This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Parker, Mathis, Taylor, Rushing Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xV.2ADE/6.1 Message Board Post: Helen, I have a great grandmother, Clara Parker that was orphaned and wondered if you found any information about any orphanages in Newton County, AR. Where did your people live? My ggrandmother lived in Western Grove in 1898 when she married my ggrandfather, John Manley Mathis. I have hit a double brick wall with her.