Hi everybody, Sure is quiet on the sight this morning. I have a question that I hope someone can help me with. I'm trying to find out where Champagnolle, Ark. was. I think somewhere in Union county but am not sure. My gggrandfather went there to record land transactions and also I noticed CSA troops were mustered there as well. Also, at Latonia which I think was in Ashley County. This may be getting away from Drew and Bradley Counties, but again maybe not. Would appreciate any info. Thanks, Lee

Robert, I do remember the storm of '58, too. One thing you failed to mention was that the steeple of the Baptist Church was blown off. We had 26 trees down around our home, but none hit the house. Mother was standing at the window when the one in the front yard was hit, and the impact jarred her so severely that she had to be in traction for a while. Waiting at home for our father and brother to come home from meetings was a nightmare. The streets were a mass of trees and live power lines, so our neighbor, Mr. Hudgens, stood in the street with a light to warn them when they returned. In a tornado in the '70's, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ballard were literally picked up by the tornado and deposited into a tree in their VW bug. Mr. Ballard lost an ear but was otherwise unhurt. Judy Bynum Judith Lane Bynum, Gifted & Talented Coordinator Drew Central School District 440 Hwy 83 South Monticello, Arkansas 71655

A fairly good web site for finding locations of geographical names (towns, rivers, etc.) when you can't find it on a map: www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/AR.html (for Ark.) I just link to it from Cyndi's list when I rarely want it. It's called Yale Peabody Museum - GNIS under Maps & Gazetters on her link lists for specific states. A search on Champagnolle, Ark gives: ppl (populated place): Union: 331839N 923118 W: Calion A search on Latonia gave a no match. Paul Groneman

>From a new subscriber... ---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- Date: 01/24 9:35 PM Received: 01/25 12:57 AM From: TamLSull@aol.com To: ARDREW-L-request@rootsweb.com I am researching the Sullivan family from Rock Springs. I am trying to find the ancestors of my great-grandparents -- George Washington Sullivan and Leona Bostian Sullivan. I think his father was James C Sullivan, but am not sure. ----------------- End Forwarded Message -----------------

I found this old letter in one of my mailboxes, and I thought some of you Owen and Hankin researchers might connect.BETH >Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 13:11:00 -0500 >From: Loraine Cline <Raine@Alltel.net> >To: Terri Lee Wolfe <Terrilee@ipa.net> >Subject: Wolfe Genealogy >Content-Length: 2302 > >Terri, > > Well, aren't you just a wealth of information. Thanks a bunch! >This will keep me busy for a while. > >Bingo!!! on the other side of the family. Jay Bennett HOGUE b, March >21, 1878, d. April 22, 1965, m. Lois Ethel OWENS, was my grandfather. >One of his brothers was R. E. Lee HOGUE d, 1910. m. Annie ?, died 1962. >R. E. Lee and Annie's children were Garland N, m. Dovie; Matthew H. m. >Eunice; Melvin H.; Lyndel; and Evelyn m. Dr. Van C. Binn. Annie was >from Collierville, TN I think. Eunice d. December 27, 1976 was the >niece of Jim McCONE who was married to my great aunt Virginia Gertrude >Owens. > >James. M. HOGUE d. 1912, m. Mary E. GABBIE d. 1916 were the parents of >Jay Bennett HOGUE AND R.E. Lee HOGUE. Their other children were Ethel >d. September 2, 1969; Essie m. Harry JOHNSON; Ruby m. Claude C. SAWYER; >Maggie d. 1966; Olin J. m. Clara M. Barnett; and Carrie J d, 1961(?), m. >(?) DURHAM. This is as far back as I can go on the HOGUE family. > >The name Hellum Owens is not familiar but that does not mean he is not >one of the family. My OWENS records have many blank spots from 1960 to >present that need to be researched. > >Robert HANKINS was by great-great grandfather and is buried in the Tom >Wells Cemetery near Monticello. He was married to Sarah (?) also buried >there. The had nine children Martha Caroline (my great grandmother) m. >Milton Hubert OWENS; Harry; Don; Sies; Nealy; Harriet m. (?) ECHOLS; >Charlye; Anna m. (?) HUGHES; and Sarah who died when she was young. >This is the extent of my information about the HANKINS except, of >course, Milton and Caroline's descendants. > >As to the COX side. My great grandfather James E. COX b September 14, >1826, d. March 21, 1904, m. February 10, 1853, Elizabeth PAYNE d. >January 17, 1901. Both are buried in Tyro, AR. Elizabeth's father was >Isaac PAYNE and her mother's name was Elizabeth. They had eight >children J. Milton m. Mattie HAGOOD; Rufus b. June 28, 1876; Della m. >(?) COLLINS; Wilhelmina b. December 12, 1871 d. November 22, 1947 (my >grandmother) m. Ira Brantley WOLFE January 1, 1896; R. Lee b. May 7, >1867; Albert R. b. August 2, 1861; Alonzo and Leona b. July 28, 1869 d. >November 7, 1875 > >Thanks again for all of your help and I welcome any information you can >supply. I have a long way to go. > >Loraine > > >

