BRYANT HENDERSON "HENSE" MERRIMAN b. February 20, 1837. m. (1) MARY ANN MCCARTY m. (2) ALICE HENDERSON. Several Children of BRYANT MERRIMAN and MARY MCCARTY are: CHARLES SUMNER MERRIMAN, b. January 18, 1870, Illinois; d. October 03, 1959, Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma. JOHN MERRIMAN. CURTIS MERRIMAN, b. 1866; d. 1913, Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma; m. CASSEY CASEBOLT, March 13, 1891, Marion County, Arkansas; b. 1868; d. 1950, Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma. Both buried Glory/Bilbee Cemetery, Holdenville, Oklahoma JAMES MERRIMAN. THOMAS MONROE MERRIMAN, b. July 31, 1869; d. April 08, 1940, Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma. Buried Glory/Bilbee Cemetery, Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma Source for children of Bryant & Mary Ann: Tammy Merriman Keefer at tlkeefer74848@aol.com (via reply to a message posted on the Merriman Message Board at Ancestry.com.) Information regarding CHARLES SUMNER MERRIMAN (son of BRYANT HENDERSON "HENSE") and LOU CATHERINE LEDBETTER was posted earlier by Mysty. I also have information on children of Alvis Ryan Merriman, but not sure yet who's son he was. I'm in touch with some of the Merriman family in Holdenville and hopefully will have that soon. Tammy Hamilton

A thought might be to look at the AR 1850 Census Index, Jerry. That way you might be able to find where the Cowan girls were at that point in time - if they were in Arkansas. An index exists for every state for most of the census years until the Soundex came out in 1880. I don't have access to one (sometimes wish I did), but someone, somewhere does <of course> I know they're at the Little Rock Library and at the AR History Commission. See if your library can get one on Interlibrary Loan - or has a clue where one might be that's near you. I recommend this 'cuz I have no info on any Lydia Cowan nor on any Sarah Cowan here in Marion Co. The Cowans here came around the 1830s from TN, but there are Cowans all over the place. Who knows? You might just get lucky <grin> Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ***************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry Bennett <jbennett@brevard.net> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 7:52 PM Subject: Fw: Msg from listowner > Good idea. > > I am descended from Noah (b. SC, ca. 1790 d. 1850-1860 MCAR) and Mary (b. > Ky, ca. 1796 ) BENNETT, one of the original settlers of Crooked Creek. > Their son, Joseph, born 1838, married Sarah COWAN sometime. He was my great > grandfather. Died Clarksville, AR 1925. Brother Champion Henderson > Bennett, b. ca. 1837, married Lydia Cowan. I am stumped for any Cowan > ancestors, or any Bennetts before Noah, and do not know Mary's maiden name. > > Jerry Bennett jbennett@brevard.net

Mysty you wrote: I'm just a Marion Co researcher. And another society member and I compiled and edited "Genealogies of Marion Co Families 1811-1900" for the Historic Genealogical Society of MCAR. A Supplement to this book is in the works as I speak. So, I'm fairly familiar with around 6-700 MCAR families. 41 Children of James Beverly & Nancy (Friend) Ledbetter 46 GEORGE LEDBETTER b MCAR 1873. 47 LOU CATHERINE LEDBETTER b MCAR 6 Aug 1874 d Holdensville OK 29 Oct 1956 bu Glory/Bixbee Cemetery, Holdensville OK m MCAR 20 Sep 1891 CHARLES SUMNER MERRIMAN (son of Bryant Henderson "Hense" & Mary Ann [McCarty] Merriman) b IL 8 Jan 1870/2 d Holdensville OK 3 Oct 1859 bu Glory/Bisbee Cemetery, Holdensville OK. (see Merriman family page 286) _________________________________________________________________ I am very glad to receive this information! Some, you may have received from me, I don't know for sure. Now, my reason for writing, could you copy the page 286 on the MERRIMAN family and send it to me? Or, do it the way you did the LEDBETTER file. You did an OUTSTANDING JOB on that! I just wanted to double check my files to see if they match. On the supplement edition of the "Genealogies of Marion Co Families 1811-1900," will it contain what was in the first edition or just what has been sent in for the supplement? Hope to hear something soon. If any MERRIMAN Descendants want to correspond and share information, please email me at the following email address or write me at the following address. Marion Co Subscriber, sonnieandlois@ldd.net Lois Carmack 16471 C.R. 581 Essex, MO 63846

