Claud/ Lea King, Here is a short story of my King, Riley & London connections. 1 - I am researching John Dee King, b. 07 Feb 1914 d. 04 Aug 1967 in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, son of Calvin A King and Margaret/Maggie L> King. John Dee King married Marquetta Lois Prothro (b. 20 Nov 1918 d. 09 Nov 1999 in Fort Smith, Sebastian County. They had three children, Joyce, Bobby Dee and John Wayne King. 2. - Thomas Patrick RILEY, my grandfather, was born 14 Oct 1873 or 1875 in Denver, Colorado (per the information provided by his daughters) and died 09 May 1953 in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. My grandmother was Mary Josephine (Crawford) CRAUGHEN; she was born 31 May 1881 in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas and died 25 Jan 1951 in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. She married Thomas Patrick RILEY 26 Feb 1906 in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas 3. -Francis Marion "Frank" SILMON, my great-grandfather, was born 25 Mar 1875 in Craighead Co., AR and died 12 May 1942 in Paragould, Greene Co, AR. He is buried in Linwood Cemetery in Paragould. His parents were Unknown SILMON and LOUISA WORTHAM who was born Abt. 1846 in Arkansas, and died 1885 in Grubbs, Jackson County, Arkansas. She married (1) SUTHERLAND. She married (2) SILMON. She married (3) MARCUS LONDON m 16 January 1878 in Jackson County, Arkansas. He was born Abt 1840 in Marshall County, Tennessee, and died 18 January 1907 in Grubbs, Jackson County, Arkansas. Happy to share more info or to receive any additional info on my ancestors. Barbara King Surname Research: Allen, Bennett, Brown, Clark, Craughen, Crawford, Drake, Foster, King, Kuykendall, London, McLaughlin, Powell, Prothro, Riley, Silmon, Simmons, Sutherland, Walters, Wortham From: <drrman@swbell.net> To: <arcrawfo@rootsweb.com>,<barbaraking119@msn.com> Subject: Re: [ARCRAWFO] Pellit Creek,Arkansas Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:49:26 -0500 B. KING, reply to this email, have KING, lived in Fort Smith, Ark. Claude/Lela King. Also London---Is it Riley or Risley??? dr ----- Original Message ----- From: "barbara king" <barbaraking119@msn.com> To: <arcrawfo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:14 AM Subject: Re: [ARCRAWFO] Pellit Creek,Arkansas > Beautiful story - thanks for sharing it with us. It gives hope to those who > have reached their brick wall but keep on searching. > > Not related but I was born in Fort Smith, AR and most of my family research > is in Arkansas. > > Thanks again. > > Barbara King > Surname Research: Allen, Bennett, Brown, Clark, Craughen, Crawford, Drake, > Foster, King, Kuykendall, London, McLaughlin, Powell, Prothro, Riley, > Silmon, Simmons, Sutherland, Walters, Wortham > > > From: "JoRetta Lewis" <jg_lewis@msn.com> > Reply-To: arcrawfo@rootsweb.com > To: <arcrawfo@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [ARCRAWFO] Pellit Creek,Arkansas > Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:43:24 -0500 > > Mr.Duncan: > > With much respect sir, I differ with you on this email. The memory of " > old ladies", , my grandmother and great grandmother, led me directly to my > great grandmother's home in Mississippi. Prior to making the journey to a > place I had never been but only heard stories of, I had been in contact with > a distant descendent from another side of the family that lived in the area. > We exchanged family data. In one email she asked me if I knew where > the home place was located... No, says I...and told her some of the many > stories my grandmother had related to me as a small child... No TV back > then , so on those wonderful Texas nights grandma told me stories. > > One such story described the house where her mother had lived. she never > saw the house either but her mother, my great grandmother had described it > to her. I told her what I knew about the house, where the smokehouse was, > and what direction from the house you took to go to the Pecan orchard where > the towering pecan trees stood. I described the formal dining room where > they turned back the rugs when all the family gathered for socials or > dances. > > In a return email she said the back of her neck tingled...for SHE knew where > the old home place was and part of it was still there. It was just as I > described. > > Two of my great grandmother's sisters died in 1864, while making their > wedding dresses as their marriage would take place when their beau's > returned from the war. They contracted Typhoid Fever and died within a day > of each other. They were buried, in their wedding dresses. Normally, > because of their illness, they would not have been buried in a cemetery or > church yard. > > Their father, well thought of and not without funds would have nothing to do > with that thought. They were buried, in the church cemetery directly > behind the church, with no stone. They were buried late in the afternoon, > just at sundown. Needless to say not too many locals knew they were buried > in the church cemetery. His wish was to be buried beside them and in > 1871 that is where his wife and family buried him. > > I am not a reader....don't even believe in those things. I would not have > known my treasured stories of my ancestors had it not been for my sainted > grandmother and uncle, both now long gone. Of the stories I have > heard...and there have been many, not one was untrue. They all "worked" > out to be a necessary tool by which I found an ancestor or the trail leading > to that ancestor. > > I am sure there are those stories that perhaps the spelling or pronunciation > might be in question. Some things were called something way back when.. > that they are not called today. And, perhaps there may be a few stories > that are stacked high with imagination...Nevertheless.....I give... hats off > to my grandmother, great grandmother and uncle for they loved history and > their family and passed on truthful, treasured stories about their lives and > events. > > As to the others out there. .who might pass on a tale.....look close. there > just may be some truth or a clue in that tale...I don't' discount ANY old > person for their story or their memory. I only hope my great grandchildren > will remember the ones I have told them. > > J. Lewis > From: WallDuncan@aol.com<mailto:WallDuncan@aol.com> > To: arcrawfo@rootsweb.com<mailto:arcrawfo@rootsweb.com> ; > bhendrix1@cox.net<mailto:bhendrix1@cox.net> > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 1:44 PM > Subject: Re: [ARCRAWFO] Pellit Creek,Arkansas > > > What do you have now, if anything beyond an old woman's memory. Was she a > reader, who paid attention to spelling? Have you Googled her name and > "Pellit > Creek"? Is it a real place name, or just the name of an old post > office, > long vanished? [That's s mistake which led me astray for a long time, > looking > for a place where my great-grandparents lived in the 1800's] Do you know > where > she's buried,and when? Do you have access to the US Census data? > > Duncan the Librarian > > Yarmouth Port, MA > _WallDuncan@AOL.COM<mailto:_WallDuncan@AOL.COM>_ > (mailto:WallDuncan@AOL.COM<mailto:WallDuncan@AOL.COM>) > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com<http://www.aol.com/>. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARCRAWFO-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ARCRAWFO-request@rootsweb.com> with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARCRAWFO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARCRAWFO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.0.0/754 - Release Date: 4/9/07 10:59 PM > >