Hi everyone! I received this query today and thought Glenda would get more help from the people at ARDREW-L than I could ever give her. Beth Thurman, perhaps you can help her with the WOLFE family??? :-) Thanks. Karen Groce wgroce@netdoor.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 16:08:54 -0600 From: Glenda Wallace <gwallace@southshore.com> To: wgroce@netdoor.com Subject: Family Info "ATTN: Drew Co. Query" I am looking for any information on Rodgers, Savage or Wolf Families. Glenda Rodgers Wallace

I am searching for friends of my mother, Hazel Conrad b. 1930 in Desha County, AR but raised near Winchester and Tillar. I have a picture of her as a young girl with friend Ledale Johnston. Another picture shows Edith Rankins and Mary Weaver. Unfortunately, my mother died a few years ago and I don't know anything more about these ladies. Does anyone recognize these names? Thanks, Jo-Ann Stephens

Judy, You did not include chaz address in your post. I have info on his families. Rebecca ---------- > From: Judy Hadokowitz <Hadoks@onramp.net> > To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ARDREW-L] Re: c jennings > Date: Saturday, January 23, 1999 10:52 AM > > Charles, > I am going to forward your note to the Drew Co. list that is online. > Unfortunately, I live in Texas and don't have a lot of access to data in > Drew Co. Perhaps someone on the list can offer you information or > suggestions on where you can find more data. Thanks list......Judy > > chaz wrote:

I thought some of you might be interested in this.BETH > Subject: [ARCHIVES-L] English Versions of Foreign Names > From: Linda Lewis cityslic@ix.netcom.com >------------------------------------------------------------------ >Paul Kankula has created a webpage for a listing of foreign names and >their English versions at: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/names.html > >He would like to get this information out to other USGenWeb volunteers >to help their visitors. He has a pdf version as well as a text version >online. Beth Thurman or Terri Wolfe Monticello, AR 367-2701

In a message dated 1/24/99 8:47:24 AM Central Standard Time, ARDREW-D- request@rootsweb.com writes: << Everyone has a unique history to tell. Please, get yours down on paper. Sorry for the digression of topic.... Paul Groneman >> Digress?? I think NOT. As you stated so succinctly, history is not only what happened in the past when you consider that whatever transpires today will be history tomorrow. amy

Hello All! I remember someone suggesting that I look for early deaths listed in the old Arkansas Gazette newspaper. They stated that the Family History Commission in Little Rock had these on microfilm but I was wondering if anything was online since I'm a couple of states away. I would sure appreciate any ideas, Be well, Jo-Ann Stephens Indiana bahai@netusa1.net

AIKENS, Matilda - COBB, J. B. 17 Jan 1882 AIKIN, William H. (35) - MCCANN, Mrs. Sarah (30) 13 Apr 1865 AIKINS, William H. (34) - REDDING, Sarah (26) 10 Apr 1862 AKIN, Frances G. (18) - UNDERWOOD, Eli (17) 1 Nov 1871 AKIN, Nancy E. (19) - EMERSON, James R. (26) 26 Jan 1868 *AKINS, Mary E. (15) - SANDERS, N. J. (21) 9 Sep 1860 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ar/calhoun/marriage/marra.txt MCANN, George W. (23) - BINGHAM, Sara Jane (18) 3 Sep 1856 MCANN, Joseph R. (33) - STOVER, Catherine (28) 10 Jan 1858 MCANN, Louisa E. (16) - JOHNSON, William J (24) 20 Aug 1863 MCANN, Mrs. Minerva (35) - ROWLAND, W. R. (40) 15 May 1864 MCANN, Mrs. Sarah (30) - AIKIN, William H. (35) 13 Apr 1865 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ar/calhoun/marriage/marrmc.txt Jann/Melissa: The above is what I ran across in the marriage records on the URLs shown. This is all new information for me, which helped on some problems I've been having on my great-great-grandfather, George W. McCann, father of John Wiley McCann. Obviously, George W. McCann, b. c1834/Tenn was married first to Sarah Bingham, b.c1837/Tenn. I have in my records (from family sources) that he was married second to Mrs. Hattie Akins. (There seems to be some confusion now as to whether he remarried or had died.) As you can see, Mrs. Sarah McCann married William H. Aikin(s) 13 April 1865. They had at least two children, Robert Lee Aikins, b.1868/AR, and Zadia Aikins, b.c1869/AR (Calhoun Co.?). She turns out to be a half-sister to Wiley McCann, instead of his sister. Zadia married John C. Wagnon, who I believe lived in Bradley County and was the father of Hugh Wagnon, who ran a hotel there. It is believed now that Hattie/Mattie married Robert Lee Aikins, but I am not sure - ah, this has turned my whole theory upside down. Also, it is believed that the Mary E. Akins(sp) who married N. J. Sanders above is a daughter of William H. Akins by a former marriage. There is also shown a William H. Akins married to Sarah Redding on 10 April 1862. Is this the same William H. Akins who married Sarah McCann? Also, a W. H. Akins is shown in the 1870 census of Calhoun Co., Ark. to be living next door to George and Sarah McCann. His wife there is shown to be a "Frances." Sorry this is so hacked-up, but is there anybody who can give any information on these families? Helen Leigh

At 10:55 AM 1/23/99 EST, you wrote: >Please, please, please - I beg of y'all - write YOUR stories down >so those descendants of yours, who won't be interested until >too late to ask, may read and enjoy them after you are long gone. I agree with Paul ..... I never knew about the Monticello tornado. I lived in Houston then, and just yesterday told my best friend's husband (recently moved here from VA) that Monticello had never had a bad storm except for a mild one out just north of the college.....shows to go I don't know my Monticello history very well. Anyway, I enjoyed the reminiscense. BETH Beth Thurman or Terri Wolfe Monticello, AR 367-2701

Paulgron@aol.com (Paulgron@aol.com) wrote: >Robert Lane, in the referenced posting tell a very interesting >story that should be passed on to later generations in his family. >Please, please, please - I beg of y'all - write YOUR stories down >so those descendants of yours, who won't be interested until >too late to ask, may read and enjoy them after you are long gone. > >Everyone has a unique history to tell. Please, get yours down on paper. >Sorry for the digression of topic.... Paul, I completely agree and do think your post was right on-topic with respect to genealogy! Robert's memories of the tornadoes he experienced firsthand are priceless and you are right--they should be shared and passed down! Here is a good web site that will help you get started capturing your family stories, either from your own memories, or through the oral history of other family members you interview. It's called the Center for Life Stories Preservation, and you can find it at: http://www.storypreservation.com/home.html I keep meaning to start writing down stories from my own family history, but I find I fall into the mindset of "Oh, pooh, I'm only 29, I have plenty of time. Besides, I haven't lived through that much yet. My life story would be boring at this point." However, I know that I have memories living inside me that will be lost forever if I don't jot them down. This forum is absolutely the right place to talk about your Drew Co. family stories! --Melissa P.S. Y'all tell me how you like the Story Preservation web site. I don't know the people who run the site, but I think it is excellent!

Charles, I am going to forward your note to the Drew Co. list that is online. Unfortunately, I live in Texas and don't have a lot of access to data in Drew Co. Perhaps someone on the list can offer you information or suggestions on where you can find more data. Thanks list......Judy chaz wrote: > judyi am very impressed with what you have presented on your pagei am > researching my family via drew county.my father and mother both came > from familites in drew an ashley countiesfather : horace leslie > jennings, son of hugh wilson jennings, son of george newton, son of > william(from va or somewhere...)my mother was a lassiter, william, > brother of marion, mother was a logan from ashley county.i would sure > like to know where my william jennings came from. george newton was > in civil war with his father william. can't find out who william was, > who he married, did he buy land in drew county or what??? charles > william jennings

In a message dated 1/23/1999 8:26:24 AM Central Standard Time, westplex@hotmail.com writes: > I hope you don't mind a little diversion regarding my memories of > toronados in Warren and Monticello. > > The 1949 tornado that hit Warren was devastating. As I recall,.[etc.] Pardon my unasked-for opinion, but we often fall into the trap of thinking of history as what happened to our ancestors - not what happened to us. Robert Lane, in the referenced posting tell a very interesting story that should be passed on to later generations in his family. Please, please, please - I beg of y'all - write YOUR stories down so those descendants of yours, who won't be interested until too late to ask, may read and enjoy them after you are long gone. Everyone has a unique history to tell. Please, get yours down on paper. Sorry for the digression of topic.... Paul Groneman

I hope you don't mind a little diversion regarding my memories of toronados in Warren and Monticello. The 1949 tornado that hit Warren was devastating. As I recall, approximately 130 people were killed. Even though I was only about 5 years old, I remember my father, Herbert Lane, talking about the extent of the destruction he witnessed after touring the damaged areas. He was either still with the U.S. Public Health Service at the time or had just begun to serve as the local public health officer for the state, I'm not sure which. Nevertheless, he was called in to help with disease prevention and restoration of services. On one of his several trips to Warren during the few days after the storm, I traveled with him to see the damage. Even though I was very young, the vivid images of devastation are still clear in my mind. Obliterated houses, felled trees, a real mess. The storm touched down (I learned years later) in the southwestern part of town and then followed a path across the business district to the northeast...a classic tornado route. Apparently some sort of tornado alley exists in that spot, because another similar destructive toronado devastated Warren again in the 1960's, killing about 7 or 8 people. My father was again called in to help. I remember several tornados that touched down Monticello in the 50's and 60's, including one particularly bad one that occurred in the late 1950's about 7:00 on a Tuesday evening. Our home was on south Gabbert Street, and we stood in the backyard watching the dark green cloud approach. My parents were certain a tornado was approaching...of course there was no early warning weather report in those days. But you didn't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that one bad storm was approaching on that evening. Despite the oncoming storm, my Dad drove me to the scheduled scout meeting. Troop 67 (our Scoutmaster was Henry Lee Ross) was meeting in the basement of the "new" Presbyterian Church when it hit. The lightening and wind noise was so loud we could hardly hear each other talk. The "roar of a train" noise everyone always describes hearing during a tornado seemed to hover around forever, with flash lightening like I have never seen since. The wind was incredible. Our meeting was in the basement of the church, so we felt relatively safe. I think it took an hour or so for parents to get to the church after the storm to pick up their sons. We didn't know for sure how bad things were until we emerged and found trees blocking north main and completly covering the church yard. Also, most power lines were down. Monticello was fortunate due to its location, since the hills around the town apparently kept the toronado from dropping down on most homes, limiting the destruction. Therefore, the most damage was done to church steeples, including the new steeple of the First Baptist Church, which was completely blown off and was lying partially across Main. Clean-up took weeks to complete. I love Arkansas, but I certainly do not miss the uncertain weather and the constant prospects of bad storms and toronados. I read about the recent storms, and am amazed that tornados of this magnitude can strike in mid-winter. Shades of El Nino or gobal warming, no doubt. Anyway, I hope Drew County escaped harm. My best to all of you. >From ARDREW-L-request@rootsweb.com Fri Jan 22 12:34:07 1999 >Received: from [207.113.245.30] by hotmail.com (1.1) with SMTP id MHotMailB8722BBD202C6D101707ACF71F51E0E4F0; Fri Jan 22 12:34:07 1999 >Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA15342; > Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:32:43 -0800 (PST) >Resent-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:32:43 -0800 (PST) >X-Sender: tsaritsa@popd.best.ix.netcom.com >Message-Id: <v04003a07b2ce906027e9@[205.226.204.243]> >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:36:09 -0800 >Old-To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com, ARBRADLE-L@rootsweb.com >From: Melissa Jones <tsaritsa@ix.netcom.com> >Subject: [ARDREW-L] Is everyone OK?? >Resent-Message-ID: <"qqxoPC.A.WvD.pBOq2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> >To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2439 >X-Loop: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: ARDREW-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Hello, everyone, > >Yes, this is going to be an off-topic post/thread, so those of you who >aren't living in Arkansas at the moment, please be patient and delete if >you are not interested. > >Jann let me know last night that the tornadoes across the state were >horrible. I just got off the phone with my mom after making sure my family >(in De Queen and Arkadelphia) were OK. > >Since we on the list are all family, I want to know if everyone here is all >right as well!! Please let us know if your area of the state was damaged. > >And this is genealogy-related, if you think about it. Think about the 1949 >tornado in Warren that Jann has posted about. Yesterday's event (30+ >tornadoes in one night?!) will be one for the history books, and our >grandkids and great-grandkids will wonder what we were doing/thinking when >the storms hit. > >So, with an eye to the future, what will you tell them when they ask? > >Hoping everyone is safe, > >Melissa > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

[Cindy, the Ardrew address is in the cc. I posted.] Rebecca ---------- > From: Johnnie and Cindy Adams <adamseden@eritter.net> > To: rdea@seark.net > Subject: Re: weather and other info > Date: Friday, January 22, 1999 4:31 PM > > Rebecca: > The Searcy/Beebe area was pretty hard hit. The junior high school was > destroyed as were several businesses and numerous homes. We have friends > there and we haven't heard from them simply because their phone lines are > out. Things were also pretty rough in the Newport area, the Marmaduke/Cash > area and near Jonesboro and Paragould. I have relatives who live near these > towns and they have all reported they are fine, but material things took a > beating. Can you post this for me and please also include the address for > AR-DREW for me to post on? > Thanks Cindy Adams

Thanks, Melissa. It missed Drew County, but we had a wild ride down the wind! Wheeeee!!! I was concerned about Jann in particular [being in Benton] and Ed Sanders [being in Searcy.]. I have just been able to log on. Can receive, but so far, cannot send. Rebecca > > Since we on the list are all family, I want to know if everyone here is all > right as well!! Please let us know if your area of the state was damaged. > > And this is genealogy-related, if you think about it. Think about the 1949 > tornado in Warren that Jann has posted about. Yesterday's event (30+ > tornadoes in one night?!) will be one for the history books, and our > grandkids and great-grandkids will wonder what we were doing/thinking when > the storms hit. > > So, with an eye to the future, what will you tell them when they ask? > > Hoping everyone is safe, > > Melissa >

Thanks, Melissa. It missed Drew County, but we had a wild ride down the wind! Wheeeee!!! I was concerned about Jann in particular [being in Benton] and Ed Sanders [being in Searcy.]. I have just been able to log on. Can receive, but so far, cannot send. Rebecca > > Since we on the list are all family, I want to know if everyone here is all > right as well!! Please let us know if your area of the state was damaged. > > And this is genealogy-related, if you think about it. Think about the 1949 > tornado in Warren that Jann has posted about. Yesterday's event (30+ > tornadoes in one night?!) will be one for the history books, and our > grandkids and great-grandkids will wonder what we were doing/thinking when > the storms hit. > > So, with an eye to the future, what will you tell them when they ask? > > Hoping everyone is safe, > > Melissa >