I'm probably boring everyone to death and beyond, but here I go again. Patricia, for my own information (and maybe yours), I've (I think) sorted out the Crews and Treas families and how they may or may not relate to your Cain family - and maybe more besides. Maybe some list members have some in put :-))) Wouldn't that be nice? MCAR 1880 census Sugar Loaf Township. Jeremiah Crews 38 KY KY KY. Martha 40 wife MO KY KY. James 14 son IL KY MO [b 1866]. Susan 12 dau MO KY MO [b 1868]. Fanny 9 dau AR KY MO [b 1871]. George W son 7 AR KY MO [b 1873]. Allen Anderson 23 son-in-law 23 MO MO MO. Virginia 15 dau/wife IL KY MO [b 1865]. "Marion Co AR 1890" by Helen McMindes. John W Treas b Sep 1844 KY KY KY. Sugar Loaf Township. Zystery A b June 1849 wife KY NC KY (m 31 yrs, had 8 kids, 6 living per 1900 census). Nancy Jane b Jan 1877 dau AR KY KY (m ? yrs, 1 child, 1 living as per 1900 census). Martha A b April 1880 dau MO KY KY. Hanny E [Hannah] b Nov 1882 MO KY KY. Maude F dau b May 1885 MO KY KY. "Marion Co AR 1890" by Helen McMindes. Charles E Treas b Dec 1868 KY KY KY. Sugar Loaf Township. Sarah F [Fanny] b April 1871 AR KY MO (m 11 years, 4 kids, 3 living per 1900 census). An aunt of Charley's, Nancy J, b April 1844 KY TN TN, is living with them in 1900. Also a boarder whose age and birthplace of parents indicates he might be Sarah's {Fanny's] brother, George W Crews b April 1873 AR KY MO. Charley and Sarah [Fanny] are in James Creek Township in 1900). James W. son b Jan 1888 AR KY KY. Mountain Echo, 18 June 1886 issue. J E Crews [b 1866] licensed to marry Avarilla Cain [b 1869]. "Marion Co Marriages 1887-1896" by Marion Burnes & Vicki Roberts. Charles E Treas aged 20 [b 1869] of Sugar Loaf Township m MCAR 8 Dec 1889 Fannie Crews aged 18 [b 1871] of Franklin Township. Nanny Treas aged 17 [b 1877] of Dodd City Township m MCAR 2 Dec 1894 G W Crews aged 20 [b 1874] of Oakland. "Marion Co Marriages 1896-1905" by Marian Burnes & Vicki Roberts. Nancy Treas aged 23 [b 1877] of Dodd City Township m MCAR 22 Aug 1900 W S Fisher aged 35 [b 1865] of Dodd City Township. Ethel Treas aged 17 [b 1883] of Dodd City Township m MCAR 11 Nov 1900 George Robison aged 22 [1878] of Dodd City Township. James Treas aged 18 [b 1887] of Kingdon Springs m MCAR 12 Sep 1905 Bulah Chaffin aged 18 [b 1887] of Kingdon Springs According to marriages: Jeremiah and Martha (___) Crews had two children not listed on the 1880 MCAR census. One was their daughter Virginia who is shown on the 1880 census as married to Allen Anderson. They are living with her parents. The other was Ethel who was born ca 1883 - after the 1880 census was taken. She married George Robison 1900. J E Crews married Avarilla Cain in 1886. Charles E Treas married Fannie Crews, daughter of Jeremiah and Martha (___) Crews. Nanny Treas (sister of Charles) [b 1877] married G W Crews 1894. Then, Nancy Treas (sister of Charlie) [b 1877] married W S Fisher 1900. And in 1900 (according to "Marion Co AR 1890" by Helen McMindes), George Crews is living with his brother-in-law Charles Treas. Nanny/Nancy Treas/Crews (according to "Marion Co. AR 1890) is living with her parents.. Now, in 1900, we have Robert Casebolt married to Manerva ___ b MO ca 1841. In his household we find two grandchildren, John M Crews b Nov 1889 AR MO AR and Marie Crews b 1895. Six years between children is a long time. I'm suggesting that *possibly* John M Crews is the son of J E and Avarilla and that his parents are both deceased or Avarilla is deceased and J E has remarried. I'm also suggesting that *probably* Marie Crews is the daughter of George W and Nanny Treas. My biggest hangup with this is that the father of John M Crews was born in MO when James Crews (son of Jeremiah & Martha) was born in IL. However, I'm still having a problem with Jim and Minerva Cain being buried together in Cain Cemetery, with Minerva Cain being born in KY, and with Manerva ___, 2nd wife of Robert Casebolt, being born in MO. And I'm not *real* sure the J E Crews that married Avarilla Cain is the James Crews who is the son of Jeremiah and Martha. All of your conjecture is entirely possible. I'm just sort of playing Devil's Advocate - trying to make aboslutely sure there's no 'coon in the woodpile here. I'll see if I can find more information when (and if) I go to the library this week (I've dinner guests tomorrow night and Friday is my 70th here and Saturday is another birthday here - and I'm exhausted just thinking about it all <grin>. Will check the 1900, 1910, and 1920 microfilm *whenever* I get to the library next. Oh, how I wish someone would put them in print <wow>. Mull all this over. It's rather interesting - proposes more questions than it answers, that's for sure!!! Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com

