Sue - As long as there are cemeteries in Benton county and the surrounding counties they will be "grave stompers" out recording. With the coming of the digital camera the information is more correct than those of 1973. Also, with large cemeteries it shortens the recording time down. I have found that even the hardest and most weather beaten marker can usually be read by the digital camera and your computer, by adding a little shadow here or more light there, I have found the readings on markers that were not readable by the naked eye. Personally I have the following cemeteries read and up-to-date: Tuck's Chapel; Walnut Hill; Trammel; Wardlaw; Blaylock and Snoderly cemeteries. The genealogical society of this area probably has a few of the books that you mentioned. Mark Thornton of Native American Cemetery Readers has done a more comprehensive reading of Benton County cemeteries than anyone before or after. I or Mark do not use the 1970s books for reference, we went in and started from scratch. Remember, the less you have to copy the internments, the less mistakes will be made. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Southard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 6:16 PM Subject: [ARBENTON] Cemeteries > Back in the mid-1970's the Benton County Historical Society completed a cemetery listing of all markers found in all known cemeteries in the county at the time, I believe there were either 7 or 11 volumes (each volume consisted of 8-1/2 x 11 lanscape pages, folded in half). The recordings were done by volunteers, if I remember correctly. Does anyone know if there has a more recent project of this nature by any organization? If so, are the books available? cd's? > > I have attempted to do the Martin Cemetery (on Fairmont Rd), but living so far away, when I go back to check some of the dates (compared to the mid-70's reading) more new graves have been added. Due to vandalism, several markers for the mid-70's are no longer there. Although this is a family cemetery, kept up by donations from family-members of people buried there, recently several non-family members have been buried there since it is one of only a couple in the area that does not have a plot fee/cost. Unfortunately the cemetery in it's current state is running out of land quickly. > > Any way, back to my original thought....I'm wondering if I'm recreating the wheel in my efforts. If re-recordings have been done, who would you contact to get copies of the listings of the county's cemeteries? > > Sue

thanks ANY way I was a FREAD that there wasn't a obit for them I had a FREND that came thought BENTON AR and took pictures of the tombstone for me and the cenetery there I was just hoping they might have a obit LA VERA JONES

Sue, If the Martin Cemetery is on Fairmont RD is there another Cemetery also on Fairmont RD? I am looking for the grave of Purity (Davidson) Rogers, wife of Dean Rogers. Mother of: John Rogers, Zelphia (Rogers) Davidson, Nancy (Rogers) Lassitter and Susannah Mariah (Rogers) Lasiter. The above John Rogers is known to have traveled back and forth from Siloam Springs to the home of Mary Ann Martin. If you can help me I would appreciate it very much. Ruth

Back in the mid-1970's the Benton County Historical Society completed a cemetery listing of all markers found in all known cemeteries in the county at the time, I believe there were either 7 or 11 volumes (each volume consisted of 8-1/2 x 11 lanscape pages, folded in half). The recordings were done by volunteers, if I remember correctly. Does anyone know if there has a more recent project of this nature by any organization? If so, are the books available? cd's? I have attempted to do the Martin Cemetery (on Fairmont Rd), but living so far away, when I go back to check some of the dates (compared to the mid-70's reading) more new graves have been added. Due to vandalism, several markers for the mid-70's are no longer there. Although this is a family cemetery, kept up by donations from family-members of people buried there, recently several non-family members have been buried there since it is one of only a couple in the area that does not have a plot fee/cost. Unfortunately the cemetery in it's current state is running out of land quickly. Any way, back to my original thought....I'm wondering if I'm recreating the wheel in my efforts. If re-recordings have been done, who would you contact to get copies of the listings of the county's cemeteries? Sue

Sorry, I could not find either one of these. For future reference, you should try to provide any relevant information when requesting lookups. I had to go to another website (for Benton Co. cemetery index) to get the death years that you probably already had (1885 for James, 1893 for Catherine). The death date is, of course, helpful in tracking down obits and probate notices. I did not make this statement in response to Janet Craft's post, as it seemed that she did not have death info on her ancestor. David --- Original message: > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ARBENTON] Re: ARBENTON-D Digest V05 > #23 > > could you see if you could find TWO OBIT ONE FOR > JAMES LEWIS and CATHERINE > LEWIS BURED in BULTER CREEK CEMTERY. BENTON CO AR he > was born 1813 and > CATHREINE WAS BORN 1814 LA VERA JONES > __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest

Since I made such a great hit with the Pedro community, I'll ask about another location. My sister remembers there being a school located between Gentry and Siloam, west of hwy 59. She remembers it as you're coming south, you go past today's Davidson Road (yes, these are some of my Davidson distant relatives) to the the next county road. Here you turned right (west). The school was located it this area not far off Hwy. 59. She doesn't remember the name of the school. These are the directions as she remembers them, so they may not be exact. Can anyone help us. In the same general area, you turned left (east) to go to the Lone Elm School. We are looking for the name of the other school. Sue

Stacey, Boy, when you make a strike, you hit a gold mine!!! :) You've danced around my family really well. Those mentioned other than Martin is Butler (one of Gallatin Martin's daughters married a Butler), Gap, Abner, and Dud Martin, the Carters and the Corns for sure. One of the the McGarrah's descendents married one of my cousins on my father's side of the family. Did you happen to write down the page numbers of this was located in the book for reference? I've heard relatives talk about the Kincheloe School, but I had no idea where it was located. Just knew it was "the other side of the river" and in the same general area. Thanks so much for your work. -----Original Message----- From: Stacey Davis [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 9:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ARBENTON] Pedro - Kincheloe Community I did some research on Pedro. I went down and visited the location of the place - there is indeed Martin / Pedro Rd. (County Road 105) just off of 412. This was not "Martin Pedro Rd." as I had thought - so there was no person called Martin Pedro, ha ha. From what I've gathered, Martin was an old family around these parts (see below). According to my maps there is also a small community called Martin west and north of this area. At the library I found the book "History of Robinson and Kincheloe Community" which was done by the Robinson Historical Community in 1995. Pedro was the name given to the *post office* for this place. The community was better known as Kincheloe, the valley there called Martin Hollow. Here is an excerpt from pgs. 177-118 of that book: KINCHELOE COMMUNITY AND PEDRO POST OFFICE Pedro was the name given to the post office established by Ernest Watts Butler, in his small store building in Kincheloe community. The application was dated February 6, 1906, reads: location NE 17-17-32, 4 1/2 miles south of Logan. About 800 people in the area were supplied by this special office from Wedington, Washington County. A star route carrier came from Robinson two times a week and Mr. Butler was the Postmaster. This building burned and was never replaced. Apparently, the post office operated from the Roberts home for a short time before the rural route was started. In the beginning, mail was delivered every other day and later each day on the rural route. The store was simply called Butler's Store. There is only rock foundation left now located on the George Clark farm. Families in the valley where the post office was located were: Gallatin "Gap" and Majorie Etta Martin, Mary E. and Abner "Uncle Ab" Martin, Elizabeth Emma Walker, and Dudley B. "Dud" Martin - Abner Martin's son. The Widow Osburn and family resided here along with the Jim Strain family and John and Susan Roberts. This valley was called "Martin Hollow." It has a road running north and south now named Martin - Pedro Ln. through the 911 program. This road ends at the north end where it intersects with the Kincheloe Road, (911 name) that runs east and west at this point. West from this point was Thomas J. Walker and Mary Jane Carlisle Walker, the Carters, Shooks, Masons, the Corn family and the Kincheloe School building. Other families: Eads, James, Farmer, Malone, Lubera, Barnes, Gardisser, and Duffield. Other families in the valley: Pearl McGarrah, her son Harlow and wife, two of Pearl's grandchildren with their families, Tommy and Judy Martin, Lena and Larry Dawdy, Pete and Ethelyn Meyers, George Clark, and the Harris family. Several spellings for the word Kincheloe were found during this search: Kinchelo, Kenchelow and Kincheloe (apparently the correct one). The school district was #83 and called Pleasant. The first school was a sycamore log building on the south side of Kincheloe Road. The second school was also a log building on the north side of the road. It is now incorporated in the Richard Lubera home. The school building was a fram one and much larger. It was built on the south side close to where the sycamore log building was located. There is a small cemetery nearby on the north. This is where John G. Kincheloe, his parents and John's first three children are buried; also one child with a stone reading "Mary, Daughter of J.H. & E. Taylor, died 1-23-1882. These school properties were donated by the Kincheloe family. Some teachers from the school were: Dorice Chastain Aldrige - 1908; Elaine Butler Chastain - 1922-23; Charlie (?) Kincheloe, Eunis Meyers, Mayme Mekker, ? Meyers, Evelyn Beaver Wilson and Eileen Leonard Snodgrass. For a short time, Roy Harper from Robinson had a small store, but there wasn't a loarge stock of supplies. There are apparently four crossings of the Illinois River to get to the Kincheloe community. The first just west of North Round Top (Hammer) Mountain was a swinging bridge for walking, Second one could cross at Carter Ford. The third was about 1/2 mile further west called Micklen Ford, where there were steel gates to open and shut when crossing. This is the present location of a one-lane steel bridge built in 1917. Mr. Leslie Martin remembers the swinging bridge being built, but is not sure of the date. (He was approximately 10 to 15 yesrs old at the time). The fourth crossing, close to Carter's Bluff, is called Wilson Ford and just west of here a cement bridge was built in 1922, on what is now called Chambers Springs Road. This about 1/2 mile west of the Kincheloe School site. ~End of the excerpt~ I hope this is helpful to those interested in the area. I will get it copied to Benton County ALHN soon. Stacey Davis Benton County ALHN http://www.geocities.com/ozarkgarden/benton/benton.html __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest

Does anyone have a Kelly connection to the famous circus clown Emmett Kelly? Ruth

Stacy, Thank you so much for all your time and excellent work. You have helped me decide if any of my DAVIDSONS and Rogers were there. From what you have told me, this is not the area where they were located. I appreciate you sooo much. Now, if someone out there knows where the Davidson/Rogers were located east of Siloam Springs, I would really appreciate it, if you could post something about that. I would be ever so grateful. Ruth great-great-great granddaughter of Purity (Davidson) and Dean Rogers

Here are several names found in Benton County (some in census 1920) who are relatives of Hiram, Jessie and Marcus Kelly whome early on lived in Madison and Benton Counties. I hope some of you can make further connections from these. This is all I know. From cousin Jonelle of the Ellis line descended from the Hiram/son/Jessie lines. Marcus was an elder son of Doctor Jessie R. Kelly. ================================ In reply to my message Marcus Kelly 1920 Census; Don Kelly wrote: Can't add anything to this part Jonelle. Betty may still be alive somewhere. Thanks, I'll record this in a To Do file. I'll check to see if I have a middle name to go with Sarah F. Don My reply to his message: I checked the database on my laptop and found the following marriages for Marcus L. Kelly: . Ann Gilbrcoth & Ann Gilbreath (believed to be the same person but two weddings); 3 children:; Arch, Nellie, Bessie . Mary Ellen Taylor (married 7 Apr 1892, Seligman, Barry County, AR) 4 children; (1) Bertha Ethel who married Grover Hays in Jasper County MO 21 Dec 1912; 7 children were born to this couple: a] Ray Allen, b] Paul Edger, c] Iva Mae, d] Imogene, e] Betty Louise, f] Ruby Doris, e] Alberta Josepine. All these children were married and had children. (2) Albert Norwood who married Goldie May Brown in Wichita, Sedwick County, Kansas 30 Jul 1923, one child Betty Jean, who married Thomas S Shumard. Betty & Thomas were parents of eight of Marcus' great-grandchilden. (3) Cora, who married Charles Leonard Carrier in Bentonville, Benton County, AR 14 Jul 1914; two children: a] Charles Leonard b] Lucille Imogene (4) Ernest Lee born 6 Dec 1900 died 12 Dec 1901 . Sarah Frances Reynolds (no marriage date). My file indictes this is the Sarah F. Kelly burried in Austin Cemetery in near Best, in Benton County, AR; there were 5 children born to this marriage; (1) Freddie R. 16 Feb 1884 - 20 Aug 1885 (buried Austin Cemetery) (2) Thomas Grover married Florence Ellen Wallace. They were parents of three children; Howard Roland (3) Rosie Myrtle, who married Thomas Lee Reddick; there were 12 children born to this couple. a] George Washington, b] John, c] Maggie, d] Bertha, e] Howard, f] Juanita, g] Lee, h] May, i] Ruth, j] Abby Jean, k] T J, l] Belva (4) Lenora Bell, who married Munce Hays (5) J Estius, born 20 Jul 1890 died 23 Sep 1890 .Sarah Flora Owen married in Garfiled, Benton County, AR 10 Oct 1909. There were 3 children: (1) Ocar Dillard who married Gladys Velma Pruitt in Huntsville Madison county, AR 24 Dec 1932, there were three children: Donald Leroy, Zelda Montez, and Virginia Marie (2) Oletta Lottie who married Jasper Robinson, two children, an unnamed child born 12 Feb 1935, and a son Louis Burton (3) Henry Eugene who married Floy Maxine Wade 24 Apr 1937 in Hindsville, Madison County, AR. two daughters; Velma Jean and Shirley Mae . Fannie Packard, marriage year believed to be 1906, no other information in my file. . Laura Easley only the name in the file . An unknown teacher in Colorado. --------------------------------------- Some information provided by Susan Kelly daughter of Howard Beland Kelly. I attempted to reach Susan last year prior to the reunion, but her email address had changed and phone calls to home of the person I believed to be her father were not returned. Other information came from Nettie Manley's files. Montez also gave me some information, but if I have intered that information in this file, either I failed to enter the source note or lost the citation transferring data to a new file. I will be going back through all the back up files and reviewing all the notes in my files for additional information during the next several months. The next Kelly/Ellis Reunion is scheduled for June of 2004. I hope to have my files in order and printed prior to the reunion. Jonelle email; [email protected] =========================== I hope this helps. Don Kelly

Thanks to all who answered my question concerning Pedro and to all the other people who responded concerning my family lines. Looking at the map(s), see if I'm envisioning where Pedro is located. Headed east out of Siloam on 412, you go past Fairmont Rd, cross Osage Creek, then take the first county road to the right and go across the historic bridge. The road then Y's. If you go to the right, I think this takes you by where we used to pick strawberries (McGarr's or McGarrah's, I think was the name) and on around and runs into Clark Road. If you take the Y to the left, you eventually go across a steel bridge and come out further east on 412. (This was before the new road was built). Before you get to the steel bridge, there is a road that come into this road (think it takes you up to the old lookout tower on the mtn.) I'm guessing this intersection is where Pedro was located. Am I close. It's been a long time since I've traveled those backroads much. s

