Hello listmembers, I don't very often post a request, but I would like to know if there is a Oaklawn Cemetery in Jackson County. My grandfather, H.A. Ray, died at the St. Bernard Hospital in Jonesboro Sept 1933. My father, Steven Ray, has been to the cemetery where is father is buried, but that has been more than 22 years ago and he is getting elderly and sometimes his memory is not quite like it use to be. He remembers the headstone is flat and has the name H.A. Ray, born March 11, 1892. If there is a volunteer who would follow up on this for me, I will pay the expenses. Thanks

Posted on: Jackson Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Jackson/282 Surname: Ford ------------------------- I am looking for information on the following people.John Ford died on 04/24/1929 and John Ford died 4/17/1932 in Jackson County.John Ford died 4/30/1938 in Jackson County.

I am looking for any information on Amey "Caples" Baker who died July 2, 1924 in either Woodruff County or Jackson County AR. She is buried at Sand Hill Cemetery near Weldon AR. I have been unable to get a death certificate from Dept of Health so I am looking for a newspaper obit that might give details. Thanks Doug _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Is anyone out there researching Collins in and around the Arkansas counties of Woodruff, Jackson, Stone during the 1800's? I need a connection. Lyn

----- Original Message ----- From: Mike & Mary Cooley Subject: EZELL FULLER WILLIAMS Stephen W. EZELL born c. 1840 White Co., Illinois--son of Thomas Jefferson EZELL & Mary Ann WILLIAMS. Stephen married Ann Fuller 16, 31 May 1860 in Jackson Co., AR. On 2 November 1861, Stephen joined the Confederate army at Jakcsonport, AR. At enlistment he was described as having gray eyes, light hair, dark complexion, 5'11" tall. He was killed on the third day of the battle at Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863. Does anyone know what became of Ann? Were there any children of their union? Stephen was the older brother of my gg-grandfather, Harrison Jackson EZELL. Mary Lou Cooley [email protected]

Posted on: Jackson Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Jackson/281 Surname: Henley ------------------------- Looking for information on Ray(possibly Gray) Henley. His father's name was Frank. I believe his mother lived in Swifton, in Jackson County in around 1941. If anyone has any information on Ray or his family, please e-mail me. Thanks.

If you will go on the www.familytreemaker.com site and then see the ad for CD on sale 65% off they have some great Arkansas bargins. Some are reduced to 9.99 census and marriage records etc. Check it out. charlotte S.

Posted on: Jackson Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Jackson/280 Surname: White, Vines ------------------------- Miss Martha Lou White has been appointed to the position of assistant home demonstration agent for Jackson County, C.A. Vines, Director, Agricultural Extension Service has announced. The appointment was effective February 16, subject to the approval of the president of the University of Arkansas. Miss White is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Quinton H. White of DeQueen. She was graduated from Henderson State Teachers College in January where she was a member of Alpha Chi, Kappa Delta Pi and the National Honorary Scholastic fraternity. Arkansas Gazette, Sunday Feb. 20, 1966

Posted on: Jackson Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Jackson/279 Surname: HALL, DAVIS ------------------------- Benjamin Hall and Elisabeth Davis were married in Jackson County, Arkansas on July 22, 1866. I am searching for information on their families they are my 2nd great grandparents, I am will to share my information.contact me at [email protected] Michael

The Jackson Co website query section is now running. The rootsweb main computer is upgraded and so you should be able to view and add queries. Charlotte Smith

The main website of rootsweb that does the queries is down for repairs and upgrade for a few days. You will not be able to access queries on the Jackson Co website, so come back and try again,it is not the Jackson site. Thanks for those who told me. Charlotte Smith

EPIDEMICS: In case you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors disappeared during a certain period in history, this might help. Epidemics have always had a great influence on people - and thus influencing, as well, the genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing from records can be traced to dying during an epidemic or moving away from the affected area. Some of the major epidemics in the United States are listed below. 1657 Boston: Measles 1687 Boston: Measles 1690 New York: Yellow Fever 1713 Boston: Measles 1729 Boston: Measles 1732-33 Worldwide: Influenza 1738 South Carolina: Smallpox 1739-40 Boston: Measles 1747 Conn, NY, PA & SC: Measles 1759 North America (areas inhabited by white people): Measles 1761 North America & West Indies: Influenza 1772 North America: Measles 1775 North America (especially hard in New England) - Epidemic (unknown) 1775-76 Worldwide: Influenza (one of worst flu epidemics) 1783 Delaware (Dover) "extremely fatal" bilious disorder 1788 Philadelphia & NY: Measles 1793 Vermont: Influenza and a "putrid fever" 1793 Virginia: Influenza (killed 500 people in 5 counties in 4 weeks) 1793 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) 1793 Pennsylvania (Harrisburg & Middletown) many unexplained deaths 1794 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever 1796-97 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever 1798 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) 1803 New York: Yellow Fever 1820-23 Nationwide: "fever" (starts on Schuylkill River, PA & spreads) 1831-32 Nationwide: Asiatic Cholera (brought by English emigrants) 1832 New York & other major cities: Cholera 1837 Philadelphia: Typhus 1841 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (especially severe in South) 1847 New Orleans: Yellow Fever 1847-48 Worldwide: Influenza 1848-49 North America: Cholera 1850 Nationwide: Yellow Fever 1850-51 North America: Influenza 1852 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (New Orleans 8,000 die in summer) 1855 Nationwide (many parts) Yellow Fever 1857-59 Worldwide: Influenza (one of disease's greatest epidemics) 1860-61 Pennsylvania: Smallpox 1865-73 Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis & Washington DC: A series of recurring epidemics of Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever & Yellow Fever 1873-75 North America & Europe: Influenza 1878 New Orleans: Yellow Fever (last great epidemic of disease) 1885 Plymouth, PA: Typhoid 1886 Jacksonville, FL: Yellow Fever 1918 Worldwide: Influenza (high point year) More people hospitalized in World War I from Influenza than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps - with 80% death rate in some camps. Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned: 1833 Columbus, OH 1834 New York City 1849 New York 1851 Coles Co, IL 1851 The Great Plains ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Go

