Hi list, I am looking for an obituary on Richard Franklin Hooper of Franklin County. He died 19 July 1900 in Ozark and is buried at Highland Cemetery in Ozark. I'm told there are no surviving copies of the local newspapers for that time, so my only hope is one from a broader circulation. Richard served two terms as a State Representative from Franklin County, so I'm hoping that was enough to give his death some mention somewhere. He was Methodist Episcopal. Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Warmest holiday wishes to everybody, Heather

Yes, thank you very much, Jann, and I'm very sorry I haven't been able to contact you, myself, before now! Unfortunately, I have a two-day headache running, and I just can't seem to shake it! Fran had told me before, what a wonderful asset you would be to our little list, and I am so glad you joined! Please let me know if there is ever anything I can do for you, and thanks again for your article contributions! :-) Take care, Diana philsbarbie@cei.net List mom for the ACHOR, ACHORD, AR-CIVIL-WAR, AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS, AR-RAILROADS, AR-SAWMILLS, ARKANSAS SURNAMES, ARKANSAS, BLACKSMITHING, CANCER-SUPPORT, COUNTRY-MUSIC, ESSEX, FLINT-KNAPPING, KID-CRAFTS, LAKEY, OBER, OUTLAWS OF THE OLD WEST, PEOPLES, SHATSWELL, STODGHILL, TELEVISION, VILLINES, VIOLIN-MAKERS, WOODWORKERS and WORZ mailing lists. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Warren" <alverson@valuelinx.net> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] Arkansas Gazette Thank you so very much for your generous contribution to the list and WELCOME, Jann! It's so nice to have you with us!! I know you will be a valued member of the list! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jann Woodard" <stoneface45@hotmail.com> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 7:43 PM Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] Arkansas Gazette > > > Hi folks!! My name is Jann Woodard and I am posting to this list because of > Fran Warren's invitation to share old newspaper articles. I am an avid > researcher of old Arkansas newspapers and have quite a collection of > articles from the Arkansas Gazette, Arkansas Methodist Newspaper, Arkansas > Baptist Advance, Arkansas Evangel and other county and local newspapers. I > will try to post something each day, but oftentimes in my old age I forget > from one day to the next what I promised the day before! <g> > > This article was found in the Arkansas Gazette, April 20, 1915: > > Searcy, Ark. April 18 - Following an entertainment and dance at Georgetown, > a small town on the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad, south of Searcy, > Saturday night, a row ensued, which resulted in the death of Walter Cotham, > 30, white married man. Charged as an accessory in the tragedy, C. J. Owens, > 32, white, was arrested there yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriffs J. F. > Williams and H. B. Rogers and was brought to Kensett on a speeder and on to > Searcy, where he was lodged in jail, awaiting further developments, which, > it is believed, will incriminate at least one other person for whom a search > is being made by officers. According to reports reaching here from the > isolated community, Cotham was killed in town near the fish docks and > carried a distance of more than 100 yards and thrown into White river. Up > to noon today his body had not been recovered. Since his incarceration in > jail here Owens has offered no explanation as to the cause of the killing. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== We have archives!! http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

There is a Larkin Road in Izard county near Melbourne. I have visited the old cemetery there a couple of times just to look at the old headstones. The cemetery is adjacent to an old Methodist Church. Maybe this is the location. Joan Bowman

Thank you so very much for your generous contribution to the list and WELCOME, Jann! It's so nice to have you with us!! I know you will be a valued member of the list! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jann Woodard" <stoneface45@hotmail.com> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 7:43 PM Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] Arkansas Gazette > > > Hi folks!! My name is Jann Woodard and I am posting to this list because of > Fran Warren's invitation to share old newspaper articles. I am an avid > researcher of old Arkansas newspapers and have quite a collection of > articles from the Arkansas Gazette, Arkansas Methodist Newspaper, Arkansas > Baptist Advance, Arkansas Evangel and other county and local newspapers. I > will try to post something each day, but oftentimes in my old age I forget > from one day to the next what I promised the day before! <g> > > This article was found in the Arkansas Gazette, April 20, 1915: > > Searcy, Ark. April 18 - Following an entertainment and dance at Georgetown, > a small town on the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad, south of Searcy, > Saturday night, a row ensued, which resulted in the death of Walter Cotham, > 30, white married man. Charged as an accessory in the tragedy, C. J. Owens, > 32, white, was arrested there yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriffs J. F. > Williams and H. B. Rogers and was brought to Kensett on a speeder and on to > Searcy, where he was lodged in jail, awaiting further developments, which, > it is believed, will incriminate at least one other person for whom a search > is being made by officers. According to reports reaching here from the > isolated community, Cotham was killed in town near the fish docks and > carried a distance of more than 100 yards and thrown into White river. Up > to noon today his body had not been recovered. Since his incarceration in > jail here Owens has offered no explanation as to the cause of the killing. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

