And please be sure to note source, author, etc. Give credit where credit is due! :) s -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 8:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ARBENTON] Billie Jines (was Another School) Do you suppose this would be all right? Billie would be grateful! She was a super person, a great historian, one of the better writers around, and most importantly she was a wonderful friend. She left a legacy, and we miss her big time. Glenn ______________________________

Thanks, Stacey. I'll share this with her tonight. s -----Original Message----- From: Stacey Davis [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Belleview School & Hico School Sue, I did some research on the school you were looking for yesterday before your post. If Belleview was the one you are looking for, it is the one at Lone Elm. I started with the 1903 Atlas of Benton County on cd-rom (which is great, by the way!) One of the great things about the atlas is that it marks the school locations with their district numbers. I then compared these maps to modern maps off of MapQuest, and consulted "Benton County Schools That Were" by Billie Jines. I went out and explored this area also, as I was in the neighborhood. Belleview School (No. 78) was also known as Quaker School. A community of Quakers was at Lone Elm; they ministered to the Indians in the Indian Territory. They erected a meeting house and established a cemetery. Of course Lone Elm cemetery is still there, on Airport Rd. near the junction with Bill Young Rd. (County Rd. 6). According to Billie Jines, during the construction of the school, school was held at Lone Elm Church. I can tell by the old map that Belleview School was on the same road as Lone Elm Cemetery (Airport Rd. today). Whereas the cemetery is on the east side of the road, the school would have been down the road (south) on the west side. Now this is all the Lone Elm area, and is east of Hwy. 59. You had said you were wondering about a school west of Hwy. 59, in this vicinity. The 1903 map shows school No. 77 in this area, west of the KCS Railroad tracks, which are not far west of present day Hwy. 59. This school was Hico School. It would have been on present-day N. Country Club Rd. on the west side. This school continued until 1944 when it consolidated with Siloam Springs school district. Bill Young Rd. (County Rd. 6) is the next road south from Davidson Rd. that you mentioned. You could take it over to Stephens Rd. and that down to 43, or you could just take 43 over to N. Country Club Rd. Thank you for sharing all of the reminiscences about where the old schools were located! Stacey --- Sue Southard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks to all who responded to my query on the > school. Since "Genie" was so nice to post the > schools she found, in my nightly 1-hour+ call to > that side of the state, my sister and I discussed > the list. When I mentioned Belview School > (Gallatin) she said that was it! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________