I did some research on Pedro. I went down and visited the location of the place - there is indeed Martin / Pedro Rd. (County Road 105) just off of 412. This was not "Martin Pedro Rd." as I had thought - so there was no person called Martin Pedro, ha ha. From what I've gathered, Martin was an old family around these parts (see below). According to my maps there is also a small community called Martin west and north of this area. At the library I found the book "History of Robinson and Kincheloe Community" which was done by the Robinson Historical Community in 1995. Pedro was the name given to the *post office* for this place. The community was better known as Kincheloe, the valley there called Martin Hollow. Here is an excerpt from pgs. 177-118 of that book: KINCHELOE COMMUNITY AND PEDRO POST OFFICE Pedro was the name given to the post office established by Ernest Watts Butler, in his small store building in Kincheloe community. The application was dated February 6, 1906, reads: location NE 17-17-32, 4 1/2 miles south of Logan. About 800 people in the area were supplied by this special office from Wedington, Washington County. A star route carrier came from Robinson two times a week and Mr. Butler was the Postmaster. This building burned and was never replaced. Apparently, the post office operated from the Roberts home for a short time before the rural route was started. In the beginning, mail was delivered every other day and later each day on the rural route. The store was simply called Butler's Store. There is only rock foundation left now located on the George Clark farm. Families in the valley where the post office was located were: Gallatin "Gap" and Majorie Etta Martin, Mary E. and Abner "Uncle Ab" Martin, Elizabeth Emma Walker, and Dudley B. "Dud" Martin - Abner Martin's son. The Widow Osburn and family resided here along with the Jim Strain family and John and Susan Roberts. This valley was called "Martin Hollow." It has a road running north and south now named Martin - Pedro Ln. through the 911 program. This road ends at the north end where it intersects with the Kincheloe Road, (911 name) that runs east and west at this point. West from this point was Thomas J. Walker and Mary Jane Carlisle Walker, the Carters, Shooks, Masons, the Corn family and the Kincheloe School building. Other families: Eads, James, Farmer, Malone, Lubera, Barnes, Gardisser, and Duffield. Other families in the valley: Pearl McGarrah, her son Harlow and wife, two of Pearl's grandchildren with their families, Tommy and Judy Martin, Lena and Larry Dawdy, Pete and Ethelyn Meyers, George Clark, and the Harris family. Several spellings for the word Kincheloe were found during this search: Kinchelo, Kenchelow and Kincheloe (apparently the correct one). The school district was #83 and called Pleasant. The first school was a sycamore log building on the south side of Kincheloe Road. The second school was also a log building on the north side of the road. It is now incorporated in the Richard Lubera home. The school building was a fram one and much larger. It was built on the south side close to where the sycamore log building was located. There is a small cemetery nearby on the north. This is where John G. Kincheloe, his parents and John's first three children are buried; also one child with a stone reading "Mary, Daughter of J.H. & E. Taylor, died 1-23-1882. These school properties were donated by the Kincheloe family. Some teachers from the school were: Dorice Chastain Aldrige - 1908; Elaine Butler Chastain - 1922-23; Charlie (?) Kincheloe, Eunis Meyers, Mayme Mekker, ? Meyers, Evelyn Beaver Wilson and Eileen Leonard Snodgrass. For a short time, Roy Harper from Robinson had a small store, but there wasn't a loarge stock of supplies. There are apparently four crossings of the Illinois River to get to the Kincheloe community. The first just west of North Round Top (Hammer) Mountain was a swinging bridge for walking, Second one could cross at Carter Ford. The third was about 1/2 mile further west called Micklen Ford, where there were steel gates to open and shut when crossing. This is the present location of a one-lane steel bridge built in 1917. Mr. Leslie Martin remembers the swinging bridge being built, but is not sure of the date. (He was approximately 10 to 15 yesrs old at the time). The fourth crossing, close to Carter's Bluff, is called Wilson Ford and just west of here a cement bridge was built in 1922, on what is now called Chambers Springs Road. This about 1/2 mile west of the Kincheloe School site. ~End of the excerpt~ I hope this is helpful to those interested in the area. I will get it copied to Benton County ALHN soon. Stacey Davis Benton County ALHN http://www.geocities.com/ozarkgarden/benton/benton.html __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest

Thanks! The Jeremiah Barnett b. ca 1799 SC movd to Benton Co from Ga about 1873. He died there after Aug 1888 and is probably buried in Georgia Flat Cemetery. The Thomas Barnet b. cc1 1809 NC arrived tehre by 1870 and I thought he might be a nephew of old Jeremiah and my Glenn. Thanks! Janice Barnett Craft ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Holland" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:01 PM Subject: [ARBENTON] Re: ARBENTON-D Digest V05 #23 > Here are a few early obituary and probate listings for > the Barnett family in Benton Co. I could not find > anything for Thomas Barnett. > > The Probate Court granted the full estate of William > J. Barnett to his widow, Pollie A. Barnett. > > The accidental death of A.J. Barnett of Rogers, Benton > Co., AR (a horse apparently broke his neck) was > reported in the Bentonville Sun, 4 Feb 1893 issue. > > The Probate Court announced that C.S. Barnett, > administrix of the estate of J.W. Barnett, received > her first annual settlement. (Bentonville Sun, 26 May > 1894). > > I don't know if any of this will be helpful, but I > thought that I would pass it along. > > David Holland > > Maggie Barnett, daughter of Constable J.J. Barnett, > died of consumption (tuberculosis), 3 Nov 1897, 1 day > short of her 22nd birthday. > > --- [email protected] wrote: >> From: "Janice Craft" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Thomas BArnett b.ca 1809 >> >> Does anyone know anything about this Thomas >> Barnett's family? I have been doing family research >> on my Barnett family for about fifty years and we >> have many missing families. Thomas lived in 1850 >> Lumpkin Co, Ga - 1860 Dawson Co, Ga - 1870 and 1880 >> in Benton Co, Ark. I have wondered if this Thomas >> could be a nephew of my g-g-grandfather Glenn >> Barnett who was born in Spartanburg Co, SC in 1795. >> Our family lived in Goochland Co, VA - to Surry Co, >> NC - and before 1800 arrived in Spartanburg Co, SC. >> Several of Glenn's siblings lived just over the SC >> state line in Rutherford Co, NC. >> Janice Barnett Craft > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. > http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest > > > ==== 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 > >

could you see if you could find TWO OBIT ONE FOR JAMES LEWIS and CATHERINE LEWIS BURED in BULTER CREEK CEMTERY. BENTON CO AR he was born 1813 and CATHREINE WAS BORN 1814 LA VERA JONES

Here are a few early obituary and probate listings for the Barnett family in Benton Co. I could not find anything for Thomas Barnett. The Probate Court granted the full estate of William J. Barnett to his widow, Pollie A. Barnett. The accidental death of A.J. Barnett of Rogers, Benton Co., AR (a horse apparently broke his neck) was reported in the Bentonville Sun, 4 Feb 1893 issue. The Probate Court announced that C.S. Barnett, administrix of the estate of J.W. Barnett, received her first annual settlement. (Bentonville Sun, 26 May 1894). I don't know if any of this will be helpful, but I thought that I would pass it along. David Holland Maggie Barnett, daughter of Constable J.J. Barnett, died of consumption (tuberculosis), 3 Nov 1897, 1 day short of her 22nd birthday. --- [email protected] wrote: > From: "Janice Craft" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Thomas BArnett b.ca 1809 > > Does anyone know anything about this Thomas > Barnett's family? I have been doing family research > on my Barnett family for about fifty years and we > have many missing families. Thomas lived in 1850 > Lumpkin Co, Ga - 1860 Dawson Co, Ga - 1870 and 1880 > in Benton Co, Ark. I have wondered if this Thomas > could be a nephew of my g-g-grandfather Glenn > Barnett who was born in Spartanburg Co, SC in 1795. > Our family lived in Goochland Co, VA - to Surry Co, > NC - and before 1800 arrived in Spartanburg Co, SC. > Several of Glenn's siblings lived just over the SC > state line in Rutherford Co, NC. > Janice Barnett Craft __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest

Does anyone know anything about this Thomas Barnett's family? I have been doing family research on my Barnett family for about fifty years and we have many missing families. Thomas lived in 1850 Lumpkin Co, Ga - 1860 Dawson Co, Ga - 1870 and 1880 in Benton Co, Ark. I have wondered if this Thomas could be a nephew of my g-g-grandfather Glenn Barnett who was born in Spartanburg Co, SC in 1795. Our family lived in Goochland Co, VA - to Surry Co, NC - and before 1800 arrived in Spartanburg Co, SC. Several of Glenn's siblings lived just over the SC state line in Rutherford Co, NC. Janice Barnett Craft

Does anyone know anything about this Thomas Barnett's family? I have been doing family research on my Barnett family for about fifty years and we have many missing families. Thomas lived in 1850 Lumpkin Co, Ga - 1860 Dawson Co, Ga - 1870 and 1880 in Benton Co, Ark. I have wondered if this Thomas could be a nephew of my g-g-grandfather Glenn Barnett who was born in Spartanburg Co, SC in 1795. Our family lived in Goochland Co, VA - to Surry Co, NC - and before 1800 arrived in Spartanburg Co, SC. Several of Glenn's siblings lived just over the SC state line in Rutherford Co, NC. Janice Barnett Craft

