Posted on: Drew Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Drew/93 Surname: Hale ------------------------- I'm looking for parents of my grandmother Minnie Lee Hale who were believed to have come to Monticello,Drew,Ar. I have no idea of their names. Minnie Lee Hale was born January 27, 1871. She married Marion Calvin Cochran December 24, 1895. She died June 28, 1954 in Little Rock,Ar Thanks for any help. Virginia

> The John W. Miller that I found in the Drew County Cemetery book was born 1854 > and died 1936. Also the wife of John W. Miller was Victoria Davis Miller born 1869 and died 1925. Hope this helps, Thanks, Edna Williams

All the interesting facts about the Arkansas earthquakes reminded me of the time shortly after my father's death in 1957 his insurance agent came to see me to go over the policies for Dad's property in Drew County. He said my father, John Boyd, had the only earthquake insurance policy his company (Hardware Mutual) wrote in the whole state of Arkansas. On the agent's advice, I cancelled the earthquake part of the coverage, but now I suspect Dad knew something about earthquakes that I had forgotten, don't you? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/

Forwarded from another list . . . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Calk" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 1:37 PM Subject: [AR-CEM] Mt Zion Cemetery in Drew Co--John W MILLER > Does anyone have access to Mt.Zion Cemetery in Drew Co.? I would like to > know if there is a death date for John W. MILLER. He was born 1824 AL, and > probably died during the Civil War. He is suppose to be buried in Mt. Zion > Cemetery. > Does anyone know who his parents are? I suspect Joseph L. MILLER and Jane T. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Peggy HALL CALK > [email protected] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ==== AR-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chada/arcem/arcem.htm > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >

Robert, There are several old newspaper reports of tremors in this area. Remember this area is on the edge of the New Madrid Fault. The April 6, 1911 edition of the "Eagle" in Hamburg also carried a report on this event. Shocks were reported in Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Rison, Warren, Hot Springs, Clarendon, Star city, England, Lake Village, Fordyce, Ladd, and Wilmar. The JUne 22, 1930 edition of the Leader in Hamburg reported tremors in Hamburg, Dermott, Warren, and other places. In June 1939 the Leader carried a report of tremors in Parkdale and Portland. I have seen many other reports of tremors around the state but did not copy them. Oral history is a wonderful source, but so are old newspapers. Best regards, Rebecca >I think the article below is likely an " APRIL FOOL JOKE " as I lived in >Wilmar in the 1930''s and never recall hearing any of the old timers mention >an earthquake. It seems to me any earthquake that shook building like that >would have been talked about for years afterward. Robert > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "jann woodard" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 2:28 PM >Subject: [ARDREW] 1911 Earthquake > > >> Ark. Gazette April 1, 1911, Wilmar, March 31 - A >> severe earthquake was felt here at 10:55 o'clock this >> morning. The earth simply shook and the buildings >> rocked like ships on the sea. People, stricken with >> fright, rushed from the buildings, but all was over by >> then and so far no damage is reported. >> >> >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. >> http://shopping.yahoo.com/ >> >

Thanks for this, and yes, I would hope this would not be confused with the New Madrid earthquake since we are talking about a 100 year difference. So far there has not been anything that compares to the New Madrid earthquake. Jann On 6 Nov 00 21:19:59 CST Eugenia wrote: >This earthquake should not be confused with the New Madrid earthquake >which occurred about l8ll-l2, or somewhere around that time Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

Arkansas Gazette April 1, 1911: MANY ARKANSAS TOWNS SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE DISTINCT SHOCKS ARE EXPERIENCED IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS Star City, Mar. 31 - A considerable tremor was felt here at 10:45 o'clock today, continuing only a few seconds. It was noticed by most everyone in town. It was felt considerably at Tarry, Yorktown and other places along the phone line. Fordyce, Mar. 31 - Fordyce was severely shaken by an earthquake today about 11 o'clock. The disturbance lasted about 10 seconds and was so severe that people rushed from their business houses and homes for safety. So far as can been ascertained, no damage was done. A second shock occurred at 12:10, but was not as severe as the first. A continuous prayer service has been going on among the negroes all the afternoon. Lake Village, Mar 31 - The earthquake shock was very distinct here about 11 o'clock this morning. Pine Bluff, Mar. 31 - At 11 o'clock this morning two distinct earthquake shocks were felt here. The shocks were so severe that buildings rumbled and swayed, and hundreds of excited residents crowded the streets in a panic. Many of them feared to return to their houses, and in the downtown district the excitement was intense. Windows were broken in various parts of the city. At the Sixth Avenue school building, the walls of the building were cracked and plastering fell upon the pupils. In the new $100,000 high school building plastering fell from the ceiling of the big auditorium. The Sixth Avenue pupils were dismissed until the afternoon hour. Occupants of the court house thought the building was falling into the Arkansas River and ran out in numbers. Old residents say it was the most the most severe quake they had ever experienced. Some claim to have felt slight quakes at 10 a.m., and another slight quake was felt shortly after the noon hour. Rison, Mar 31 - What is supposed to have been a severe earthquake shock was felt here this morning at 10:57, throwing the entire town into a panic. Men, women and children hurried out into the streets, thinking the houses were falling. All the clocks in town stopped, bottles were broken, flues toppled over and fell. Several brick buildings in town cracked a number of glass windows were broken. Three distinct shocks were felt. Wilmar, Mar 31 - A severe earthquake was felt here at 10:55 o'clock this morning. The earth simply shook and the buildings rocked like ships on the sea. People, stricken with fright, rushed from the buildings, but all was over by then and so far no damage is reported. Warren, Mar 31 - Wild excitement was caused in Warren by two earthquake shocks felt here this morning. The first occurred a few minutes after 11 o'clock, the second a few minutes after 12 o'clock. Both times, the shock caused the ringing of the bell in the courthouse and occupants of the building rushed forth in terror. In the public school building the stove pipes were thrown down by the shock and the children made a mad rush out of the building. Articles were knocked from the shelves of stores. After each shock the streets were filled with excited people. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/