Good idea. I am descended from Noah (b. SC, ca. 1790 d. 1850-1860 MCAR) and Mary (b. Ky, ca. 1796 ) BENNETT, one of the original settlers of Crooked Creek. Their son, Joseph, born 1838, married Sarah COWAN sometime. He was my great grandfather. Died Clarksville, AR 1925. Brother Champion Henderson Bennett, b. ca. 1837, married Lydia Cowan. I am stumped for any Cowan ancestors, or any Bennetts before Noah, and do not know Mary's maiden name. Jerry Bennett jbennett@brevard.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhio" <rhioreh@mail.com> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 5:37 PM Subject: Msg from listowner > Being that this is a new year, a new century, and a new millenium, now > might be a good time for all of us to post the families we are > researching. How about those brick walls? How about those nagging > questions we have been holding back? > > Surnames, spouses, dates, and a possible location will help all of us. > Hopefully, we can help connect some of our families. We know they were > all related to one another, don't we? <grin> > > For the benefit of NEW members to the list. > Some might be confused with instructions on how to post to this list. > Please, post all queries and information you have on your Marion Co., > ancestors to the following address e-mail: > ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com > This address is for both "List" and "Digest" modes. > > Hope this helps some who haven't yet posted a message. > > FYI: We have 182 subscribers! > > Rhio > listowner > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >

Is anyone else on this list researching the MARLER family? They were thick in Marion county and her sister counties of Boone and Baxter. Help? Mary Marler Winham

I have found quite a bit of information, at least made new contacts, by just "stumbling upon" a reference in a list. Hopefully, some of my postings have helped others1

