Hi Wilma, I'm sorry I don't have any info on your Catherine, but would be glad to share what I have on the MELTON family (maybe there is a clue in here somewhere?): James MELTON b. 1788 SC d. Aft.1860 Barry Co, MO. Married #1 Mary/Permeley SOOTER b. 1780-1790. I only know of one child, Sarah "Sally" Caroline MELTON b. 1828 TN d. Aft 1901 m. 1848 AR Mark Howard HENSLEY b. 1817 TN d. 4 Mar 1888 Searcy Co, AR. They had 6 children, first two b. TN, remaining four b. AR. Sarah was Mark Howard's second wife, he was prev. married to Rebecca SIMMONS. James MELTON m. #2 Mary Crockett in 1829 and they had three known children: William Crockett MELTON b. 1830, Leornard R. MELTON b. 1832 and Frances K. MELTON b. 1834 Perhaps someone on this list who is researching MELTON can jump in and provide you with more info, hopefully on your Catherine. Good luck! Jan ---------- >From: "Wilma Norton" <wilma@softcom.net> >To: ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ARSEARCY] SOOTER - Stacy Adams/Eli Sooter >Date: Sat, Jun 24, 2000, 1:48 PM > >Could I step into this conversation, please? I have a Catherine Melton who >was born TN and was age 34, married to David B. Younger living in Tomahawk >Twp., Searcy Co. AR in 1860. This family later moved to Pope Co. AR. Do >you know if she might be kin to your Sarah Caroline Melton? I've had no >luck at all in finding parents or siblings for her. > >Wilma > >----- Original Message ----- >From: ron & jan heiskell <acc@tracy.com> >To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 12:15 PM >Subject: Re: [ARSEARCY] SOOTER - Stacy Adams/Eli Sooter > > >> Hi Judy, >> >> I read your post on SOOTER and thought I would add my little bit of SOOTER >> info. I am working on the old Lemuel HENSLEY line - he was b.Abt 1785 NC >> d.1840 Wayne Co, TN. >> >> His son, Mark Howard HENSLEY b.1817 TN d 1888 Searcy Co, AR m. 1848 AR #2 >> Sarah Caroline MELTON b.1828 TN d.Aft 1901 Searcy Co, AR. >> >> Her parents were James MELTON b.1788 SC d. Aft.1860 Barry Co, MO and >> Mary/Permeley SOOTER b. 1780-1790 d. 1840-1850. (I have not verified this >> info myself.) >> >> It isn't much info, but since James MELTON died in Barry Co, MO, and his >> daughter Sarah died in Searcy Co, AR, I thought this Mary/Permeley SOOTER >> might connect somehow to your SOOTER family. >> >> Jan Heiskell >> ---------- >> >From: Judy Oldziewski <harness75@earthlink.net> >> >To: ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com >> >Subject: [ARSEARCY] Stacy Adams/Eli Sooter >> >Date: Sat, Jun 24, 2000, 4:18 AM >> > >> >> >First a big THANK YOU to Ann and Mysty. Ann, clearly the researcher who >> >had Elvira Jane as Bonhannon just had enough info to know the lines were >> >connected but not just how. It all makes sense now. >> > >> >Since we are on the Adams family I will post some info I recently >> >received on Stacy Adams who married Eli Sooter. I am posting with >> >permission from Karen. She is not related but is working on this line as >> >a gift for a friend. She is working from a family history written in >> >the 1950's by the friends great uncle. Thought it might be of interest. >> >I have not verified it. But I find no glaring errors based on what I >> >know. >> > >> >Eli B Sooter b. Barry Co. Mo 1814 to Searcy County, AR 1830 m. Stacy >> >Adams Searcy County, Richalnd near Buffalo River, AR 1834. Returned to >> >Barry County 1845 where he died and was buried in 1849. Stacy returned >> >Searcy County after her husbands death about 1850 where she married a >> >second time. Stacy died Wiley's Cove 1884. >> > >> >*************** >> >(added by Judy)** Stacy appears in the 1850 Searcy County Census as >> >Stacy Suter with seven children. Based on the Goodspeed article on her >> >son Matthew, Stacy married James Waterson and had four more children, >> >two of whom were deceased by 1884 when the article was published. They >> >were Sarah (deceased), James (deceased), Benjamin Franklin, and Arrella. >> >************** >> > >> >Greenberry "Berry" Sooter b. Searcy County 1835. He married a ?? >> >Treadwell at Wiley's Cove before the Civil War. He served in the >> >Confederate Army and died at Little Rock during the war from sickness. >> >It is believed his wife also died during the war. >> > >> >Robert Sooter b. Searcy County 1837. Married a ?? Sanders before the >> >Civil War. He served in the Confederate Army and died at Corinth MS from >> >sickness during the Civil War. >> > >> >Matthew Sooter b Searcy County, Richland near Buffalo River 9 Dec 1839. >> >He served in the SECOND ARKANSAS CALVARY during the Civil War. He was >> >married 3 Sept 1868 to Mary Ashley b. Searcy County 6 Sept 1847. >> > >> >William Edward "Ed" Sooter b Searcy County, Richland near Buffalo River >> >22 Sept 1841. He served in the SECOND ARKANSAS CALVARY in the Civil War. >> >He married Martha Jane Boyd, dau of John S Boyd and Dicey Jane Leslie >> >Wiley's Cove 30 June 1868. She was born 12 Mar 1852. Ed died near Leslie >> >26 Nov 1881. After his death Martha married Joseph T Blair. She died >> >Searcy County 18 Mar 1933. >> > >> >Syntha Sooter b. Searcy County about 1843. She married Green Reeves in >> >Searcy County about 1870. >> > >> >Mary Ann Sooter b. Barry County, MO 1845 >> > >> >Narcissis Jane Sooter (usually shown in census as Nicey Jane) b. Barry >> >County MO 24 Feb 1848. Married Malley Thomas, son of Ben Thomas, 3 Feb >> >1868. She is buried at Wiley's Cove. Thomas was born 3 Sept 1848 and is >> >buried Wiley's Cove. >> > >> >Hope this is of interest to someone. >> > >> >Judy >> > >> >