Susan wrote: "2 James McCASLIN b: 1832 in Indiana ............. +Sarah Elizabeth LEWIS b: February 1837 in Missouri" Susan: Do you have a death date and place on James McCaslin and Sarah Lewis? My ancestor, Archibald Yell HInds, b. in Crawford, AR was living with his grandmother, Esther Eppler (Widow John Hinds) in the 1850 census of Van Buren, Crawford, AR. He was 13 in the census and his brother Edward was 19. In 1852, he and his brother emigrated to CA and settled in Tulare Co.. His first wife was a Sarah Elizabeth Lewis born in MO. I wonder if she was the same as the Sarah Elizabeth Lewis married to James McCaslin. I don't know where I found her middle name. Did the McCaslins go to CA? Here below are some of my notes on Archibald Yell Hinds. My ancestors' siblings married: STEWARD, BASHAM, MARLAR, DOWNEN, LEDFORD - most likely all in Crawford Co. The Marlars and Downens ended up in CA. The Basham-Ledford ended up in TX. Regards, Nan Wolf [email protected] P.S. Don't expect many replies from this Crawford mail list. I think there are all of six people on this list. <g> There are very few messages. You may also want to send your info to the ARRoots-L list. =================================================== !SOURCE: 1900 Tulare County, CA census, Tulare County Historical records and oral history from Marie Hinds Colburn and Carmel Hinds Flinders. !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-EMIGRATION-LAND-PARENTS-CHILDREN-DEATH: OBITUARY newspaper; copy of newspaper article without date or name of paper in possession of G.D. Wolf of Turlock as of 1996; Archibald Yell (b. 8 Nov 1837, AR) came to CA (by wagon train through Yuma, AZ) with an older brother, Edward and "Uncle Wiley", a negro servant in 1852. Tradition has it that their father died and the boys did not like the stepfather. Edward left home and felt so sorry for his brother left behind with the stepfather that he had "Uncle Wiley" slip back in the night and get Archibald. Another story has the two boys (Archie and Wiley) following the wagon train but out of sight until they were too far for the wagon train to force them to go back. The 1850 census of Crawford Co. AR has him listed as Archer. The head of the household is Easther Eppler, age 72, born in TN, who does not read or write. Through other probate records of John Hines who died in 1838, we find that she is John's wife and David, their son is also an executor. Later, in 1842, David asks to have his mother's name removed as an executor because she has remarried to a Jonathan Eppler. But, by the 1850 census, David has evidently died also because his older children are under the care of Easther Eppler. The children named on the census under her care are: Elizabeth Hines, 15 yrs. born in AK, attended school within the year; John Hines, age 17, not in school; Edward Hines, 19 yrs., not in school; Archer Hines, 13 yrs., attending school; and Thomas Hines, 3 yrs., black, servant. David's two youngest are living with their mother and her new husband, Dr. John Autry. ----------------------------------------- Patricia Dodson Tolliver copied this from Tulare Historical records. No book name is on the page: Historical and Biographical Record Page 1257. ARCHIBALD YELL HINDS - Since boyhood in Archibald Yell Hinds has been a resident of Tulare Co., an eye-witness of the developement of the country from its most primitive stages to its present prosperous condition, and a participant in many of the movements calculated to advance the general welfare of the community. When he first located in the county there were only a few houses upon the present site of Visalia, which city was then known as Four Creeks. Deer and elk were plentiful throughout the country and even bears were sometimes shot. The mail for the settlers was obtained at Fort Miller and their groceries were brought from Stockton, and all the hardships, privations and dangers incident to pioneer life made up the largest part of their existence. In reminiscence Mr. Hinds often goes back to those early day of the state, and gives to the younger generation a history replete with adventure and excitement. Born in Crawford County, Ark., November 8, 1837, Archibald Yell Hinds is a son of David and Margaret Ann (Maddox) Hinds, both of whom died in that state. Of their family of seven children, three sons and four daughters, two are living, of whom Archibald Yell is the fourth in order of birth.He was reared in Arkansas and trained to the practical duties which were his as son to a farmer. April 15, 1852, when he was less than fifteen years old, he started to California with his brother Edward, who died in Exeter, in l894. They were equipped with ox-teams, provisions and all necessary articles and after crossing the Arkansas River, set out through Texas, via El Paso, Tucson and Fort Yuma, to Los Angeles, and although the train consisted of but five wagons, known as the Van Buren Company, they came through safely without an attack from the Indians, although many atrocities were committed both in front and behind them. In the fall of the year Mr. Hinds drove to Gilroy, Santa Clara County, and engaged in farming for one year. In October 1853, he came to Tulare County, the present city of Visalia being then known as Four Creeks, and having but three settlers, viz: Richard Chattan, Abram Murray and S.C. Brown, names familiar to all who revere and honor the links which bind the prosperous present to the historic past. He located on what is known as Hinds' Prairie, two miles east of Visalia, which land his brother had entered, and here the two resided and engaged in general farming and hog raising. In l866, he removed to the place which has ever since remained his home, located within one and a half miles of Exeter. and a part of which is under the People's ditch. He purchased the property from C.A. Williston, a sheep grower, immediately after which he began improvements and cultivation, breaking the land and sowing it to grain. In addition to his one hundred and fourteen acres on sections 33 and 34, township 18, range 26, he rented land and carried on his operations on seven or eight hundred acres. He was soon numbered among the successful farmers and stock-raisers in this vicinity and has since continued to merit the prominence which became his in the pioneer days of the state. Mr. Hinds has been twice married, the first ceremony being performed on the Tule River and uniting him with ELIZABETH LEWIS, a native of Missouri, who died in Visalia. He was afterward married at Outside Creek to Sarah Earsley Buckman, a native of Union, Ky. She came of an old Kentucky family, her father, Clement E., being the son of John Buckman, both of whom were natives of that state. Both were farmers by occupation. Clement E. Buckman removed in young manhood fo the vicinity of Fort Scott, Kans., where he followed farming for seven years. In 1865, he immigrated to California, crossing the plains with ox-teams. He brought a band of cattle with him, and his daughter Sarah, then only thirteen years old, rode horseback and helped drive them, her brothers and sisters also helping in the work. Mrs. Hinds (Sarah Buckman) was reared to young womanhood in Tulare County, where the balance of her life has been spent. Of the twelve children born to herself and husband, eight attained maturity, namely: Clement Emery, engaged in the butcher business in Visalia; Clara Josephine, the wife of D.J. Toomey, of Visalia; Ollie Savilla, the wife of G.B. Simpson, of Stockton; Joseph Orville, a farmer in the vicinity of Exeter; James Robert, a butcher of Visalia; Lawrence Buckman; Sarah Margaret; and Mary. Mr. Hinds is a Democrat in his political convictions and has served as school trustee for many years. The family are members of the Catholic Church of Visalia." Archibald Yell Hinds was evidently named after the Archibald Yell whose marriage is recorded in the same Lawrence Co. AR record book as David Hinds' marriage and so they may have been friends. Archibald Yell became a well know barrister, then judge, led troops in the Civil War, became Gov. of Ark. and then was killed leading Ark. troops in the Spanish American War. ====================================