This may not help you. I am working on the Mt. Hebron cemetery that is located southwest of Rogers, about 10 miles from the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA-Highfill). Those names sounded familiar and we have some of each surname buried there. Hibbit does not sound familiar to me though. Cassie Elliott Incomplete listing of burials in Mt. Hebron (Kelly, Owen, Rutledge) Kelly, Alexandria M. December 8, 1812 October 11, 1881 Kelly, Oscar Dillard January 25, 1910 June 26, 1961 Owen, Floy January 20, 1896 November 11, 1994 Owen, Roy May 5, 1893 July 8, 1959 Owens, CM March 15, 1860 November 29, 1937 Owens, HM December 13, 1858 July 13, 1930 Owens, June June 24, 1899 August 25, 1899 Rutledge, Alta February 9, 1896 May 7, 1918 Rutledge, Jerome P. March 6, 1867 October 28, 1940 Rutledge, Manerva F. December 3, 1846 September 28, 1896 Rutledge, Verna July 21, 1898 July 11, 1918 Rutledge. Myrtle A. June 2, 1876 June 1, 1943 Hibbit School. > > Among photos I received from cousin Larry Pruitt is one of students of > this school which include my mother at age 14 and her three younger > siblings. > > This Pruitt family came from OK to AR about the time the photo was > taken, but I don't know which state the school was in. > > Mother Gladys Pruitt married my father Oscar Kelly in Benton County ten > years later (1932) and I was born a year later in Madison County. > > Does anyone know if this school is in Benton County? It would be > somewhere close to a Hyfil airport now, as the extended family (Owen > and Rutledge and Kelly) owned three farms somewhere around Rogers > area.....perhaps where the airport now is. > Thanks. > > Don Kelly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stacey Davis" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:12 AM > Subject: Re: [ARBENTON] Billie Jines school information on Benton > County Page > > >> Thank you, Tami - I didn't know that was there. What >> is your opinion on my posting the Tables of Contents? >> Would that be all right? >> >> Stacey >> >> >> --- Tami Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Billie Jines donated part of her information before >>> her death to the Benton >>> ARGenWeb page....it can be found on the main page >>> under "Education" >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~arbenton/ >>> Tami Ramsey >>> Benton CC >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:09 AM >>> Subject: Re: [ARBENTON] Billie Jines (was Another >>> School) >>> >>> >>> > >>> > Do you suppose this would be all right? >>> > Billie would be grateful! 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Billie Jines donated part of her information before her death to the Benton ARGenWeb page....it can be found on the main page under "Education" http://www.rootsweb.com/~arbenton/ Tami Ramsey Benton CC ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [ARBENTON] Billie Jines (was Another School) > > Do you suppose this would be all right? > Billie would be grateful! She was a super person, a great historian, one of > the better writers around, and most importantly she was a wonderful friend. > She left a legacy, and we miss her big time. > > Glenn > > > ==== 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 Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Do you suppose this would be all right? Billie would be grateful! She was a super person, a great historian, one of the better writers around, and most importantly she was a wonderful friend. She left a legacy, and we miss her big time. Glenn

How goes it with the Goad Springs Cemetery? I see it was not on the most recent list of properties added to the National Register. Did you submit the nomination yet? Hi Stacey, I am making preparations to nominate Goad Springs cemetery to the National Register, and with any luck it should be on the Register by the end of the year. Thanks for asking. Regards, Glenn

Hibbit School. Among photos I received from cousin Larry Pruitt is one of students of this school which include my mother at age 14 and her three younger siblings. This Pruitt family came from OK to AR about the time the photo was taken, but I don't know which state the school was in. Mother Gladys Pruitt married my father Oscar Kelly in Benton County ten years later (1932) and I was born a year later in Madison County. Does anyone know if this school is in Benton County? It would be somewhere close to a Hyfil airport now, as the extended family (Owen and Rutledge and Kelly) owned three farms somewhere around Rogers area.....perhaps where the airport now is. Thanks. Don Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stacey Davis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:12 AM Subject: Re: [ARBENTON] Billie Jines school information on Benton County Page > Thank you, Tami - I didn't know that was there. What > is your opinion on my posting the Tables of Contents? > Would that be all right? > > Stacey > > > --- Tami Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote: >> Billie Jines donated part of her information before >> her death to the Benton >> ARGenWeb page....it can be found on the main page >> under "Education" >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~arbenton/ >> Tami Ramsey >> Benton CC >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:09 AM >> Subject: Re: [ARBENTON] Billie Jines (was Another >> School) >> >> >> > >> > Do you suppose this would be all right? >> > Billie would be grateful! She was a super person, >> a great historian, one >> of >> > the better writers around, and most importantly >> she was a wonderful >> friend. >> > She left a legacy, and we miss her big time. >> > >> > Glenn >> > >> > >> > ==== 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 Family and Local Histories for stories >> about your family and the >> > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in >> the last 12 months. >> > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > >> >> >> ==== 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] >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about >> your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the >> last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== 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 > > >

--- [email protected] wrote: > > Do you suppose this would be all right? > Billie would be grateful! She was a super person, a > great historian, one of > the better writers around, and most importantly she > was a wonderful friend. > She left a legacy, and we miss her big time. Thanks for your input, Glenn. I will of course include a little something about her and all the amazing work she did. I wish I had gotten the chance to know her myself. Stacey __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

--- [email protected] wrote: > Hi Stacey, > > I am making preparations to nominate Goad Springs > cemetery to the National > Register, and with any luck it should be on the > Register by the end of the year. > Thanks for asking. That's great news. I hope it will be accepted! Stacey __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Thank you, Tami - I didn't know that was there. What is your opinion on my posting the Tables of Contents? Would that be all right? Stacey --- Tami Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote: > Billie Jines donated part of her information before > her death to the Benton > ARGenWeb page....it can be found on the main page > under "Education" > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arbenton/ > Tami Ramsey > Benton CC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:09 AM > Subject: Re: [ARBENTON] Billie Jines (was Another > School) > > > > > > Do you suppose this would be all right? > > Billie would be grateful! She was a super person, > a great historian, one > of > > the better writers around, and most importantly > she was a wonderful > friend. > > She left a legacy, and we miss her big time. > > > > Glenn > > > > > > ==== 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 Family and Local Histories for stories > about your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in > the last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== 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] > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the > last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Two schools my sister remembered that were not on the list of schools were: MASON - General area - East of Siloam on 412 to O.D. Clark Road, south on O.D. Clark Rd. till first road to your left, take the left and the school was located around a couple of bends. FOX SQUIRREL but she doesn't remember where it was located, just remembered the name. s

Glenn, How goes it with the Goad Springs Cemetery? I see it was not on the most recent list of properties added to the National Register. Did you submit the nomination yet? Stacey __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

--- [email protected] wrote: > The Benton County Historical Society in Bentonville > has copies of Billie's > books. Billie Jines is a treasure that we all miss. > > Glenn Jones, Director > Lowell Historical Museum Glenn, Thanks for this. I was not aware that Billie Jines had passed away. I photocopied the Table of Contents pages for all 5 volumes of "Benton County Schools That Were" when I was at the library. I would like to post these on my website so that people researching our area know this information is available to them. Of course I would not reproduce any of her articles, but I would like people to have the list of schools and the reference for where they can find more information. Do you suppose this would be all right? Stacey __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Sue, I did some research on the school you were looking for yesterday before your post. If Belleview was the one you are looking for, it is the one at Lone Elm. I started with the 1903 Atlas of Benton County on cd-rom (which is great, by the way!) One of the great things about the atlas is that it marks the school locations with their district numbers. I then compared these maps to modern maps off of MapQuest, and consulted "Benton County Schools That Were" by Billie Jines. I went out and explored this area also, as I was in the neighborhood. Belleview School (No. 78) was also known as Quaker School. A community of Quakers was at Lone Elm; they ministered to the Indians in the Indian Territory. They erected a meeting house and established a cemetery. Of course Lone Elm cemetery is still there, on Airport Rd. near the junction with Bill Young Rd. (County Rd. 6). According to Billie Jines, during the construction of the school, school was held at Lone Elm Church. I can tell by the old map that Belleview School was on the same road as Lone Elm Cemetery (Airport Rd. today). Whereas the cemetery is on the east side of the road, the school would have been down the road (south) on the west side. Now this is all the Lone Elm area, and is east of Hwy. 59. You had said you were wondering about a school west of Hwy. 59, in this vicinity. The 1903 map shows school No. 77 in this area, west of the KCS Railroad tracks, which are not far west of present day Hwy. 59. This school was Hico School. It would have been on present-day N. Country Club Rd. on the west side. This school continued until 1944 when it consolidated with Siloam Springs school district. Bill Young Rd. (County Rd. 6) is the next road south from Davidson Rd. that you mentioned. You could take it over to Stephens Rd. and that down to 43, or you could just take 43 over to N. Country Club Rd. Thank you for sharing all of the reminiscences about where the old schools were located! Stacey --- Sue Southard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks to all who responded to my query on the > school. Since "Genie" was so nice to post the > schools she found, in my nightly 1-hour+ call to > that side of the state, my sister and I discussed > the list. When I mentioned Belview School > (Gallatin) she said that was it! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

