> >From: "Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter" <[email protected]> >Subject: Special Edition: Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter > > Special Edition of > Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter > > June 26, 2002 > > Please feel free to forward copies of this newsletter to other > genealogists. > > ========================================================== > >The following is a "special edition" of my weekly newsletter. A >breaking news event has major financial impact to hundreds of >genealogists. I elected to not wait until next week's newsletter >to distribute the following article. > > - Dick Eastman > >============================================================== > > - International Roots Conference Is Canceled, Would-be Attendees Lose Money > >The International Roots Conference has been canceled. If you >registered in advance, you need to read the following information. > >In the June 5 edition of this newsletter, I wrote about the >International Roots Conference to be held in Dearborn, Michigan on >July 14 through 18, 2002. I wrote that conference organizers >Marilyn R. Natchez and Steve Rosman, operating under the business >name of "My Conference Planners, LLC," were planning a big >conference. While I didn't mention any expected numbers of >attendees in that article, the conference Web site advised that >2,000 people were expected to attend this conference. > >All of that came crashing down in the past few days. Last Friday, >only three weeks before the scheduled start of the conference, My >Conference Planners, LLC ceased operations and declared >bankruptcy. The company's Web site was shut down on Tuesday, June >25. Would-be conference attendees who paid in advance for tickets >are now receiving letters from a law firm advising that the >conference has been canceled. > >Reportedly, all the money paid in advance is gone; so, creditors >are advised to not contact anyone for refunds. In other words, >those who paid money in advance are ***** (insert your own >expletive here). Most would-be attendees paid $200 to $300 each, >depending upon the luncheons, dinners and workshops selected. The >owners of My Conference Planners, LLC have not released any >numbers. However, if only 500 people paid in advance, the amount >in question would be $100,000 to $150,000. > >What happened? I have no idea. Marilyn R. Natchez and Steve Rosman >have not yet returned my phone call and e-mails. > >The lawyer handling this bankruptcy case is David Miller of the >law firm Erman, Teicher, Miller, Zucker & Freedman, PC, located >at: > > 100 Galleria Officentre Ste 333 > Southfield, MI 48034-8429 > Phone: (248) 827-4100 > Fax: (248) 827-4106 > > Attorney David Miller can be reached at: > [email protected] > >Those who feel that they have been "ripped off" might want to >contact the office of Jennifer M. Granholm, the Attorney General >for the State of Michigan. The Attorney General's office has an >online Web site for those who wish to file consumer complaints, >at: http://www.ag.state.mi.us/cp/complaint/cp_complaint_page.htm > >If you do file a complaint, you will be asked for the company's >name and address. It is: > > MY CONFERENCE PLANNERS, LLC > 24901 Northwestern Highway, Suite 313-B > Southfield, Michigan 48075-2207 > (248) 415-0159 > >I suspect you will be reading more about this story in future >weeks. > >============================================================== > > > > >--+------------------------------------------------------------------ >You are subscribed as: [email protected] >To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:[email protected]> >or go to: http://eastman.biglist.com/unsub.php/newsletter/[email protected] >--+--

Hi, I'm hoping to find someone in the Benton county area that could do some obit look ups for me . Here is the names and Thanks John Theopholus Webb b.1848 Green county,ILL died July 15, 1914 Buried in Pea Ridge , Ark. William Webb son of John Died Oct 25, 1947 Benton county, buried Pea Ridge cemetery also. Effie Webb Rose died 1971 buried in Bentonville cemetery , Ark. She is daughter of John Webb. Husband name is unknow Rose Maude Angie Webb Cavaness b. May 31, 1880 died Jan 24, 1965 buried Bentonville cemetery ,Ark she is also daughter of John. Husband name is Unknow Cavaness . Thanks for any help, Sharon

Looking for Bolden Green (B.G.) BAILEY as a youth in 1870. He married in 1878 in Lincoln County. Could someone please do a census lookup for him in Desha, and Drew counties? Lincoln was not a county before 1871, so to find him in 1870 census records would have to be in Lincoln's parent counties...thus Desha, and Drew. Thanks, Tricia

