John & Sherry Quade I show Jacob H Jones b Feb 14,1840 d Jan 13,1907 Eliza C Jones b Dec 08,1854 d Nov 29,1894 Buried in Riverside Cemetery, Mammoth Springs, Ar I show a John Kissee b 1855 d 1901 Buried in McClamore Cemetery, Mammoth Springs, Ar in Fulton County, Ar. These are the only ones I could find. Lots of unmarked graves in the county. ===== Gene genrit@yahoo.com Dedicated to the preservation of Ancestral names. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com

My grandmother, Mattie Lillian Jones was born June 4, 1910 in Fulton County, Arkansas around Mammoth Springs. She was one of four children of Frank Elmo Jones and Carmen Ercel Wright. I am told that the family left before the 1920's and relocated in Joplin, Missouri and later to the Quapaw, Oklahoma area. Both sets of her grandparents had lived in Fulton County. Frank's parents were Jacob H. Jones and Eliza C. Mason. I know that they came to Arkansas after 1880 when they were listed on the MIssouri census. Eliza died in 1894 and is buried in Fulton County. Jacob died in 1907 and is also buried there. Carmen's parents were William H. Wright and Cynthia Elizabeth Kissee. I find Cynthia's sisters living near them on the 1900 and 1910 census. Mary "Mollie" Wright and Sarah Hatfield were her sisters. John Kissee was her brother. I believe that Mary Wright's husband, John was a brother to William, but am unable to verify that. I am having trouble finding when William and Cynthia died and where they are buried. The family story was that William was found murdered. It was believed that he was killed in a robbery as he rode his horse home. I'm told that he had a general store. I'm having trouble locating records, or knowing where to find such records. Can anyone suggest where I can look for information for these Fulton County families? Sherry Quade

Dear List Members, I adopted the Orphan-Trains mailing list this evening and wanted to invite you to join if you have an interest in the history of the Orphan Trains which carried thousands of children to their new homes and families in many states from the 1850's to 1930, including Arkansas If you would like to subscribe, send only the word SUBSCRIBE to ORPHAN-TRAINS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM Kathleen Burnett List Mom

We regret to note the passing of Mary Louise (Ware, Skidmore, Slayton) Korsgaden. Born July 6, 1923, died March 28, 2003. She was born in Elizabeth, AR to Brown and Nora (Shelton) Ware, and died in Victorville, CA. Cremation to follow. There will be no memorial service, nor will there be any published obituary, at the request of Louise. Jim and Wanda (Ware) Hobbs

1880 Southfork Twp. Fulton Co. AR George Taylor 32 KY VA KY Sarah wife 26 AR ?? ?? Margaret 6 AR Mary 4 AR Martha 2 AR Thomas VAUGHN 14 MO (no relationship given) Hope this helps ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen" <colleen@crosstel.net> To: <ARFULTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 12:12 PM Subject: [ARFULTON] Help in AR > I am trying to locate a Sarah Melvina Evans, she really doesn't know what > year she was born. I have 1850-1854-1856, in AR and KY. I know in 1870 she > in the James R Thacker household in Fulton Co., AR, in 1874 she married my > 1st great grandfather George W Taylor. Could some please help me find her? > Thanks Colleen in Ok > > > ==== ARFULTON Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Fulton Co., AR list, use > ARFULTON-l-request@rootsweb.com or ARFULTON-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

I am trying to locate a Sarah Melvina Evans, she really doesn't know what year she was born. I have 1850-1854-1856, in AR and KY. I know in 1870 she in the James R Thacker household in Fulton Co., AR, in 1874 she married my 1st great grandfather George W Taylor. Could some please help me find her? Thanks Colleen in Ok

Looking for any information on the following people: LEWIS, George W. born abt. 1859, married (first)Elvie Tucker in 1879: Children were: Molly Lewis Ellie or Ella Lewis, married LA Gilmore, lived in Batesville, AR Albert Mazie Lewis, born abt. 9/1881 in Fulton County AR, married Essie Estes, died 2/29/19678 in Bethany, Oklahoma John G. Lewis, born 5/31/1890 in Fulton County, AR, died 11/14/1964 in Craighead County, AR, married Dora Alice Mosley Bertha Mae Lewis, born 12/12/1899 in Ash Flat, Sharp County, AR. died 1/23/1941 in Okmulgee Co, OK Annabelle Lewis, born in the 1880's, died in the 1920's George married (second) Margaret A. Thomas Perkins Georgiana Norris noname2579@aol.com