hello, my name is Christina McKinley and my home is in Dundee Scotland. recently i entered the names of peter &james mckinley, who were my paternal grandfather's brothers in the IGI. the only link which cameback was the cemetery index of Benton County Arkansas and on that list i found both the names.i then wondered that if these two brothers died in Benton County had they perhaps also married and if so are there any living descendantsand we know nothing of each other .peter & james were born in dundee their father was henry mckinley and their mother was mary mguire there were more siblings.can anyone point me to other records/ archives which might help me in this search for more on my wandering ancestors. thank you so much for reading this regards christina mckinley

Thanks to all who responded to my query on the school. Since "Genie" was so nice to post the schools she found, in my nightly 1-hour+ call to that side of the state, my sister and I discussed the list. When I mentioned Belview School (Gallatin) she said that was it! Martin School was located on todays Fairmont Rd on the property with Martin Cemetery. The building existed until about 10-20 years ago. When I went on thru schools in that area, she had heard of Black Jack school but didn't rememer where it was. The Falling Spring School she remembers as being in the area north of Cherokee City and west of Decauter (I think there is now a Falling Springs Road up in that area.) Jaybird School was located between Hwy 16 and Hwy 59 and south of 412. There is a cheese company east of 59 (at the access ramp for getting on 412 E, the road Y's, go to the righ; let puts you on 412). The school was between the cheese co. and Hwy 16. She remembers reading something and thinks Siloam Springs Academy was what is now JBU. Wet Prairie School was out in the area of Hwy 43 before you get to OK, close to Austin. These are rememberences, so please don't hold these as absolutes! So please don't fame me if any are incorrect. She remembers these from when she was a little girl and left the area for 30+ years before moving back. Thanks again to everyone who helped with this. Sue

--- Sue Southard <[email protected]> wrote: > Stacey, > > Do you now if all of the "genweb" groups are > undergoing a "facelift"? The reason I'm asking is > that it seems there used to be a lot more cemetery > information in "text" format on the web pages than > is there now. Hi, Sue, I am not affiliated with GenWeb - the American Local History Network is a separate project. However, I do know that most counties on GenWeb have "Archives" pages now, and this is where you will find many submitted files. The Benton County GenWeb Archives is here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ar/benton/bentonco.html Here is where most files are text files. The co-ordinator is listed as Bettie Wood, and she has an email link on that page. She would be who to contact about submitting your cemetery info. You mentioned Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs. I looked at the Benton County GenWeb page and saw they do have a broken link. I found the correct one. Here is the link for the official site from the City of Siloam Springs website: http://siloamsprings.com/departments/community_development/cemetery/ Hope this helps! Stacey __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide

I met her first time at a Kelly family reunion at Cobol (sp) meeting house two years ago. She is the last living cousin of my fathers generation and about 20 years older than I. She was a school teacher and later member of the GenSoc and wrote a lot. Thanks for the response. She is a very nice lady. Don Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 8:25 AM Subject: Re: [ARBENTON] Another School > > Glenn, do you know my cousin Willie Bohannon? I believe she was with the > Madison County group. She wrote a lot for the "Musings" she calls it. > Don, I know of her by reputation, but I've never had to pleasure of > meeting > or working with her. > > Glenn > > > ==== 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 > > >

Glenn, do you know my cousin Willie Bohannon? I believe she was with the Madison County group. She wrote a lot for the "Musings" she calls it. Don, I know of her by reputation, but I've never had to pleasure of meeting or working with her. Glenn

This excellent series of books is called "Benton County Schools That Were" by Billie Jines. There are five volumes, privately published out of Pea Ridge, beginning, I believe, in 1989. I know the Springdale Public Library has these; I'm sure other libraries should as well. The Benton County Historical Society in Bentonville has copies of Billie's books. Billie Jines is a treasure that we all miss. Glenn Jones, Director Lowell Historical Museum