Pat, Tammy, Thelma, and I have been digging around together in this family for a couple of weeks now. And we try to do most of our back-and-forth on the ARMARION list. That way, whatever data we come up with gets archived by rootsweb and is there for everyone to search. It also allows others to add their little tidbits (like Colleen did with the Ledbetter-Yocham marriage). I'm the only one that's not kin. I'm just a Marion Co researcher. And another society member and I compiled and edited "Genealogies of Marion Co Families 1811-1900" for the Historic Genealogical Society of MCAR. A Supplement to this book is in the works as I speak. So, I'm fairly familiar with around 6-700 MCAR families. Although anything but complete and not 100% accurate yet, here's my latest rough draft compilation for the Ledbetter family. Sources are listed at the end. Please, please feel free to comment, question, add. That's the way to - hopefully - get it right eventually. L E D B E T T E R NEW 1 ARTHUR LEDBETTER b Brunswick Co. VA 1 Jan 1739 d 1814 by drowning m VA ca 1759 FRANCES BROOKS b Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland, ca 1742 d Overton Co. TN ca 1828. On the Chatham Co. NC Militia Returns 23 Sep 1772. Sold land in Chatham Co. NC 12 Aug 1777. Taxed in Wilkes Co. GA on 1000 acres of land 1792-4. 1 Children of Arthur & Frances (Brooks) Ledbetter 2 BUCKNER LEDBETTER b Brunswick Co. VA ca 1760 d Goose Creek TN ca 1854 m TABITHA JONES b NC 1765 d Overton Co. TN 1855. Moved from NC to GA ca 1775. Emigrated to Overton Co. TN ca 1806, buying land on Nettle Carrier Creek 11 Nov 1811. 3 AARON LEDBETTER b VA ca 1765. 4 TABITHA LEDBETTER b NC ca 1771 m Rutherford Co. NC 22 Aug 1809 WILLIAM IVINS. 5 JAMES LEDBETTER b NC ca 1782 m MAHALA ___ b 1788. In Gallatin Co. IL by 1818. Probable children: Lewis Ledbetter b ca 1808; Henry C. Ledbetter b 1819; Henderson Ledbetter b 1823; Isaac D. Ledbetter b 1824; Caroline Ledbetter b 1825; Jane Ledbetter b 1826; Joseph Ledbetter b 1827; Francena Jane Ledbetter b ca 1830; Thomas W. C. Ledbetter b ca 1833; Asa Ledbetter b ca 1834; Jacob Ledbetter b ca 1836; Oliver Ledbetter b 1839. 6 JOHN C. LEDBETTER b Brunswick Co. VA 16 Jan 1785 d Effington Co. IL ca 1870 m Overton Co. TN 1805 RACHEL S. ___ b TN ca 1779 d Effington Co. IL ca 1870. Served in the War of 1812 from Overton Co. TN in Canady's Co. of Bradley's Regiment. Children: John C. Ledbetter Jr. b NC 13 Nov 1806 d 2 July 1885; (child) Ledbetter b ca 1815; Matthew Ledbetter b NC 1817; Job Ledbetter b 1827 d 22 June 1864. 7 WASHINGTON LEDBETTER b Brunswick Co. VA 15 Oct 1787 d McClain, Berryville, Madison Co. AR aft 29 Aug 1860 m Overton Co. TN 1804 MARTHA "Patsy" CHESSER b VA ca 1793 d War Eagle, Madison Co. AR aft 1860. Served in the War of 1812 in Kilpatrick's Co., 1st Regiment West Tennessee Militia. In Piney Township, Madison Co. AR 1860. Children: 2 Children of Buckner & Tabitha (Jones) Ledbetter 8 GEORGE LEDBETTER b NC 1783 d War Eagle, Madison Co. AR ca 1863 m Overton Co. TN SUSANNAH CHESSER b VA 1788 d War Eagle, Madison Co. AR 1881. 9 WASHINGTON LEDBETTER b 1789 m 1811 REBECCA ___ b 1795. Children: John Ledbetter b 1813; Burly Ledbetter b 1820; Isaac Ledbetter b 1822; Lewis Ledbetter b TN 1835; Amanda Ledbetter b TN 1838 10 FRANCES "Fannie" LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN ca 1792 d Hamilton Co. TN ca 1844 m ca 1817 WILSON CONNER b 1780 d Hamilton Co. TN 1845. Children: James Crutchfield Conner. 11 ELIZABETH LEDBETTER b Blount Co. TN 27 Nov 1795 d Madison Co. AR ca 1869 m White Co. TN 1812 WILLIAM McELHANEY b White Co. TN 3 June 1791 d Madison Co. AR April 1859. Emigrated to AR 1831. 12 ARTHUR L. LEDBETTER b Blount Co. TN 3 June 1798 d Cedar Mountain Creek, Dallas Co. TX 7 Nov 1859 m/1 ELIZABETH ROBINS (daughter of Isaac Robins) b Jackson Co. TN 18 March 1802 d Garland, Dallas Co. TX 18 Aug 1848 of small pox; m/2 Dallas Co. TX 13 Aug 1849 ELIZABETH (OGLE) PEARSON (daughter of David Ogle, widow of William H. Pearson) b KY 7 June 1825 d Dallas Co. TX 15 May 1901. Became a Missionary Baptist preacher ca 1828, preaching in Overton Co. TN. Moved to TX 1848. 13 JONES LEDBETTER b Oglethorpe Co. GA 10 Nov 1799 d Nettle Carrier, Overton Co. TN ca 1870 m/1 Overton Co. TN 25 June 1820 ANN JONES b TN 5 June 1801 d Nettle Carrier, Overton Co. TN ca 1852; m/2 aft 1852 ELIZABETH CRAIG b bef 1835. 14 ARAM AARON LEDBETTER b Oglethorpe Co. GA 1801 d Eagle Creek, Overton Co. TN aft 1856 m TN 1817 ELIZABETH DAVIS b NC 1800. 15 BEVERLY LEDBETTER b Oglethorpe Co. GA 1802 d Fentress Co. TN bef 1870 m/1 NANCY ROBINS d Overton Co. TN 1835; m/2 Overton Co. TN 1836 SUSANNAH CRAVENS b TN 1808/9. In Fentress Co. TN 1850, 1860. 17 JAMES LEDBETTER b Oglethorpe Co. GA 1804 d IN aft 1850 m Overton Co. TN ca 1825 ELIZABETH ___ b Overton Co. TN 1805. 18 WINIFRED "Winnie" LEDBETTER b Oglethorpe Co. GA 1805 d Overton Co. TN 1885 m WILLIAM LYNN d Overton Co. TN 1848. 19 TABITHA "Tabby" LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1808 d Overton Co. TN bef 1840 m RICHARD LEE b GA 1808. 20 BUCKNER HARRISON LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1811 d Overton Co. TN 1867 m Overton Co. TN ca 1826 VIRGINIA JANE LYONS b VA ca 1812 d prob Overton Co. TN 1891. 21 LOUISA LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN ca 1814 d Overton Co. TN 1858 m bef 1840 VINCENT COLEMAN b TN 1823. 22 LEVI LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1816 died young. 23 HETTIE LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1817 d Fentress Co. TN 1865. She is a tenant in Pin Springs, Fentress Co. TN in 1860 with son William aged 16. Children: Mariah Ledbetter b ca 1839; William Buckner Ledbetter b 18 May 1842 d 22 Sep 1929. 