Jann; I accept the fact I was wrong about the earthquake. When I spotted that April 1 date and the fact that I had never heard it mentioned I just assumed it was an "April fool prank" sent to the paper. I would love to read more articles about it,but only because I would like to learn more about it not to convince me it happened. I believe the New Madrid earthquake was in the early part of the 19th century. I have read where some historians believe it was the worst earthquake to ever hit North America.So few people lived in the area at that time and the type buildings of those days limited the death toll. I think the safe zone for humans is considered to be south of a line from about Star City to Dumas for any future earthquake of this magnitude. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "jann woodard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 4:29 PM Subject: [ARDREW] Earthquake > Sorry Robert, but it happened. No joke! There is one > entire page in the Gazette describing the towns south > of Little Rock where this occurred. Towns mentioned > are Pine Bluff, Rison, England, Clarendon, Star City, > Fordyce, Warren (it was described more intense than > Wilmar), Ladd, Lake Vallage, and Daleville. The > Arkansas Democrat also had many articles written about > this earthquake. > > If you want, I will post the info from the nearby > towns. > > Jann > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ >

Jann, I would love to see more information on this..... ----- Original Message ----- From: jann woodard <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 4:29 PM Subject: [ARDREW] Earthquake > > If you want, I will post the info from the nearby > towns. > > Jann > > __________________________________________________

At 03:39 PM 11/6/00 -0600, you wrote: >I think the article below is likely an " APRIL FOOL JOKE " as I lived in >Wilmar in the 1930''s and never recall hearing any of the old timers mention >an earthquake. It seems to me any earthquake that shook building like that >would have been talked about for years afterward. Robert when was the New Madras fault earthquake? It reached a long way according to history? It was bad enough to create Crowley's ridge; wasn't it? My memory's not what it used to be.beth

Sorry Robert, but it happened. No joke! There is one entire page in the Gazette describing the towns south of Little Rock where this occurred. Towns mentioned are Pine Bluff, Rison, England, Clarendon, Star City, Fordyce, Warren (it was described more intense than Wilmar), Ladd, Lake Vallage, and Daleville. The Arkansas Democrat also had many articles written about this earthquake. If you want, I will post the info from the nearby towns. Jann __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/

I think the article below is likely an " APRIL FOOL JOKE " as I lived in Wilmar in the 1930''s and never recall hearing any of the old timers mention an earthquake. It seems to me any earthquake that shook building like that would have been talked about for years afterward. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "jann woodard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 2:28 PM Subject: [ARDREW] 1911 Earthquake > Ark. Gazette April 1, 1911, Wilmar, March 31 - A > severe earthquake was felt here at 10:55 o'clock this > morning. The earth simply shook and the buildings > rocked like ships on the sea. People, stricken with > fright, rushed from the buildings, but all was over by > then and so far no damage is reported. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ >

This earthquake should not be confused with the New Madrid earthquake which occurred about l8ll-l2, or somewhere around that time. It was a series of earthquakes or aftershocks and I believe spanned a period of time over a year or two. It is said the Mississippi River ran backwards, and for a fact, it created Reelfoot Lake in Northwestern Tennessee. Some towns were said to have disappeared during that time. It is quite interesting to read accounts of the big one, which the experts say we are overdue for another big one on the New Madrid Fault. EGE "CCC MAIL" <[email protected]> wrote: Jann; I accept the fact I was wrong about the earthquake. When I spotted that April 1 date and the fact that I had never heard it mentioned I just assumed it was an "April fool prank" sent to the paper. I would love to read more articles about it,but only because I would like to learn more about it not to convince me it happened. I believe the New Madrid earthquake was in the early part of the 19th century. I have read where some historians believe it was the worst earthquake to ever hit North America.So few people lived in the area at that time and the type buildings of those days limited the death toll. I think the safe zone for humans is considered to be south of a line from about Star City to Dumas for any future earthquake of this magnitude. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "jann woodard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 4:29 PM Subject: [ARDREW] Earthquake > Sorry Robert, but it happened. No joke! There is one > entire page in the Gazette describing the towns south > of Little Rock where this occurred. Towns mentioned > are Pine Bluff, Rison, England, Clarendon, Star City, > Fordyce, Warren (it was described more intense than > Wilmar), Ladd, Lake Vallage, and Daleville. The > Arkansas Democrat also had many articles written about > this earthquake. > > If you want, I will post the info from the nearby > towns. > > Jann > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ > ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