Looking for information on Lena Daniels, m. Burl Woods but she died in early 1900 in either Phillips or Monroe County. Also looking for connections to Jennie Love Woods Robinson or her last husband Will Robinson also in either Phillips or Monroe County. Thanks [email protected] wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 AGS-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 150 Today's Topics: #1 [AGS] death Index [Martha Eden <[email protected]] #2 RE: [AGS] death Index ["Wanda Davis" ] #3 RE: [AGS] death Index [[email protected] (Sandy)] #4 [AGS] Dunlap [[email protected]] #5 [AGS] AGS death index ["MT-dono" #6 [AGS] Cynthia (Autry) Center ["Helen O'Hair" ] #7 [AGS] Lookup for Death records [[email protected]] #8 [AGS] Death Records, I'm confused! [[email protected]] #9 [AGS] Fw: (AGS) Death Records, als ["Jo Ann Whitworth" #10 [AGS] Death Records [[email protected]] #11 Re: [AGS] Death Records ["Mark Williamson" Administrivia: To unsubscribe from AGS-D, send a message to [email protected] that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 10:00:35 -0400 From: Martha Eden <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [AGS] death Index will some one look up my grand mother death her name was Louella Mathews she died in the state hospital in Little Rock, in 1928-34 Thanks Martha ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 12:40:31 -0500 From: "Wanda Davis" To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [AGS] death Index There is a Lou MATTHEWS died 04 Sep 1933 in Phillips Co. AR. This is the only one I found in the death index. -----Original Message----- From: Martha Eden [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AGS] death Index will some one look up my grand mother death her name was Louella Mathews she died in the state hospital in Little Rock, in 1928-34 Thanks Martha ==== AGS Mailing List ==== ARKANSAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 2002 FALL SEMINAR and BOOK FAIR Friday, October 11, and Saturday, October 12, 2002 Holiday Inn Airport-East, Little Rock, Arkansas I-440, Exit 3 (Airport Exit) For details see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~args/ ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:30:51 -0400 From: [email protected] (Sandy) To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [AGS] death Index Hello I wonder if you could lookup 3 names for me? Susan Blaylock/Blalock nee Pharis Isabelle/Belle Marshall nee Blaylock/Blalock Joseph Blaylock/Blalock With Regards, -- Thank you very much, Sandy Washington State Please visit my homepage and see if you have any clues in my hunt for my elusive grandfather http://www.rootssearch.net/mygensite/sscarletgen/index.html Searching for the Ancestry of John ATTEBERRY "Wanda Davis" wrote: >There is a Lou MATTHEWS died 04 Sep 1933 in Phillips Co. AR. __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with [email protected]! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:54:37 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [AGS] Dunlap Could someone do a death lookup for me, Arthur Dunlap, Andrew Dunlap . They lived in Conway CO. AR. in the early 1900,s Thank you Roslyn ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 6 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 13:37:30 -0700 From: "MT-dono" To: [email protected] Subject: [AGS] AGS death index I'd really appreciate a death index look-up on William Counts, Madison Co. Thanks so much, Mary ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 7 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 17:26:43 -0700 From: "Helen O'Hair" To: [email protected] Subject: [AGS] Cynthia (Autry) Center Could someone please look up on the death index for a Cynthia Ann (Autry) Center. I think she died about 1906. Thank you! Helen O'Hair ([email protected]) ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 8 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 20:57:53 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [AGS] Lookup for Death records I am loooking for the death records for a Emaline Brown Johnson. She was in Montgomery County Ar in 1870 and lost her after that. She was married to Sylvester Johnson. She was 30 years old in 1870. Thank you. ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 9 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 21:09:20 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [AGS] Death Records, I'm confused! Did I miss something, or is someone doing lookups? Sure seems to be a lot of request. Can someone fill me in? Thank You, Sandy in Oregon ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 10 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 21:13:02 -0500 From: "Jo Ann Whitworth" To: [email protected] Subject: [AGS] Fw: (AGS) Death Records, also confused ----- Original Message ----- From: Jo Ann Whitworth To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:08 PM Subject: (AGS) Death Records, also confused I am confused about those sudden requests for Death record look ups, also. But hope someone is actually doing them because a person that I would very much like to find a death record on (died 1941) does not seem to have any record at all at the Arkansas Dept. of Vital Records, and I don't know where else to turn. ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 11 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 22:35:32 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [AGS] Death Records My Gr. Gr. Grandfather died in 1920, between Jan and Sept. in Greene County, AR. and no one seems to have any information on him either. I, too, sent to Little Rock for information and they couldn't find anything. At this time I am wondering if their records are complete or just depends who gets the request, you know what I mean? ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 12 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 23:19:40 -0500 From: "Mark Williamson" To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AGS] Death Records Although deaths were "required" to be reported to the state of Arkansas (starting in February 1914), many of the rural counties of Arkansas were haphazard (at best) in reporting deaths, for several reasons. It was probably well into the 1940's before deaths were regularly and systematically recorded and reported to the State. Mark Williamson [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:35 PM Subject: [AGS] Death Records > My Gr. Gr. Grandfather died in 1920, between Jan and Sept. in Greene County, > AR. and no one seems to have any information on him either. I, too, sent to > Little Rock for information and they couldn't find anything. At this time I > am wondering if their records are complete or just depends who gets the > request, you know what I mean? Helen Ross Ignorance is only bliss to those who would not see - it is a voluntary misfortune - and if ignorance is in fact bliss, why are there so many unhappy people? --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup

I have a record that says Elijah M. Northum died and is buried in Stevens, Arkansas, February 6, 1888.. His second wife was Frances Jane Womack. She died February 15, 1915 also in Stevens, Arkansas. Is there someone on line who would be able to look in a cemetery book that includes Stevens and see if Elijah might be listed there? I am not sure of the accuracy of this record. His first wife in buried in Franklin County Arkansas, but he is not buried next to her. Appreciate any help. Thank you. Sandy

Shown below is the index to the 1912 Van Buren Press Newspaper: 1 110-watt Tungsten Lights 15 14th U S Cavalry 5 2 200 SPECIALS TO FORCE "DRY LAW" 13 25th Parallel Trail 8 A Adams, Mrs. Wm 35 Adams, Robert 32 Adkins, Frank 39 Albertson, Clyde 38 Alexander, Mrs. Mary 33 Alexander, Mrs. W J 28 Alexander, Rev. G C 37 Allen, Charles 31 Allen, Ford 44 Allen, Mrs. E T 44 Allen, Mrs. R P 17, 35 Allen, Professor F J 31 Allen, Victor 31 Arbuckle Island 6, 11 Arkansas College 19 ARKANSAS WIDOW WANTS A HUSBAND 46 Arnold, Captain Tom 17 Arnold, Fletch 17 Arnold, Tom 11 B Bab, Miss Fay 33 BABY WAS DESERTED 19 Bagett, J J 30 Bank of Alma 11 Barlow, J T 13 Barron, Dave 35 Bates, J F E 39 Bates, Rev. J F E 23, 24, 35, 36, 42, 44 Baxter, John 31 Beard, Miss Allison 42 Beard, T L 42 Bentley, M R 21 Berry, E C 31 Berry, J L 25 Berry, Juanita 31 Blakemore, Dr. J E 45 Blunt, General 9 Bolen, Mrs. Wm 38 Boling, Mrs. Carrie 11 Bolling, Captain W R 11 Bone, Rev. W J 5 Bornstein, Barney 1 Bostick, Mrs. Sallie 39 Bradford, John 11, 29 Bradford, John "Uncle" 29 Bradford, Mrs. John 11 Brannan, Clifford 34 Branson, J H 12 BRIDGE LIGHTED 15 Britt, Fred 4 Brodie, Miss Bess 33 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen 24 Brown, A A 14 Brown, George 29 Brown, Miss Virginia 27 Bryan, Louie 26, 37 Bryan, Miss Bertha 11 Bryant, Eli "Uncle" 43 Bryant, Fannie 34 Burke, O C 16 Burkett's Grove 43 Burns, J E 29 Burrows, Mrs. H M 33 Burson, Mrs. E F 14 Burson, Mrs. G L 14 Burson, Nathan 17 Bushmaier, W A 26 Bushong, Arthur 20, 27 Bushong, C 27 Bushong, Charles 20 Bushong, Dr. J S 20, 27 Bushong, J A 20, 27 Bushong, J T 27 Bushong, Miss Rena 20 Bushong, Miss Rennah 27 Bushong, R A 20, 27 Bushong, W L 20, 27 Byars, J P 11 C Cabell, Major A S 33 Cabell, Mrs. Mary A 33 Camp J T Stuart, U C V 16 Campbell Heirs 6 Campbell, Andy 6 Campbell, Elberta 33 Capps Family 28 Capps, William 28 Captain Davidson Cavalry 13 Captain Joel Foster's Company 13 Captain Perkins' Company 13 Carson, Mrs. Julia 5 Carson, U 5 Cason, George 1, 2 Cathcart, E R 35 Cazort Plantation 38 Cazort, G T 31 Cazort, Miss Vivian 31 Cazort, Ralph 30, 31 Clark, Bowlin 6 Clark, Charles 6 Clark, Colonel Adam 41 Clark, Earl 6 Clark, John 6 Clark, Roy 6 Clark, Will 6 Cole, W A 26 Collier, Charles 24 Collier, G W 24 Collins, Earnest 23 Colonel John T Humphrey's Company of Riflemen 13 Commercial