Sue, I was just reading my email and came across your posting regarding Alexander Davidson and Elizabeth Julia Martin. It rang a bell because coincidentally, I've been working the last two days on this line---just trying to fill in the blanks. My gr grandmother was Nancy Jane Martin, younger sister of Elizabeth. I'm trying to fill in what i don't have on Nancy's siblings. I have Alexander and Elizabeth with 2 children in 1860 census. In 1870, Elizabeth, widowed, with 3 children, is still living next to parents Gallatin and Christina Martin. In 1880, She is widowed again and she and her youngest daughter Elizabeth are next door to her brother Abner. On the other side of her, is a Vincy Singleton. Could this be her daughter Lavinia/Vinia? Ages match up, her first name is similar. In 1900, Julia E. Davidson is living with daughter Elizabeth Wood, also a widow and next door to son William and his family. It appears that Lavinia has died. That's where I am so far on this family. I hope you can help fill in the blanks. Questions I have are: Do you have Elizabeth's death date and place of burial? Was Alexander Davidson on the side of the North or the South in the war? I know Abner Martin fought for the Union, whereas my gr grandfather William H. Floyd, who married Nancy Jane Martin fought for the Confederacy. Do you know if Elizabeth's 2nd husband died and if so when---or did this marriage possibly end in divorce. Elizabeth Davidson Wood---who was her husband and when did he die? Do you have any info on Lavinia? Thanks for any info you can share. Mary Faith Matthews

