerk wrote the surname "Sutton". It was indexed as "Lution".

Wedding Wednesday is a genealogy blog meme suggested by Carol of Reflections from the Fence and used by many gen-bloggers.

Fearless Females ~ Linnie Clark Sutton

2011-03-15T21:48:00.001-05:00

March 15 — Write a six word tribute to one of your female ancestors:

Courageous mother, strong willed, confident, brave.

Linne Clark was born on April 30, 1879 to LC Clark and Lucetta Green in Dallas Texas. By 1880 she is living in the home of her aunt with her "widowed" mother. I suspect her parents were divorced, but I haven't proved that yet.

At the age of 13 1/2 she married J.C. Sutton and became my great grandmother.
Over the next 28 years, she gave birth to 16 children- including two sets of twins.
Very few of those years were pregnancy free. In 1900, she lost her first daughter- Viola born in June and died in September. In January of 1912, she gave birth to her eighth son, and eight months later, daughter number three, two-year old Pearl, died in September. Child number fourteen, Annie, was born in November of 1916, but died in January of 1917.
After Annie died, Linnie had two more children- Kelsey and Fred, both born before the end of 1920.
Most tragic was the month of November 1920 when she gave birth to Fred on the 1st day of the month and her 12 year old daughter Dovie died on the 13th.

Jesse, my grandfather's twin, died on June 15, 1922 after suffering a heat stroke from staying out in the fields too long. His was the only death I have ever heard any details of.
Here is a brief time line of Linnie's child-bearing years. She outlived her husband by 17 years. She died on February 9, 1959.

12/23/1892 Married
1/1894 Edgar born
10/1/1895 Roy born
10/1/1897 John Harve born

6/1900 Viola born
9/10/1900 Viola died

6/30/1901 Jessie & Clarence born
12/15/1903 Chelsey born
1/21/1906 Linford Earl born
2/14/1908 Dovie D. born
2/16/1910 Pearl born

1/4/1912 Emmett born
9/1/1912 Pearl died

3/10/1914 Ethel & Cecil born

11/6/1916 Annie born
1/14/1917 Annie died

5/16/1918 Kelsey born

11/1/1920 Fred born
11/13/1920 Dovie died

6/15/1922 Jesse died

In honor of National Women’s History Month, Lisa Alzo of The Accidental Genealogist blog presents Fearless Females: 31 Blogging Prompts to Celebrate Women’s History Month.

Sepia Saturday #65 ~ Bogg Springs Camp, Arkansas

2011-03-12T05:27:00.004-06:00

1902 Bogg Springs Camp, Arkansas

Popular health resort, located in the Ozarks.

Famous for their spring water, said to heal all ills.

So many neat details in this photo.

Click here

for a brief history on the resort.

from the Holman-Dellinger Collection, LRCGS

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Sunday's Obituary ~ Hannah N. Griffith Cox

2011-03-06T13:08:00.001-06:00

Greenville Mountaineer

Greenville, South Carolina

November 17, 1848
Departed this life on the 4th inst., at her residence in this District after an illness of some four weeks, Mrs. Hannah Cox, the wife of Mr. John Cox. The deceased had been a member of the Church of Christ for some ten years.… In her departure those who knew her best have lost a tried friend and an obliging neighbor. She has left a kind husband, five children, parents, sisters, brothers, with numerous relatives and friends to mourn their loss.

My fourth great grandmother Hannah was the daughter of William and Catherine Armstrong Griffith, both of South Carolina.

“Sunday’s Obituary” is a Daily Blogging Prompt at GeneaBloggers, hosted by Thomas MacEntee. For information on this theme, and others, and how to join the genealogy blogging community, click on over.

Fearless Females ~ Esther Adaline Nichols

2011-03-04T10:21:00.000-06:00

March 4 — Do you have marriage records for your grandparents or great-grandparents? Write a post about where they were married and when. Any family stories about the wedding day? Post a photo too if you have one.

Austin Albey & Esther Nichols were married in Malvern Arkansas on April 25, 1931.

According to their 1930 census entries, he lived on Moline Street and was employed by the local textile mill. She lived on Floyd Street.

They were very close neighbors, and I wish I had thought to ask either when they were alive exactly how and when they met.

I don't have an official wedding portrait, but this one just strikes me as a newlywed photo. He looks so uncomfortable in what apparently was someone else's suit or one he has outgrown. She looks so young and innocent. I wish I had a better scan of this one, and hope to one day get one.

In honor of National Women’s History Month, Lisa Alzo of The Accidental Genealogist blog presents Fearless Females: 31 Blogging Prompts to Celebrate Women’s History Month.

Fearless Females ~ Martha Angeline MNU Albey

2011-03-02T07:48:00.000-06:00

In honor of National Women’s History Month, Lisa Alzo of The Accidental Genealogist blog presents Fearless Females: 31 Blogging Prompts to Celebrate Women’s History Month.

March 2 — Post a photo of one of your female ancestors. Who is in the photo? When was it taken? Why did you select this photo?

Martha Angeline Albey

Born @1842 South Carolina

Died between 1903-1910 Arkansas

Angeline was my 2nd great grandmother and on my list of brick walls, she takes star billing. I don't know when this photo was taken, I am guessing between 1870-1890. This is the only photo that the family has of her, and it was in the possession of her son, Robert Green Albey, and handed down to his granddaughter.

Sepia Saturday #63 ~ James Humphrey Gilbert

2011-02-26T20:41:00.000-06:00

James Humphrey Gilbert (on the left)

Born: May 18, 1861 Limestone County, Alabama

Died: December 14, 1945 Limestone County, Alabama

Back of photo says "Uncle Jim Gilbert, son and grandson"

James is my 2nd Great Grand Uncle, the brother of Martha Mariah Gilbert Fitzhugh

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Sunday's Obituary ~ Sarah Adaline Fitzhugh Nichols

2011-02-20T02:00:00.002-06:00

Malvern Daily Record
Malvern, Arkansas
April 18, 1959

Mrs. Sarah Nichols Succumbs to Pneumonia, Friday

Mrs. Sarah Adaline Nichols, aged 83, succumbed yesterday at her home here from pneumonia.
Mrs. Nichols was born in this county September 19, 1875 and had resided here all her life. She was married to the late Gordon Nichols and was a Methodist.
Survivord include three daughters, Mrs. Charles Horne and Mrs Austin Albey both of this city and Mrs Jesse Shepard of Benton; two sons, James E. Nichols and Walter A. Nichols of Pacific Grove California; one sister, Mrs Bessie Connell of Malvern, 22 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
Funeral rites will be conducted at the Keith Memorial Methodist Church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. J.C. VanHorn assisted by Rev. Zane Williams and Elder Steve Thomas. Burial will be in the Rockport Cemetery with grandsons as pallbearers.
Atkinson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The body was removed to the family residence at 1029 Floyd Street where it will remain until funeral time.
*★*.*.★**★*.*.★**★*.*.★*

Information gleaned from this obit:
1. Birth date, Death day and date, and location of both
2. That she had resided in the county her entire life
3. That she was married to Gordon Nichols
4. That she was Methodist
5. Names three daughters, two sons, and one sister.
6. Names church, funeral home and three clergy
7. Names cemetery
8. That the family resided at 1029 Floyd Street.
9. Cause of death

Sepia Saturday #62 ~ Nichols Family

2011-02-19T12:07:00.000-06:00

Gordon Inge Nichols Family

about 1906

Hot Spring County, Arkansas

My Great Grandparents~
Gordon Inge Nichols, born 12/15/1874, and wife Sarah Adeline Fitzhugh, born 9/19/2875.
Children: Stella, born 6/30/1898, Ethel, born 9/5/1901 and Jimmie born 11/2/1905

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Wordless Wednesday ~ Could Have Been Trash

2011-02-09T13:50:00.000-06:00

16X20

portrait of ???

found

behind a faded painting

that hung in my grandma's house, and

spent the last ten years

in an uninsulated shop

and was headed for the

DUMP.