Hotel 34 Company B, 4th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry 15 Comstock, G M 40 Condit, Pete 39 Confederate Army 12, 19, 43 Confederate Medal 17 Confederate Officer 34 Confederate Reunion 46 Confederate Soldiers 17 Confederate Veteran 27 Confederate Veterans Association of Van Buren 17 Connell, Rev. 37 Connell, Rev. Joseph 6, 38 Cooley, Mrs. Clyde 32 Cordell Farm 18 Cornish, Mrs. Melvel 33 Coughlan, John 13 Coughlan, Miss Elizabeth 13 Coughlan, Miss Mary 13 Coughlan, Mrs. Johana 13 COUNTRY HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE 18 Crane, Rev. J L 16 Crawford County Bank 19 Crawford, Major P W 24 Creekmore, Mrs. Lynch 25 Cusack, Mrs. W C 46 D Daniels, Thomas 35 Daniels, Will 35 Daughters of the Confederacy 16 Davis, Murphy 4 Davis, T B 4 Dean, J M 15 Dearmore, N T 45 DEATH OF DAVID WALKER MOORE 19 DEATH OF JAMES M DEAN 15 Deshaso, S 13 Dewitt, Mrs. Charley 34 Douglass, George 38 Douglass, Mrs. George 14 DR PETERS GETS THE LIMIT 14 Drennen Family 7 Drennen, Charles H 10 Drennen, John 8, 10 Dunham, J S 28, 42, 43 Dunham, Joseph Starr 40, 41 Dunn, Mrs. W G 44 DuVall, Mrs. Dora 42 E Early, F T R 30 Early, Mrs. 20 Early, Mrs. M E 27 Early, Rev. T R 27 Echols, Irene 25 Echols, Obediah 25 Edgar, Mrs. Mollie 36 Edmondson, T W 13, 42 Edmondson, Tom 5 Electric Park 30 END OF A NOBLE LIFE 16 England, Miss Fannie 36 England, W T 9, 36 Eno, Miss Clara B 13, 21, 25 Epperson, H H 38 F Faber, H C 11 Fairview Cemetery 4, 6, 19, 23, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 42 Federal Army 41 Fennessy, Fred 5 Fields, Andrew 47 Fine, Mrs. Hamilton 43 First National Bank of Long Beach, California 17 Fithian, Margaret 33 Fithian, Mrs. E B 33 Flanigan, Mrs. Maggie 14 Flowers, W F 45 Forest Park Cemetery 24 Forrest's Cavalry 24 Fort Wright, New York 30 France, Mrs. F L 46 FREE BRIDGE OPEN TO TRAFFIC 7 Fry, Judge J W 17 Fry, Miss Mary 33 Furry, Mrs. P W 29 Furry's Switch 30 G Galloway, A M 4 Garrison Creek Oil & Gas Company 18 Gathright, Rev. M F 43 Gee, J W 37 Gee, Mrs. G T 37 Gill Cemetery 20, 24, 27, 30, 32, 37, 38, 39 Goins, J W 30 Gossau, Miss Grace 39 Grammar, Mrs. J S 44 Griffith, Scott, Bostick, Pennywright & Co. 9 Gurley, M M 18 H Haley, E W 26 Haley, Will 39 Hammock, S M 6 Hanna, Joe 23 Hatfield, John 25 Hawkins, Ben 22, 26 Hayman, H C 9 Hays, Mrs. Dora 34 Hedrick, Mrs. Frank 32 Helm, Ola 19 Henderson, Eugene 42 Henderson, J N 43 Henderson, Mrs. Ensign 11 Higgs, Ira 47 Hightower, Will 5 Hill, L M 26 Hillman, Mrs. Clark 22 Hindman's Legion 12 Hixon, Martha 31 Hofstetter, Julius 28 Hofstetter, Miss Anna 28 Hoke, General F 34 Horn, S W 46 Horner, Albert Aurelius 12 Horner, H S 12 Horner, Major John J 12 Horner, S H 12 Hoyle, W B 11 Hynes, Dr. 42 I Indian Prohibition 13 Indian Territory 13 J J T Stuart, U C V, 19 Jackson, Mrs. Mattie 24 Jackson, R L 24 James, Frank 16 James, Jesse 16 