Hi Kathy, In 1852 I have listed a 'Nationwide Yellow fever epidemic.' Although Nationwide, it says that 8,000 people died in summer in New Orleans.(may have been hardest hit region??) Quarantines were common for households in those days with any highly contagious illnesses or unknown illnesses, and possibly someone else could speak to whether there were common grave yard sights for victims of highly contagious and deadly diseases. Regards, Barbara Going back a little further on the epidemics in Jackson County.........What information is available about the 'fever epidemic" of ca. 1852. I have been searching for a James F. or John Jackson Roberson (married to an Eastwood) ;death date ca. August 1852, who supposedly died of the fever around the Jacksonport area. Anyone with any information about this epidemic? Could there have possibly been a common burial ground for victims of this epidemic? Thanks, Kathy Roberson Hart

Posted on: Jackson Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Jackson/278 Surname: Berry, Winslow, Britt ------------------------- I am still searching for a connection with my grandfather, Mike Berry born 1889. I am looking for definite information as to his parents. His mother was supposedly Martha Winslow/Britt. Daughter of Eli Winslow and Demarias Britt of Jackson Co., Ark, according to 1860 census. Martha was adopted as an infant by Thomas Britt of Jackson Co. after the deaths of Eli and Demarias before 1870. Mike Berry's father was William 'Saker' Berry. Our family has huge mounds of information on this family, but nothing that directly confirms or ties Mike, his brother Tom and sister Callie to their parents. Any help appreciated.

Going back a little further on the epidemics in Jackson County.........What information is available about the 'fever epidemic" of ca. 1852. I have been searching for a James F. or John Jackson Roberson (married to an Eastwood) ;death date ca. August 1852, who supposedly died of the fever around the Jacksonport area. Anyone with any information about this epidemic? Could there have possibly been a common burial ground for victims of this epidemic? Thanks, Kathy Roberson Hart

Mr. Baker, I believe your best shot at finding information regarding the epidemics which came through Jackson County would be to contact the Jackson County Historical Society. I believe they have a web site listed here. My Mother and Dad used to talk about one that would have been the 192_ because that is the year they got married and started their family. If you cannot locate the address either on the internet or U. S. Post Office, contact Mark Williamson, etc. When you find it, would you make its location known to me? Thank you. Paula Long [email protected] 1/29/01 At 11:49 PM 01/29/2001 +0000, Douglas Baker Sr wrote: >Does anyone on the Jackson County Web Page know anything about a flu >epidemic that could have occurred in or around 1880 and 1923? >Thanks >DougBaker >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

While I don't know specifically about a flu epidemic in Jackson County, there was a big one in 1918. Go to the following site to read the definitions of old diseases as well as when certain epidemics hit. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/disease.htm Judy >From: "Douglas Baker Sr" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [ARJACKSO] Flu Epidemic >Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 23:49:31 > >Does anyone on the Jackson County Web Page know anything about a flu >epidemic that could have occurred in or around 1880 and 1923? >Thanks >DougBaker >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Doug, >From the a list of Historic U.S. Diseases, and the list is not specific to Ark., here are some of the outbreaks... 1873-5 North America and Europe Influenza. 1878 New Orleans (last great epidemic) Yellow Fever; ...1886 Jacksonville, Fla Yellow fever; ... 1918 Worldwide (high point year) influenza more people were hospitalized in WW1 from this epidemic than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps, with 80% death rate in some camps. This last one was commonly known as the Pandemic. Hope this helps, Barbara Does anyone on the Jackson County Web Page know anything about a flu epidemic that could have occurred in or around 1880 and 1923? Thanks DougBaker _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Ar

Does anyone on the Jackson County Web Page know anything about a flu epidemic that could have occurred in or around 1880 and 1923? Thanks DougBaker _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Mark, I have a copy of the "Swifton Centennial Celebration" that you referred to in your message. I would be happy to make it available to Mr. Johnson for copying or review for the price of mail. I would prefer it be sent by certified mail with a return receipt requested, since, as you can well see, it would be hard to come by again. Or if he wanted to send the price of copying, and I could find someone who would copy it, that would be okay also. He probably should contact me. Paula Long [email protected] 1/28/01 At 07:58 PM 01/26/2001 -0600, Mark Williamson wrote: > >