15 Children of Beverly & Nancy (Robins) Ledbetter 24 JONES LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1825 d Rolla, Phelps Co. MO 1 Nov 1862 at the Post Hospital m Overton Co. TN 20 March 1843 CATHERINE NATION (daughter of Isaac & Margaret [Tillman] Nation) b Overton Co. TN 26 Sep 1824 d MCAR 1912. Living with them in Fentress Co. TN 1850 are Catherine's nieces Margaret Nation aged 13 and Vina Nations aged 8, probably daughters of her brother Henry Nation. Living with them in Texas Co. MO 1860 is Viny Nation aged 17 b TN. Moved to MO bef 1855. Catherine m/2 ___ Tabor and may have had Henry Tabor and Jake Tabor. 25 JULIA LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN May 1827. 26 ISAAC HAMPTON LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 26 Dec 1829 d 26 March 1856. 27 FANNIE LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1829. 28 LOUISA JANE LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1832 d bef 1880. 29 JAMES W. LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1835 d 1885 m Overton Co. TN 1853 ELIZABETH LEDBETTER (daughter of Buckner Harrison & Virginia Jane [Lions] Ledbetter. Living with his father in Fentress Co. TN 1850. In Fentress Co. TN 1860. 15 Children of Beverly & Susannah (Cravens) Ledbetter 30 MARGARET LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1837. Living with parents in Fentress Co. TN 1850. 31 MARTHA ANN "Patsy" LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1839 d 1865. Living with parents in Fentress Co. TN 1850. 32 WINNIE LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1841 m JOHN E. CONATSER (probably son of James J. & Agnes [___] Conatser) b TN 1839. They are tenants in Fentress Co. TN 1860 with no children. 33 ARMAZINDA ARMINTA LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1843. Living with parents in Fentress Co. TN 1850. 34 VINA LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1846. Living with parents in Fentress Co. TN 1850. 35 EWING "Mack" LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 13 Jan 1847 d 1865. Living with his parents in Fentress Co. TN 1850, 1860. 37 TABITHA ELLEN "Bitha" LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN 1849/50 d 1885. She is 8 months old, living with her parents in Fentress Co. TN 1850. Living with her parents in Fentress Co. TN 1860. 38 ARTILLA LEDBETTER b Overton Co. TN ca 1853 d 1875. Living with her parents in Fentress Co. TN 1860. 24 Children of Jones & Catherine (Nation) Ledbetter 39 ISAAC TILLMAN LEDBETTER b Fentress Co. TN 1845 m REBECCA ___ b MO 1849. In Little North Fork Township 1870. Children: Thomas Ledbetter b MO 1868. 40 MARGARET JANE LEDBETTER b Fentress Co. TN 1849 m Rolla, Phelps Co. MO 30 July 1864 DAVID M. JOHNSON (son of John Price & Rachel R. [___] Johnson) b 31 July 1830. [In Fentress Co. TN 1860 census she's 8 mos old] 41 JAMES BEVERLY LEDBETTER b Fentress Co. TN 1850 m/1 NANCY FRIEND (daughter of Peter & Sarah "Sallie" [___] Friend) b MCAR 1853 prob d MCAR ca 1876 in childbirth; m/2 MCAR ca 1879 MARY ANN (KING) TRIMBLE (daughter of William & Nancy Maria [Bell] King, widow of ___ Trimble) b TN 1847. In Little North Fork Township 1870. In Franklin Township 1880 with step-daughter Martha Trimble b AR 1873 living with them. Mary Ann and her three daughters are living with her daughter Martha Trimble & her husband John Smith in Gaither Township, Boone Co. AR 1900. (see Friend family page 149) (see William King family page 226) [May not have married Trimble] 42 GEORGE WASHINGTON LEDBETTER b Fentress Co. TN 18 July 1852 d Texas Co. MO 30 Nov 1888 m Texas Co. MO HARRIET MORRIS d Texas Co. MO 30 Nov 1888. 43 LUCINDA LEDBETTER b Fentress Co. TN 1855. 44 NANCY ELIZABETH LEDBETTER b Clear Springs, Texas Co. MO 1858 m MCAR OLIVER L. RISLEY (son of Benjamin & Sarah [Miller] [Brown] Risley) b MO 1851. Her mother, Catherine aged 75, is living with them in Franklin Township 1900. (see Risley family page 364) 45 FANNIE L. LEDBETTER b Texas Co. MO 1861 m MCAR 3 June 1887 HARVEY H. YOCHAM (son of Michael DeKalb "Mike" & Nancy Jane [Bevins] Yocham) b MCAR Nov 1868. In Franklin Township 1890. Children: Roscoe Yocham b Sep 1888; (child) Yocham b aft 1890; (child) Yocham b aft 1890. 41 Children of James Beverly & Nancy (Friend) Ledbetter 46 GEORGE LEDBETTER b MCAR 1873. 47 LOU CATHERINE LEDBETTER b MCAR 6 Aug 1874 d Holdensville OK 29 Oct 1956 bu Glory/Bixbee Cemetery, Holdensville OK m MCAR 20 Sep 1891 CHARLES SUMNER MERRIMAN (son of Bryant Henderson "Hense" & Mary Ann [McCarty] Merriman) b IL 8 Jan 1870/2 d Holdensville OK 3 Oct 1859 bu Glory/Bisbee Cemetery, Holdensville OK. (see Merriman family page 286) 48 FANNY E. LEDBETTER b MCAR 1876/8 m MCAR 21 Dec 1896 J. W. GREEN b ca 1879 of Oakland. 41 Children of James Beverly & Mary Ann (King) Ledbetter 49 STELLA LEDBETTER b MCAR 1883. Living with her half-sister, Martha, and husband John Smith in Gather Township, Boone Co. AR 1900. 50 OLLIE B. LEDBETTER b MCAR March 1885. Living with her half-sister, Martha, and husband John Smith in Gaither Township, Boone Co. AR 1900. 51 JULIA LEDBETTER b MCAR July 1887. Living with her half-sister, Martha, and husband John Smith in Gaither Township, Boone Co. AR 1900. SOURCE: MCAR 1870, 1880 census; "Marion Co. AR 1890" by Helen McMindes; "Marion Co. Marriage Records 1887-1896" by Marian Burnes & Vicki Roberts; "Marion Co. Marriage Records 1896-1905" by Marian Burnes & Vicki Roberts; cross-referencing; Thelma Nation <tnation@panhandle.net>; Tammy Hamilton <THam151@aol.com>; Patricia Schiro <schiro@gte.net>; <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com>; Fentress Co. TN 1850, 1860 census; http://texhoma.net/~richard/ledbetter/arthur/desc01.htm Have fun <BG> We all eagerly await your response <grin> Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com