James, Tom 16 Johnson, Mrs. Rachel 5 Johnson, Sheriff John 2 K Kagy, J D 12 Key, Rev. S S 27 Kidd, Harry 38 Killingsworth Cemetery 25 KILLS WIFE AND SELF 21 Kimes, Leander 26 King, W A 10 Knights and Ladies of Honor 23 Knights of Macabee 23 KNOCKED INTO RIVER BY ROBBER 23 Knott, Robert 45 Knotz, John 16 L Lacy, Miss Blanche 30 Lacy, Mrs. A H 17 Lacy, Mrs. Alex 30 Lane, A J 26 Lark, Rev. Julian 25 Lasater, Mrs. N A 43 Lee, General 34 Leslie, Mrs. Robert 11 Lewis, J W 47 Lincoln, Miss Blanche 28 Lobdill, C F 38 Lotedale, R S 45 Lotedale, Willie 45 Love, Mrs. Phoebe 46 Lucas, Dr. 5 Lucas, Giles 29 Lynde, Mrs. C F Lynde 5 M Mace, Mrs. Jake 28 Maddox, George T 33 Maddox, Nott 33 Maddox, Sid 35 Maillaux, Mrs. F A 30 Marlar, Captain 26 Martin, W J 18 Mary Baldwin College 27 Mary Lee Chapter, U D C 13 Mathews, Mrs. Minnie 17, 21 Matlock, Mrs. A S 44 Matlock, Mrs. E L 15 Matlock, Rufus 26 Matthews, George 34 Mayfield, Miss Naomi 15 McEachin, Mrs. F L 14 McGaugh, Mrs. B F 21 McPherson, Mrs. Emma 35 Merrill, Harry 30 Merrill, Miss Louise 5 Merrill, S G 5 Meyer, Colonel H A 14 Meyer, H A 5 Meyer, H A Jr. 25 Meyer, Lieutenant H A Jr. 17 Meyer, Miss Kate 17 Meyer, Miss Lil 17 Meyer, Mrs. Henry A 16 Meyer, Mrs. Mary McGee 21 Miller, Miss Florence 27 Miller, Mrs. S A 15 Miller, Rev. W B 44 Mock, James 30 Moore, Benjamin 19 Moore, Charley 32 Moore, Colonel D W 19 Moore, D W Jr. 19 Moore, Emily 19 Moore, Mary 19 Moore, Norman 19 Moore's Rock 19 Moses, Mrs. Lucy 32 Moses, Mrs. Vina 32 Moses, Victor 32 Moss, Sammy 32 Moss, Will 32 Mullen & Clinton's Saloon 9 MURDER AND LYNCHING AT MULDROW 1 Murta Morgue 30 Murta, C J 5 N Natural Dam 12 Neal, John 20 Neal, Margaret 19, 20 Neal, Ralph 19 Nettles, Mrs. Charles 4 Newman, Major Charles Gordon 40 NO HOPE FOR McCURTAIN MINERS 14 O Oliver Springs 25 Oliver Springs Cemetery 30 Oliver Springs Road 43 Order of Rising Star 39 OUT OF WORK 18 P Pacific Coast 8 Pacific Electric Depot 19 Pacific Ocean 23 Pape, Henry 22 Pape, Mrs. Henry 22 Parchman, Dr. W L 29 Park Cemetery 34 Parks, Irwin 30, 31, 34 Parrot, J R 16 PASSING OF THE CAROLINE-LAST OF THE FERRY FLEET 7 Payne, W S 46 Pedley, Mrs. Norman 25 Peevyhouse Cemetery 16, 18, 47 Pennington, James 37 Pennington, James I 46 Pennington, Mrs. Rhoda 46 Pennywit, George 9 Pennywit, Will 6, 9 Peters, Dr. John R 14 Peters, John 4 Peters, Rev. Willard 25 Phillips Point 8 Phillips, Thomas 8 Pitcock, J A 11 Pool, M P 29 Potts, Mrs. T C 35 Pratt, Mrs. Mollie 39 Princeton College 19 Q Quarles, Mrs. R W 21 Quesenbury Cemetery 43 R Railroad Men's Cooperative Association of Van Buren 38 Redding, John 35 REV J L CRANE DEAD 16 Richards, A J 32 Richardson, Ernest 32 Riley, John 32 Robards, H C 10 Roosevelt, Ex-President 21 Rose, Charles 39 Rose, Ike 18 Rose, Mrs. Wickliff 31 Ross, Joe 25 Ross, Tim 5 Ross, W H 25 Rush, John J 34 Rushing, W H 18 Ruttan, Mrs. Morehead 13 