I was asked by a fellow member of our list about the book/cd "Obits of Benton County..." Below is an e-mail I sent to her and thought I'd go ahead and share the information you others out there who might be interested i adding the books or cd to their library. I ordered my cd after another fellow-member posted their information to the list. (No I'm not affiliated with the company and I don't get a kick back. :) These are just my musings.) The cd and books can be ordered from: Willow Bend, a Division of Heritage Books. Heritage Books phone number is listed on the cd as 1-800-398-7709, on their catalog as 1-800-76-6103. Their web site is www.heritagebooks.com (with over 12,000 titles). E:mail: [email protected] Information on the cd: Obituaries of Benton County, Arkansas, Volumes 1 - 11, 1884-1933, by Barbara P Easley and Veria P McAnelly. ISBN: 0-7884-1548-(rest of number does not appear). cd 1548. copywrite:2000. The price of the cd when I purchased it was $47.00 (purchased within the last couple of years). The catalog I received last night offered the papeback copy of Vol 8 (1926-1927, 418 pp.) for $35.00 and Vol 9 (1928-1929, 504 pp) for $41.00; these were the only volumes listed in this catalog but others are probably available online. So as you can see, the cd is well worth it's price, it is easier to store than 11 volumes, and the information is easy to access. The cd contains scanned pictures of the pages in each of the books, each volume appearing separately on the cd and each volume has an index at the end containing the names of people listed in the book; those deceased as well as survivors, alphabeticallly. The information is in Adobe .pdf format and the Adobe reader is included on the cd in the event you don't already have it on your computer. I have not been able to do a "search" on the computer for the information, but I go to the alphabetical index to find the person/page I'm looking for, then select "Go To" form the toolbar and type in the page number and it takes you there. The each volume contains obits (found from newspapers or submitted by people) and other information (such as legal/probate records) they were able to amass. While the information is not complete for "all" Benton County obits, it has been very helpful. It also makes for some interesting reading and may contain clues for chipping away at your brick wall. ie, some obits tell when the family came to Benton Co, where they came from getting here, their birthplace, some have the location of where the people lived (i.e. on Pea Rigde Road), and some even give the story of the cause of death; however, others are brief and to the point. Overall, they make the most obits of today seem stiff, formal, and inpersonal. Hope this helps others, too. Sue

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5U.2ADI/3885 Message Board Post: Milton James Deihl is brother to my Grandmother, Lillian Maybelle Deihl Hallsted. I remember uncle Milton and Aunt Marguerite when I lived outside Gentry Ar. on Flint Creek as a small child. Also Uncle Ray and I think his wife's name was Amy. Katherine A Druckenmiller and James Andrew Diehl died before I was born but my older sibs remember her speaking German. The Censuses list them from PA. Does anyone know where? or have other info on their ancesters?

I am looking for a marriage date for Thelma Lydia Blankenbaker and Alva Dick Reading in Benton Co. Ark. between 1928 and 1929. If someone would look his up for me please. Thank you. Donna F. Bowen [email protected]

I don't know but I did write down "Hico." MAybe that is the township. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patsy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [ARBENTON] William Barnett b. ca 1828 > What township was he in? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janice Craft" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:34 AM > Subject: [ARBENTON] William Barnett b. ca 1828 > > >> Does anyone know anything about the WILLIAM BARNETT b. ca 1828 listed in > the 1880 Benton Co, Ark. census? >> Could he be the William L. Barnett age 32 in the 1860 census Person Co, > NC??? >> >> >> ==== ARBENTON Mailing List ==== >> If you wish to unsubscribe from the Benton Co, AR list, send only the > word >> UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] orif you are on the Digest > List >> to [email protected] >> Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.5 - Release Date: 6/7/2005 >> >> > > > ==== ARBENTON Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > [email protected] > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

Thanks for this information! Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Smiley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [ARBENTON] William Barnett b. ca 1828 > From the BENTON COUNTY DEMOCRAT on July 23, 1891 > > William J. Barnett > [Probate Court] The estate of William J. Barnett, deceased, was vested > absolutely in his widow, Pollie A. Barnett. > > > > ==== ARBENTON Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Benton Co, AR list, send only the > word > UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] orif you are on the Digest > List > to [email protected] > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

Thanks!!! That eliminates another William Barnett! Wonder if we will ever find John B.'s parents. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [ARBENTON] William Barnett b. ca 1828 > In a message dated 6/7/2005 10:29:29 AM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > >> Does anyone know anything about the WILLIAM BARNETT b. ca 1828 listed in >> the 1880 Benton Co, Ark. census? >> > > This William Barnett and his wife, Dolly, are in Polk County, TN for the > 1850 > census. > > William and Martha "Dolly" (Baker) had moved their family to Monroe > County, > TN for the 1860 census. > > I still can't find them in 1870. But the William and Dolla you found in > the > 1880 census of Benton County, AR are this same couple. > > According to a family tree on rootsweb, RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: > ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF JOHN SCOTT AND LORENE STANSBERRY , they end > up in > Delaware County, OK. > > Hope this is the William you are interested in. > > Nancy in MO > > > > ==== ARBENTON Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > [email protected] > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

From the BENTON COUNTY DEMOCRAT on July 23, 1891 William J. Barnett [Probate Court] The estate of William J. Barnett, deceased, was vested absolutely in his widow, Pollie A. Barnett.

In a message dated 6/7/2005 10:29:29 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Does anyone know anything about the WILLIAM BARNETT b. ca 1828 listed in > the 1880 Benton Co, Ark. census? > This William Barnett and his wife, Dolly, are in Polk County, TN for the 1850 census. William and Martha "Dolly" (Baker) had moved their family to Monroe County, TN for the 1860 census. I still can't find them in 1870. But the William and Dolla you found in the 1880 census of Benton County, AR are this same couple. According to a family tree on rootsweb, RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF JOHN SCOTT AND LORENE STANSBERRY , they end up in Delaware County, OK. Hope this is the William you are interested in. Nancy in MO

Could you be more specific about the William Barnett you are looking for? The two choices you have given do not appear to be the same person, and I could find neither in the 1870 census. 1860 Person Cp., NC...William was born in NC, is a mechanic, wife's name Nancy A. 1880 Benton Co., AR...William was born in TN, is a tenant (farmer?), wife's name Dolla B. Nancy in MO

What township was he in? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Craft" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:34 AM Subject: [ARBENTON] William Barnett b. ca 1828 > Does anyone know anything about the WILLIAM BARNETT b. ca 1828 listed in the 1880 Benton Co, Ark. census? > Could he be the William L. Barnett age 32 in the 1860 census Person Co, NC??? > > > ==== ARBENTON Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Benton Co, AR list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] orif you are on the Digest List > to [email protected] > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.5 - Release Date: 6/7/2005 > >

Does anyone know anything about the WILLIAM BARNETT b. ca 1828 listed in the 1880 Benton Co, Ark. census? Could he be the William L. Barnett age 32 in the 1860 census Person Co, NC???

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Just recently discovered that several of the Breathitt Co. KY Fields and families that married into the family, settled in Washington, Benton, and Madison Co. AR. Am interested in making contact with any cousins that descend from the William Turner Fields family, Nathan Noble Fields family, (he was a son of Henry Ephraim Fields , another of the brothers, that left Washington Co, for MO after 1860) and the William Daniel & Shadrack Gibson line. My husband descends from a brother of William Turner & henry Ephraim Fields, Abraham, who settled in MO. Wilma Benton Co. AR

Does anyone have access to marriages from about 1897-1898? Andrew J. Blackburn (or just A.J.), about 52, widower, married Mrs. Elizabeth J. German, about 47, widow, in Benton Co, AR. Thanks! Cheri Mello Torrance, CA

Sue, She actually died on Dec. 21, 2004, and the following obit was published in NW Arkansas Morning News on 12/23/04. (http://www.nwamorningnews.com/pdfarchive/2004/December/23/12-23-04%20A4.pdf ) ############################ Norma Lee Mitchell SUMMERS - Norma Lee Mitchell, 60, of Summers died Dec. 21, 2004, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. She was born March 24, 1944 in Prairie Grove to Elmer R. and Beatrice Ivey Burden. She was a lifetime resident of Summers. She was a dairy farmer and a homemaker. She was a graduate of Siloam Springs High School and of Draughon's Business College in Tulsa, Okla. She a member of Eastgate Church of Christ in Siloam Springs and attended Weddington Missionary Baptist Church in Wedington. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Dean Mitchell. Survivors include two sons, Tommy Mitchell and Chuck Mitchell, both of Summers; one granddaughter, Cara Nicole Mitchell of Summers; one brother, Clifford Reynolds of Texas; one sister, Ina McGarrah of Denver, Colo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs. The Rev. Phil Misenheimer will officiate. Burial will follow in Fairmount Cemetery in Benton County. ############################### . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Southard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:10 AM Subject: [ARBENTON] RE: Norma Mitchell > Would someone please do a lookup for me on Norma (Burden) Mitchell, died Dec. 24, 2005. Norma live between Siloam Springs and Cincinnatti on Hwy 224. The obit would be in the Dec. 25 or 26th paper (Hearld Leader and/ or NW AR Times). > > Thanks in advance. > Sue > > > ==== ARBENTON Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Benton Co, AR list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] orif you are on the Digest List > to [email protected] > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Would someone please do a lookup for me on Norma (Burden) Mitchell, died Dec. 24, 2005. Norma live between Siloam Springs and Cincinnatti on Hwy 224. The obit would be in the Dec. 25 or 26th paper (Hearld Leader and/ or NW AR Times). Thanks in advance. Sue