Dear Mysty, I still am not ready to drop the CAIN/CASEBOLT connection possibility. I do think that Jeremiah CREWS' son James is the one that md Avarilla. Their marriage is in the ARMARION marriage entries, in 1886. So if this is so, and Avarilla was Minerva Casebolt's daughter, her children would still be Jeremiah Crews' grandchildren also. Wouldn't they? Another interesting thing I noticed in that 1900 census entry is that where it asked for number of children by this mother, Minerva answered "1". So I think the 3 children listed with her and Robert on the 1880 census were not hers but Louisa, Roberts first wife. Anyway, its still a theory, but I'm not ready to give up on it yet. Thanks again. Patricia Gausnell

Thank you Mysty for your reply! I chose to respond on the list in hopes someone with a "clue" might see it. I have copies of the pages from the 1850 Marion County census that shows Thomas'age to be 61, which corresponds with other information I have gathered. (I have copies of several "family published" books.) I also wonder if the Eliza shown on the census as age 28 is the daughter Catherine Eliza. She is shown in the Washington County, TN 1850 census in the home of her uncle David Stevens along with her two sons George W. and Francis M. ages 2 and 1. Also, my information shows Catherine Eliza being born in 1829 and this is the age shown on the TN census. The Eliza shown on the Marion county census could be wife of Foster, otherwise where would the 9 month old Samuel belong? True enough, as the family legend goes, there were deaths of daughters-in-law from fever while enroute to AR, but Foster could have remarried to Eliza thus accounting for Daniel age 2 and Samuel 9 months. Oh yes, the family shown as family #322-323 was Henry Stevens, Margaret Adams Stevens and their first two children. Just can't figure out who this 4 year old Hudspeth child in Thomas' household would be. One possibility, if Foster did marry Eliza as second wife, was she a Hudspeth widow with this child? The more I think about this, the "muddier the water get"! Anyway, thanks again!

Hello all! I want to reiterate what Mysty said to Pat. It is important, for a mail list to be successful and helpful to all, that everyone post to the list. This means that off-list communication helps no one. I can't state it stronly enough. Someone might find in your family a member of their own - a daughter who was "lost", perhaps. I will share an example. I think it was Frances who posted information on the NOWLIN family. I had a NOWLIN in my family but I didn't know who her parent were. I saw a posting that caught my eye and I was able to get the name of Monta Mae NOWLIN's parents. The list can save many of us a lot of time in finding our family members. We all have someone who lived in MCAR. That's why we're here, isn't it? It also helps the Gen Society and future researchers with their Marion Co. families. We have information that others don't have. Let's share it. It might even help Mysty find a missing link and make corrections to the upcoming SUPPLEMENT to "Genealogies of Marion County Families 1811-1900". You can be a part of this by using the list and getting to know others who share a common location in the the trek west - and AR was west when our families came to Marion Co. Thanks to all, B) listowner

MERRIMAN, SMOTHERS, HENDERSON, and families marrying into the MERRIMAN family. Ancestry Line is: Lois LAYTON Carmack md Charles Carmack, Scott Co MO Mary Alice Jane MERRIMAN Layton md Raymond Everett LAYTON, Stoddard Co MO Willis aka Poppy MERRIMAN md Malinda Parzee aka Parzee SMOTHERS, Marion Co AR Bryant Henderson aka Hence MERRIMAN md (1) Mary Ann McCARTY, Fayette Co IL (2) Alice Jane HENDERSON, Fayette Co IL John Morgan aka Morgan MERRIMAN md Margaret SCRIBNER, Montgomery Co IL Charles MERRIMAN md (1) Betsy COOK, TN (2) Nancy HAM, TN If any one has info to share contact me, please. Lois in MO

Hi Colleen, If you think it would do any good to post your GG Grandfather on this list then go ahead. I would prefer that we stick to Marion Co., and it's sister counties as boundaries did change, and many families ended up living in different counties without moving a hair. B)