S Sadler, James M 31 Sadler, Lucia 36 Sadler, Mary 37 Sadler, W P 36 Salvation Army 43 San Bois Coal Company 14 Sangster, Joe Benny 29 Sangster, Robert 29 Savery, Wm 21 Schaap, John 9 Scott Drennen, Mrs. Caroline 10 Scott, Caroline M 10 Scott, Dunham 43 Scott, Hon. P D 41 Scott, Miss Gussie 46 Scott, P D 7, 10, 42, 43 Scott, Tom 9 Sebath Cemetery 14 Sebourn, Charles 12 Shepard, Mrs. Bertha 1 Shepherd, Bud 34 Shepherd, George 26 Shibely, Mrs. Esther A, 44 Shibley, Carl W 44 Shibley, D P 39 Shibley, Dr. J S 31 Shibley, Harry B 44 Shibley, Jesse 39 Shibley, Mrs. Ellen J 31 Shibley, Mrs. J S 29 Shibley, Mrs. W H H 44 Shibley, W H H 29, 44 Shibley, Wm A 44 Shoop, John 45 Shoop, Will 45 Simmons ,Phillip 38 Simon, Martin 13 Simpson, E R 35 Smith, A D 40 Smith, Alvis 28 Smith, Della 14 Smith, Hugh 30 Smith, Levi 38, 43 Smith, Professor A D 36, 46 Smith, Robert 38 Smith, Willie 32 Snow, M S 24 Southmayd, L C 42 Southmayd, L H 22 Southmayd, Mrs. L C 22 Southmayd, Mrs. S R 32 Sparks Hospital 28, 33 Sparks Memorial Hospital 35 Spooner, James 13 St. Edwards Infirmary 32 Stamps, Samuel 26 Stanley, Mrs. E J 11 Starbird, C A 45 Starbird, Elmer 45 Starr, Minnie 1 Steele, David 24 Steele, Ed 24 Stevenson, Alex 35 Stevenson, John 26 Stevenson, Mont 21, 23 Stevenson, Rev. J B 36 Stevenson, W R 21, 23 Stockard, George 33 Stokes, S S 12 Stone, W R 36 SUDDEN DEATH OF ARTHUR BUSHONG 20 Sullivan, Lewis 43 SUNDAY CRAPS AND MURDER 26 Swearingen, Mrs. Lula 40 Swearingen, R E 26 T Thompson, Dr. 19 Thompson, Dr. J W 16, 36 Thompson, Lee 43 Thompson, Rev. J W 23, 36, 42, 44 Thweatt, Mrs. P O 12 Toll, J N 30 Trout, Mrs. Sam 32 Turner, Annie 2 Turner, Nathan 3 Turner, Wilbur 1 Turner, Wilma 2 U U S Army 39 U S Navy 21, 23 Uniontown High School 36, 46 Uniontown State High School 40 V Van Buren Ferry Company 6 Van Buren Mercantile Company 22 Van Buren Rifles 13 Van Orsdall, C B 20 Victor, Grant 13 Vinning, Mrs. 45 W Ward, A J 42 Weaver, Frank 42 Weiser, Herman 38 Wells, Miss Beulah 25 Wells, Sam 4 West, J A 17 West, Miss Maggie 17 Whaling, Rev. J B 39 White, Dr. L C 27 White, Jasper 26 White, Sam 37 White, Susie 37 White, Tom 5 Whitfield, Mitchell 30 Whitfield, Victor 17, 24 Whitfield, Wm 30 Whittaker, Mrs. Henry 22 Wilhauf, Mrs. Mary 22 Williams, Alf 42 Williams, Arthur 17 Williams, Mrs G R 4 Williams, Mrs. G Rainey 5 Williams, Mrs. Lula 17 Williams, Mrs. Verna 14 Williams, Rainey 4 Williamson, Joe 26, 34 Wines, G W 16 Wines, Mrs. Leona J 16 Winfrey, Rex 30 Winfrey, Sheriff Ed 32 WOMAN CARRIED 8 MILES IN A CHAIR 28 Wood, George R 22 Wood, J C 44 Wood, Miss Anna 22 Wright, Elmer 6, 12 Wright, Paul 34 Wright, Silas 34 Y Yancey, Denver 12 Yellow Jacket Regiment 15 Z Zoar Church 30 Zufall Farm 47 Zufall, H F 22 Zufall, Mr. 47 Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 501-369-2703 http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/

