Hey, we are connected, I am so happy you answered my query. Do you happen to know if they stayed in Lawrence county, Ark. Do you have any picutures of them? Can you tell me anything about his wife Mary E. Oakes. I am trying to run down their children who may know something about the family. I am connected through John Chisum and Elleanor Gillentine, they had Elisha Chism who married first to Elizabeth Walden 1787, Lincoln county, Kentucky, Elizabeth died and Elisha married Winniefred? We haven't been able to find out her surname. Elisha Chism had Benjamin Chism born 1798, who married Polly Walker, daughter of John Adam Walker Sr. They inturn had William Chism born 1827 who married Mary Artimes or artimus Lewallena about 1858, Izard county, Ark. They had children Thomas Chism who was born 1859, John Green Chism born 1863 and a Mary Chism. Thomas Chism and Alabama Reeves had John Henry Chism, Albert and Delcinia Chism. John Henry Chism was my gg grandfather. Elisha Chism died in intestated in 1827, Lawrence county, Ark. his wife Winnifred Chism was executor over his estate. He only named one child in which I guess he was still at home and not married George Washington Chism, he left him a colt named Belloway. We find George Washington Chism was married three times, he is related in someway to the Higginbottoms. You can trace Benjamin and Winnifred Chisolm migration from Lawrence to Clay county then to Izard and Independence county. They all settled in Izard. Elisha Chism arrived in Ark. about 1817 -1819. They were the second earliest Chisms to arrive. Jesse Chisholm from the Cherokee nation who later migrated to Fort Gibson was in Ark. about 1812, filed a greviance with the government because the Osage Indians were raiding their homes, etc. Elisha Chism's family stayed in Ark. This line of Chisums are related to the Texas Cattle Barron, Cow John Simpson Chism who use to travel to Ark. and use the Hot Springs for it's healing properties. He died in Ark. and the family took him back to Texas to be buried. I am hoping you can help fill in some of the blanks on Henderson Chism and tell me a little about his wife and where she descended from? Thanks Vickie Lomon Elyce Hughes <elycehughes3@bak.rr.com> wrote: This is my husbands family, and this is all I know about Henderson Chism.. I have been unable to find anything about Henderson after his marriage to Mary Oaks. Hope this little bit helps. Elyce Hughes Bakersfield CA Children of BENJAMIN CHISM and MARY WALKER are: 3. i. ELISHA4 CHISM, b. Abt. 1821, Lawrence County Arkansas; d. Arkansas. 4. ii. JOHN WILLIAM CHISUM, b. 1827, Lawrence County Arkansas; d. Arkansas. iii. BENJAMIN CHISM, b. 1828, Lawrence County Arkansas. iv. WINNIEFRED CHISM, b. Abt. 1831, Lawrence County Arkansas. 5. v. JAMES H. CHISM, b. Abt. 1833, Lawrence County Arkansas; d. Bef. 1873, Arkansas. vi. ELIZABETH CHISM, b. Abt. 1836, Lawrence County Arkansas. vii. THOMAS CHISM, b. Abt. 1840, Izard County Arkansas. viii. ISHAM CHISM, b. Abt. 1842, Izard County Arkansas. ix. HENDERSON CHISM, b. Abt. 1844, Izard County Arkansas; m. MARY E. OAKS, 18 Jan 1866, Lawrence county, Ark; b. Arkansas. Notes for HENDERSON CHISM: *1860 United States Federal Census Name: Henderson Chism Age in 1860: 14 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: Mill Crock, Izard, Arkansas Gender: Male Value of real estate: View image Post Office: Mill Crock Roll: M653_43 Page: 391 Year: 1860 Head of Household: J H Chism *1850 United States Federal Census Name: Henderson Chism Age: 6 Estimated birth year: abt 1844 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Male Home in 1850 Rocky Bayou, Izard, Arkansas More About HENDERSON CHISM: Census: 1850, Rocky Bayou, Izard Co., Arkansas Notes for MARY E. OAKS: *Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900 Name: HENDERSON CHISM Spouse: MARY E. OAKS Marriage Date: 18 Jan 1866 County: Lawrence State: AR