The Arkansas Cemetery Volunteer and Inventory Site is up and running and needs input from you. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm If you have any of the following and would like it add to the site please send the requested information to Kathleen Burnett [email protected] and I will forward it on to the Web Mistress (my cousin). 1. Arkansas Websites with inventories of cemeteries (with permission of site owner) 2. Inventories of Cemeteries you have completed (with your permission to use) 3. Inventories of Cemeteries you have (with permission of person who inventoried the cemetery) 4. Photos of cemeteries, graveyards and tombstone photos (with permission to use) 5. Funeral Home Records (with permission of the person who inventoried the records or who owns the records) 6. Obituaries (Name of paper and date published) 7. If you would just like to volunteer to look for a grave site, to take pictures send us your e-mail address. (The amount you charge, if any, will be between you and the researcher.) 8. If you have Arkansas Cemetery Books and would be willing to volunteer to do look ups send us the name of the book and when printed. If you are interested, we also have a site like this for Oklahoma and Missouri. If you belong to another Arkansas County Mailing List, ask your List Owner if you can have permission to post this message. Please be sure and ask permission. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Would you like to see the growth in the United States between 1650 and 1983? This is a great visual. http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Animation/us.gif Just a reminder. If you would like to know what lists you are on or would like help in unsubscribing go to Rootswebs Password Central, type in your e-mail address and then check "What list(s) am I on? (for subscribers)" Go to the bottom of the page and send. You will receive in a few moments a complete list of all Mailing list you are on and you can unsubscribe from it. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Posted on: Calhoun Co. Ar Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Calhoun/168 Surname: Johnson ------------------------- Would like information on J.W. Johnson that is listed in the 1860 Arkansas Census, who lived in the Polk Township. I would like to know who lived in the household, ages, birthplaces, etc. I'm researching for family line of Jonathan W. (b.1819-S.C.) and Sarah Alice (b.1831-Tenn) Johnson. They traveled around due to children being born in Illinois and Arkansas before they settled in East Texas- Rains Co. in Pilgrims Rest Community in 1876. I would like to know if this is the same family or any connections. Your time and information would be appreciated. Sherrie Stout

A Tribute to our Ancestors on this day of Thanksgiving. THEY did not choose us, nor we them; we never knew them, nor they us; yet we are inextricably bound together for all eternity and there is no law in the universe, no metamorphosis physical or spiritual, that can ever alter this inalienable truth. OFTEN we may wish for different ones and feel moved to deny the ones we have, but this is as futile as it is foolish to invent spurious ones, for our deception will surely be unmasked, if not by others, ultimately by our own conscience. WE owe everything, our very existence, to our ancestors, and yet we know next to nothing of them because mostly their lives were so humbly recorded. It is good that we seek to expand our knowledge of their lives so that we may better understand our own. THEY made us, body and soul, and we must accept without complaint or rancour what they were and what we are, for nothing and no-one can ever change this fact and it is barren folly to dwell obsessively upon it. WE recognise that the legacy of genetic inheritance is a double-edged sword. We should be grateful for those gifts of personality and disposition our ancestors bestowed upon us which we find beneficial and not rail against those traits we find less appealing, for it is surely in our own hands to change them. WE should take pride in our ancestors and their achievements wherever possible, whether high-born or low, rich or poor, prince or pauper, and not seek arbitrarily to revile or condemn them for acts of which we know nothing of the causes. WE must learn from them, from their mistakes as well as their successes; from their tragedies as well as their triumphs; from their sins as well as their virtues; from their hopes as well as their fears. POSTERITY and history are irrevocably interwined in the present. No coherent vision of the future can exist without an affinity for the past and cognizance of the lives of our forebears. REMEMBER that we, too, are the ancestors of those yet unborn and we should seek to leave for them a heritage of which they can be as proud as we are of that which our forebears bequeathed to us. WE bless and thank our ancestors for the legacy of the good things they gave us, forgive them their errors and pray that we will endeavour to use wisely the knowledge which they handed down to us. © Roy Stockdill 1997 My best wishes to each of you and yours on this Thanksgiving day. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Dear List Members, Thank you for taking such good care of your list while I was gone. I checked in each evening and was needed only a couple of times. I appreciate all you do to help this list run as smoothly as it does. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Amen to that Kathleen!  These lists are no place for politics or anything other than genealogy and most of them are just that!  Now if only we could get folks to add a little more input!! I'm trying to discover who MARY JANE USSERY/URSARY'S parents were.  She married Benjamin MCKNIGHT in 1886.  It is said that she lived with a family by the name of Furr after her father died.  Some have said that her father was a mule trader but I have no proof!! JONI

Dear List Members: I can't even begin to describe how very proud I am of each of you. Today was a day that we could have had major problems on our mailing lists due to improper postings, and wouldn't you know it, I was also out of town attending a meeting and could not keep an eye on the computer to stop problem postings if they happened. When I got home this evening, the first thing I did was to check my e-mail to make sure all of you were ok. I want you to know that I am the list mom 121 mailing lists and there was not one political message posted on any of them, but on some of the lists that I am just a member of, I saw complaints regarding political postings and out of control conversations. Again, I am touch at your support of me and your support of the manner I choose to run your lists. I bow my head in awe at you as a group. Thank you! Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Posted on: Calhoun Co. Ar Queries Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Calhoun/167 Surname: Camp, Milsap ------------------------- Looking for Relatives of Charles Brooks Camp married to Sara Elizabeth Milsap. About 1894. Son Homer Andrew Camp

I saw this site on another list. Great basic information on Alabama counties. It can maybe help some people new to genealogy. www.segenealogy.com/alabama Brian

Posted on: Calhoun Co. Ar Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Calhoun/166 Surname: Hill ------------------------- I have information that Sara Ann Sasser Hill is buried Pickett Place in Calhoun County on Hampton to El Dorado Road, 3rd road to right. Does anyone have better directions to this cemetery, is it the same as Pickett Cemetery? Any help would be appreciated. We will be in El Dorado Wednesday this week and would like to fine her grave. Thank you Martha

My name is Kathleen Burnett and I am your new List Mom. I want to take a moment and let you know who I am and a little about myself. I am a mother of four and grandmother of nine. I work outside of the home during the day. I am a list Mom to several other Mailing Lists and am very actively involved in my own family research. I am a hands on List Mom, meaning I keep track of what is going on with the mailing list. If you are ever in need of me during the day, while at work, you can reach me at Kburnet[email protected] - in the evenings or on Sunday I can be reached at [email protected] My goal for your list is to keep it a safe place for you to research your Arkansas surnames and history. Safe meaning a place where you are not subject to postings other than posting related to the subject of the list. One more note; if one of you have been taking care of this list, unofficially and you want to take it over officially, just let me know. I look forward to getting to know each of you in the future. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Posted on: Calhoun Co. Ar Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Calhoun/165 Surname: RUSSELL, DUNN, SIMMS, BUNN ------------------------- I am iniating research of my family line Robert James Russell, son of Ninervah and Margaret Ann Russell, who all lived in Calhoun County after 1858. Robert James Russell married Virginia Ann (Jennie) Dunn, daughter of Ezekiel P. and Mary L. Bunn Dunn. Ezekiel P. Dunn was the son of John and Martha (Patsy) Barnes Simms. Martha Simms was the daughter of James and Christian Nature Simms. If you have any information relative to this line or any collateral lines I would greatly appreciate a response.

Hi everyone, There is a web site that has books on the cemeteries and towns for the state of Oregon and a book on World War II. The web address is http://www.teleport.com/~gtpub/ Dean

Posted on: Calhoun Co. Ar Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Calhoun/164 Surname: Hines, Ellis, Witherington, King ------------------------- Tommy Carter, do you know if your Hines & Ellis families came to Calhoun County from Sou Alabama (Conecuh County) about 1850? I have WITHERINGTON and ELLIS and HINES and KING connections back in Conecuh County, AL (about 1820-1850 period). John King (wife-Martha C. Witherington) and John Witherington (wife-Mary Ellis) migrated to Ouachita/Calhoun CO about 1847, and settled south of Artesian in lower part of Calhoun (near Bangs Slough). Both had large families, with connections to McKinnie, McDonald, Grant, Merritt & Parker families of Calhoun County. Would like to exchange info with you if there might be a connection to your family. Bill King, Houston, TX [email protected]

Posted on: Calhoun Co. Ar Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Calhoun/163 Surname: ABBOTT, AUSTIN, BEAVERS, BENTON, BRADMORE, CAMPBELL, FELLING, FOSTER, ELLIS, HINES, HORNADAY, JAGERS, JOHNS, KENNEDY, LANGFORD, MCDUFFIE, MCKINNIE, REDDIN ------------------------- Oscar HINES b. 23 Dec 1877 in Calhoun Co., AR d. 1 May 1928 in Calhoun Co., AR m. 25 May 1902 in Calhoun Co., AR to Cora MCKINNIE b. 1884 d. 1936. They had the following children: Lucy HINES b. 20 Mar 1903 in Woodberry, Calhoun Co., AR d. 2 Aug 1988 m. 24 Dec 1922 in Calhoun Co., AR to John Elmer ELLIS b. 20 Jan 1893 d. 19 Oct 1973 in Hampton, Calhoun Co., AR. They had the following children: 1. Johnny Mack ELLIS, 2. Jimmy Edward ELLIS, 3. Charlotte ELLIS JAGERS, 4. Joan ELLIS AUSTIN BEAVERS FOSTER, & 5. Jane ELLIS ABBOTT. Alton HINES b. 21 May 1905 d. 6 Jun 1966 in Hampton, Calhoun Co., AR m. 18 Jan 1943 in Calhoun Co., AR to Sidney HORNADAY b. 16 Apr 1914 d. 23 Oct 1978 in El Dorado, Union Co., AR. They had the following children: 1. Dickey Joe HINES m. to Gail FELLING & 2. Sarah Denise HINES m. Barton Dale LANGFORD. Pauline HINES b. 12 Oct 1909 d. 14 Feb 1967 in Houston, TX m. Floyd W. REDDIN b. ? d. 19 Jun 1974 in Hampton, Calhoun Co., AR. They had the following children: 1. Paul Dean REDDIN, 2. Francis REDDIN MCDUFFIE BRADMORE, 3. Jean REDDIN KENNEDY, & 4. Elizabeth REDDIN CAMPBELL. I'm related to above family through Oscar's brother Charles William HINES, Sr. I'm trying to locate someone in above family who might have a picture of Oscar HINES and possibly of his mother Julia JOHNS BENTON HINES who died in 1921 in Calhoun Co., AR. Thank you for any information.

The following was sent by [email protected], who is not subscribed to this list. Please email that address if you can help or have comments. Please also send a copy of your reply to this list if the answer would be of interest to us all. Information about RootsWeb's mailing lists can be found at http://lists.rootsweb.com. You can find out what lists you are subscribed to at http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com. Margaret Olson list manager pro-tem >From: "Chester and Betty Blackwell" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: Reubin Reddin >Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 06:54:35 -0500 > >Reubin and Robert Reddin were brothers they lived in calhun county >Arkansas from1860 to 1957

Posted on: Calhoun Co. Ar Queries Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Calhoun/162 Surname: ------------------------- I have a book that lists the tombstones in all ashley county cemeteries. I will be happy to do look ups.

Posted on: Calhoun Co. Ar Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Calhoun/161 Surname: Madera Gilbert ------------------------- Sue, It's great to hear from you. Your grandfather Tom Madera was the right age to have been the eldest son of Thomas Frederick Madera and his first wife, Percilla (Priscilla?) Lambert. Thomas A. Madera was born 20 July 1868 AR. Thomas A.'s half-brother, Rufus Madera, was b. 1881 Culberson, TX. The family appears to have settled in Hubbard, TX by 1886. Rufus later had a cattle ranch in eastern NM and western TX. A young Gilbert was in the household of T. F. Madera's father in the 1870 census and there were at least two other marriages into the Gilbert family around 1900 in AR. If you know the names of your grandfather's brothers, perhaps we can make a positive ID. We have much to talk about. Will e-mail privately. Linda

Posted on: Calhoun Co. Ar Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Calhoun/159 Surname: Madera, Gilbert ------------------------- January 2, l891, in Hill County,Texas, Tom Madera and Addie Gilbert were married. Tom was my maternal grandfather.He lived in Arkansas at one time, posssibly Calhoun County.He drove cattle from Arkansas to New Mexico, near Jal where his father and brothers had ranches. I am finding very little information on my grandfather, however I see that the Gilbert and Madera are linked here. Can you give me any information as to wheather I am searching the same line of Maderas as you. Thank you,

Posted on: Calhoun Co. Ar Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Calhoun/158 Surname: Hughes, Brashear, Wuth ------------------------- Looking for info on James Henry Hughes,ca1886-1945,marr Elsie Mae Brashear,ca1883-1958.Children were:Lawrence,Russell,Agnes,Ruth,Betty.Elsie Mae was the daughter of Richard Brashear,ca Also looking for info on the name Wuth in Calhoun Co