George Russell was on the 1920 census in Heber Springs, along with 2nd wife, Emma P. Russell. The childrens names were Guy L., Frances V., Albert P., and Erma J.. He was listed as hotel Manager. This would fit because my mother was born in Heber Springs. George and Emma had 4 children at that point. Does anyone have a 1930 census? I'm still looking for info on the hotel fire and what happened to them after that. Thanks ahead of time for your help.

Who holds the records for the Little Rock City Cemetery, which is just north of Oakland? Anybody know? Thanks. Mary:^)

Charlene, your story made me think of several stories I remember my parents telling. My father as a young man was one of the folks called on to prepare the body for burial. This had to be in the 1920s, everyone in the area had their "specialty" in times of need. My Dad was born in Clay, CO. AR. a big timber area in his time and now. He had a half brother killed in a logging accident, no records of the incident or where he was buried in the area. I do research in IN also, and have found several deaths with no records left. My ggrandfather died there in some sort of epidemic in 1898. The story passed down in the family is that all the folks who died during this epidemic were buried in a common grave. I have checked for both deaths in courthouses, newspapers, death records, with no luck. Some things just go with the business of Genealogy research. Good hunting, Gwen

I believe that it was common practice, up until the 1930s and 1940's for especially farm or country families to handle deaths without funeral homes, and undertakers, as we now know them. My husband's family tell the story of an incident that happened when he was a child. Seems they noticed lanterns and candles after dark one evening on the dirt road near their home. On closer inspection, they found that someone had died, and family had brought him to the cemetery that wasn't far from their home, and buried him at night. The reasoning for this, was it was hot summer time, and no air conditioning, or embalming, the body would not have been in good shape by morning. Things have changed greatly, including laws that govern burials, since then. Jettie

My Dad was born in 1914 AR, he once told me that when he was about 5 or 6 years old he heard a loud blast on the next farm and his Mother told him to go see what it was and he ran down there and found that the neighbor man had been sitting on the front porch and shot himself, blowing the side of his head off. Dad ran and told his Mother and she told Dad to take a broom and keep the cats off the neighbor man while she went out to the field to get Grandpa. I don't know if this man had much of a family, Dad said the woman just wrung her hands and cried. Grandpa came down there and removed the man and the women cleaned him up the best they could while Grandpa cleaned the porch and built a casket to lay him out in. Dad said they had a funeral and the Minister and other people were there but I didn't think to ask if they buried him on the farm or in a cemetery. I never asked him if it was in OK or AR. I know my other Grandpa carved the white headstones for the graves of my brother and sister in the early 1930s in TX and inserted their pictures in the stone. But there were Drs. and undertakers and everything official then. I think people were more self reliant because of necessity in some places I often thought of that poor neighbor man as I have looked for death certificates. I wondered if that death is in the records anywhere? I wonder how many times farm people just "handled" terrible accidental deaths the best they could. I could not imagine the Grandparents I knew having to handle a body like that and said as much to Dad. He looked at me as if I had lost my mind and said "Honey, we were miles from town, these people were our neighbors, his poor old wife was all to pieces, what kind of people would we have been not to help?" Dad was over 70 years old and had finally got attached to a cat and I was dumbfounded to see it after what I had thought was a lifelong fear of cats. I had asked him what had made him have such a fear of cats all his life and he was trying to recall and that memory came up. He had never even mentioned the incident about the neighbor until that day. Now I wonder how many deaths were handled in such a fashion? Charlene

As far I can tell by checking the archives, there hasn't been an offer to do death index lookups. When and if someone does post an offer to do lookups, please send your request to that person not to the list. Thanks! Jan Davenport AGS List Admin

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IF ANY ONE HAS THE TOOLS COULD YOU DO A DEATH LOOK UP FOR FOR JOHN PRESLEY WEBB 3-21-1883 - 11-8-1959. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HIS PARENTS NAME ALSO.HE WAS MY GRANDFATHER. THANKYOU GREG

HELLO I AM LOOKING FOR MY GRANDFATHER BORN 3-21-1883. HE DIED IN BURDETTE AR (MISSISSIPPI COUNTY) 11-8-59 .I WAS BORN IN 1963 I NEVER MET HIM.I NEVER WAS TOLD ANYTHING ABOUT HIM. HE HAD 4 SONS AND 1 DAUGHTER. HIS SONS ARE ODIS WEBB MY FATHER DECEASED, FRANKLIN WEBB DECEASED, HOMER WEBB , JESSE WEBB NO ONES HEARD FROM HIM IN 30 + YEARS , VIOLA WEBB MCCOLLOUGH DECEASED. MY GRANDFATHER I THINK HAD A FIRST WIFE BECAUSE FRANKLIN AND JESSE WERE MY FATHERS HALF BROTHERS.MY GRANDMOTHER WAS LUCY KATHERINE WEBB NEWBERRY B -OCT 1900- D- 1976. HER PARENTS WERE CHARLES WALDO NEWBERRY 1968-1942 AND MAGGIE BELLE NEWBERRY 1879-1945. IF AND ONE KNOWS ANYTHING THAT HELP ME WITH MY FAMILY TREE I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANKYOU GREG WEBB [email protected]

Although deaths were "required" to be reported to the state of Arkansas (starting in February 1914), many of the rural counties of Arkansas were haphazard (at best) in reporting deaths, for several reasons. It was probably well into the 1940's before deaths were regularly and systematically recorded and reported to the State. Mark Williamson [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:35 PM Subject: [AGS] Death Records > My Gr. Gr. Grandfather died in 1920, between Jan and Sept. in Greene County, > AR. and no one seems to have any information on him either. I, too, sent to > Little Rock for information and they couldn't find anything. At this time I > am wondering if their records are complete or just depends who gets the > request, you know what I mean?

My Gr. Gr. Grandfather died in 1920, between Jan and Sept. in Greene County, AR. and no one seems to have any information on him either. I, too, sent to Little Rock for information and they couldn't find anything. At this time I am wondering if their records are complete or just depends who gets the request, you know what I mean?

----- Original Message ----- From: Jo Ann Whitworth To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:08 PM Subject: (AGS) Death Records, also confused I am confused about those sudden requests for Death record look ups, also. But hope someone is actually doing them because a person that I would very much like to find a death record on (died 1941) does not seem to have any record at all at the Arkansas Dept. of Vital Records, and I don't know where else to turn.

Did I miss something, or is someone doing lookups? Sure seems to be a lot of request. Can someone fill me in? Thank You, Sandy in Oregon

I am loooking for the death records for a Emaline Brown Johnson. She was in Montgomery County Ar in 1870 and lost her after that. She was married to Sylvester Johnson. She was 30 years old in 1870. Thank you.