Does anyone have any info on the Maria Blackburn (1846-1896) buried in the Rogers Cemetery? I've seen to lost the trail of my Blackburns. Here is what I have: Andrew J. BLACKBURN b. 20 or 30 Oct 1845 in Franklin Co, IN (this is next to OH) to William BLACKBURN and Susan BO(U)LTON, both born in TN. Info from the family Bible. Can't tell if it's a 20 or 30. He married Maria (spelled as Mariah on the marriage) SMELTZER on 7 Dec 1871 in Hamilton Co, IN. It appears as if her parents are John SMELTZER (also spelled as Smelser and Schmelzer) and Mary (census work: 1860 Hamilton Co, IN). Andrew and Maria are on the 1880 Richardson Co NE census (with initials only). She had 2 children: Frank T. or J. BLACKBURN (b. 1874 IN) and Oliver Perry "Perry" BLACKBURN (b. 1876 IN). Maria was born c. 1845 in IN with both parents born in PA. From 1882-1895, Andrew J. BLACKBURN and his wife Maria are buying and selling land in Holt Co. MO, as that is were many of this Blackburn family migrated to. I can't find Andrew or Maria in the 1900 Federal Census. I can find both sons in Los Angeles Co, CA, however. I found an Andrew J. Blackburn on the 1910 Los Angeles Co CA census, born c. 1847, but in OH (and both parents OH). He is on marriage 2, to Elizabeth J. and they have been married only 12 years. So, I looked for an Andrew J. Blackburn, born in OH on the 1900 census. There was and Andrew J. with Elizabeth, married only 3 years in Benton Co, AR. Andrew J. was born Oct 1845. This matches the family Bible date. But, in order for this to be my Andrew, his wife Maria had to die before 1897. So I searched the Benton Co, AR USGenWeb site and found a Maria Blackburn in the Rogers Cemetery, who died in 1896 and was born in 1846. This is pretty close to the census info. So, I want to know who exactly was this Maria Blackburn who is buried in Rogers Cemetery in Benton Co, AR. Does anyone out there know? Thank you very much! Sincerely, Cheri Mello

Hello Dawn, Thanks for responding to my email to the list.  Your tips made for some productive pickings. I wasn't able to research Oklahoma for the dates I needed because it wasn't yet a state.  However, I did go to the Arkansas Families site and did find H. T.  Gillespie in the article about the early settlers. (See excerpt below.)  I also hit paydirt in the deeds index for both the Allisons and the Gillespies. (Also below.) Finding a document to back up the Dickens' article concerning the murder of James Gillespie will be the icing on the cake.  Perhaps that is yet to come from a court record, history book, or a newspaper article.   Thanks again, Nancy in MO http://www.arkansasfamilies.net/afambentonearlyset.htm In 1851 G. W. Mitchell, from Tennessee, settled on the site of the present village of Bloomfield, and H. T. Gillespie, from North Carolina, settled where he now lives on the Line Road, two miles south of Cherokee City. GRANTOR INDEX TO DEEDS 1833 - 1875 A-C GRANTOR                    GRANTEE                         FILLING DATE       BK & PG ALLISON & GILLASPIE  OLIVER ALFERD & CO.  JUN 15, 1842 A 245 1 ALLISON & GILLASPIE  CAMPBELL & OTHERS  JUL 2, 1842 A 346 1 ALLISON, B F BATES, A J  JUL 10, 1872 I 515 3 ALLISON, B F  PACE, C S APR 23, 1873 J 95 3 ALLISON, JAMES & w POWELL, JAMES L NOV 18, 1867 F 559 2 ALLISON, THOS G & GILLASPIE, SAM A  APR 23, 1842 A 237 GRANTOR INDEX TO DEEDS 1833 - 1875 D-G GILLASPIE, H T  CHANDLER, DAVID AUG 28, 1858 D 444 GILLESPIE, H T & w CONNER, SIMPSON NOV 14, 1867 F 551