Dear List Members, This is to inform those of you who are interested in the Stuart/Butler families of Fulton and Izard County, AR. Bessie Mae Stuart Born to George Washington Stuart and Minnie Bell Butler, March 22, 1914 in Wiseman, AR. passed away today, March 23, 2003 (age 89) after a long illness. She is preceded in death by two husbands, Milton Charles Graves and Henry Swan Brooks, four sisters, Daisy, Edith Soden, Dorothy Rhea, and Bethel Langston, Two brothers, Herbert Stuart and Homer Stuart, and a grand son, Daniel W. Clegg. She is survived by her son Stephen L. Graves, daughter, Mary Ellen (Graves) Clegg, eight grandchildren, and thirteen great grand children. Mary E.

Very important to "prove' or "disprove" whether Henry Jasper Turner who lived in Fulton Co. 1850-60 married a Bookout...Can't find him on census records-my records show Mary Bookout was the wife of William Howard Crouch, my ggrandpa! Any info would be greatly appreciated! Volamae in Florida

Could someone be so kind to take a digital picture of an article in the West Plains Weekly Quill of April 19, 1934 entitled "Dr. Hunt, one of Ozarks' Oldest Citizens, Passes". A lot of thanks. Louise-Marie HUNT.

Im not looking for the Evans family but I will be glad to see if I can help you..What are you looking for? Brenda

Is there any one out there looking for the Evans family in Fulton Co., AR? I sure do need help on this family. Colleen in OK

This Sarah 10 b/AR maybe my first great grand mother in the 1860 census Fulton Co., AR. I am trying to locate: Jane Evans b/1830 MO with the following children. Jasper 13 b/AR Jane 12 b/AR Sarah 10 b/AR Dulcina 8 B/AR Sames 4 b/AR Believe that she is the daughter-in-law of Sames Evans b/TN Sarah in living in the household next to Sames & Sarah Evans. Can any one please help me on the family. Thank you for your time and trouble. Colleen in OK

Hi folks! Demographers have studied the phenomenon by which people round off their age in the census enumeration to 5 and 10 year intervals. The tendency to round off is related to age, education and gender among other things: Older people round off more (thus the graphed age distribution looks increasingly peaked (heaped)); less educated people round off more; both men and women round off, but men round upward, to seem older, and women round downward, to appear younger. The point of the foregoing is to suggest why you might want to take the age of some ancestor told the census-taker with a few grains of salt. Grandma or Grandpa might have been fibbing a little. -- Robert W. King I'm an ingenieur, NOT a bloody locomotive driver! SnailNet: 19023 TV Tower Rd, Winslow, Arkansas 72959 BellNet: 479-634-2086 InterNet: robert@wildweasel.net Web site: http://www.wildweasel.net

