In a message dated 03/29/2000 10:07:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Yes, there is microfilm of all available Madison County newspapers, however, the "Madison County Record" has turned over all of their microfilm to the Madison County Genealogical and Historical Society. The Society is the only place in Huntsville that you can see the copies on microfilm. We will look up obituaries if you know the date of death and can make copies of them for a small fee. I believe the Arkansas History Commission also sells microfilm of these newspapers but I don't believe they will look up items. Joy Russell >> Does anyone know if there are any plans in the works for an index of these obituaries? I have a number of families that lived in this area but I have no idea as to date of death. An index would be very helpful, but I can see where getting one done would be very time consuming. :) Thanks for reading, Clarice

Hi Folks: I will be unsubscribing soon in order to catch up on some things that I have been neglecting. Thanks for having me on the list. http://home.att.net/~billcovey/index.html Bill Covey Creator of: Ol' Tubby Joe Stottlemeyer Author of: Watson Is Where It Wuz http://home.att.net/~billcovey/Watson.html

Hi there. Could you tell me where you found the Baptist records for your ancestor? My ancestor was supposed to be a circuit preacher for the Baptist church and I don't know where to go to for any record of him. Thanks, Julie CoJenks wrote: > Hi, > > My ancestor Anderson Maddox Russell became a minister just after the Civil > War, in Arkansas. Records for the American Baptist Conference (ABC) > indicate that A.M. Russell served the New Hope Baptist Church, but did not > know what town or county. > > I saw a reference to a church of the same name on the Madison Co. GenWeb > site. Does anyone know if this church is still in existence? If so, could > you provide a means of contacting them? > > Thanks, > David Jenks > Colorado Springs > > ==== ARMADISO Mailing List ==== > "Remember to send your DATA FILES to be > included on the Madison Cty, AR Genealogy Page." > Visit Madison County, AR Genealogy: http://members.aol.com/ptice/prhome.htm

Hi, thanks for the reply to my query about Kimbal Alonzo Moses and his wife, Mary Jane Harrison. Her parents, I have been told but have not been able to verify, were Alexander Harrison and Abigail Chaney, from Ohio. I do not have a date of birth for Mary Jane. Alexander and Abigail married in Seneca, Ohio, in 1846. We do not know if she had siblings. That is all I know of them, except that Kimbal moved his family to Drake's Creek from Kansas after they left Ohio sometime after the Civil War.

Hi, My ancestor Anderson Maddox Russell became a minister just after the Civil War, in Arkansas. Records for the American Baptist Conference (ABC) indicate that A.M. Russell served the New Hope Baptist Church, but did not know what town or county. I saw a reference to a church of the same name on the Madison Co. GenWeb site. Does anyone know if this church is still in existence? If so, could you provide a means of contacting them? Thanks, David Jenks Colorado Springs

What is the age of Mary Harrison? My Mary was born in Warren Co., TN 1848. Her mother was Hannah, and father believed to be Joseph. Other siblings were: John, Pleasant, Thomas J., Samuel C., Martha, Mary, and James. Hannah moved her children to Madison Co. Arkansas from TN.

What is the earliest date recorded in the newspaper? Is there an indexing system?

Looking for connection with Pernell Fleming b. 1814 DE, who married a Susan Ward b. 1840 IN. They had six children: Germetta Fleming b 1866 IL Nelson Fleming b. 1868 IL John Fleming b. 1870 IL Robert Fleming 1873 AR Issac Fleming b 1876 AR Lydia Fleming b. 1879 AR This Susan WARD was first married to Issac Piner. Susan and Issac had one child, Mary Isabelle Piner b June 22, 1862 IL. Mary Isabelle Piner/Ball/Johnson died Jan. 11, 1936 in Grenola, Elk Co., KS. Mary Isabelle Piner's father Issac, died when she was a young girl. Mary lived with, and worked for an unknown family for a while before she moved to her Uncle Daniel Bayley's home where she lived until she married John Ball Jr. John Ball died at about age 35, and Mary married a second time to Rufus Thomas Johnson b. Feb. 22, 1847, IL., son of William Johnson and Sarah Ann Weaver. Mary's Uncle Daniel Bayley b. Sep. 3, 1847, Gasconade, MO, d. Dec. 7, 1918 in St. Paul, Madison Co., AR, was married to Mary Isabelle mother's sister, Lydia Francis Ward b. Jan. 9, 1850 IN, d. Feb 2, 1936 in St. Paul, Madison, Co. AR. Buried unk. Lydia and Susan WARD were children of Issac WARD and Sarah (Sally) Dickey. Daniel Bayley and Lydia Francis WARD were married February 7, 1869 in Glenwood, Mills Co., IA. Children of Dan and Lydia Bayley are: James Issacs Bayley b. Glenwood, Mills Co., IA, 29 Dec. 1869. d. 29 Dec 1899 in Madison Co., AR. Samuel Franklin Bayley b. in Witter, Madison, AR 25 Jan 1862. d. 24 May 1963 in Springdale, Washington, AR. He married Polly Ann Ball 4 Oct 1903. Polly was daughter of William Ball and Rebecca Frances Herriman Sarah Ellen Bayley b 23 Jan 1847 Witter, Madison Co., AR d. 14 Dec 1958 in Carbondale, IL. She married twice, to Hiram Calahan, and George Soule. William Harrison Bayley b Mar. 1, 1877 in Madison Co., AR. He died in childhood. He is buried date unk. in Witter, Madison Co., AR John Allen Bayley b. Oct. 20, 1879 in Witter, Madison Co., AR d. July 18, 1963 in Okmulgee, OK. Buried in Okfuskee, OK. He maried twice, Georgie Roach, and Ella Jane Rogers. Atha Sylvester Bayley b. Nov. 17, 1882 in Witter, Madison Co., AR. Atha died July 27, 1946 in Madison Co., AR. He married Lydia Caroline Ball.

Raye, Jack Drake has placed photos of all the tombstones at the Drakes Creek Cemetery online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdrake71053/arcemetery_drakescreek-1. html I don't see any Moses' there, but you might want to take a look anyway and see if there are any other names you're interested in. Peggy Tice Rogers In a message dated 3/30/2000 9:34:11 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << In reading recent list messages, there was an exchange between Peggy and Mary Hotaling regarding membership to the Madison County Historical Society, and Mary mentioned that she visited Drake's Creek, and a cemetery where her Granny was buried. I have always wondered where my great-great-grandfather, Kimbal Alonzo Moses and his wife Mary Jane Harrison were buried. They moved to at Drake's Creek in the 1880's, possibly earlier. Family stories tell he traded his farm in Kansas for a farm in Drake's Creek sight-unseen. My grandmother. Alma Adele Moses (even though she was the daughter of Lettie, daughter of Kimbal Alonzo and Mary Jane, she used the Moses surname her whole life, we never exactly knew who her father was) adored her grandfather Alonzo and grandmother Mary Jane and told stories about them, but I was so small, I didn't pay enough attention and now she is gone, too. So, that is why the exhange between Peggy and Mary interested me, since Mary referred to Drake's Creek. Can someone help me with this? Kimball Alonzo died in 1918 and I do not have a date of death for Mary Jane. Thanks for your time and Good Luck Hunting! Raye Blackman >>

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 5:31 PM Subject: [ARMADISO-L] Re: ARMADISO-D Digest V00 #52 > If any one is offering to do orbits lookups for a fee I am interesting in > Matthew S. Bell b. Abt. 1827 TN? d.09 September 1895 buried in Jackson / Bell > Cemetery, Boone Co,AR. and his wife Margaret L .Jackson b.09 November 1830 > TN. and d. 03 September 1905 Madison.Co.AR.Also is anyone searching > Jackson's? I have always seen but no proof that Margaret parents were Sarah > Maize and Thomas Jackson and grandparents Anney Bowen and David Jackson. > Lately I have see her brother Thomas Carroll Jackson and what I have as her > grandparents listed as her parents. Any help to set this straight? Also if > any one knows anything on these children of Margaret and Matthew's I would > appreciated it. > John C. Bell m Mary Poly McElhaney ? > Thomas Bell m Annie ? > Julia Ann Bell > Mary Elizabeth Bell > Martha Bell m John G. Mcelhaney ? > David Mark Bell > The only 2 children I have seemed to be able to follow is Nancy Adeline Bell > who m James Martland Scott which was doctor and Jasper Bell who m 1. Susan > Rebecca Herriman 2. Winnie Beatrice Hinds ,I do not know much about Winnie. > Thanks for any help. > > Have a Great Day! > Vickie > > > ==== ARMADISO Mailing List ==== > "Madison County, AR Mailing List Web Page: http://members.aol.com/madcounty/mailing_list/welcome.htm" > >