Welcome to the list, Nancy :) Maysville is believed to have been settled in the 1830's. The Maysville/Gravette area has been home to a great deal of my family history since circa 1920. Here's a site that gives a brief history of settlement in Benton County: http://www.arkansasfamilies.net/afambentonearlyset.htm. Just a suggestion for additional research on your possible Maysville ancestors.. Maysville is only in Arkansas by a hair, sitting right at the Oklahoma state line. I can still remember the Oklahoma road marker signs I used to see as a small girl in late 1950's Maysville. You might want to also check in Delaware County, OK for your names, as a few of the people living in/near Maysville show up in the OK census instead of AR ones, especially from the early 1800's. Good luck in your search :) Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 11:06 PM Subject: [ARBENTON] Allison-Gillespie > Hello, > I'm new on the list, but I have read some of the earlier emails concerning > the town of Maysville. I believe one email said it was the oldest town in > Benton County. I tend to believe that may be true, for I happened upon an 1850 > article written by Charles Dickens (yes, the Charles Dickens) in which he tells > of an interesting happening in Maysville. > > In 1842, Mr. Dickens came to visit America and then returned to London. It > wasn't until 1850 that he presented his American Notes for General Circulation. > Then, in more recent times these notes found their way to the Internet via > an organization I know only as Project Gutenberg. > > I can tell you how to get to the notes later, but for now I want to tell you > about a particular article Mr. Dickens titled, MURDER IN ARKANSAS. > > According to his information, a Mr. Loose, a subagent for a band of the > Senecas, Quapaw, and Shawnees had a run-in with a Mr. James Gillespie which is > probably a relative of mine. There were guns and shootings, but Mr. Loose > finished the fight by killing Mr. Gillespie with a bowie knife. As I understand it, > this all happened at "the mercantile firm of Thomas G. Allison and Co., of > Maysville, Benton County, Ark." (By the way, I'm sure Mr. Allison is also > relative of mine.) > > Now, in searching the census records for Benton County, I cannot find any of > these three individuals: Loose, Gillespie, nor Allison. However, the article > states that there will be an investigation, and that's where I need the help > of someone situated closer to Benton County records than I am. I suspect this > happened about 1844 or 1845. I don't know for sure. > > I do know that Benjamin F. Allison (born 1844 in Warren County, TN) and his > young family were in Bentonsville for the 1880 census. His occupation was > listed as Retail Grocer--which works in with the idea that he most likely was > related to Mr. Thomas G. Allison. I'm thinking he was a son of my gggrandfather, > Jacob B. Allison. > > The 1880 census, as it appears on www.familysearch.com, has his wife listed > as Davie, but she was Dory Ann Fine on their 1869 marriage record (Bk A, Pg > 184). Furthermore, they were still there in Benton when Benjamin attended the > CSA Veteran's Reunion in 1891. > > So, if this bit of Benton County history has stirred the curiosity of some > kind soul, I would appreciate a lookup in the record books for whatever > particulars may be found on James Gillespie and Thomas G. Allison. > > Thanks, > Nancy in MO > > > > > ==== ARBENTON Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Benton Co, AR list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] orif you are on the Digest List > to [email protected] > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

Hello, I'm new on the list, but I have read some of the earlier emails concerning the town of Maysville. I believe one email said it was the oldest town in Benton County. I tend to believe that may be true, for I happened upon an 1850 article written by Charles Dickens (yes, the Charles Dickens) in which he tells of an interesting happening in Maysville. In 1842, Mr. Dickens came to visit America and then returned to London. It wasn't until 1850 that he presented his American Notes for General Circulation. Then, in more recent times these notes found their way to the Internet via an organization I know only as Project Gutenberg. I can tell you how to get to the notes later, but for now I want to tell you about a particular article Mr. Dickens titled, MURDER IN ARKANSAS. According to his information, a Mr. Loose, a subagent for a band of the Senecas, Quapaw, and Shawnees had a run-in with a Mr. James Gillespie which is probably a relative of mine. There were guns and shootings, but Mr. Loose finished the fight by killing Mr. Gillespie with a bowie knife. As I understand it, this all happened at "the mercantile firm of Thomas G. Allison and Co., of Maysville, Benton County, Ark." (By the way, I'm sure Mr. Allison is also relative of mine.) Now, in searching the census records for Benton County, I cannot find any of these three individuals: Loose, Gillespie, nor Allison. However, the article states that there will be an investigation, and that's where I need the help of someone situated closer to Benton County records than I am. I suspect this happened about 1844 or 1845. I don't know for sure. I do know that Benjamin F. Allison (born 1844 in Warren County, TN) and his young family were in Bentonsville for the 1880 census. His occupation was listed as Retail Grocer--which works in with the idea that he most likely was related to Mr. Thomas G. Allison. I'm thinking he was a son of my gggrandfather, Jacob B. Allison. The 1880 census, as it appears on www.familysearch.com, has his wife listed as Davie, but she was Dory Ann Fine on their 1869 marriage record (Bk A, Pg 184). Furthermore, they were still there in Benton when Benjamin attended the CSA Veteran's Reunion in 1891. So, if this bit of Benton County history has stirred the curiosity of some kind soul, I would appreciate a lookup in the record books for whatever particulars may be found on James Gillespie and Thomas G. Allison. Thanks, Nancy in MO