Your reply via ARMARION-L is just great, Pat. As Rhio says, this is the way to "catch" folks who might have bits and pieces of info on this family. And it's also the best way of sharing with others. And citing sources informs folks of some of the places info can be found. It can be real helpful all the way around. If list members aren't interested, they can hit their "delete" key. Looks like you can drop the Cain-Casebolt theory, Pat. Found this tonight in "Marion Co. AR 1890" by Helen McMindes. This is a reconstruction for MCAR of the lost 1890 census. A marvelous aid to MCAR researchers <grin>. J. M. Crews. A Jeremiah Crews, 38, and his family is found in Sugar Loaf Township in 1880. There is a son James Crews, 14, and a son George W Crews, 7. In 1900, George W, 27, is living with his brother-in-law, Charley Treece, and in the household of Robert Casebolt are his (Jeremiah's) grandchildren, John M. Crews, 11, and Marie Crews, 4. This James Crews, 14, might be the J E Crews you think married Avarilla Cain. Age is about right, isn't it? Also found in "Genealogies of MCAR Families 1811-1900" this reference to the Sheltons in Cain Cemetery. Thomas Shelton b MO ca 1855 (parents also b MO) m Sarah ___ b AR 1860. In LIttle North Fork Township 1880. 1880 Marion Co census - Little North Fork Township. Thomas Shelton 25 farmer MO MO MO. Sarah 20 wife AR AR AR. [Obviously they hadn't been married long 'cuz they don't have any kids yet.] By the way, don't assume that because folks are buried in the same small cemetery that they're kin. There are some cemeteries in MCAR with a family name, but only one - maybe two - people buried there that carried that name. The rest aren't kin at all. Maybe sort of near neighbors, but not kin. I'll leave you with all this tonight and dig around a bit more tomorrow. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ***************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: Patricia Gausnell <gausnell@wmni.net> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 5:35 PM Subject: Re: ARMARION-D Digest V01 #6 > Dear Mysty, > I am not sure if my reply should be sent to your email address or the > ARMARION-D address, but here goes: I am very grateful to you for sending me > those items. I have seen many of them, particularly the 1870 census. But > the one that really helps is the ones from "Genealogiesof MCAR Families > 1811-1900." Guess I'll have to get a copy. I did not know that Amanda KANE > (must be CAIN) md. James Lafayette PANGLE. That helps! > I interpreted a couple of the census entries differently than the ones > you sent, but realize they are hard to read and probably have lots of errors > in the original, also. The one about Minerva CAIN and her household: I > thought the three young men were surnamed SHELTON, not CAIN. I still think > so. One reason is the names of those buried in the CAIN Cemetery, taken > from the ARMARION cemetery records. > Grave Name Grave > 1-6 unknown 1-6 > 7 Mrs. Sally Shelton 7 > 8 Tom Shelton 8 > 9 Pet Shelton 9 > 10 Jerome Cain 348 > 11 Jim Cain 346 > 12 Minerva Cain 347 > > So, see, this Tom Shelton and his family were buried with Jim and > Minerva CAIN. So he must be the same person as the SHELTON, Thomas with > Minerva CAIN on that census. But then that also complicates another of my > theories, which is that Minerva CAIN md Robert CASEBOLT later. If she did, > then why was she buried with the name CAIN. Guess I should check to see if > Minerva CASEBOLT is buried in any of the cemeteries. Also, I will send for > Robert CASEBOLT's pension records to see if it mentions his wife's previous > surname. Does anyone already have a copy of it? > I also looked with new eyes at the census entry for Mary STARR and the 3 > young people with her. The Angeline CAINE I was sure was the dau of James M > CAIN and Amanda M STONE. But I wondered who the Mandela and George STARR > were. But now I think they must have also been CAIN children. The 1860 > census of Ozark Co, MO shows the family of James CAIN like this: > James M. CAIN 46 m w farmer Tenn > Sarah C. " 23 f w " > Eliza " 20 f w Alab > James " 12 m w Mo > Spencer C " 11 m w " > George W. " 8 m w " > Amanda M " 4 f w " > Angaline " 1 f w " > Isaac 24 m b Tenn > Bice 24 ? b " > Pleasant 9 m b " > > You will note that the three younger children are the same (or nearly > the same) as the three with Mary STARR. The ages for Mandala and George > don't quite jive, and there is the difference between Amanda M and Mandala. > So if these are the same people, then who is Mary STARR? Could she be an > aunt? Or perhaps a grandmother? > I'm slowly piecing it together. Thanks again for the help.

Hi All, I am looking for information on Reuban Madewell, son of Solomon Madewell who lived in Marion Co. in 1850 and 1860. Reuban was in the civil war and his service record just ends - His brother was in the same unit and is listed as a deserter, but also there is a story that he was killed and buried along a creek. Reuban, according to family history was the father of Martha Matilda Madewell who was born in Arkansas July 1862 - Her mother was Martha Ann, possibly HARP. Two other children listed as Madewell of Martha Ann were Rhoda (born abt 1857) and Mary (born Feb 1870). Any help appreciated. Thanks. Janet

Dear Mysty, I am not sure if my reply should be sent to your email address or the ARMARION-D address, but here goes: I am very grateful to you for sending me those items. I have seen many of them, particularly the 1870 census. But the one that really helps is the ones from "Genealogiesof MCAR Families 1811-1900." Guess I'll have to get a copy. I did not know that Amanda KANE (must be CAIN) md. James Lafayette PANGLE. That helps! I interpreted a couple of the census entries differently than the ones you sent, but realize they are hard to read and probably have lots of errors in the original, also. The one about Minerva CAIN and her household: I thought the three young men were surnamed SHELTON, not CAIN. I still think so. One reason is the names of those buried in the CAIN Cemetery, taken from the ARMARION cemetery records. Grave Name Grave 1-6 unknown 1-6 7 Mrs. Sally Shelton 7 8 Tom Shelton 8 9 Pet Shelton 9 10 Jerome Cain 348 11 Jim Cain 346 12 Minerva Cain 347 So, see, this Tom Shelton and his family were buried with Jim and Minerva CAIN. So he must be the same person as the SHELTON, Thomas with Minerva CAIN on that census. But then that also complicates another of my theories, which is that Minerva CAIN md Robert CASEBOLT later. If she did, then why was she buried with the name CAIN. Guess I should check to see if Minerva CASEBOLT is buried in any of the cemeteries. Also, I will send for Robert CASEBOLT's pension records to see if it mentions his wife's previous surname. Does anyone already have a copy of it? I also looked with new eyes at the census entry for Mary STARR and the 3 young people with her. The Angeline CAINE I was sure was the dau of James M CAIN and Amanda M STONE. But I wondered who the Mandela and George STARR were. But now I think they must have also been CAIN children. The 1860 census of Ozark Co, MO shows the family of James CAIN like this: James M. CAIN 46 m w farmer Tenn Sarah C. " 23 f w " Eliza " 20 f w Alab James " 12 m w Mo Spencer C " 11 m w " George W. " 8 m w " Amanda M " 4 f w " Angaline " 1 f w " Isaac 24 m b Tenn Bice 24 ? b " Pleasant 9 m b " You will note that the three younger children are the same (or nearly the same) as the three with Mary STARR. The ages for Mandala and George don't quite jive, and there is the difference between Amanda M and Mandala. So if these are the same people, then who is Mary STARR? Could she be an aunt? Or perhaps a grandmother? I'm slowly piecing it together. Thanks again for the help. ----- Original Message ----- From: <ARMARION-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <ARMARION-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 2:40 PM Subject: ARMARION-D Digest V01 #6