I am looking for the obituaries for William Ritcherson b 10/8/1836 d 6/10/1901, Rosa Williams Ritcherson b 5/7/1843 d 9/11/1882, Louis Dee Coureton b 7/15/1859 d 11/16/1924, and Melvina Ritcherson Coureton b 10/8/1864 d 3/10/1935. They are all buried in White House Cemetery in Durham AR. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Kristan Jones

Paulette asked: >I was wondering if they were trying to encourage people to move there...< Paulette: I have yet found no item about "why" they moved there. I do know that my Hinds brothers (Edward 21yr & Archibald age 15) that left Ft Smith in a five wagon wagontrain in 1851 or 52 were in the Salinas Valley area for one year before moving to the Tulare Co. area. In Tulare they grew dry land wheat at a place called Hinds Prairie and raised cattle near Exeter which provided beef for the Calif. miners. They drove the beef to Stockton from the Tulare area by way of the Friant- Stockton trail that went along the Sierra Nevada foothills. The main roads went along the foothills because the San Joaquin Valley flooded in the spring. Edward returned several times to the VanBuren area which was noted in the VanBuren newspaper. In 1860, he returned to AR to marry Catherine "Kate" Rudy then they returned to CA where they raised their children.. Regards, Nan 71532.734@compuserve.com

Kristan, Fran Warren is posting the index to the Crawford County Old Newspaper articles. She has written books of these Indexes with the entire articles inclosed. These books are for sale. I did not understand why the index were posted, so I saw some very interesting family names and I ask Fran to post the entire article on these names for me. I have since learned that you can order Fran`s books with the articles from: Fran Alverson Warren 15529 White Water Rd. Chester, Arkansas 72394 Ginny

Van Buren Press Van Buren, Arkansas- Crawford County May 17, 1890 SETTLING LAND CLAIMS Oklahoma City, May 13.- Frank Ely shot and killed Henry Laborn yesterday afternoon five miles north of here. Ely and W. R. Laborn, Henry's brother, had had a difficulty as to who owned a stone quarry. The brothers had possession at the time. Ely and his brother in law pass the house yesterday afternoon and W. R. Laborn came out and ordered them off his claim. A quarrel followed and Henry came out of the house to quiet the disturbance. He called out to his brother to not shoot, when Ely fired three times, the second bullet entering his breast and causing instant death. Ely fled, but was captured and is now in the guard house at the military camp. Fran Alverson Warren

Thanks for Watts family update Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Warren" <alverson@valuelinx.net> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:07 PM Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] April 26, 1890 Van Buren Press > Van Buren Press > Van Buren, Arkansas- Crawford County > > April 26, 1890 > > Fort Smith Call: Charlie Starr, ex-High Sheriff of the Cherokee Nation, was > in the city Tuesday and informed a Call reporter that he had learned from > Chief Mayes that the Watts family had been defeated in their suit for > citizenship in the Cherokee Nation. The Watts family have been claimants for > citizenship in the nation for a long time, during which they have lived in > the Territory and raised cattle and farmed. Their case has been before all > the courts, and was finally carried to Washington, and also to the Secretary > of the Interior, and, if true that the case has been decided against them, > they will suffer heavy losses. > > Fran Alverson Warren > > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. > AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > >

Van Buren Press Van Buren, Arkansas- Crawford County April 26, 1890 Fort Smith Call: Charlie Starr, ex-High Sheriff of the Cherokee Nation, was in the city Tuesday and informed a Call reporter that he had learned from Chief Mayes that the Watts family had been defeated in their suit for citizenship in the Cherokee Nation. The Watts family have been claimants for citizenship in the nation for a long time, during which they have lived in the Territory and raised cattle and farmed. Their case has been before all the courts, and was finally carried to Washington, and also to the Secretary of the Interior, and, if true that the case has been decided against them, they will suffer heavy losses. Fran Alverson Warren