Hi, Would you know of a cemetery for Pedro? My great great grandmother was Purity (Davidson) Rogers. We have been told that she is buried in a cemetery out of Siloam Springs. This Pedro sounds like a good chance of being the place where the cemetery might be. She was born in NC in 1800. She was married to Dean Rogers who was born in NH in 1786. Their children were born in Rutherford, TN. Some of them settled in Stone Co., MO, others in Lawerence and Barry Co., MO. Their children were: 1. Zelphia Rogers who was born 1829, Readyville, Rutherford Co., TN and died about 1910. She married Lewis Davidson 07 Aug. 1845 in Rutherford, Co., TN. He was born about 1826 in TN and died about 1880 in TX. He was a Private in CO. C, 4th Reg't Missouri Infantry in the Confederate Army. He was on the Muster Roll: Feb. 22 to June 30, 1862, at St. Ledger, MO by William Nicks for a period of 12 months. Company Muster Roll: Feb. 6 to April 30, 1862, age 18; rank PVT; Co., E; Captain Little enlisted March 22, 1862, Albany MO; Reg't Cav. MSM Discharged Feb. 10, 1863. They later migrated on to the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (around Hugo, Choctaw Co., OK then later on around Ardmore, Carter Co., OK when it was still the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory). The last this writer has heard of her was when she was living with her brother John Rogers. Some of John Rogers family lived around Leach, OK. Others were living around Kansas, OK. It is not known, to this writer, where Zelphia or John Rogers is buried. Marie Rogers' home is at Kansas, OK. She is the mother of Jim Owen Rogers who is now a resident of Orange, TX. 2. Nancy Rogers born 1831 in TN. She married Joseph Lassiter. This writer knows nothing more about her. Joe's parents were from Stone Co., MO. Their children were: I. Purity Angelline Lassiter, b 13 April 1853 in MO; died 16 Feb, 1930 at Marshall Co., OK or Carter Co., OK II. Mary L. Lassiter, b. about 1857 III. Steven A. Lassiter, b. about 1859 IV. Maria J. Lassiter, born about 1860 V. John D. Lassiter, b. about 1862 VI. Josephine Lassiter, b. about 1863 3. John Rogers was born 06 Sept. 1833 in Readyville Rutherford Co., TN, and died 23 July 1916 in Leach Delaware Co., OK. He was married (1) Mary Jane Lassiter 02 Aug. 1852 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., TN. She was born in 1833 in TN and died about 1862 in MT. Vernon, Lawrence Co., MO. He married (2) Rilly Kirkland, 13 Feb. 1863 in Lawrence Co., MO. She was born in TN. He married (3) Sally Ann Garrett in 1880 in MO the daughter of Livingston Garrett and Ann England. She was born 05 Nov 1844 and died in 1904 and was buried at Leach, Delaware Co., OK Her Cherokee number was #863 on the Drennen roll page 24. He married (4) Matilda Crain on 04 Sept. 1904 in OK. She was born 1841 in TN. John Rogers was 70 years old when he married Matilda Crain, who was 63 at the time and from Flint, IT. They were married by Franklin J. Younger (C-303 Tahlequah Book C. Page 48). When John enlisted in the 8th