Searching for info on Benjamin Wood born abt 1830 TN. He married Nancy Abney abt 1848. She was born from 1823-1833 depending on the source. Their first child, Berry Jackson Wood was born 1849 in Marion County AR. Ben died Jan 24 1865 in Alton IL while a POW. He is buried in a mass grave in Alton. If any of the rest of you have relatives buried in Alton I have pictures of the grave site and memorial. Larry Copley moses@stlnet.com

I'm assuming, Patsy, that you've discovered the error the census taker made in this family in the MCAR 1850 census. If not, here's what it says in the transcribed 1850 by Nancy L. Wood. #251-252 Thomas Stephens 22 TN. Union Township. Foster 35 TN. Elisa 28 TN. John S. 15 TN. Thomas 9 TN. George Hudspeth 4 AR. (Note on microfilm: "This family continued on page 47, family 323 having made a mistake in transcribing. J.M.C. This deficiency of 4 [rest unreadable]." Next family # shown on film is 254-255. N. L. W.) #322-323 Henry Stephens 32 M TN. Margaret 20 AR. Isaac 3 AR. Sarah Jane 2 AR. Immediately above this entry, with no dwelling/family number is: Daniel/David Stephens 2 AR. Samuel Stephens 9/12 AR (note on microfilm: page 36, family 252. N. L. W.) Sounds to me as if this may be one of those notorious cases we hear about where one or the other Stephens family didn't directly give the information to the enumerator and someone else "filled in the blanks." Who knows? Looks to me as if Thomas Stephens is the head of household, but his age should be 52, not 22. Apparently his son Foster is a widower with sons John S and Thomas. The husband of his daughter Elisa isn't currently living with them but his grandson George Hudspeth is. Daughter Margaret is still living at home, but is unmarried. Just who David and Samuel belong to, I'm not sure. Although listed as Stephens' they could be Hudspeths. I have access to the Washington Co TN marriage records at the library in Yellville. This might provide a clue or two. Next time I'm there, I'll check and see what I come up with. I can't definitely say whether Davis Hudspeth is related to the other Hudspeths in MCAR or not. It's an extremely complex family to research - almost as if they all hid away now and then just for kicks. I do know there's a George Hudspeth family with 3 unknown sons b TN 1820, 1822, and 1823. One of these might be Davis. Maybe the marriage records will help here. There are no death records anywhere in AR before 1914. The only Stephens I find in "Cemeteries of MCAR" by Marian Burnes are: Water Creek Cemetery: William W 1850-1905. Mary 1851-1935. [probably his wife]. Granvell b/o WW 22 Jan 1832-10 May 1910. Sarah 22 Dec 1837-22 Feb 1925 [probably his wife]. Not being a whole bunch of help, am I? Well, we'll see, huh? Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ******************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: Patsy Stevens <patstevens@tri-lakes.net> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 10:23 PM Subject: Thomas Stevens ca 1850 > Looking for information about the Thomas Stevens family that was in Marion County from ca 1845 and died there in ca 1852. His son, Henry, married Margaret Adams daughter of Matthew Adams and Priscilla Catherine Wolf 6-4-1845. Trying to find exact date of Thomas' death and place of burial. I believe Thomas' wife, Margaret Sellers Stevens also died in Marion County shortly after they arrived in the area. Their daughter Eliza Catherine had married Davis Hudspeth before they left TN and found after they arrived in Marion County that he already had a wife and children in TX. Family legend says there was court action on this. Was he related to the other Hudspeth's in Marion County? There was also a son, Foster Stevens, shown on the 1850 census. Haven't been able to find him after that unless he was the brother who went to TX with Henry after Thomas' death and his other name was William or Billie. > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >

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Sorry, it's Winham not Winningham. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda M. San Francisco <hmarquart@yahoo.com> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 6:21 PM Subject: Re: Marler Family > on 1/21/2001 4:28 PM, Mary Lynn Winham at mlwwaw@puma.sirinet.net > wrote: > > > For those new to the list I am searching the MARLER family in Marion, Boone > > and Baxter Co AR. They are all related to me one way or another. Mary > > Marler Winham > > > > > > ============================== > > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > > > In reference to this email. I am related to some Winninghams I think from > that area.????? > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >