This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------210E37D760E93A8BECAC8932 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------210E37D760E93A8BECAC8932 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <johnston@ipa.net> Received: from postoffice5.ipa.net (postoffice5.ipa.net [205.218.170.26]) by pop.centurytel.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA05315; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:11:29 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ipa.net (pool-2-21.faye.ipa.net [209.128.132.21]) by postoffice5.ipa.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id RAA14285; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:11:23 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <39F2138C.5CCF4F42@ipa.net> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 17:07:08 -0500 From: James Johnston <johnston@ipa.net> Reply-To: johnston@ipa.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Searcy Co. website" <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com>, ARBENTON-L@rootsweb.com, AFHA <AFHA-L@rootsweb.com>, "Chittenden, Mary Louise" <marylou@hbeark.com>, "Crunkleton, Kathryn" <dalec@yournet.com>, "Dodson, Donna McCutcheon" <ddodson@eritter.net>, "Drewry, Bob" <drewry@camtools.com>, "Garr, Margie & Gene" <mermaid@CENTURYINTER.NET>, "Hale, Gene" <genehale@brightok.net>, "Harness, Lenora" <harnesl@Bulldog.AFSC.K12.AR.US>, "Heath, Barbara E" <bheath@diamondcity.net>, "Henning, Joy & Bill" <jbhenning@ozarkisp.net>, "Hillis, Natasha" <ncooper@alltel.net>, "Holliman, Marinda" <mrholliman@hotmail.com>, "Hudson, Kathy" <HudsonK@aol.com>, "Hudspeth, Bart" <jbhud@alltel.net>, "Izard Co. website" <ARIZARD-L@rootsweb.com>, "Johnson, Jackie" <jackiej@ipa.net>, "Knight, W. T. & Lavaughn" <wknight4@juno.com>, "Lair, Jim" <JBLCivilWar@aol.com>, "Lies, Gail" <nglies@nex.net>, "Lucas, Charlotte A." <rlucas@iamerica.net>, "Massey, Troy" <mosbcg@alltel.net>, "McCutcheon, Jack" <jackmccut@eritter.net>, "McDonald, Ann" <amcdonal@SHELTONBBS.COM>, "McMindes, Helen" <calark@oztech.com>, "McPherson, Mysty" <Shakerag@mtnhome.com>, "Moffett, Bob & Carolyn" <oldlanewood@alltel.net>, "Montgomery, Don" <drm22252@pgtc.net>, "Niswonger, Thomas" <niswont@eritter.net>, "Pyshny, Larry" <lpyshny@hotmail.com>, "Ragland, Dorothy" <ragland@Bulldog.AFSC.K12.AR.US>, "Rambin, Barbara J." <BANNOCKBURN@webtv.net>, "Sellers, Brenda Horton" <poodledoo49@yahoo.com>, "Stowers, Juanita" <nita@CENTURYINTER.NET>, "Tolle, Ed" <DOCTOL@aol.com>, "Tudor, Maurice" <mtudor@ozarkisp.com>, "Vasey, Opal Love" <olove@CENTURYINTER.NET>, ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Ozark Cultural Celebration Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 OZARK CULTURAL CELEBRATION 2000: The fifth unique event will occur September 15 & 16, 2000 at the John Paul Hammerschmidt Center, North Arkansas Community College, Harrison, AR. There will be speakers and some music and it is all free except the catered dinner Friday evening. All events will take place at the North Arkansas Community College. It is all free except the dinner. Historical/Genealogical societies in the area will have booths. The program is: Friday, September 15, 2000 10:00 am The Image of the Ozarks Brooks Blevins, Lyon College 11:00 am The Civil War in the Ozarks Fred Berry, North Arkansas Community College 1:30 pm Quantrill and His Guerrillas Rosemary Lankford, Independence County 2:30 pm The Timber Industry in Searcy County, Arkansas David Treat, Searcy County 5:30 pm The Williams Family Civil War: How an Ozark Farm Family Became a Guerrilla Band with dinner Kenneth C. Barnes, University of Central Arkansas Saturday, September 16, 2000 9:30 am Tourism in the Shepherd of the Hills Country 1880s-1939s Lynn Morrow, Missouri State Archives 10:30 am Ozark Tales and Legends Dorethea Shipman, Marion County 12:30 pm The Civil War Peace Society: Secret Unionists in the Ozarks James J. Johnston, Searcy County 1:30 pm Ozark Folk Music, Songs and Ballads Tara Sky. To sign up for the dinner Friday evening, send before September 8, $10 per person to: Darlinda Sanders Sanders Farms Rt 1 Box 238 Western Grove, AR 72685 Checks must be postmarked by September 8 and made payable to Sanders Farms. Note that the payment is for the Ozark Cultural Celebration. JJJ --------------210E37D760E93A8BECAC8932--

http://www.abqjournal.com/obits/OB01-22.HTM Albuquerque Journal January 22, 2000 Albuquerque, Bernalillo County New Mexico Cora Mabel Smith, 78, in loving memory of a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, whom has sacrificed all for her family. A resident of Albuquerque and formally of Madison, AK, passed away on January 20, 2000. Cora retired from the Civil Service after 13 years of outstanding service. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Virgil Collins Smith in 1969; one son, Charles Franklin Smith; her parents, Lucy Vilena Clark (McGhee) and Rufus Walker Clark; two sisters, Flora May (Clark) Gage and Dora Clark; three brothers, Joseph Samual Clark, Lee Roy and Doy LaFayette Clark; one great-grandson, Michael Ray Olivas. Cora is survived by two children, James Clark Smith of Albuquerque, and Virginia Arlene Heard and her husband, Daniel of Los Lunas; four grandchildren, Rhonda Rene Olivas and her husband, Ramon Jr. and Kimberly Ann Simmons, Keith Charles Smith and Tamara Kimberly Smith; six great-grandchildren, Amanda Michelle Olivas, Andrew Ray Olivas, Aron Michael Olivas, Samantha Marie Boesiger, Deanna Leeann Boesiger, Ryan Alexander Simmons. Cora's family requests that donations be made in her name to your local American Cancer Society, and the American Diabetes Association. Cremation has taken place. A graveside service will be held on Monday at 2:00 p.m. in the Springfield National Cemetery in Springfield, MO. Her ashes will be buried in the Springfield National Cemetery with her husband, Virgil Collins Smith. Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen, NM.

Posted on: Newton County Ar. Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Newton/450 Surname: McKnight, Kimbriel, Self, West, Butler ------------------------- Looking for information on Berry B. West. He homestead on the Buffalo River. Think Cosin K. West that married Lee Kimbriel might have been dau of B.B. West. Is Martha, wife of Robert W. Butler related to the West family?

SCOTT COUNTY MORROW migrated from Ireland to Indiana by 1850’s and to Scott County by 1880’s. HARRIS who migrated from Franklin County, Virginia in the 1860’s to Bledsoe County, Tennessee by about 1815 and then to Scott County, Arkansas by 1850 JOURNEY who migrated from England in the late 1600’s to Lunenburg County, Virginia by early 1700’s to Prince Edward County, Virginia by 1811 to Maury County, Tennessee by 1834 to Scott County, Arkansas between 1875 – 1880 WANTLAND migrated from Robertson County, Tennessee in 1820 to Maury County, Tennessee by 1834 to Scott County, Arkansas between 1875 – 1880 BACON migrated from England in 1600’s to New Kent, Virginia by 1711 to Lunenburg County, Vir-ginia by 1739 to Prince Edward County, Virginia by 1811 to Maury County, Tennessee by 1834 to Scott County, Arkansas between 1875 - 1880 DARK from Tennessee by 1820 to Maury County, Tennessee by 1841 to Scott County Arkansas by 1880. They may have originally been from Germany. JAMES migrated from North Carolina to Tennessee by about 1802 to Wayne County, Missouri by 1827 and then to Saline County Arkansas by 1841 and to Scott County by 1860. JONES migrated from South Carolina to Arkansas by 1830. They were in Scott County by 1850. May have been Cherokee Indians who settled in Arkansas and were known as the “Old Settlers”. IVEY migrated from Norfolk County, Virginia in the late 1600’s to Roberson County, North Carolina by mid 1700’s to Franklin County, Illinois by 1820, to Union County, Illinois by 1830 and to Scott County by 1850. SESSIONS migrated from Georgia to Alabama by 1822 to Union County, Illinois by about 1836 to Scott County by 1850. NEWTON COUNTY PHILLIPS migrated from Currituck County, North Carolina in the 1700’s to Person County, North Carolina by 1794 to Morgan County, Tennessee by 1836 to Newton County, Arkansas by 1860. Originally from Wales ETHERIDGE from Currituck County, North Carolina in the early 1800’s to Perquimans County, North Carolina by 1833 to Morgan County Tennessee by 1836 to Newton County by 1860 DAVIS from North Carolina early 1800s - 1850’s to Newton County, Arkansas by 1860 FRY/FRYE from North Carolina to Arkansas by1860 TENNISON from Spencer County, Indiana in late 1700’s to Newton County, Arkansas by 1843. BRISTOW from Spencer County, Indiana to Carroll County Arkansas by 1840 RIGGS from Indiana to Missouri by 1841 to Carroll County, Arkansas by 1860 to Newton County, Arkansas by 1870 Charlene Holland

I am looking for family information about Dr. W.A. Bradley of Newton County. He lived in Jasper for a time, and in fact his home is now the Bradley Museum where the Historical Society is housed. This is what I know. He was born at Snowball, Searcy County, AR in 1871 and grew up there. He attended Emory University Medical School in Alanta, Georgia, graduation in 1895. He did graduate work at The University of TN and the University of Arkansas. He married Cora Moss in 1896. They had five children. Dr. Bradley died in Harrison, AR in 1955 at the age of 84. Who was Cora Moss' parents? Who were the children of Cora and Dr. Moss. Were Cora's Moss' family connected to the Absalom Phillips family of Newton County. Thanks so much Charlene

I was asked to forward this on to you..good luck in your search! Kathy Since its inception in October 1999 Newspaper Abstracts has grown to over 2,000 pages and 100 MB of newspaper articles! Newspaper Abstracts contains news articles from US newspapers published before 1923. Canadian newspaper articles published 1900 or earlier will be open soon. Articles such as birth, marriage and death notices along with general news, etc can be found on the site. This site is an ongoing project and is comprised of articles and links submitted on a daily basis from volunteers. Please stop by for a visit at Newspaper Abstracts where we are finding our ancestors in the news! http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ Happy hunting, Barbara Freeman http://NewspaperAbstracts.com

Searching for my gg-uncle Callaway Brown. According to the LDS family search site, he married a Martha L. Long in Miller CO.,MO. in 1874..He promptly disappeared (or so I say, can't find him anywhere), here is what I know about him: His parents were b. in KY: His father was James Brown. His mother was Paulina Sullivan b. 2-1825 Clark Co,KY. they moved to Richwood Twnship in Miller CO,MO. James died , and Paulina remarried. If anyone has him , I'd sure like to talk to you! thank you, cheryl

Hello, The reason I am sending you this email is because I would like for you to let the list know that I am writing a book on the Family of Charles Holt and his descendants. Charles was born 30 March 1762 in Prince William County, Virginia and died 19 September 1847 in Blountsville, Blount County, Alabama. So far I have over 200 pages of family members, stories and photo's and the book will most likely be over 400 pages. If you would please let the emailing list of Newton County know that I am writing this book, I would truly appreciate it. I also have a webpage on Family Tree Maker that has a report on Charles Holt and in the event that I am missing anyone that is a descendant of Charles from the mailing list I would love to hear from them in case they would be willing to share their information. My webpage address is: www.familytreemaker.com/users/v/a/n/Carri-Lou-Vance/ Thank you for your help and assistance. Carri

Hi All, I am hoping someone out there can help me. I am trying to find out the parents and siblings of an Ambrose Casey. Here is what I have on him. Ambrose Casey b. Newton Co., Ark. ? d. 1939 m. Ark. probably Newton Co. Sarah E. Davison b. Oct. 4, 1861 d. Jan 11, 1887 Limestone, Newton Co., Ark. during child birth. She is buried in the Casey cemetery in Limestone, Newton Co., Ark. I know of 2 children. Lela Casey who married a Morrison and Eva Casey who married John Young. Eva is the child that was born when Sarah died. She was raised by her mothers parents Johnny and Nan Davison. Eva died in 1982 in Cal. John Young's parents were William T. Young and Sarah Virginia Dodson aka Ginnie. Eva and John were second or third cousins. Could Eva Casey's father be the son of Wesley Allen Casey b May 10, 1834 in Tenn. d. July 14, 1905 Limestone Valley, Newton Co., Ark. and Chaney Woodward b. April 1835 Mo.. They had a son Ambrose b. March 7, 1864 Buffalo River, Limestone Valley, Newton Co., Ark., m. ? April 24, 1881 Limestone Valley, Newton Co., Ark. This would make the connection as cousins for John and Eva. Johns grandmother was the sister of Wesley Allen Casey. She was Susan Casey Young. Wesley and Susan's parents were Moses Casey and Elizabeth Coe. Can anyone help figure out this jigsaw puzzle? Sandy noordhof@fcg.net

Hi All, I am hoping someone will resd this and be able to connect to one of the names on this list. If not to the Young name, at least to one of the married names of the girls. Last summer my husband and I traveled to Limestone, Ark. and I find it hard to believe that no one can connect with this family after seeing the size of it. John Kilman Young was b. Nov. 4, 1837 in Bellefonte, Jackson Co., Ala., his parents were Thomas Young s/o Matthew Young and Darcas and Pricie Rash d/o Sarah Rash. He entered service in the 14th Ark. Infantry Regiment July 1861. He was captured and held prisoner on Johns Island, Ohio until he was paroled June 1865. He was a 2nd Lt. in Co. E. He was a farmer, J.P. 1878-1880, and Coroner 1882-1892. He married Susan Casey d/o Moses and Elizabeth Casey, Sept. 21, 1856 at Walnut, Ark. John died Jan 29, 1929 in Johnson Co., Ark. at that time he lived with one of his children. I was told that his funeral services were performed by my ggrandfather Francis Marion Thronebury, who was also living in Johnson Co. and that he was buried in Zadock Cemetery. No one seems to have heard of Zadock Cemetery, but according to an uncle that was present at the funeral, Zadock Cemetery is an old cemetery that is probably all grown up and you can't get to it. I was also told that John Kilman Young was always the guest of Honor at a picnic that was held in Clarksville every year because he was the oldest surviving Confederate soldier and that when he died, there was a big write up on him in the Clarksville newspaper with pictures. Susan Casey w/o John Kilman Young was born abt 1836 in Tenn. and according to Joh's Bible, she died Nov. 21, 1910 in Newton or Johnson Co., Ark. Children of John and Susan are: 1. Herminnia Young m. James White and had 5 children that I know of. In 1911 according to the Confederate Census of 1911 they were living in Limestone Ark. 2. George W. Young b. Jan 3, 1858 m. Margaret Dodson d/o Eli E. Dodson and Rhoda C. Cantrell. According to 1911 Census, they were living in Atkins, Ark. 3. William T. Young b. Jan 23, 1860 d. Aug 26, 1938 Lamar, Johnson Co., Ark. m. Sarah Virginia Dodson d/o Eli E. Dodson and Rhoda C. Cantrell, Nov 3, 1873. According to 1911 Census they lived in Limestone, Ark. These are my great grandparents. They had 10 children. 4. John P. Young b. Sept 21, 1862 m. Elizabeth ?. According to 1911 Census they lived in Capps, Ark. 5. Albert L. Young b. April 30, 1866 m. Aslie ? according to 1911 census they lived in Pleasant Ridge, Ark. 6. Allen L. Young b. Sept 16, 1868 m. Elizabeth ? July 22, 1892 According to 1911 census, they lived in Limestone, Ark. 7. Dora Elizabeth Young b. March 30, 1873 d. Jan 4, 1893 8. Edward Young b. 1874 9. R. E. Young b. May 31, 1875 10. James C. Young b. Nov. 23, 1877 d. March 16, 1913 Ark. m. Lillie ? According to the 1911 census they lived in Limestone, Ark. Sandy noordhof@fcg.net

I sure hate bothering you all AGAIN. But then I was in the process of updating counties when this came thru...guess there's no rest for the wicked<GR> I thought abt this all morning and decided you should not be left in the dark. I want your opinions on the matter but please send them directly to me...I will make a webpage where all views can be seen. This way if you are interested you know what is being said, if not then you will not be bothered on the mail list. RootsWeb has merged with MyFamily.com - I will include the email that came thru so you know what was said. I am keeping close watch on views of other listowners...I will not voice my opinion at this time as I would not want to sway an opinion in either direction. Please email me at HudsonK@aol.com Thank you Kathy, Listowner <<<Good News, Bad News, Good News: RootsWeb and MyFamily.com Merger Good news: You, our contributors, with your financial support, have helped create at RootsWeb one of the largest and most popular sites on the Internet. In May, we had over 149 million page views (according to Nielsen NetRatings combined home and work statistics), sent over 155 million e-mails, and handled over two million downloads of files from the various archives hosted at RootsWeb. Everyone, take a bow! This is an incredible community of genealogists, and the advances we're all making in our research due to the sharing that occurs here is unprecedented. Bad news: The more popular RootsWeb becomes, the more costly it is to simply stay alive and online. Even with your generous support, expenses continue to exceed revenue. We ran up a truly scary loss last year. Without outside help, it's not clear how long we'd be able to go on like this. Good news: MyFamily.com (you may know them better as Ancestry.com) recognizes the importance of the genealogical community that has grown here at RootsWeb, and wants that community to continue to thrive. They're excited to provide the financial stability we need to ensure RootsWeb will be around for years to come. Brian and I are pleased by Ancestry.com's coming involvement with RootsWeb. Now we can all focus on helping each other on the mailing lists and message boards, uploading our GEDCOMs, and building Web pages to share our research. More good news: No one is going to charge you to use RootsWeb. You'll still find RootsWeb at www.RootsWeb.com. Everything you're used to using will still be here: the 19,000 mailing lists, the hundreds of millions of names in free genealogy databases, the interactive learning guides, the weekly RootsWeb Review and Missing Links, the numerous tools for tracing your family history, the tens of thousands of message boards, the thousands of independently authored web sites. RootsWeb will still support worthy genealogy projects and societies, such as the USGenWeb Project (www.USGenWeb.org), the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild (ISTG.rootsweb.com) and the FreeBMD Project (FreeBMD.rootsweb.com), and other groups that provide free genealogical resources. You will of course still get all of services and benefits we promised you, such as mailing lists and access to PML, the feature that scans all our mailing lists and message boards for the surnames you specify. And don't worry, you won't be charged to access RootsWeb. No one will put your data on CD without your permission. Our Privacy Policy (http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/pledge.html) and our Acceptable User Policy (http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html) are unchanged. Other promises made over the years will continue to be honored. You'll still deal with the same RootsWeb volunteers and employees. In fact, most users won't notice any changes, except exciting new tools, more content, and better genealogical resources. If you would like more information, please check out our official press release at http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/rootsrelease.htm >>>

I want to thank all of you for your thoughts of concern. My husband did get good news. The stint was not completely closed so next Wed. they will go in and put in another stint to help support this one to remain open. You all have no idea how much I appreciate my county and surname mailing lists. I never have any problems from you and give me great pleasure reading your emails. I will try to get as much done on updating counties before next Wed. Thank you!! Kathy, listowner

Wishing your husband good luck and will say a prayer for him. Searching for information on James Soloman Burns m. Rebecca America Lewis..his father Andrew Jackson Burns-any information on these 2 men? Lived in RedStar and in Newton CO. too. Connected to the Stanberry (spelling variant Stansberry) family. cheryl "Man who run in front of car get tired"-Old Chinese proverb RESEARCHING:(KY)-BROWN,BROCKMAN,ELMORE,HOLT,SULLIVAN,SIDEBOTTOM,BOND,CENTER,SH IKLES,MCCARTY,LANGLEY (TN)-HICKS,STUBBLEFIELD,ELLENDER (VA)-HOLT,SIDEBOTTOM,MCCARTY,USSERY (MO)-hICKS,STUBBLEFIELD,USSERY,ELMORE,BROCKMAN,BOND,BROWN,LONG,TEMPLETON,SHIKL ES,CENTER (AR)-STANBERRY (STANSBERRY),EDGMON,BURNS,LEWIS,CREEKKILLER,HICKS,YOUNG

this week. My husband will be going in the hospital Tues. to see if another stent can be used or if they will have to do a bypass. So I need you to be on your best behavior for me. Please keep personal comments private and not on the list. Please keep to genealogy so there is no flaming. You have been great lists so keep up the good work. If you have not subscribed to the mailing list...please do so as your emails will only bounce to me rather than going to the list. To subscribe send your email to ALMORGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you want the digest mode replace the L with a D - if you are on my other mailing list change ALMORGAN to the proper name of the list such as ARHOWARD - ARSEVIER - AR NEWTON - AFHA - STOKES - TOLLETT) And type in your subject line: subscribe I you want to unsubscribe type: unsubscribe To send your queries to the list mail them to ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com (this address is used whether you are on the mail mode or the digest mode - again chg the proper name if you are not on the Morgan Co AL mailing list) As far as the websites....as soon as all this is over I will be updating the counties. I have several large files that have been submitted so it will take me a bit on some of the counties. I do appreciate those that have given this information. I appreciate your understanding, Kathy

Posted on: Newton County Ar. Query Forum Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Newton?read=413 Surname: BROWN, NICHOLS ------------------------- SEARCHING FOR DESCENDANTS OF CALLOWAY H &/OR A. BROWN WHO MARRIED MARTHA NICHOLS IN ARKANSAS IN 1875. I THINK HE MIGHT BE MY GG-UNCLE. THANKS, CHERYL

Thomas, I don't know whether Jeremiah ever went to Newton Co. or not. I sort-of doubt it. I made a mistake in the Co. they were from -- it was Perry Co. KY, not Leslie Co. Jeremiah Smith married Elizabeth Jones in Clay Co. KY 9-11-1813 The 1850 census shows them in Perry Co. These three counties are next to each other and I think parts of some become others. :^) The children of Jeremiah and Elizabeth were Lucinda , Margaret (Peggy), Dorcas, Sarah (Sally), Mary Jane, Sylvania, Huston, Preston, Sylvester, (my husband's great-great-grandfather) and Lewis. I know that William Smith of Newton Co. was the son of Preston. He supposedly walked from KY to AR after his first wife died in childbirth. I have been told that there was already family there, but I don't know who that was. I hope this helps a little. Let me know if I can do anything else for you. Judy Woods

Charlotte, It was good to hear from you. When you get on this internet, you realize how small the world really is. My parents were married in Martinez, CA in 1940. I was born in Antioch, CA in 1947. My husband and I moved to OK in 1977 when CA started getting "too crowded and too hectic". :^) This is where his parents grew up and married - before going to CA and raising their family. There appears to be a "reverse migration" BACK to this area. There are two families of Burdines here. My husband's aunt, Martha Hunter (b. 1910), married Fate Burdine. I don't know if that was his real name or a nickname and I don't know when they married - I doubt she was very old. I will do some checking and let you know. I checked the phone book - there are two Peebles listed. If there is anything you want me to check on for you , just let me know. Oh, Yeah, the Smiths. :^) (got sidetracked) Let me know if you find the Smith/Burdine connection. I would love to find a connection with these here. Before I get everyone too confused, let me explain that the Smiths are my husband's father's line - and the aunt that married the Burdine is my husband's mother's line. I'll leave you all with that. Have a good day. :^) Judy Woods

Hi Billie, Thank you so much for responding. Yes, this is the same William and Amanda Smith. Rachel was their oldest child. She was born in 1879. The 1880 census shows them together in Murry Tnsp. I didn't know this was his second marriage. He was only 22 in 880 - what happened to his first wife? Who are you descended from? I am in contact with the daughter-in-law of William G. Between her and the internet, we have traced William back to his grandfather -- Jeremiah Smith of Leslie Co. KY. There is an added twist here. One of Rachel's daughters, Jannie Noe, (my husband's grandmother) married a man named Charles Woods. His mother's maiden name was Malinda Smith - also a descendant of Jeremiah Smith. Jannie and Charles were second cousins - once removed. :^) Oops. My husband and his father and not only father and son - they are fourth cousins. I would be more than happy to share any information I have and look forward to corresponding with you. Judy Woods Eufaula, OK

Hello Newton Co. researchers. I am new to the list and thought I had better introduce myself. I am researching the NOE family who was in Newton Co. in the early 1900s. James Garrard Noe (usually known as Garrett) and his brother, Samuel, had a flour mill on Rock Creek near Limestone. Some of Garrett's children married into other Newton Co. families. My husband's great-grandfather, Frank Finley Noe, married Rachael Smith. She was the daughter of William Smith and Amanda Thomas. Maud Noe married William Gillean Mabel Noe married William Ogden Carl Noe married Nettie Casey I have a little information on Samuel's children, but not much. If you have a connection to this family or have any information on them, I would love to hear from you. Judy Woods

From: johnston@ipa.net (James Johnston) The 11th North Arkansas Ancestor Fair is scheduled for Saturday, June 3, in Leslie, AR. Check website: <http://www.crosswinds.net/~jx3/> for what is happening, and what families & Counties will be there. Remember that admittance to Saturday's Fair is FREE. JJJ