I am new to this site. Would someone please interpret what I am reading for me? Thanks Kristan Jones -----Original Message----- From: Ginny Lee [mailto:ginnymae@bright.net] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 8:10 PM To: AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] Please post > Davenport, Marshal, 4 > Eufala, I. T., 35 Eufala, I. T. Journal, 42 Johnson, Lizzie, 19 > Johnson, Mrs., 1 > Johnson, Mrs. Allie, 33, 50 > Johnson, Rev. I S H, 19 > Lead Hill, 47 Fry, J D, 4 > BELLE STARR'S FUNERAL, 12 Thanks Fran, Any or all of the above would be very interesting to me. Ginny ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237

Enjoyed very much the use of the English language. Julia

Van Buren Press Van Buren, Arkansas- Crawford County April 12, 1890 SHOT WITHOUT CAUSE Little Rock, April 7. - Tom Hackett, a blacksmith employed in the Iron Mountain shops here, was shot and mortally wounded about 11 o'clock tonight by P. G. Gallagher, night watchman for the same railroad company. Max Duttinger, an eyewitness to the affair, say Hackett was secreted behind a box-car at teh foot of Rock Street, immediately in front of the freight depot, when Gallagher called out "Get away from there". Hackett replied, "I will as soon as I button my pants." Immediately a pistol shot was heard, accompanied by groans. Bystanders went to the assistance of the wounded man and it was discovered that he was shot through the neck just below the ear. He will die. Indignation is great among the railroad men against Gallagher, who was arrested and lodged in jail. Fran Alverson Warren

Van Buren Press Van Buren, Arkansas- Crawford County March 29, 1890 CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT Fort Smith Times, Thursday: Yesterday U.S. Deputy Marshal R. B. Creekmore arrived in the city from Fayetteville whither he had gone the evening before, having in charge Samuel Hunt, son of Postmaster Hunt of Fayetteville, and Hugh Jackson, a prominent young man of the same city, charged with having robbed the mail. Both young men are employed as clerks in the post office in the place named and are accused of having steamed registered letters and after having removed the money or other valuables contained therein resealing them and forwarding them to their destination. It is claimed that they have been engaged in the business for some time and that detectives have been at work on the case for several weeks. The warrant for their arrest was sworn out Tuesday evening at six o'clock and placed in the hands of Mr. Creekmore who left on the north-bound train the same evening. The young men are said to bear a good name in their native town, and their friends are heartily convinced of securing an honorable acquittal. Young Hunt was recently arrested for rape, but the case was somehow hushed up. Fran Alverson Warren

Nan, That's why I wanted to see those articles. I was wondering if they were trying to encourage people to move there... the names you mentioned didn't ring a bell for me but my family was living in Eureka Springs and didn't move to CA until the 1920's...but they ended up in Parlier which isn't far from Visalia. Paulette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nan & George Wolf" <71532.734@compuserve.com> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 11:15 PM Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] Re: Visalia question Paulette asked : >Visalia, Cal., 29 Visalia, California, 19 Visalia, Tulare County, Cal., 47 I'm curious as to why they were writing about this area???< Paulette: Some children of some Van Buren families namely Hinds, Rudy, Basham, Marlar and Downen settled in the Visalia, Tulare Co. CA area. I do know that Edward Hinds returned occasionally and evidently had a chat with the editor of the newspaper. Fran sent a very interesting article about one of his stagecoach journeys from California. If you don't remember it and would like to see it - I can send it to you. The Hinds are my direct family. The others are collateral names. Any connection with you and yours? Regards, Nan Wolf 71532.734@compuserve.com ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01