Cav. Of MO in 1863 at Springfield, MO in about 1865 he lived at Mount Vernon, MO. One of his old homes was on Barron Fork. The house was on a bluff near the river. LATER IN LIFE, JOHN ROGERS LIFE HE LIVED IN A HACK AND WENT BACK AND FORTH TO MARY ANN MARTIN'S HOUSE. JOHN had asthma real bad and coughed a lot. The children of John Rogers and Mary Ann Lassiter were: I. Zylpha (Celpha) Rogers born Dec. 1855 II. Nancy Rogers, born August 1858 III. John Rogers, born January 1860 IV. Arthur Rogers, born 1862. The children of John Rogers and Sally Ann Garrett are: V. Andrew Jackson Rogers, b 27 April 1866 Stone Co., MO; d. 09 Sept 1931, Leach, Delaware Co., OK. VI. Mary Ann (Molly) Rogers, b. 10 Sept. 1867 near Springfield, MO VII Sussie Jane Rogers, b. 02 June 1872 at Ft. Smith area Sebastian Co., AR. She d. 23 June 1945 at Pryor, Adair Co., OK. VIII. Hobby Rogers, b. 23 Dec. 1874 Crane Hill Washington Co., AR. IX. Cherokee Rogers, b. 23 Dec. 1874, Crane Hill, Washington Co., AR. X. Hoaby Rogers, b. 23 Dec. 1874. Crane Hill, Washington Co., AR XI. Charles Henry Rogers b 27 July 1879 Crane Hill, Washington Co., AR. 4. Susannah Mariah Rogers was born 1837 in Rutherford Co., TN and died about 1901 in Barry Co., MO. She married Wm. Lassiter on 10 July 1852, in Rutherford Co., TN, the son of Jothram Alexander Lasiter and Isabella Higgenbotham. He was born 1830 in Rutherford Co., TN and died 29 May 1881, in Stone Co., MO. (MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER) was born 01 Jan. 1837 at Rutherford Co., TN and died 04 Feb. 1894 at Cassville, Barry Co., MO. She is buried in the Oakdale City Cemetery at Monett, Barry Co., MO just over the County line one street into Lawrence Co., MO. She was married to Dr. Alexander Stephens Hawkins on 02 June 1893 in Barry Co., MO. He was born 18 May 1851 in Rossville, Walker Co., GA, the son of John Hawkins and Elizabeth (Rutherford) Hawkins. Their child and only living child of both of them as known by this writer was: I. Ruth Elizabeth Hawkins my grandmother for whom I am named. I am sorry this is so long but hope it might help someone else and me at the same time. I would be ever so grateful if Phil Smiley or someone else if they could help me locate the cemetery at Pedro or wherever Purity Davidson Rogers was buried. I look forward to hearing from someone who can help me, please. Ruth Townsley

I realized you can also see Pedro on good maps here at MapQuest: http://www.mapquest.com Glenn, Phil, or others -- I tried to learn some more about Pedro today, and didn't find much. Only that a post office was established there in 1906? Does anyone know how old the settlement is, or any history? I am wondering if it was named for this Martin Pedro of Martin Pedro Road. I believe Pedro can be an Italian surname (in addition to Hispanic). Any connection to Italian immigrants in Tontitown? I'm curious & would like to supply some information on Benton Co. ALHN. Hope everyone had a nice Easter! Thanks, Stacey __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest