>From So Sebastian Co Hist Society's, "The Key" - MIKEL 67-15 - Picture of Greenwood Commercial Club 1935, includes Bill MIKEL 74-14 - back cover. Picture of Mine 18, opened around 1902. Noted that head of the mine was G.E. MIKEL 75-14 - A story written by Bill MIKEL called, "The Charley JOPLIN Story." 76-17,18 - Mine Number 17, written by Bill MIKEL, about his experiences. He worked there with his dad. 77-11 - At the Pioneer Achievement Awards, Mr. & Mrs. Bill MIKEL signed the guestbook (no date) 79-1 - "William (Bill) MIKEL" by Mary Jo KING with a picture of Bill and Teelee 80-48 - Picture of students in subscription school taught by Miss Emma McDONALD. Willie MIKEL is one of the students 82S-20&23 - "A Long Way From Jenny Lind," by Martin HEYNEN. "...Bill MIKEL has also worked for Wilson Company (Wilson & Company Meat Packers in Oklahoma City) during the time my brother (Henri, died 1972, in Dallas, Tx) was there. In fact, Bill and Henri had been very good friends for many years and boarded together for awhile in Oklahoma City." "The MIKEL family, Bill, Lyman and Elmer," are one of several families that the author, "...intended to serve as a tribute (by mentionig them) to those people living and deceased that I wish to remember as a child and I was growing up in the Jenny Lind area." 82F-28 - William MIKEL noted as an member of the SSCHS 86-18-24 - "Long Ago and Far Away," by Alice MIKEL DUFFIELD (gives her address) with picture of Alice, Telee and Bill MIKEL. Also mentions "Mama's sister and husband, Gustavus Adolphus HIGGS. 90-27 - Bill MIKEL's ride on HUNKAPILLER's car (already posted at this site) 91/93 - 42,43 - "William JAMESON and Those Who Came Afterward," by Alice MIKEL DUFFIELD, mentions her mother's name, Amanda FEATHERSTON MIKEL 95-24 - "The Greenwood Democrat, Thursday, February 4, 1926. Mrs. Sylvia J. LONG, 34 yr old wife of Will LONG of Jenny Lind died in a Fort Smith hospital after a short illness. She is survived by her husband; 2 daughters; Alice, 12 yrs old, and Ella May, 6 yrs. old; her parents Mr. and Mrs. W.R. DODSON of Jenny Lind, 2 brothers, Everett DODSON of Jenny Lind and Jack DODSON of Henryetta, Ok; 4 sisters, Mrs. Laura CHAPPELL of Greenwood, Mrs. Gertrude RUSSELL, Mrs. Edith BLAYLOCK, and Mrs. Marsha MIKEL of Jenny Lind. She was born in Mississippi, but had spent most of her life in Jenny Lind. Funeral will be from the home at Jenny Lind at 3:00, Thurs. Rev. .C.C BURTON, Pastor of Greenwood Methodist Church officiating." 1999 issue, page 27, "The Bill MIKEL Story," by Charles EFURD (basically rehashes Bill Mikel's own story about his experiences at Mine 17) 2000 issue, George E. MIKEL, Sam MIKEL, and William MIKEL are listed on Coal Miners Memorial Park WILLBURN 72-26 - Picture of World War I Vets includes John WILBURN 82F-29 - Members of SSCHS include Gary and Evelyn WILBURN (gives address) 84-19 - Francis & Elizabeth (Betty-Betsy) BOLINGER OR Francis and his second wife, Etalita (or Eve TALITHA) had a daughter named Sally that married a WILBURN 87-16 0 Velma Lou WILBURN present at 6th birthday part of Norma Jean OVERBY (1939) 88-22 - Story, "Trip to Midland, Texas," by Helen CATES BATES (OMG! That's one of my cousins!) My cousin, Helen, had written a song called, "Hang On Little Jessie," for and about Jessica McCLUTE, the little child that fell in a well in Midland, Tx, about October 16, 1987, and she, friends, and other members of our family went there to see how she was. Fast forward to the hospital, "A short time later out of the room comes Jessica and her lovely grandmother, Reba WILBURN. My heart leapt with joy when I saw that precious little girl. She smiled at me. She was clinging to her grandmother and seemed to be pleased to see us....Mrs. WILBURN was very gracious...(she) told us that she lives in Greenwood, Texas. Her Greenwood (my family lives in Greenwood, AR) is just a few miles from Midland, just as our Midland is just a few miles from Greenwood. I thought that to be quite ironic. She is a school teacher and a very good one, I bet. She seemed to have such a way with Jessica, and I'm sure that it carries over into her profession. My grandson's class wrote letters to Jessica, and I took them to her. I told Mrs. WILBURN about the ltters and she said I will personally write a thank-you letter to T.C.'s class. She did. I believe that Mrs.WILBURN is a teacher of a high caliber." 91/93-7,45,66 - Marriage data - Francis D. WILBURN to Sarah Jane GANN, daughter of Adam and Susan GANN, February 20, 1859, Bates Township. Esquire William COLE (Coal,Cale), Rufus L. BEEN and Berry PUTNAM attended wedding (from Civil War pension files of Francis D. WILBURN) 91/93-45 - "William JAMESON and Those Who Came Afterward," by Alice MIKEL DUFFIELD. ..."All of my second cousins, the children of Laura JAMESON and Henry F. S. FLOWERSEED are dead. William JAMESON has many descendants in Sebastian Co. My brother and I are the oldest of the great grandchildren...(story mentions many names)...Bill SCOTT, his sister Ellen CALDWELL of Greenwood and their brother Clyde, are children of my Uncle Tom and Emma FEATHERSTON SCOTT and a grand daughter of Rebecca and William JAMESON. Vivian CLYMER WILBURN of Houston, Tx and her brothers, Burrell and Chester of Alaska. Dewey HONEA of Hansford, CA and his brother Jim of Nevada, sons of Rebecca FLOWERSEED and grandchildren of Laura JAMESON FLOWERSEED, who was my mother's youngest maternal aunt...." 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