The, Batesville article was very interesting to me because the SB Wycough listed, was my GGGrandfather. The Wycough's came to AR from North Carolina in 1837. Thanks Paul Howard [email protected] wrote: > Hello, My name is Carolyn FLOWERS Tucker, I gave several generations of > Family that lived in the Independence Co. area from early 1800's till 1900's. > My Mom has saved a lot of articles from the Batesville Guard. Unfortunately > she lost most all of it in a house fire last summer, but the few things I had > at my home of hers, I would like to share, in her honor (she is Mildred RAY > FLOWERS)as she now has Alzheimer's & can no longer research. > So, if anyone has an objection to these articles please let me know, or if I > am duplicating something, I checked the list archives & could not find > anything similar, although the search engines on Rootsweb are a little > untrustworthy these days. > Our surnames in the area are JAMES, KING, KIRKPATRICK, LACKS, & LAWRENCE. > Hope these articles are helpful to someone... > Carolyn > > Batesville Guard > News of Other Days > JAN 1988 > 130 Years Ago > The Balance is authorized to announce Jesse SEARCY as a candidate for > Mayor of the town of Batesville. > We are also authorized to announce the following gentlemen as > candidates for town councilmen: A.W. LYON, Isaac FOLSUM, Sr., James W. > BUTLER, Wm. E. GIBBS, S.B. FESMIRE & S.B. WYCOUGH. > If William STEELE will consent to serve as constable of the town of > BATESVILLE he will receive the vote of many citizens. > In consequence of high water we have no mails from Little Rock this > week. > Private business called us from home suddenly & imperatively last > week. We made a trip to Clarendon in Monroe Co., going & returning per the > steamer Hale. But for want of space we should have noticed this week some > improvements we observed at different points on the river--improvements that > are cheering & encouraging. We may do so at another time. > We herby tender our thanks to Capt. ADAMS & Mr. DILLAHAUNTY, clerk > of the HALE, fro their kindness to us on the trip. They are as clever men as > ever captained or clerked on any boat. And here we cannot but express our > regret that so heavy a loss as the sinking of the Exchange & Lazear should > have happened to such a man as Capt. ADAMS. > The election of municipal offices will be held in our town next > Monday. It is important that everyone should turn out; let us have a full > vote & elect an efficient set of officers--mayor, constable & councilmen. We > shall have something to say hereafter to what is needed in the management of > our municipal affairs. The gentlemen called upon thru our columns this week, > we think, will make good officers & would be glad to see them supported. > ------Independence Balance > ___28 JAN 1858 > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com