Thanks. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "edianegardner" <edianegardner@sbcglobal.net> To: <jamie_armour@hotmail.com>; <arcalhou@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [ARCALHOU] (Smead comity) need DAVIS/FURGERSON/AND BRUMLEY info >I have that they married in Calhoun County on Dec 12, 1929. > > > > Two of Frank Hand's daughters (Lovie and Bertha) married two of Isaac > Jefferson (Jeff) and Josie Stewart Reddin's (Doyle and Stewart) sons. > > They are buried at Earnest Cemetery in Calhoun County. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: arcalhou-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:arcalhou-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Jamie Armour > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 10:55 AM > To: arcalhou@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ARCALHOU] (Smead comity) need DAVIS/FURGERSON/AND BRUMLEY > info > > > > > > I'll check my notebooks and get back to you! > > > >> From: reddin59@bellsouth.net> To: arcalhou@rootsweb.com> Date: Fri, 13 >> Jun > 2008 11:37:59 -0400> Subject: Re: [ARCALHOU] (Smead comity) need > DAVIS/FURGERSON/AND BRUMLEY info> > Do you have a marriage date and place > for Ben Hand and Pastoria Fletcher?> > Tom Reddin> > ----- Original > Message > ----- > From: "Jamie Armour" <jamie_armour@hotmail.com>> To: > <arcalhou@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 11:25 AM> Subject: > Re: > [ARCALHOU] (Smead comity) need DAVIS/FURGERSON/AND BRUMLEY info> > > > > Thanks for the heads up on Google and the Smead community. It has been > > years since I queried Smead and Google maps didn't exist then. I didn't > > even think about Google when I wrote the query, I guess because it was a > > long deserted community. Thank you!!!> > My mother, Mae Esterlene > Fletcher, > and Pastoria Fletcher Hand were first > cousins. My grandfather was > Percyville Henderson Fletcher, the brother of > Tandy Fletcher, Pat's > father. My grandparents, Percyville and Virginia > Ellla Nora Dean > Fletcher, > had a set of twins named Paul and Pauline. They > died shortly after birth > and are said to be buried at Smead. All my > mother's older sisters (she > was > the baby of the family) always said they > were buried there, but didn't > know where. I have never known where to look > for the community. although > it was said to be inside the area that became > the Shumaker Naval Depot > during WWII.> > I am not related to any Ferguson's, although I had entered > a > query in the > Bradley County message board becaue I was searching for > someone for a friend > of my husbands.> > I have been doing family > research > since 1968 when I was a senior in high > school. I have taped > conversations > with Pat Hand that my son is trying to > get digitized before the tapes > are > beyond the point of no return. So many > of the people my mom and I > visited > during those early years are gone now, as > is my mom who died in 1982 at > age 57. I continued to do intense research > until my children wouldn't > stand still for spending their summers in dusty > old records rooms in > ancient courthouses!!! I packed it into my file > cabinets for years until > I > got them raised and through college and well > established in jobs. Then > my > husband and I moved to North Arkansas for 6 > years where he was a > superintendent and I taught English for 5 more years to > top off my 28 > years at Junction City. The last 6 years I was at JC I was > the high > school > librarian, so going back into the classroom was and > adjustment, > especially > since I had bequeathed all my teaching goodies to a > young friend just > starting her career. It was like starting all over again! > No time for > genealogy! In 2006, I retired, bought Family Tree Maker and got > back to > work. People think genealogy is so easy now with computers, but all > may > research was done when I had to read negative copies on a microfilm > > reader > and there were no indexes! Things have come a long way. The only > thing > that bothers me is the fact that so much of my research has been, > well, > stolen since I put it into the Ancestry database. You know that when > > they > list my mother's birthplace as the Old Stringfellow Place, Calhoun > > County, > Arkansas. Who else but me would name the farm where she was born? > It's > crazy isn't it AND addictive!> > Wow! I have really wandered and, I'm > sure, > bored you to tears. I > apologize!> > Thanks again for the info and > reminding that Google is there!> > If I can help you in any way, don't > hesitate to ask! I live in El Dorado, > Arkansas now so I'm back into the > area where the bulk of my research is > based!> > > > > From: > edianegardner@sbcglobal.net> To: arcalhou@rootsweb.com> Date: Fri, > > 13 > Jun 2008 05:01:17 -0500> Subject: Re: [ARCALHOU] (Smead comity) need > > > DAVIS/FURGERSON/AND BRUMLEY info> > I didn't really find more than the > > > location per MapQuest.> I do know that Pastoria Fletcher married into the > > >> Hand Family and was my> husband's great-grandmother Sallie Ann Hand York >> > >> Reddn's niece.> > There were Brumleys in Bradley County (and still are). >> > >> Are you related to> them?> > And Furgesons married into the >> McMurrys...are >> > you related to them?> > -----Original Message-----> From: > > > arcalhou-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:arcalhou-bounces@rootsweb.com]> On > > > > Behalf Of GENIA EDMONDS> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:20 PM> To: > > > arcalhou@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ARCALHOU] (Smead comity) need > > > DAVIS/FURGERSON/AND BRUMLEYinfo> > I really enjoy all the tidbits about > > > > the area. I was born there 50 years > ago and it helps me understand the > > > > area.> > Genia> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "edianegardner" > > > <edianegardner@sbcglobal.net>> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; > > > <arcalhou@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:16 PM> Subject: > > > > Re: [ARCALHOU] Smead community> > > > According to GOOGLE, you turn right > > >> onto CR6 off of Hwy 7 and it is before> > you get to 294.> >> > > > > -----Original Message-----> > From: arcalhou-bounces@rootsweb.com > > > [mailto:arcalhou-bounces@rootsweb.com]> > On Behalf Of > > > gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:06 PM> > To: > > > > ARCALHOU-L@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [ARCALHOU] Smead community> >> > This > > >> is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.> >> > > > > Author: jamiearmour> > Surnames: Fletcher> > Classification: queries> >> > > > >> Message Board URL:> >> >> > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.c >> > > > alhoun/873/mb.ashx> >> > Message Board Post:> >> > Does anyone know > the > > actual location of the small community named Smead? > > My> > > Fletcher > > ancestors lived there during the late 1800s/early 1900s.> >> > > > Important > > Note:> > The author of this message may not be subscribed to > this list. 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