Ark. Gazette November 19, 1884: To the Editor of The Gazette: Sir: Our town was thrown into much excitement and indignation by two unknown persons shooting an old negro, Gus Martin, last night, about 11 o'clock. Old Gus was on his way home from a grand jollification meeting of the democrats and took an active part in making speeches and thanking God for the glorious triumph of the democracy. The deputy sheriff, with a posse of white citizens of this place, arrested two young negroes this morning, who tried to intimidate and threaten the old man by such words as: "You and all the damned democrats ought to be killed, as we hate the democrats more than rattlesnakes." Owing to insufficiency of proof, the two would-be assassins were placed under $250 peace bonds, and will be carried to jail tomorrow as they cannot make the bond. Gus Martin is one of the few negroes in this community, who has the courage to vote his convictions. This is how the negroes persuade and coerce their own color and kind to vote as they want them to. Hoping the apprehension of these two lads will suppress all such actions, I remain very respectfully, Citizen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/

Ark. Gazette April 1, 1911, Wilmar, March 31 - A severe earthquake was felt here at 10:55 o'clock this morning. The earth simply shook and the buildings rocked like ships on the sea. People, stricken with fright, rushed from the buildings, but all was over by then and so far no damage is reported. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/

Ark. Gazette April 27, 1911 Pine Bluff, April 26 - After removing their coats and inviting each other to fight, in an effort to settle a quarrel they had over business matters, J. W. Robinson, employed by A. M. Sawyer, agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Company at Altheimer is said to have stabbed Sawyer to death with a picket-knife. Before assistance would reach Sawyer, he had been stabbed four times in the back and was dead. The fight occurred just a few feet from the Cotton Belt railroad station at Altheimer, 12 miles from Pine Bluff, at 4:30 o'clock this morning and immediately after the men reached there after a visit to this city, where they came together and were apparently the best of friends. Robinson, who was arrested by Station Agent Eldridge, was brought to this city Wednesday afternoon by Special Deputy Constable A. L. Cason, and placed in the county jail. He was held without bail to await the action of the Grand Jury by Magistrate W. S. Stewart, after being given a preliminary hearing at Altheimer. Robinson lives at Sherrill, Ark. He has a wife and three children. Sawyer recently came to this county from Monticello and was living with his wife and three small children at Altheimer. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and the Woodmen of the World. The body was shipped to his old home at Tillar, Ark., today by the Masons for interment. Robinson denies the charge. He says a negro stabbed Sawyer, when the latter said something to a negro woman who alighted from the train a short time before accompanied by the negro. Sawyer was a relative of Coroner H. E. Williams of this county. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/

Sorry List members I seem to have sent a private email to the List. Robert

The Drew County Historical Society Meeting is tonight Monday Nov 6 at 7:00 at the First Methodist church Monticello. Clay Mitchel will speak on ery day of Monticello. Clay a long time business man ower of Clay's Grocery has many stories to tell. Please come if you can. Connie Mullis P.S. Please forgive me for using this page for this but there will be some genealogy information at the meeting about early Drew County families in his program.

OHIM Hi Everyone; Well I am a little late in publishing our morning paper today. "MONTICELLO NEWS". We are doing quite well here this morning. It is raining and a dreary day outside. We are so happy about the dear kills tell them we are happy for them. I didn't sleep well last night and my head won't seem to clear up so I can think properly this morning. Sandy we are glad you got your puter fixed ok. We are proud of you. Gail the pictures you sent from here yesterday to Family. Com are posted on there this morning. We must have done everything right. Remember we were using an email address to do it. I wasn't even sure it was still a valid address as I hadn't used it in so long. Mom has her own puter and email address now. She is using my old seark address "Janette Deal" > [email protected] < If you'll can find time please send her some email. She needs encouragement to learn to send and receive mail. We received a phone call last night from Latrica they are going to come to AR.for Thanksgiving. It looks like we will have a wonderful Thanksgiving and family get together. Well I will close and get this edition in the mail. Love to all Mom and Dad, Ma Ma and Pa Pa

This is probably Martha Brantley Scogins, wife of Henry Hartsfield Scogins. She died 1/21/1926. Henry was my great-grandmother's brother. BTW: I have found this family name spelled Scoggin, Scoggins, Scogin, Scogins, and Scroggins. Very confusing. Terry (Rodgers) Wheeler