Sunday's Obituary ~ Zion Whitfield Smith

2011-02-06T01:00:00.001-06:00

9-24-1953
Little River News
Ashdown, Arkansas

Zeke Smith, 77, died Sunday night at his home here. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Phillips Funeral Home, with Rev. Dell Hames officiating. Graveside services were held at the Ashdown cemetery, with Ashdown Masonic Lodge officiating.
Mr. Smith was employed by the Frisco Railroad, having retired about 11 years ago. Member First Baptist Church, here.
Survived by wife, a son Carlton D. Smith, two daughters-Mrs. Lon Buster and Mrs. E.P. Williams, all of Ashdown, three sisters-Mrs. Donnie Schaaf and Mrs. Dollie Clay of Meridian, Mississippi, Mrs. John Watts of Vero Beach, Florida. A brother, Floyd Smith, of Montgomery Alabama, twelve grandchildren and four great-grand children.
}end

Zion was born 4/10/1876 to George Washington and Evaline Amanda Howell Smith in Jemison, Chilton County, Alabama. He married Dica Elizabeth Clark on 8/2/1898 in Dallas County, Texas.
She was born 6/9/1880 in Bethel, Tennessee and died 12/17/1906 in Red Bluff, Little River County Arkansas.
Zion and Dica had two children: Walter Eugene and Evaline Amanda Smith.
In 1907 Zion came to Little River County. He was the railroad section foreman for the Frisco Railroad until retirement in 1941. He married Grace May Buster (2), 12-24-1907 who was born 1-28-1886 and died 1-23-1974. They had two children: Carlton Douglas Smith (born: 8-19-1921) and Nell Leona Smith (born:8-19-1924).

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Wright Cemetery, Sevier County Arkansas

2011-02-01T07:10:00.004-06:00

Wright Cemetery, Sevier County Arkansas

Located 1/4 mile off Hwy 71 S

on private property.

Over the years, the headstones in this cemetery had all disappeared. No one is quite sure what happened to them, but two or three ended up in a different cemetery about 3 miles north of this one.

In February 2007, a new marker was placed on the knoll between two foot stones that had survived, dedicated to all that were known to be buried here. It is a beautiful reminder of those who were laid to rest in this spot so many years ago and who had become nameless.

Many thanks to Mary Mills Jackson who spearheaded the fund-raising campaign

The names on the marker are:

James, Robert, & William Falls
Dau & Elizabeth Hunter
Jimmie Ritter
Rebecca Ward
Charles, James & Mary Wright
Earliest known burial-1852
Latest known burial- 1887

Amanuensis Monday ~ John & Ulysis Hopper Barrett

2011-01-31T06:54:00.003-06:00

Thank you John Newmark, for this great blogging theme, which I read about over at Joan’s blog (Roots ‘n’ Leaves) (amanuensis defines a person employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts).

I’m continuing with John Franklin and Ulysis Hopper Barrett’s probate papers.

Office of W. H. Wardlaw
County and Probate Clerk of Sevier County
DeQueen, Arkansas
Idabel, Oklahoma
September 3, 1918
$300.00
Received of T.S. Tribble, administrator of the estate of U.S. Barrett, deceased the sum of three hundred and no one hundreths dollars.
Signed: J.F. Barrett
}end
Between September 3, 1918 and December 19, 1918, John Franklin Barrett passed away. The following is the first concrete evidence I have of this time frame.
Department of Justice
Office of United States Attorney
Eastern District of Oklahoma
Muskogee, Okla
12-19-1918
Friend Isbell:
My brothers have requested me to write you regarding the distribution of the estates of my father and mother. I do not quite understand them, but for your information will say that I am giving my part to the balance of the heirs. I want you to turn my part over to either Charley or Lige or both of them as you like. They live in Idabel. They will understand how to dispose of it.
These boys need this money very badly and I will appreciate an early distribution if possible.
If I can give you any further information or if you want me to do anything or sign anything, necessary to an early distribution, please let me know and oblige,
Yours very Truly,
Geo M Barrett
}end
And the last of the Barrett probate papers:
Undertaker’s Bill- September? 14, 1918

I, J.E. Barrett, son of J.F. Barrett do solemnly swear or affirm that the above amount $158.45 is the amount due for funeral expenses and Doctor bills of my father J.F. Barrett, deceased and pray the court to allow the same. Signed J.E. Barrett.
Included in this packet of papers were the canceled checks from both settlements. J.F. Barrett cashed a check for $300 on September 3, 1918, and each of the children cashed checks for $148.31 between December 2, and December 28, 1918.
These probate papers are second to only one other document I have found in any courthouse. The best, of course, were the divorce papers of William and Angeline Albey. The Barrett papers narrow down death dates and locations, named each of the children, and named a child I don’t have any records on (Ruthey). They also contain the signatures of my great and great great grandfathers, and all the great uncles.

Sepia Saturday #59 ~ Whole Lotta Background Going On

2011-01-29T00:01:00.002-06:00

These are very interesting photos, not just because of the people who are posing in each, but also because of the detail going on in the background. I would love to know the location and the event taking place in the first photo. I know because of dates on similar photos from this same collection that the top one was taken in the 1920's.

The second photo is also interesting for the background detail. Looks like a street behind the couple, but the car appears to be parked in a field. I think this one is from a later time period.

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Photo credits:
LRCGS, Holman-Dellinger Collection ~ 2011

Wedding Wednesday ~ Sumner/Denton

2011-01-26T09:21:00.004-06:00

Great Great Grandparents

Simon Peter Sumner & Elmira Denton

Drew County Arkansas

Elmira was the daughter of Shipman and Sarah Shumake Denton and was born about 1836. Peter was born about 1835 in Illinois and his parents and family are unknown. He died after the civil war, and Elmira married John Maes (from Wisconsin) and moved away to parts unknown.

She reappeared shortly before her death, living with her daughter and son in law- James and Mary Alice Sumner Albey in Perry County Arkansas. She was listed as a widow. I have no idea where she and her second husband were during the 40 years between 1871 and 1910. If anyone has any information on John And Elmira Denton Sumner Maes, please contact me.

I have one clue for their whereabouts, that I am currently investigating:

John Maes
10th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
Private Union
AKA John Mace
Pension applied for 3-19-1889
# 694625-590309
Filed in Texas

Wedding Wednesday is a genealogy blog meme suggested by Carol of Reflections from the Fence and used by many gen-bloggers.

Amanuensis Monday ~ Ulysis Hopper Barrett part 2

2011-01-24T07:00:00.005-06:00

Thank you John Newmark, for this great blogging theme, which I read about over at Joan’s blog (Roots ‘n’ Leaves) (amanuensis defines a person employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts).

I’m continuing with John Franklin and Ulysis Hopper Barrett’s probate papers.
These papers have turned out to be a goldmine. Not only have these papers confirmed death dates, they have also confirmed child to parent relationships, and have provided signatures of my great great grand grandfather, my great grandfather (and his siblings) and a personal letter from my great grand father.