Looking for Sarah Isabelle Jackson b. 4/24/1855 , married Giles Middleton and Martin Tackett Smith. I descend from a son of Sarah and Giles Middleton, Who are her parents? Thanks Beverly --- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 5:31 PM Subject: [ARMADISO-L] Re: ARMADISO-D Digest V00 #52 > If any one is offering to do orbits lookups for a fee I am interesting in > Matthew S. Bell b. Abt. 1827 TN? d.09 September 1895 buried in Jackson / Bell > Cemetery, Boone Co,AR. and his wife Margaret L .Jackson b.09 November 1830 > TN. and d. 03 September 1905 Madison.Co.AR.Also is anyone searching > Jackson's? I have always seen but no proof that Margaret parents were Sarah > Maize and Thomas Jackson and grandparents Anney Bowen and David Jackson. > Lately I have see her brother Thomas Carroll Jackson and what I have as her > grandparents listed as her parents. Any help to set this straight? Also if > any one knows anything on these children of Margaret and Matthew's I would > appreciated it. > John C. Bell m Mary Poly McElhaney ? > Thomas Bell m Annie ? > Julia Ann Bell > Mary Elizabeth Bell > Martha Bell m John G. Mcelhaney ? > David Mark Bell > The only 2 children I have seemed to be able to follow is Nancy Adeline Bell > who m James Martland Scott which was doctor and Jasper Bell who m 1. Susan > Rebecca Herriman 2. Winnie Beatrice Hinds ,I do not know much about Winnie. > Thanks for any help. > > Have a Great Day! > Vickie > > > ==== ARMADISO Mailing List ==== > "Madison County, AR Mailing List Web Page: http://members.aol.com/madcounty/mailing_list/welcome.htm" > >

If any one is offering to do orbits lookups for a fee I am interesting in Matthew S. Bell b. Abt. 1827 TN? d.09 September 1895 buried in Jackson / Bell Cemetery, Boone Co,AR. and his wife Margaret L .Jackson b.09 November 1830 TN. and d. 03 September 1905 Madison.Co.AR.Also is anyone searching Jackson's? I have always seen but no proof that Margaret parents were Sarah Maize and Thomas Jackson and grandparents Anney Bowen and David Jackson. Lately I have see her brother Thomas Carroll Jackson and what I have as her grandparents listed as her parents. Any help to set this straight? Also if any one knows anything on these children of Margaret and Matthew's I would appreciated it. John C. Bell m Mary Poly McElhaney ? Thomas Bell m Annie ? Julia Ann Bell Mary Elizabeth Bell Martha Bell m John G. Mcelhaney ? David Mark Bell The only 2 children I have seemed to be able to follow is Nancy Adeline Bell who m James Martland Scott which was doctor and Jasper Bell who m 1. Susan Rebecca Herriman 2. Winnie Beatrice Hinds ,I do not know much about Winnie. Thanks for any help. Have a Great Day! Vickie

In reading recent list messages, there was an exchange between Peggy and Mary Hotaling regarding membership to the Madison County Historical Society, and Mary mentioned that she visited Drake's Creek, and a cemetery where her Granny was buried. I have always wondered where my great-great-grandfather, Kimbal Alonzo Moses and his wife Mary Jane Harrison were buried. They moved to at Drake's Creek in the 1880's, possibly earlier. Family stories tell he traded his farm in Kansas for a farm in Drake's Creek sight-unseen. My grandmother. Alma Adele Moses (even though she was the daughter of Lettie, daughter of Kimbal Alonzo and Mary Jane, she used the Moses surname her whole life, we never exactly knew who her father was) adored her grandfather Alonzo and grandmother Mary Jane and told stories about them, but I was so small, I didn't pay enough attention and now she is gone, too. So, that is why the exhange between Peggy and Mary interested me, since Mary referred to Drake's Creek. Can someone help me with this? Kimball Alonzo died in 1918 and I do not have a date of death for Mary Jane. Thanks for your time and Good Luck Hunting! Raye Blackman

Sorry I have to post this to the group, but I just found out that my e-mail "Signature line" was mistyped by yours truely. I left out the "C" in my address, so if any of you sent e-mail directly to me, it probably came back to you with a server not found statement attached. Please note it has been corrected now, after about 3 months of being wrong. Thanks to all who replied to my queries, by the way. Eddie Davis [email protected]

Mullins Library on the campus of the University of Arkansas also has microfilm of all available Madison County newspapers (as well as many, many other newspapers in Arkansas.) It looks like they have scattered issues of Madison County newspapers back to 1880 and some of the titles include: Madison County Record, Madison County Democrat, The Huntsville Republican, St. Paul Republican, The Mountain Air, etc. To view the listing of available issues, point your web browser to: http://library.uark.edu/search/f then type "Madison County Record" in the search box (without the quotation marks). Then click on each entry to view the list of available issues. Also, when you locate the call number for the microfilm, I'm pretty sure that you can request this microfilm via inter-library loan through your local library. I hope this info helps some of you in the hinterlands. (-: -Sherryl

Is anyone on the list related to the GARRISONs who lived near Big Sandy? I am looking for the parents and siblings of Charles H. (C.H.) GARRISON. He was b. 18 Nov 1826 (from tombstone) in VA (according to census report). He was in Washington County, OH in the 1850 census, living with Sarah GARRISON, b. ca 1787, probably his mother. He married Sarah Hendershott (Sally) b. 5 May 1832 in OH. They were married 11 Sep 1853 in Washington Cty, OH. Their children were Stinson B, James H. (my gg-grandfather), Matilda, Jane, Elza, Mary C, Isaac Asbury, Laura J. and R. Ellen. They and most of their children moved to Madison County, AR in the late 1880s along with my TICE ancestors and others from Ohio. C. H., Sally and most of the children are buried at Big Sandy Cemetery. Peggy Tice Rogers

I sure would like to talk with you about your Granny Spurlock. Bill Spurlock -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 6:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ARMADISO-L] Re: {not a subscriber} CORBITT, MIX, ROSS Mary, You can print a membership form at http://members.aol.com/ptice/mcghmemb.htm Peggy In a message dated 3/29/2000 3:48:36 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Joy or anyone , It has been a couple of years since I was a member of the MADISON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, but I would like to renew my subscription & membership.. Please let me know how I can get the paperwork, cost, etc. Thank you. I enjoy the emails, but seldom have the time to participate. One day I may retire. I am also very interested in the laws concerning cemeteries and will try to keep up to date on the current laws I am afraid some of the Missouri cemeteries are in bad shape. I am always impressed by the Madison County cemeteries. I visit Drakes Creek and the one Granny Spurlock is buried in. thank You Mary Hotaling Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Missouri-Rolla 1870 Miner Circle 140 Emerson Electric Company Hall Rolla, Missouri 65409-0040 573/341-4139 >> ==== ARMADISO Mailing List ==== "Remember to send your DATA FILES to be included on the Madison Cty, AR Genealogy Page." Visit Madison County, AR Genealogy: http://members.aol.com/ptice/prhome.htm

Mary, You can print a membership form at http://members.aol.com/ptice/mcghmemb.htm Peggy In a message dated 3/29/2000 3:48:36 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Joy or anyone , It has been a couple of years since I was a member of the MADISON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, but I would like to renew my subscription & membership.. Please let me know how I can get the paperwork, cost, etc. Thank you. I enjoy the emails, but seldom have the time to participate. One day I may retire. I am also very interested in the laws concerning cemeteries and will try to keep up to date on the current laws I am afraid some of the Missouri cemeteries are in bad shape. I am always impressed by the Madison County cemeteries. I visit Drakes Creek and the one Granny Spurlock is buried in. thank You Mary Hotaling Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Missouri-Rolla 1870 Miner Circle 140 Emerson Electric Company Hall Rolla, Missouri 65409-0040 573/341-4139 >>

Brashears' Funeral Home is the only funeral home located in Huntsville and they have been in existance for years and years. However, they do not make their records available and as far as I know, they will not look up information for anyone. Their policy is that their information is confidential. Joy Russell

Yes, there is microfilm of all available Madison County newspapers, however, the "Madison County Record" has turned over all of their microfilm to the Madison County Genealogical and Historical Society. The Society is the only place in Huntsville that you can see the copies on microfilm. We will look up obituaries if you know the date of death and can make copies of them for a small fee. I believe the Arkansas History Commission also sells microfilm of these newspapers but I don't believe they will look up items. Joy Russell