Thank you for posting Bell Starr story Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Sanders" <esanders@cswnet.com> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] Re: AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-D Digest V01 #34 > Ginny, > Enjoy!. > Best wishes, > Ed > > STARR, BELLE, 1848-1889 > Belle Starr, originally Myra Belle SHIRLEY, b. Carthage, Mo., 1848, was > an American outlaw. During the U.S. Civil War she provided Confederate > guerrillas with information about the movements of federal troops. She > later joined the outlaw gang headed by William C. QUANTRILL. In 1880 she > married Sam STARR, who was of Cherokee and Irish extraction. Their home > in Indian Territory in Oklahoma became notorious as an outlaw retreat. > Belle STARR was shot and killed on Feb. 3, 1889, by an unknown > assailant. > > Bibliography: Breiham, C. W., and Rosamond, C. A., The Bandit Belle > (1970); Steele, P. W., Starr Tracks: Belle Starr and Pearl Starr (1989). > > Copyright 1995 by Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. > ------------- > March 2, 1889 > Van Buren Press > Crawford County, Arkansas > > BELLE STARR'S FUNERAL > > Times: A Fort Smithian who was in the neighborhood of Younger's Bend > where Belle Starr was killed was led by curiosity to attend her funeral > and of which he gives the following account: The remains lay in a neat > casket which was born by pall-bearers to the grave, where the lid was > removed and the murdered woman was seen dressed in a neat suit of black > silk, one of her crossed hands grasped the ivory handle of her favorite > revolver. > There were no religious services, the grim visaged attendants were > heavily armed, and went about their work quietly. Each of them in > accordance with the Indian custom placed a small piece of corn meal > bread in the coffin, and then the lid was released and lowered, and > scarcely had the grave been filled when James July, the dead woman's > husband, who is a Creek, and not a Cherokee, and prefers to be called > Starr, turned and approaching Watson, who with his wife was present, > covered him with a Winchester and ordered him to surrender. Many persons > thought he was going to be killed. Watson and his wife were quiet and > cool. Watson gave up and said if they killed him they would kill the > wrong man. He asked some of the men present to stay with him, as he > feared he would be killed if he was left with Starr, and they did so. > > Fran Alverson Warren > -------------- > Van Buren Press > Van Buren, Arkansas -Crawford County > > October 25, 1890 > > DEATH OF A ONCE NOTED INDIAN OUTLAW > > Muskogee, I. T. Oct. 19.-The recent death of old Tom Starr, at his home > on the Canadian River, calls to mind the remarkable life of one of the > most notorious outlaws the world has ever known. When the Cherokee > Indians were domiciled in the Nation there arose a bitter feud between > what was known as the Ridge and Ross Parties over the sale of land east > of the Mississippi. > Old Tom's father joined the Ridges and was shot down with and son and > brother in his own door by members of the Ross faction. This was the > time from which dates the bloody career of old Tom. About 20 years since > the Cherokee Council entered into a compact with the outlaw, after his > victims reached the estimated number of seventy, by which he turned > unmolested to peaceful pursuits. > > He furnished the brains which planned the robbery of old man Grayson of > $32,000, which was successfully executed with the aid of Belle Reed's > cunning. The division of the spoils became a matter of contention after > Jim Reed's tragic death in Texas, when Belle married Sam Starr, Tom's > son. Three years ago Sam and one West, cousins, killed each other in a > duel over a family feud, and a little later, Belle was assassinated, > presumably by friends of her husband. Old Tom would speak freely of the > Ridge-Ross war, but was mute on other crimes charged to him. > ---------------- > Van Buren Press > Van Buren, Arkansas -Crawford County > > 1890 Van Buren Press > > February 1, 1890 > > Jim Starr, the notorious horse thief and desperado, who was shot nine > miles > from Ardmore, I. T., last Tuesday week by a posse of Deputy United > States > Marshal Heck Thomas, died in the United States jail at Fort Smith Monday > > night of his wounds. Jim sprang into prominence as a criminal and > desperado > about two years ago, when he became the third husband of the notorious > Belle > Starr, and has since made quite a record as a horse thief and all-around > > criminal. > > Fran Alverson Warren > ------------- > > RVWeld wrote: > > > To editor > > I would like to see the articles about thee death and burial of Belle > > Starr sometime when you have time. Thanks, Ginny > > > > RVWeld IBSSG > > Ginny in Neb > > > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > > List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. > > AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. > AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > >

Paulette asked : >Visalia, Cal., 29 Visalia, California, 19 Visalia, Tulare County, Cal., 47 I'm curious as to why they were writing about this area???< Paulette: Some children of some Van Buren families namely Hinds, Rudy, Basham, Marlar and Downen settled in the Visalia, Tulare Co. CA area. I do know that Edward Hinds returned occasionally and evidently had a chat with the editor of the newspaper. Fran sent a very interesting article about one of his stagecoach journeys from California. If you don't remember it and would like to see it - I can send it to you. The Hinds are my direct family. The others are collateral names. Any connection with you and yours? Regards, Nan Wolf 71532.734@compuserve.com

> Davenport, Marshal, 4 > Eufala, I. T., 35 Eufala, I. T. Journal, 42 Johnson, Lizzie, 19 > Johnson, Mrs., 1 > Johnson, Mrs. Allie, 33, 50 > Johnson, Rev. I S H, 19 > Lead Hill, 47 Fry, J D, 4 > BELLE STARR'S FUNERAL, 12 Thanks Fran, Any or all of the above would be very interesting to me. Ginny