Hi Folks! If we're lucky, our genealogical research will be aided by turning up photos of our ancestors. However dating those photos can frequently be a problem. Here is some quick guide that can help. It comes from my email archives of 9 Nov 1988. PHOTOGRAPHY AS A TOOL IN GENEALOGY text by Ron and Maureen Willis, Willis Photo Lab 2510 Old Middlefield Rd. Mountain View, CA 94043 / (415) 969-3555 retyped by Ted Swift (tswift@well.UUCP) Knowledge of photographic techniques is an important tool in genealogical research. Each step in the evolution of photography (with some overlapping) was predominant for only a short span of time. By determining the type of photographic technique used to make your old family photos, it is possible to date with reasonable accuracy when the originals were created. I. DAGUERREOTYPE (1839 - 1870, approx.) A. The case resembled a double frame. Very decorative. The photo image is on a silver clad copper sheet which is attached to a sheet of glass by a foil-like brass decorative frame. This sealed packet was then force-fit into a special wood case and was often padded with velvet or silk. B. Many times, the silver image tarnishes with silver sulfide in the same way as silverware. C. The cost: $5.00 (more than a weeks pay for most people). II. CALOTYPE (1845 - 1855, approx.). The first photographs on paper. A two-step process where the first step was to make a negative image on a light-sensitive paper. Step two was to make a contact [print] with a second sheet of sensitized paper to make a positive print. Calotypes were never widely popular, and most of those surviving are in museums. Apparently Talbot (the inventor) did not fully realize the importance of washing his prints long enough to remove all the residual chemicals, or perhaps his fixing was inadequate. Either fault leads to the same result of fading image, discoloration, etc. These defects are now noticeable in many calotypes, some of which are today little more than pale yellow ghosts. III. AMBROTYPE (1854 to the end of the Civil War) A. The ambrotype is a thin negative image on glass made to appear as a positive by showing it against a black background. B. Similar to daguerreotype in assembly of parts: 1. Outer protective case 2. Backing of black paper, cloth, or metal 3. The on-glass-image, emulsion to the front and black varnish on the back. 4. Brass die cut frame 5. Gilt border of thin brass to edge wrap the frame, glass, and backing. C. It was common for the ambrotype to be colored. Suggestions of rouge cheeks or lips suggested a person of substance. Buttons, watch chains, pendants, broaches were often tinted with color. D. Disadvantages of ambrotypes: 1. A very slow (up to 20 sec.) exposure, compared to 2 sec. for a daguerreotype. 2. The glass was very fragile. It couldn't withstand travel or being carried in a locket as a daguerreotype could. E. Advantage of the Ambrotypes: Price. It could be sold profitably at a low price, approx. 25 cents. The cost of the ambrotype was less than half of the daguerreotype. IV. THE TINTYPE (1856 to WWII) "The penny picture that elected a president". A. Price- sold for a penny or less, making photography universally available. The average price from the inception of the process in 1856 until its fade-out was 10 cents to 25 cents for an image about the size of a playing card. B. Advantages: 1. Lighter and less costly to manufacture. 2. Camera was lighter and easier to handle. 3. Wouldn't shatter as a glass image photo would. 4. Could be colored or tinted. As the public sought lower prices, the cases (which cost more than the finished photographs) were eliminated. In their place, paper folders of the size of the then popular card photographs were used for protection. Instead of a glass cover, the photographer covered the tintype with a quick varnish to protect any tints or colors added to cheeks, lips, jewelry or buttons. C. Popularity: The tintype was very popular during the Civil War because every soldier wanted to send a picture of himself with his rifle and sword home. They could be mailed home safely without fear of shattering. D. The tintype actually does not contain any tin, but is made of thin black iron. It is sometimes confused with ambrotypes and daguerreotypes, but is easily distinguishable from them by the fact that a tintype attracts a small magnet. DATING THE TINTYPES _Introduction_ 1856 - 1860. The earliest tintypes were on heavy metal (0.017 inches thick) that was never again used. [? -tjs] They are stamped "Neff's Melainotype Pat 19 Feb 56" along one edge. Many are found in gilt frames or in the leather or plastic (thermomolded) cases of the earliest ambrotypes. Size range from one-sixth plate to full plate. _Civil War Period_ 1861 - 1865. Tintypes of this time are primarily one-sixth and one-fourth plate and are often datable by the Potter's Patent paper holders, adorned with patriotic stars and emblems, that were introduced during the period. After 1863 the paper holders were embossed rather than printed. Uncased tintypes have been found with cancelled tax stamps adhered to the backs. The stamps date these photographs to the period of the wartime retail tax, 1 Sept 1864 to 1 Aug 1866. _Brown Period_ 1870 - 1885. In 1870 the Phenix (sic.) Plate Co. began making plates with a chocolate-tinted surface. They "created a sensation among the photographers throughout the country, and the pictures made on the chocolate-tinted surface soon became the rage". During this period "rustic" photography also made its debut with its painted backgrounds, fake stones, wood fences and rural props. Neither the chocolate tint nor the rustic look are to be found in pre-1870 tintypes. _Gem Period_ 1863 - 1890. Tiny portraits, 7/8 by 1 inch, or about the size of a small postage stamp, became available with the invention of the Wing multiplying cameras. They were popularized under the trade name Gem and the Gem Galleries offered the tiny likenesses at what proved to be the lowest prices in studio history. Gem Galleries flourished until about 1890, at which time the invention of roll film and family cameras made possible larger images at modest cost. It was no longer necessary to visit a studio that specialized in the tiny likenesses. Gem portraits were commonly stored in special albums with provision for a single portrait per page. Slightly larger versions also existed. Some Gems were cut to fit lockets, cufflinks, tiepins, rings and even garter clasps. _Carnival Period_ 1875 - 1930. Itinerant photographers frequently brought the tintype to public gatherings, such as fairs and carnivals. They came equipped with painted backdrops of Niagara Falls, beach, boat, and other novelty props for comic portraits. _Postmortems_. In the nineteenth century it was common to request a photographer to make a deathbed portrait of a loved one. V. THE CABINET CARD (approx. 1866 - 1906). A card stock product, nearly four times the size of previous photographs on card stock. A. The larger size created new problems of photographic quality. Flaws that were not obvious in the smaller cards now became very visible. This gave rise to a new skill of photo retoucher. B. Success in retouching led to innovations in the darkroom and at the camera. Diffusion of the image reduced the need for retouching. This led to verbal skirmishes between photographers who insisted in "truth in photography". Opponents called retouching degenerating, demoralizing, and untruthful practices. C. Cabinet cards can be further dated by color of stock, borders, corners and size. QUICK DATING GUIDE TO CABINET CARDS The earliest American-made cabinet cards have been dated only to the post- Civil War period, beginning in 1866. Design and colors of these cards followed those of the cartes of that time. Cabinet cards are rarely found after 1906. ---------- Card Colors: 1866 - 1880 White card stock of a light weight 1880 - 1890 Different colors for face and back of mounts 1882 - 1888 Face of buff, matte-finished, with a back of creamy-yellow, glossy. ---------- Borders: 1866 - 1880 Red or gold rules, single and double lines 1884 - 1885 Wide gold borders 1885 - 1892 Gold beveled edges 1889 - 1896 Rounded corner rule of single line 1890 - 1892 Metallic green or gold impressed border 1896 Impressed outer border, without color. ---------- Corners: 1866 - 1880 Square, lightweight mount 1880 - 1890 Square, heavy board with scalloped sides. -Photographs mounted on card stock- The most popular mount sizes were: Carte-de-visite 4 1/4" x 2 1/2" Cabinet card 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" Victoria 5" x 3 1/4" Promenade 7" x 4" Boudoir 8 1/2" x 5 1/4" Imperial 9 7/8" x 6 7/8" Panel 8 1/4" x 4" Stereograph 3" x 7" ----------- REVENUE STAMPS ARE A TOOL FOR DATING PHOTOGRAPHS As part of the effort by the Congress to fund the Civil War, among a number of taxes levied was an 1864 Act which provided that sellers of photographs affix stamps at the time of sale to "photographs, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, or any sun pictures", according to the following schedule, exempting photographs too small for the stamp to be affixed: Less than 25 cents 2 cents stamps (blue/orange) 25 to 50 cents 3 cents stamps (green) 50 cents to $1 5 cents stamps (red) More than $1 5 cents for each additional dollar or fraction thereof. Stamps were applied from 1 Aug 1864 to 1 Aug 1866. Blue "playing card stamps are known to have been used in the summer of 1866 as other stamps were unavailable as the levy came to an end. The stamp was to be canceled in the original Act by requiring that the seller cancel the stamp by initializing and dating it in ink. The most rare of all of these stamps is the one cent (red) "playing cards" and the most common is the orange two cent "playing cards". Values for all of these stamps appear in the Scott's Specialized Catalog of United States Stamps. VI. THE STEREOGRAPH (1849 - 1925). "Parlor Travel" both educational and entertaining. A. The stereograph is an almost identical side-by-side set of images of a single scene, viewed simultaneously through an optical device held to the eyes like a pair of binoculars. Each eye looks at a slightly different image, and the fusion of the two images in the mind creates the illusion of depth. B. Price: a few pennies. C. Sizes of stereo cards and slides: The typical mass manufactured stereo card of the period between the Civil War and WW I had a standard dimension: 3 1/2" x 7". This is the size commonly found in boxed sets. The earliest of these cards were made on slightly curved mounts; later cards were made on slightly curved mounts that permitted greater clarity when they were seen in the stereopticon viewer. A number of photographers, working with larger field cameras, created slightly larger cards of 4" x 7", 4 3/8" x 7" and 4 1/2" x 7". Until about 1873 the smaller sizes were sold for twenty five cents per card and the larger "artistic" size for fifty cents. Within a decade sets of twenty or more were made on printing presses, not by a hand photo- graphic process. The on-glass slides, a stereo form more popular in Europe than in America, were available in two standard sizes, 45 x 107 mm and 6 x 13 cm. Both were smaller than the standard card stereographs. VII. THE WET-PLATE PRINT (c.1853 - 1902). "The photograph that opened the West". (A large contact print). A. To identify the wet-plate negative, look for an uneven coating were the syrupy collodion base of the glass plate did not flow to the very edges of the glass. Many of the plate edges reveal torn or rippled emulsion and even the fingerprints of the darkroom technician who handled it with wet fingers. Only occasionally is it possible to determine whether a print was made from a wet-plate negative, especially if the outer edge of the print has been trimmed away. It is the edge that would immediately reveal the irregularities of the collodion coating prepared in the field. B. Few Americans could afford the cost of a studio enlargement made with a solar enlarger. The technique of making such enlargements were so complicated that few photographers had the proper skill to make an enlargement from a standard studio negative. Much of the demand for larger photographs could be satisfied by making larger negatives and larger cameras to handle them. Wet plate negatives were often 11" x 14" up to 20" x 24" sheets of sensitized glass. C. Wet-plate photographers helped to open the American West by taking their cameras out of the studio and on location assignment with the survey teams of the U.S. Government and the railroads in the Far West, and with the geological expeditions moving into the unmapped wilderness beyond the Rocky Mountains. The giant spaces they discovered demanded giant cameras. The camera that documented the famous meeting at Promontory Point, Utah of the tracks of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on 10 May 1869 was built to accommodate glass plates 10" x 13". The camera boated down the Colorado River during the Powell Expedition into the Grand Canyon was 11" x 14". The work of these photographers, shown in major exhibitions in Washington D.C., is generally acknowledged to have been instrumental in convincing Congress to enact legislation establishing many of the major national parks, monuments, and preserves. The maps of the surveys showed where everything was; the wet-plate photographers showed precisely what was there. -- Robert W. King I'm an ingenieur, NOT a bloody locomotive driver! SnailNet: 19023 TV Tower Rd, Winslow, Arkansas 72959 BellNet: 479-634-2086 InterNet: robert@wildweasel.net Web site: http://www.wildweasel.net

Jim and Judy, The only thing I know (and this is from relatives) that Jewel Dodge married Lowell Riggs and they lived around Springfield, MO. I know nothing more about this couple. Missy Pedrick

Hi Missy Saw your post on the Fulton County Arkansas list. You have a Riggs listed. Do you by chance have any other info on Riggs that was in the Mississippi County Arkansas area around 1920-1930 time frame. I am trying to find info on Claura Ann Riggs born September 25, 1910 Manila, Arkansas. She married Archie Lloyd Montgomery born December 10, 1907 my uncle. Thanks for your time Jim and Judy ( Shuck ) Montgomery JIM M.

I am looking for information on Enoch Dodge's family. I am his Great Grand daughter, researching my tree. I don't know much about his children and would like to find out more. Any help would greatly be appreciated. I know some moved to TX. Word has it that one of his daughters married Lowell Riggs and moved to Springfield, MO. Have not located her. I believe this was Jewel. Era B. is a complete mystery to me. Between 1920 and 1930 she must have married and moved away. I cannot locate her anywhere. Missy Pedrick

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Morn-in list Looking for info on the family of D. L. Hatman born about 1867. Mary Frances Montgomery born 1874 and D. L. Hatman were married August 06, 1890 Fulton County, Arkansas. Mary Frances Montgomery was the daughter of James Ferguson Montgomery and Sophronia Davenport Wiseman. They had 3 childern that we know of , Artemilitia Lutisha (Tisha) Hatman, Elizabeth Hatman, Samuel Dolph (Doffy) Hatman. We think we have found him age 6 in the 1870 , Fulton County, Arkansas , Union Township page # 9, line 12. in the the household 3/4 of Andy and Elisabeth Hatman. Next door is a household 2/2 James Hatman age 20 and household 1/7 Isacc Hatman age 60. Thanks in advance for any help. Jim and Judy ( Shuck ) Montgomery JIM M. ps Junebug sure glad you are back home and sounds like you are about to romp again.