Letter to Mr. T.S. Tribble, administrator
You are hereby authorized and directed to pay any and all monies or other things in your hands due us as the administrator of the estate of our mother, Mrs. U.L. Barrett, deceased, to our father, J.F. Barrett.
{signatures}
{Chas. C. Barrett, J.E. Barrett}Ruthy Barrett as garden, S.S. Barrett, G.M. Barrett, E.L. Barrett

Letter to B.E. Isbell, DeQueen Arkansas
Corn Hill
July 15, 1918
Mr Isbell
I will rite you a few lines in regard to this a state. the airs has all sined for Paw to have those parts except richey Barrett and give here a each shere when she becomes of age
JE Barrett is her gardene leave her forty in the Bank of dequeene in JE Barrett as gardene and send me a check for the rest
JF Barrett
Corn Hill Ark
Pay ouf the expenses afer I have gon thrue proseeding of cort.

Sepia Saturday #58 ~ Earnest Barrett & Fiddle

2011-01-22T16:16:00.002-06:00

1963

Great- Grandfather

Earnest Luther Barrett & his fiddle

Arkansas

Ern was 87 years old when this photo was taken. He died 2 years later.

Photo credit- Luther Crabtree

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Tombstone Tuesday~ Gastor Hill Cemetery~ Dr. Lewis A. Bond

2011-01-18T07:02:00.003-06:00

Guest Post by Dr. Judy Webb Hubbell

Gaster Hill Cemetery

Gaster Hill Cemetery is located on a high hill slightly northeast of the Monticello Country Club on Highway 35. Dr. Lewis Bond originally homesteaded the land. Dr. Bond (born March 13, 1805 and died October 21, 1849) was buried in his back yard. The Bond homestead was later purchased by Stephen Gaster who eventually donated the land for Gastor Hill Cemetery.

Dr. Lewis A. Bond

(b. March 13, 1805; d. Oct. 21, 1849)

Dr. Lewis A. Bond was the first person to be buried at Gaster Hill. According to information provided by his descendant, Judge Clifton Bond of Monticello, Dr. Bond at about 32 years of age left North Carolina “in a hurry” after killing a man in a duel. It seems that the man he killed had made unwelcome advances toward Dr. Bond’s wife, Mary. Dr. Bond challenged the cad to a duel and killed him (DeArmond, R., 1980).

He lived for a short while in Georgia, and then migrated to Drew County, AR where he homesteaded on the land where Gaster Hill Cemetery is now located, and built a two-story log cabin. He was host to a famous guest, Davy Crockett, who spent the night at the Bond home on his way to Texas. William Mauldin Bond, a nephew of Dr. Bond, joined Crockett’s regiment that evening and accompanied him to Texas (DeArmond, R., 1980).

When Dr. Bond died, he was buried in what was then his backyard. Stephen Gaster later purchased Dr. Bond’s land and donated part of it to for a cemetery (DeArmond, R., 1980). Oddly, Dr. Bond is the only member of his family buried at Gaster Hill; several of his descendants are buried at Bond Cemetery located at the intersection of South Wilmar Road and the Old Warren Road in Drew County (Drew County, Arkansas Cemetery Records, 1994). Many of Dr. Bond’s descendants now live in Bradley County, AR (DeArmond, R., 1980).

The 1850 Federal Census report for Drew County, AR, Marion Township, reveals that his widow, Mary, age 42, and his three sons and one daughter comprised a household. The three sons were farmers according to the census data.

My mother, Louise Hawkins Webb, b. 1919, was reared in the Rose Hill community of Drew County, just down the road a few miles from Gaster Hill. She shared with me some interesting information about Gaster Hill Cemetery. It seems that Gaster Hill was once the location for executions in the form of public hangings. Many people took their families to witness these executions, but her father, Arthur Hawkins, never took his family; he did not want his children exposed to such grisly events. Because it was the location of executions, there are probably many “lost” graves at Gaster Hill.

Sources
Bond, C., quoted in DeArmond, R. (1980). Old times not forgotten: A history of Drew County, AR: Rose Publishing Co.
DeArmond, R. (1980). Old times not forgotten: A history of Drew County. Little Rock, AR: Rose Publishing Co.
Drew County Arkansas Cemetery Records, 3rd Edition. (1994). Crossett, AR: Nowlin Printing, Inc.
Federal Census Report, Drew County, AR Marion Township, 1850
Webb, L. (2010). Personal Communication with Judy Webb Hubbell

Amanuensis Monday ~ Ulysis Hopper Barrett

2011-01-17T06:57:00.004-06:00

Thank you John Newmark, for this great blogging theme, which I read about over at Joan’s blog (Roots ‘n’ Leaves) (amanuensis defines a person employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts)

Because of the new info I found at footnote.com last week, (war wound and hospital stay for John) I am hanging out in my Barrett tree, and here & in the coming Amanuensis Monday posts are some recent courthouse finds that I will be transcribing. These loose administration papers were exciting finds last year. Because my great-great grandparent’s graves have never been found, I did not have death dates for either of them. These papers are for John Franklin and Ulysis Hopper Barrett.

Aplication for Letters of Administration:
State of Arkansas, County of Sevier}SS

In the probate court of Sevier County, April A.D. 1918
I, T.S. Tribble, now making application for Letters of Administration on the estate of U.L. Barrett, *who died intestate about Dec 18, 1917, do solemnly swear, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the value of the estate of U.L. Barrett late of Brownstown in the County aforesaid, deceased, is about one thousand ($1000) & no/100 dollars; that the names and residence of the heirs of the deceased as far as known, are as follows, viz: J.F. Barrett, husband, Idabel, Ok. G.M. Barrett, 44, son, Idabel, OK; E.L. Barrett, 42, Corn Hill, Ark, son; S.S. Barrett, son 38, Dermont, OK,; J.E. Barrett, son, 32, Idabel, OK; C.C. Barrett, 31, son, Idabel, OK, and Ruth Barrett, granddaughter, age 9, Idabel, OK., that the said U.L. Barrett deceased, died leaving no last will and testament, so far as known by me and further, that I will make a perfect inventory of and faithfully administer all and singular the goods and chattells, rights and credits of the deceased, and pay her debts, as far as the assets which may come to my hands will extend, and the law directs; and that I will account for, and pay over according to law, all assets which shall come to my hands or possession, so help me God.
T.S. Tribble
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8 day of April, A.D. 1918
W.H. Wardlaw, Clerk

*”about” is typed in this form. I assume the date is exact, but I don’t know that for a fact.

Sepia Saturday #57 ~ 1850ish Woman & Children

2011-01-15T21:51:00.001-06:00

Unknown Woman from the Richmond Collection

I am still seeking family members who might would be interested in these photos that were bought at an auction in Richmond, Arkansas. I beleive this picture is 1850-1860 ish. I thought the top might be knitted, but after looking at it closer, I'm just not sure.

Unknown Child from the same collection. It will be even harder to find anyone who will recognize the faces of the children in this group of photos. These two sure are cuties...I have no idea of the time frame.

Photographs copyright

2011 LRCGS

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Amanuensis Monday ~ The Will of James Cox, my 5th great grandfather

2011-01-10T06:47:00.002-06:00

Thank you John Newmark, for this great blogging theme, which I read about over at Joan’s blog (Roots ‘n’ Leaves) (amanuensis defines a person employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts).

This week, it’s the will of James Cox, my 5th great grandfather

The State of South Carolina
Greenville District
to wit:
In the name of God amen. I, James Cox of the District and State aforesaid, through the blessing of God being in the enjoyment of good bodily health and of sound and disposing mind and memory, but calling to mind the frailty and uncertainty of human life, and being desirous of settling my worldly affairs, and directing how the property with with it hath pleased God to bless me, shall be desposed after my death, while I have strength and capacity to do so, do publish and make this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making null and void all other wills and testaments by me here to fore made. and first I command my immortal soul to Almighty God who gave it, and my body to earth from whence it came to be decently buried in a Christian manner by my executors hereinafter names.
And to my worldly estate and all the property real and personal of which I shall die seized and possessed as to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease, I devise, bequeath, and dispose thereof in the manner following to wit:
First, My will is that all my just debts and funeral charges shall by my executors hereinafter named be paid out of my estate, as soon after my death as shall by them be found convenient.
Second, I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife Diana Cox the plantation or tract of land whereon I now live, containing two hundred acres more or less, bounded by lands of Henry L. Henderson, James Woodside, Thomas Goldsmith, Rowland Cox, and John Cox, and William Smith. To have and to hold the said land to her for and during her natural life or widowhood.
Third, I also give devise and bequeath unto my said wife Diana Cox two beds, bedsteads, and furniture, two cows, one horse, all my household and kitchen furniture consisting of cupboards, chests, tables, chairs, dishes, plates, knives and forks, cups and saucers, and cooking utensils. Also my cart and yoke of oxen, and all my plantation tools and provisions. To have to hold all the said personal property to her for and during her natural life or widowhood.
Fourth, I give devise bequeath and release unto my son John Cox, the plantation or tract of land whereon the said John Cox lives, including as well a tract , two smaller tracts adjoining the same both containing about forty acres, which I have hitherto given to him verbally, containing in the whole one hundred sixty acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of John Baldwin, Thomas Goldsmith, Bud M. Moore, William Smith, John Riddle, and the tract whereon I now live. To have and to hold the said land to the said John Cox, his heirs and assigns forever.
Fifth, I give devise release and bequeath unto my son Rowland Cox, the tract of land whereon he now lives, heretofore conveyed to him by deed, containing one hundred and seventy seven acres more or less and bounded by lands of Henry L. Henderson, Isaac Richardson, Aquila Long and the tract whereon I now live, which land now bequeathed and devised is valued at five hundred dollars. To have and to hold the said land to the said Rowland Cox, his heirs and assigns forever.
Sixth, I give devise and bequeath unto my son William Cox, the plantation or tract of land whereon I now live (described in item second) from and after the death or marriage of my beloved wife Diana Cox, to have and to hold the said land to the said William Cox, his heirs and assigns from and after the death or marriage of my said wife, forever.
Seventh, I also give devise and bequeath to my said son William Cox, one horse bridle and saddle, one bed, bedstead and furniture, one cow and calf, to have and to hold the same at my death to the said William Cox, his heirs executors administrations and assigns forever.
Eighth, I also give devise and bequeath to my said son William Cox at the death or marriage of my said wife Diana Cox, the cart and yoke of oxen bequeathed to her in item third, and also so much of the household and kitchen furniture and plantation tools described and bequeathed to my said wife in said item, as will be equal to the property of the same kind which I gave to each of my sons John Cox and Rowland Cox when they left me. To have and to hold the said personal property to the said William Cox, his heirs executors administrations and assigns, from and after the death or marriage of my said wife Diana Cox, forever.
Ninth, At the death or marriage of my said wife Diana Cox, I will and direct that all the personal property bequeathed to my said wife in item third, except what is bequeathed to my son William Cox in item eighth, shall be sold by my executors hereinafter named and the proceeds be equally divided between my five daughters, Elizabeth Henderson, Polly Hyde, Rebecca Griffith, Irena Brasher, and Lousia Jane Smith to their use and behoof forever.
Tenth, I give devise and bequeath unto the Standing Springs Baptist Church three acres of land immediately surrounding the meeting house of said church, for the use of public worship for all orthodox denominations of Christians, so long as the said meeting house continues to be used as a place of worship, or the said church desires to worship and assemble there at.
Eleventh, I will and direct that all the balance of my estate not heretofore mentioned and bequeathed shall at my death be immediately sold by my executors hereinafter named, and the proceeds thereof be equally divided between my five daughters Elizabeth Henderson, Polly Hyde, Rebecca Griffith, Irenea Brasher, and Lousia Jane Smith, to their use and behoof forever.
Lastly, I do nominate and appoint my sons John Cox and Rowland Cox to be the executors of this my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I the said James Cox have to this my last will and testament contained on two sheets of paper subscribed my name in the margin of the second page of the first sheet, and to this last sheet. I have subscribed my name and affixed my seal this the fourteenth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight
His mark
X
James Cox
Signed sealed published and declared by the said James Cox as and for his last will and testament in presence of us who who at his request and in his presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses there to.
CJ Elford
CT Dill
M. Taylor
}end

James Cox was born about 1778 in Orange County North Carolina, and died May 22, 1853 in Greenville County, South Carolina. He was buried in Standing Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. His second wife- Diana Black Cox, was born in 1784 and died on January 7, 1865 at the age of 80 and was buried in the same cemetery.

Walking Around in Her Genes ~ My 4th Great Grandmothers

2011-01-09T10:04:00.001-06:00

Elizabeth Hardiman (wife of Josiah Davidson)
1792 Caroline City, Virginia- @1870 Limestone Co., Alabama

Francis White Phillips (wife of William Bailey)
1787 Amherst, Virginia- 1866 Hot Spring Co., Arkansas

Lydia Hopkins (wife of Samuel Fitzhugh)
@1765 Dorchester, Maryland- 1839 Davidson Co., Tennessee

Mary Nancy Mnu (wife of James Nichols)
@1785 Unknown- @1840 Hardin Co., Tennessee

Jemima White (wife of Richard Brazil)
12/25/1765 Unknown- 1842 Saline Co., Arkansas

Sarah Jane Shipman (wife of Benjamin Denton)
@1770 South Carolina- after 1850 Drew Co., Arkansas

Dicey Dacey Mnu (wife of Robert Shumake)
Unknown- 1836 Perry Co., Tennessee

Sarah Richards (wife of John Sutton)
@1804 Tennessee- @1873 Hempstead Co., Arkansas

Rebecca Webb (wife of Allen Webb)
5/8/1804 Morgan Co., Tennessee- 1/8/1892 Hempstead Co., Arkansas

Sallie Richardson (wife of James Myrick)
1800 Moore Co., North Carolina- @1845 Lauderdale Co., Alabama

Nellie Daniel (wife of David Green)
Unknown - @1833 Tennessee

Martha Patsy Coats (wife of James Willis)
@1782 North Carolina- @1850 Indiana

Barbara Sarratt (wife of Charles Hopper)
@1788 Spartanburg Co., South Carolina- 4/5/1863 Spartanburg Co., South Carolina

Mary Mnu (wife of Elijah Wilson)
@1793 York Co., South Carolina- Unknown

Hannah N. Griffith (wife of John Washington Cox)
@1805 Unknown- 11/4/1848 Greenville Co., South Carolina

Mary A. Milburn (wife of Moses Howard)
@1800 South Carolina- after 1870 Lafayette Co., Arkansas

And those whose names I do not know yet...

Mother of Mace Humphrey Gilbert
Mother of Elizabeth C. Wood
Mother of Evan S. Smith
Mother of Susan Griffin
Mother of Ann Elizabeth Porter
Mother of Dalinda Hamilton
Mother of Peter Alby
Mother of Jonathan Barrett, Jr.
both Grandmothers of Martha Angeline Mnu
both Grandmothers of Simon Peter Sumner
both Grandmothers of L.C. Clark

If you are researching any of these women, please contact me.

Wordless Wednesday ~ Who Lies Beneath?

2011-01-05T08:09:00.000-06:00

Once upon a time, someone knew his name.

Now no headstone marks his grave.

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Eliga Gibson & Mollie Sue Jordan Buster

2011-01-04T07:37:00.003-06:00

Eliga Buster was born in November of 1850, in Hempstead County Arkansas. He was the son of Samuel and Jane Moss Buster, both natives of Virginia. Samuel was the son of John and Jane Wood Buster, and Jane was the daughter of James and Sarah Virginia Madden Moss. Samuel and Jane were married in Hempstead County in 1832.

Eliga was the last of five children born to Samuel and Jane. The others were: Jasper, born 1833, Elizabeth, born 1834, John, born 1839, and Rebecca, born 1846.

Eliga’s mother Jane passed away sometime between 1850 and 1860. Samuel lived until sometime after the 1870 census, dying in Hempstead County. Neither of their graves have ever been found.

In 1880 Eliga resided with his oldest brother Jasper in Little River County.

On December 20, 1882, Eliga married Mollie Sue Jordan, daughter of Absolom and Martha Katherine Clark Jordan, of South Carolina and Georgia, respectively. They settled in Red Bluff, a small community in Franklin Township, on the banks of the Little River. Eliga ran a ferry across the Little River and the land stayed in his family for many years after.

They had two children Gracie Mae, born 1886, and Elonzo Gibson, born 1891.

In the spring of 1896, Eliga died of pneumonia, leaving Mollie to care for the ferry, farm and two small children. He was buried in Blackerby Cemetery near his home.

Mollie Buster died in 1935 and is also buried in Blackerby Cemetery, near Millwood.

Stephen Gaster & Gaster Hill Cemetery- Drew County Ar. by Dr. Judy Webb Hubbell

2011-01-04T06:50:00.003-06:00

I’ve mentioned before how much I love the volunteers who send in cemetery transcriptions, family histories, photographs, etc., to my ArGenWeb county sites. Because I do not live in any of the counties I take care of, it is such a blessing to have someone who does, and it’s always exciting for me when I find one who loves cemeteries as much as I do!

Judy Hubbell

Dr. Judy Webb Hubbell is a School Improvement Specialist for the Drew Central School District in Monticello, Arkansas. She is also a member of the Drew County Historical Society and spends some of her spare time in the local area cemeteries photographing headstones. Because she has so much historical knowledge of the people buried in these cemeteries, I have asked her to send me a post every now and then about some of these Drew County pioneers. I hope you enjoy reading about these early Southeast Arkansans as much as I do.

Gaster Hill Cemetery

Stephen Gaster

Local legend has it that Gaster offered to donate the land for the cemetery on the condition that a gallon of whiskey would be stored in his headstone. (DeArmond, R., 1980); ( Drew County, Arkansas Cemetery Records, 1994).

The headstone was fashioned with a concrete urn equipped with handles on top of it; it does, in fact, look like it could hold a gallon of whiskey. I was in the cemetery recently and noticed that vandals had broken the urn from the top of the headstone. It was propped up against the upright stone.

I simply could not resist picking up the urn and gently shaking it. Sadly, I did not hear a sloshing sound-I was disappointed. I cannot tell you the number of times I have looked up at that urn and wondered if it really had whiskey in it. I suppose it was too great a temptation for someone, and in their curiosity, broke the urn from the top of the stone.
Stephen Gaster was one of the largest land owners in Drew County, homesteading more than 2500 acres, much of it located along Bayou Bartholomew where some of the richest farm land in Arkansas is located. To my knowledge there are no Gasters presently living in Drew County.
Sources:

DeArmond, R. (1980) Old Times Not Forgotten, A History of Drew County. Little Rock, Arkansas:Rose Publishing Company
Drew County, Arkansas Cemetery Records. 3rd Edition. (1994) Crossett, Ar: Nowlin Printing, Inc.

Amanuensis Monday ~ Will of William Jones, South Carolina

2011-01-03T06:41:00.003-06:00

Thank you John Newmark, for suggesting this blogging theme.

WILL OF WILLIAM JONES
start}
In the name of God, Amen – I, William Jones, of Greenville District and State of South Carolina , being weak of body but sound of mind and memory, and calling to mind the mortality of the body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament. First, I resign my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body to the Earth , to be buried at the discretion of my Executors, and as for such worldly property which it has pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give devise and dispose of in the following manner- vis- I want my whole estate equally divided among nine of my children- namely Thomas, Richard, Elizabeth, William, Milley, Solomon, John, Polly, Abner, or their heirs, but in the case of death of any of them , if they can agree and divide it to their satisfaction, but if not then all is to be sold and equally divided among the above named nine children as aforesaid, as well as my ready money , I want divided as the rest of my estate, both
real and personal. I also give and bequeath unto the heirs of my son, Moses Jones, lawfully begotten, two dollars to each and everyone of them, to be paid by Executors out of my Estate. Lastly, I also appoint and constitute my two sons, Richard Jones and Abner Jones, my Executors of this my last Will and Testament, disannulling and revoking all former Wills, Legacies, and Bequeath, ratifying and confirming this, and no other, to be my last Will and Testament- Witness my hand and seal this 27th day of February, 1823.
Signed, sealed, published and pronounced this to be my last Will and Testament in the presence of-
John Bruce
Joseph Lyon
Thomas Howard
William Jones}seal
Will Book B
Page 46 & 47
Probated Sept 23, 1823
}end
William Jones was my 6th great grandfather.

**originally published at Southwest Arkie Blog

Call to Rev. Samuel Black to new Presbytery in Virginia

2011-01-01T17:56:00.000-06:00

The Call of Rev. Samuel Black to the new Presbytery in Albemarle County, Virginia

Ivy Creek
March 29, 1747

Whereas it is agreed or proposed that y inhabitants of Ivy Creek and ye Mountain Plain congregation joyn together with ye congregation of Rockfish to call and invite ye Reverend Samuel Black, now residing in ye bounds of ye Reverend Mr. John Craig’s congregation, to be our Minister and Pastor, to administer ye ordinances of ye Gospel among us. All we, whose names are hereunto affixed, do promise and oblige ourselves to pay yearly, and every year, ye several sums annexed to our names, for ye outward support and encouragement of ye said Mr. Samuel Black, during his abode and continuance among us, for us one half of his labour in ye administration of the Gospel Ordinances to us in an orderly way, according to ye Rules and Practice of our Orthodox Reformed Presbyterian Church, as witness our hands.

57 Signatories, 11 of which were members of the Woods family, including Michael Woods, who pledged one shilling, ten pence; William Woods, pledging the same as his father, Archibald Woods who pledged one shilling five pence, John Woods, who pledged one shilling, five pence, and Michael Woods Jr. Two son in laws of Michael Woods also signed- William and Andrew Wallace.

*A copy of this call was published in The Virginia Chronicle, Charlottesville, Virginia on March 21, 1879.

Michael Woods Jr was my husband’s 5th great grandfather

**originally published on Southwest Arkie Blog

COG: 101st Edition ~ 2011 Genealogy Goals

2010-12-30T08:24:00.001-06:00

The topic for the 101st edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is: My genealogy research/writing plan for 2011. Figure out what you think you can accomplish in 2011 and write it up on your blog.

11 Genealogy Research/Writing Goals for 2011

1. Move brick walls to back burner for awhile. Stop missing the forest for the trees.
2. Make a list of top three lineages that I would like to get at least one more generation back on, and make those my top priority for this year.
3. Clean up the notes and media sections of my FTM and Rootsmagic files.
4. Finish scanning Mom's photo albums. 16 done, oodles more to go.
5. Plan and take more road trips to courthouses and libraries. Stop procrastinating about this.
6. Step up on my volunteer projects- findagrave, usgw counties, local lookups and familysearch indexing.
7. Add more source material to my genealogy society's online database. This means transcribe, transcribe, transcribe!
8. Order the military, marriage, birth and death certs that I have put off ordering.
9. Purchase the flip scanner. This gen tool is much needed!
10. Use my subscription resources: Ancestry & Footnote to their fullest potential. Write new queries for message boards and surname lists. Input more names into familysearch and see if there is anything new out there I am missing.
11. Donate copies of my research/surname books to local societies, and to regional archives. Finish legacy list for my children, so that they will know what to do with all of my research when I'm gone.

Edd Sutton 1893-1959

2010-12-24T12:07:00.002-06:00

Edgar Sutton was the first born of 16 children of James Chrisanbury and Linnie Clark Sutton. He was born in Howard County, Arkansas and lived and worked on the farm until of age. He married his first wife, Myrtie Richard, on Christmas Eve, 1911. They were the parents of two sons: James E and Hubert B. He later married Rosa Ann Crowder and they were the parents of three children: Ruth, Helen and William. Edd was my great uncle.

Note * His photo is not on the headstone- I transposed it.

Effie, Ruthie & Dorothy Diles ~ Murder in Little River County

2010-12-24T12:04:00.003-06:00

Effie, Ruthie & Dorothy Diles

Front & Back of Headstone

Headline in Little River News, November 8, 1916:

Mother and Babe Murdered, Left In Woods ~ Mrs Ben Diles and 15 months old Child Missing From Home All Night; Found Murdered in Woods

Effie was shot in the head and her baby’s head was crushed by the stock of same gun. The article said that when the news hit town, hundreds rushed to the scene. When the reporter arrived, the grieving husband and father was crying aloud his anguish.

Two weeks later, the news reported that the murderer had been a suspect of and was shadowed by two detectives until he broke down and confessed to the dastardly crime. According to the article, robbery was the motive.

Fitzhugh Family Markers ~ Davidson County Tennessee

2010-12-24T11:12:00.005-06:00

My 4th Great Grandparents- Samuel & Lydia Hopkins Fitzhugh.

Fitzhugh Family Cemetery

Davidson Co Tennessee

New Headstone set by Cousin Harold Dean Davis

Author of

The Fitzhugh Family of Dorchester Co MD

My 3rd Great Grandfather Aerial Fitzhugh

Fitzhugh Family Cemetery

Hot Springs Co. Ar

Photography Copyright- Gary Williams

John C. Doughten ~ Doughten Family Cemetery

2010-12-24T11:09:00.004-06:00

John C. Doughten

Husband of Aletha Doughten

B. 6/4/1810

D. 4/6/1873

Stone in many pieces after 2000 Ice Storm dropped huge tree limbs on top of headstones

Located On private property

Widow’s Military Pension Claim ~ Dianna Albey Vance

2010-12-24T11:07:00.001-06:00

I love military pensions. I haven’t ordered as many as I need to and I have put that on my list of things I need to do. This particular transcript is one of many pages in the widow’s pension for Enoch H. Vance, who served as a sergeant in the 8th Missouri Calvary.
Enoch married my 2nd great grand aunt in 1881, and this pension is one proof of that. The court house burned, and the marriage certificates were destroyed by the fire.

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Widow’s Pension Application

Enoch H. Vance, dec’d

Widow- Dianna Albey Vance

General Affidavit

State of Arkansas, County of Perry, ss:

In the matter of acrued pension due Dianna Vance as widow of Enoch H. Vance, dec’d, a pensioner on cert No. 287.262 on this 8th day of April A.D. 1889, personally appeared before me a circuit clerk in and for the aforesaid county duly authorized to administer oaths, S.V. Taylor age 55 years, a resident of Perryville in the county of Perry and State of Arkansas well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit and who, being duly sworn,m declared in relation to aforesaid case as follows:

“I am acquainted with Dianna Vance and have known her about (36) years, was also acquainted with Enoch H. Vance dec’d and knew him about (45) years. I know that the above parties were married in Perry County Arkansas on or about the 17th day of April 1881 and lived together as man and wife to the time of his death on the 24th day of September 1888. I visited them and lived aneighbor to them during this period of time. I have known Dianna Vance, his widow, (whose name was Dianna Albey previous to her marriage with the above named pensioner) since before she was grown and during this time lived neighbors to her and her family for about (36) years and I know that she never was previously married to anyone before Enoch H. Vance. His post office address is Perryville Perry County Arkansas.

I further declare that I have no interest in said case and am not converned in its prosecution.

{signed} SV Taylor

Widow’s Pension Application Enoch H. Vance, dec’d Widow- Dianna Albey Vance General Affidavit State of Arkansas, County of Perry, ss:

In the matter of acrued pension due Dianna Vance as widow of Enoch H. Vance, dec’d, a pensioner on cert No. 287.262 on this 8th day of April A.D. 1889, personally appeared before me a circuit clerk in and for the aforesaid county duly authorized to administer oaths, S.V. Taylor age 55 years, a resident of Perryville in the county of Perry and State of Arkansas well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit and who, being duly sworn,m declared in relation to aforesaid case as follows:
“I am acquainted with Dianna Vance and have known her about (36) years, was also acquainted with Enoch H. Vance dec’d and knew him about (45) years. I know that the above parties were married in Perry County Arkansas on or about the 17th day of April 1881 and lived together as man and wife to the time of his death on the 24th day of September 1888. I visited them and lived a neighbor to them during this period of time. I have known Dianna Vance, his widow, (whose name was Dianna Albey previous to her marriage with the above named pensioner) since before she was grown and during this time lived neighbors to her and her family for about (36) years and I know that she never was previously married to anyone before Enoch H. Vance. His post office address is Perryville Perry County Arkansas. I further declare that I have no interest in said case and am not concerned in its prosecution.
{signed} SV Taylor
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Visit to Paraclifta- Pioneer Town in Sevier County Arkansas

2010-12-24T10:20:00.002-06:00

Paraclifta was the first county seat of Sevier County. It dates back to at least to the late 1820′s. A post office was established here in 1830.

This is the historic Gilliam-Norwood House, (which is the oldest house in the county):

My interest is in the cemetery and the graves scattered amongst the grounds.

Norwood Cemetery

Graves marked with wooden posts

I find this unusual time capsule intriguing:

Time Capsule Shrine

It flooded, and the papers it held were removed. I do not know if they were destroyed or saved.

DAR Dedication on Shrine

Site of Old Paraclifta
1828-1872
First County Seat of Sevier County When Composed Of What is Now Little River, Sevier, Howard And Polk Counties.
To The Rugged Pioneers, The Brave And Intrepid Spirits Who Peopled This Veritable Empire In Early Days And Who Builded Its Virgin Wilderness Into A Land Of Concord And Culture This Shrine Is Humbly Dedicated.

Amanuensis Monday ~ John W. Clay Obituary

2010-12-24T09:48:00.002-06:00

Thank you John Newmark, over at TransylvanianDutch for this great blogging theme.

Amanuensis defines a person employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts.

J.W. Clay, Hopewell, July 25, 1946
Age 78, Died Saturday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.A. Merrell at Ogden. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, with burial in Hopewell Cemetery. Rev W.H. Snead officiated, with Phillips Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr Clay was born at Mountain Home Arkansas on July 28, 1868 and spent his entire life in Arkansas. He joined the Methodist Church at Fomby some 21 or 22 years ago. At the age of 24, he married Miss Viola Ford, and to this union three children were born: H.C. Clay of Ashdown, Mrs. W.A. Merrell of Odgen and Mrs. W.M. Daniel of St. Joe. He is survived by 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
John is the 3rd great grandfather of my granddaughter.
Source: Little River News, Ashdown Arkansas

Courthouse Cases ~ Ananias Denton ~ 2nd Degree Murder

2010-12-24T09:37:00.000-06:00

My surname notebooks are stuffed with loose sheets of copied deeds, probates, wills, name mentions, etc. that I have found while perched on hard tall stools in dusty courthouse tombs. These are little tidbits of life as they knew it. Most are tame or mundane, but every now and then I run across a jaw-dropper.
This is one “life event” of my 2nd great uncle.   I haven’t found the details of the murder case yet , and suspect I never will.
Drew County Arkansas was a rough and rowdy place to live during that time period, and many arguments were settled with guns, knives and fists. Several members of my Denton family were frequent fliers at the courthouse…
September 1858
Ananias Denton was arrested and charged with murder in the second degree. He pleaded not guilty and bond was posted by his father- Shipman Denton and himself for $2000. He was then released.
The case was continued in the books for a year. On September 28, 1859 these witnesses for the state were served and rquired to post bond:
James Smith
Nathan Donaldson- Ananias’s niece’s future father in law
Osias Denton – Ananias’s brother
Francis Smith
Martha Denton Bryant
Thursday, September 27th, AD 1860
State of Arkansas   Plaintiff
VS Amanias Denton   Defendant
Comes David W. Carroll who prosecutes for the State and the said Ananias Denton in proper person as well as by attorney and the vinue facias for a jury herein having been by the Sheriff returned and served on thirty six good and lawful men of the County of Drew and the parties having announced themselves ready for trial the following named good and lawful men are duly elected empaneled and sworn from said venue to wit James W. Mances, John McNeely, Charles Preddy, Edward B Lindsey, Robert W. Hawkins, John Whitesker, Reece Bowden, H.W. Adcock, J. Dunham, Benjamin Biggs, Ellis Lono and Alexander A. Ford and twelve good and lawful men to try the issue herein who after hearing the evidence addressed and the charge of the court retire to consider of their verdict and afterward return in to court here and say upon their oaths aforesaid that the said Defendant Ananias Denton is not guilty as charged in said indictment.
It is therefore considered that said Defendant go hence without delay and have and recover all his costs in this suit expended.
In 1862 Ananias enlists in the confederacy, but was listed as sick or unfit for field duty for most of the war. By 1866 he is bonded as Constable of Collins Township, and the last evidence I have of him is the 1870 census. He then disappears off the face of the earth as so many other of my Drew County ancestors have done.
Ananias was the son of Shipman and Sarah Shumake Denton. He was born about 1830 and as mentioned above- disappeared after the 1870 census.

Sunday’s Obituary ~ Thomas Franklin Henson

2010-12-24T09:35:00.001-06:00

Little River News
2-9-1926
T.F. Henson Died Here Early Thursday
T.F. Henson, aged 79, died at the home of his son, Ed Henson, in this city at an early hour Thursday morning after an extended illness. The deceased is survived by his wife, four daughters and one son. The daughters are: Mrs. L.P. Beck, Mrs. J.A. Beck, and Mrs. John Gill all of this place, Mrs. O.E. George of Dallas, Texas and the son Ed Henson of this city.
Mr. Henson had lived in this immediate section and at Texarkana practically all his life. He was a good man and highly respected citizen. The funeral and burial was held at Hicks Friday afternoon, Rev. W.R. Brown of this place officiating. The deceased was a member of the Methodist Church.
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Thomas Franklin Henson was born 7/25/1852 and died 2/4/1926
He married Eugenia Mundine on 7/9/1878 in Miller County Arkansas. She was born 1/8/1858 and died 2/17/1941. Both are buried in Hicks Cemetery, Little River County Arkansas.
Children:
Kate, born April 1880
William Ed, born 12/17/1882
Hattie May, born 12/25/1889
Nora, born October 1890
Callie, born 10/3/1894
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The clues in this obituary helped me track down his children, and led me to look in Texarkana, AR for a marriage license. Along with the 1900 and 1910 census, I had most of the clues I needed to track down the family, but haven’t been able to find him previous to 1900, thus “lived in this immediate section and at Texarkana practically all his life” may not be completely true.
I’m also seeking any clues for Eugenia Mundine. I’ve not found a single clue about her or her family, previous to her marriage.
“Sunday’s Obituary” is a Daily Blogging Prompt at GeneaBloggers, hosted by Thomas MacEntee. For information on this theme, and others, and how to join the genealogy blogging community, click on over.

Amanuensis Monday ~ Will of Kemp H. Denton

2010-12-24T09:32:00.002-06:00

Thank you John Newmark, over at TransylvanianDutch for this great blogging theme.
Amanuensis defines a person employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts.

Last Will and Testament of K.H. Denton
In the Name of God, Amen:
I Kemp H Denton of the County of Drew and the State of Arkansas being in good health of body and disposing mind and memory calling to mind the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death and being desirous whilst I have opportunity and capacity to do so, to direct how the property it has pleased the Almighty to bestow upon me shall be disposed of after my death do make ordain and publish this my last Will and Testament that is to say, after my burial expenses are paid I desire and direct all my just debts to be paid and the whole of the remainder and residue of my property, real and personal and whatsoever kind nature or character the Same may be.
I devise give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Elizabeth Denton and I appoint her Executrix of this my last Will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal this 14th day of May 1862
K.H. Denton {seal}
Signed Sealed and published by the said Kemp H. Denton, as and for his Last Will and Testament in our presence and at his request in his presence and in presence of each other we have on this the day of the date thereof subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto
WM Harrison
WT Wells
Filed for record Oct 11th 1862
Sam Gibson clk
W.E. Owens D.C.
State of Arkansas
County of Drew
Be it remembered that on this the 11th day of October AD 1862 before me Samuel Gibson Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the County of aforesaid and personally came and appeared William M. Harrison and W. T. Wells claim to be the subscribing witnesses to the paper writing produced before me purporting to be the last will and testament of Kemp H. Denton deceased and being duly sworn do depose and say that the said paper writing was signed published and delivered by the said Kemp H. Denton as and for his last Will and testament before us and in our presence and the said was at his request by us in his presence and in the presence of each other attested as witnesses and that at this time the said Kemp H. Denton was of sound and disposing mind and memory so help us God.
W.M. Harrison
W. T. Wells
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of October AD 1862
Sam Gibson clk
per W.E. Owens D.C.
Filed for Record Oct 11th 1862
Sam Gibson clk
per J.A. Baker D.C.

Kemp H. Denton was the son of Shipman and Sarah Shumake Denton. He was born about 1837 and died on August 14, 1862 in Camp Crystal, Faulkner County Arkansas.

Sutton- North Carolina, Tennessee & Arkansas

2010-12-24T09:30:00.002-06:00

John Sutton , my 4th great grandfather, was born about 1796 in North Carolina to James and Nancy Sutton. His siblings were:
Calvin, born between 1800-1810
Stanford, born about 1810
Charles, born between 1800-1810
William, born in 1799
James, born in 1801
Nancy, born about 1815
As far as I have been able to determine, all of the above children were born in North Carolina, with the exception of William, who claimed Georgia as his birth place in all the census records I have found.
James died between the 1830 census:
Blount County Tennessee
James Sutton, 1 male15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 15-20 and 1 female 50-60
…and March 27, 1834, when the heirs were taxed, according to court records as follows:
Blount County, Tennessee
County Court Minutes
Book 1, page 100
March 27, 1834
“The heirs of JAMES SUTTON one tract of land containing 374 acres more or less lying on the watters of Little Tennessee River joining the lands of Samuel Douthet (?) Conway Stone & others. Double taxes for the year 1832.
$3.76
Clerk’s Fees l.40
Sheriff’s Fees l.00
Printer’s Fees l.50
7.64
Whereupon it is considered by the court that judment be and it is hereby entered against the aforesaid tracts of land in the name of the State for the sum annexed to each, being the amount of double taxes, costs and charges due severall thereon for the several respective years aforesaid….”
John married “Sally” Richards on May 11, 1820 in Greensville, Greene County, Tennessee. I can’t find any proof of the Sutton family living in Greene County Tennessee, or in any county in North Carolina, but my search is focusing on border counties for the 1820 census.
The Suttons spread just a little around 1830 with some in Blount and some ending up in Monroe County, (both in Tennessee), and then most went on to Bradley County Tennessee for the 1840-1850 time period.
John’s son Chrisanbury (my 3rd great grandfather) was born in 1824, and he married Sarah Webb in 1848 in Bradley County, before venturing to Arkansas with his parents, siblings, cousins and shirt-tails, all settling in Hempstead County, when Chrisanbury’s son John (my 2nd great grandfather) was born in December 1850.
Before the elder Sutton could be enumerated in the next census he passed away.
The only record I have of this is the following from the Hempstead County Court records:
Hempstead County Arkansas
Wednesday Morning January 16, A.D. 1856
Court met proper and to adjournment
Present the Honorable Daniel C. Wilton, Judge
Estate of John Sutton, deceased
Wheras it appears from the appraisement of the estate of John Sutton, late of the county of Hempstead, deceased, this day filed, that the same amounts to the sum of One Hundred and thirteen dollars and fifty cents only. Whereupon it is ordered by the court that said estate rest absolutely in Sayun Sutton, the wife the said deceased, and that no administration be granted on said estate.
Probate Record Book E, page 340
His wife Sarah died shortly after the 1870 census. I tried for years to connect the elder James Sutton to the Sutton family from Smith County Tennessee, but I finally threw in the towel on that research. Instead I believe (other than the pumpkin truck theory which I am loathe to give up) that my Sutton clan is an obscure tiny branch of a yet unknown family from somewhere over the pond.

There’s One in Every Family, or Maybe Two, or Three

2010-12-24T09:20:00.001-06:00

This post has been submitted for the 100th Edition for the Carnival of Genealogy…”There’s One In Every Family“, hosted by Jasia over at Creative Gene.

There’s one in every family
and sometimes two or three.
They hold the deep dark secrets
of the <insert surname> family tree.

It’s usually an auntie,
sometimes an uncle too.
It’s not about the names or dates
but shocking stories ’bout Cousin Lou.

There’s a lady in Missouri
with a photo and a sword.
I tried to talk to her about it
but she just wants it restored.

My cousin had a first wife
who had someone else’s child.
This news was learned upon his death
all were shocked to put it mild.

There are bibles in the attic
photos, letters, cards and yet.
Aunt Birdie doesn’t care to share
cause Uncle John got Mom’s tea set .

And then there are the women
who just protect the family name.
They’ve taken it upon themselves to
hide Aunt Rita’s shame.

It really doesn’t matter
how much I want to know.
There are forces larger than myself
Who won’t allow it to be so.

Genealogy Junkie ~ All Roads Lead to Arkansas

Cousins

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Allen & Rebecca Webb

Treasure Chest Thursday ~ Dee's Vase

Hammett/Henson ~ Miller & Little River Counties ~ Arkansas

Wedding Wednesday ~ Cox/Follmer

Patrick Cleburne's fallen soldiers- Liddell's Brigade

Christmas at the Museum

The Rest of His Story ~Richard Alby

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Zelma Zachry

Mother- Mary A Schoggin

Mother, Mary A Schoggin Come to Live With Jesus

Fitzhugh , Dorotha Eller (Schoggin)- (1878-1935). "Mother, Mary A Schoggin". Nov. 1923The original is held in a private collection owned by <living, name withheld >

This is my offering for the Third Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge, hosted by Bill West of West in New England.

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Polly Holland McCrary

Wednesday's Child ~ Mary, Lucetta, Sallie, Charley & Samuel Hopson

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Fannie Marion McCreary Cook

Seeking Information Saturday ~ Emmer Jean Van

Wordless Wednesday ~ Gossip at the Post Office

Wednesday's Child~ Bessie Overstreet

Little River County Genealogy Society News

Surname Saturday ~ Williamson

Tombstone Tuesday ~ William Jordan

Military Monday ~ Ancestors in the News

Thankful Thursday ~ Photo Clues

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Falls

Sympathy Saturday ~ Arkansas River Flood 1935

Sevier County Arkansas Historical Society Museum - Step back in time

Sepia Saturday #88 ~ Melancholy Tree

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Little Big Horn National Cemetery

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Allen Pettus

Wordless Wednesday ~ No Tears Shed For Me

Wedding Wednesday ~ Black/Smith

Sunday's Obituary ~ Mollie Elizabeth Welch Gill

Wednesday's Child ~ Little Nellie Buster

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Peytonville Cemetery

Surname Saturday ~ Aro, Mariano, Fejarang

Sepia Saturday #76 ~ Cat & Dog

Church Record Sunday ~ Cox- Standing Springs Baptist Church- SC

Amanuensis Monday ~ Indigent Soldiers List ~ Sutton

Sepia Saturday #73

Matrilineal Monday ~ Bailey

Surname Saturday ~ Gill

Treasure Chest Thursday ~ Grandma's Pie Safe

Seeking Information Saturday ~ Charles Andrew Hallett

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Dianna Alby Vance

Mappy Monday ~ BLM Bonanza

Seeking Information Saturday

Findagrave Friday ~ Ben Lomond Cemetery

Tombstone Tuesday

Sepia Saturday #69 ~ April 9, 2011

Wedding Wednesday ~ Williamson/Harkey

Dating Old Photographs ~ Harriett Cox Barrett

Wedding Wednesday ~ Buster/Moss

Tombstone Tuesday ~ John D. Sutton

Sunday's Obituary ~ Mary Alice Sumner Albey

Funeral Card Friday ~ Jennie Hicks

Wedding Wednesday ~ Turner/Kittley

Military Monday ~ Benjamin Griffith

Sunday's Obituary ~ Charles Barrett

Wedding Wednesday ~ Sutton/Myrick

Fearless Females ~ Linnie Clark Sutton

Sepia Saturday #65 ~ Bogg Springs Camp, Arkansas

Sunday's Obituary ~ Hannah N. Griffith Cox

Fearless Females ~ Esther Adaline Nichols

Fearless Females ~ Martha Angeline MNU Albey

Sepia Saturday #63 ~ James Humphrey Gilbert

Sunday's Obituary ~ Sarah Adaline Fitzhugh Nichols

Sepia Saturday #62 ~ Nichols Family

Wordless Wednesday ~ Could Have Been Trash

Sunday's Obituary ~ Zion Whitfield Smith

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Wright Cemetery, Sevier County Arkansas

Amanuensis Monday ~ John & Ulysis Hopper Barrett

Sepia Saturday #59 ~ Whole Lotta Background Going On

Wedding Wednesday ~ Sumner/Denton

Amanuensis Monday ~ Ulysis Hopper Barrett part 2

Sepia Saturday #58 ~ Earnest Barrett & Fiddle

Tombstone Tuesday~ Gastor Hill Cemetery~ Dr. Lewis A. Bond

Amanuensis Monday ~ Ulysis Hopper Barrett

Sepia Saturday #57 ~ 1850ish Woman & Children

Mother, Mary A Schoggin
Come to Live With Jesus

Fitzhugh , Dorotha Eller (Schoggin)- (1878-1935). "Mother, Mary A Schoggin". Nov. 1923
The original is held in a private collection owned by <living, name withheld >