----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Boothe" <philsbarbie@cei.net> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] 1889 Van Buren Press Index M-Z I don't know for sure, (you'll have to check with Fran) but I believe the indexes are for books that Fran has written.....you may want to contact her off list, to get info on them. :-) Diana philsbarbie@cei.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ivaleine Kay Cooper" <ikcooper@pacbell.net> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] 1889 Van Buren Press Index M-Z Can you please run the article on H. P. Rice? Thank you, Kay Cooper ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237

Ginny, Enjoy!. Best wishes, Ed STARR, BELLE, 1848-1889 Belle Starr, originally Myra Belle SHIRLEY, b. Carthage, Mo., 1848, was an American outlaw. During the U.S. Civil War she provided Confederate guerrillas with information about the movements of federal troops. She later joined the outlaw gang headed by William C. QUANTRILL. In 1880 she married Sam STARR, who was of Cherokee and Irish extraction. Their home in Indian Territory in Oklahoma became notorious as an outlaw retreat. Belle STARR was shot and killed on Feb. 3, 1889, by an unknown assailant. Bibliography: Breiham, C. W., and Rosamond, C. A., The Bandit Belle (1970); Steele, P. W., Starr Tracks: Belle Starr and Pearl Starr (1989). Copyright 1995 by Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. ------------- March 2, 1889 Van Buren Press Crawford County, Arkansas BELLE STARR'S FUNERAL Times: A Fort Smithian who was in the neighborhood of Younger's Bend where Belle Starr was killed was led by curiosity to attend her funeral and of which he gives the following account: The remains lay in a neat casket which was born by pall-bearers to the grave, where the lid was removed and the murdered woman was seen dressed in a neat suit of black silk, one of her crossed hands grasped the ivory handle of her favorite revolver. There were no religious services, the grim visaged attendants were heavily armed, and went about their work quietly. Each of them in accordance with the Indian custom placed a small piece of corn meal bread in the coffin, and then the lid was released and lowered, and scarcely had the grave been filled when James July, the dead woman's husband, who is a Creek, and not a Cherokee, and prefers to be called Starr, turned and approaching Watson, who with his wife was present, covered him with a Winchester and ordered him to surrender. Many persons thought he was going to be killed. Watson and his wife were quiet and cool. Watson gave up and said if they killed him they would kill the wrong man. He asked some of the men present to stay with him, as he feared he would be killed if he was left with Starr, and they did so. Fran Alverson Warren -------------- Van Buren Press Van Buren, Arkansas -Crawford County October 25, 1890 DEATH OF A ONCE NOTED INDIAN OUTLAW Muskogee, I. T. Oct. 19.-The recent death of old Tom Starr, at his home on the Canadian River, calls to mind the remarkable life of one of the most notorious outlaws the world has ever known. When the Cherokee Indians were domiciled in the Nation there arose a bitter feud between what was known as the Ridge and Ross Parties over the sale of land east of the Mississippi. Old Tom's father joined the Ridges and was shot down with and son and brother in his own door by members of the Ross faction. This was the time from which dates the bloody career of old Tom. About 20 years since the Cherokee Council entered into a compact with the outlaw, after his victims reached the estimated number of seventy, by which he turned unmolested to peaceful pursuits. He furnished the brains which planned the robbery of old man Grayson of $32,000, which was successfully executed with the aid of Belle Reed's cunning. The division of the spoils became a matter of contention after Jim Reed's tragic death in Texas, when Belle married Sam Starr, Tom's son. Three years ago Sam and one West, cousins, killed each other in a duel over a family feud, and a little later, Belle was assassinated, presumably by friends of her husband. Old Tom would speak freely of the Ridge-Ross war, but was mute on other crimes charged to him. ---------------- Van Buren Press Van Buren, Arkansas -Crawford County 1890 Van Buren Press February 1, 1890 Jim Starr, the notorious horse thief and desperado, who was shot nine miles from Ardmore, I. T., last Tuesday week by a posse of Deputy United States Marshal Heck Thomas, died in the United States jail at Fort Smith Monday night of his wounds. Jim sprang into prominence as a criminal and desperado about two years ago, when he became the third husband of the notorious Belle Starr, and has since made quite a record as a horse thief and all-around criminal. Fran Alverson Warren ------------- RVWeld wrote: > To editor > I would like to see the articles about thee death and burial of Belle > Starr sometime when you have time. Thanks, Ginny > > RVWeld IBSSG > Ginny in Neb > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. > AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237