> ------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [ARSHARP] ENDSLEY chatter > Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:11:05 EST > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Jean > > Why would Melissa Caroline use a different name? Maybe she went by Caroline > but I have read that they were instructed to give their first name on census? > Could it be that simple? > Marcia > > ______________________________ > > > Subject: Re: [ARSHARP] ENDSLEY chatter > Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 06:31:26 -0500 > From: Jean Mayfield Cuevas <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Marcia, > > Doesn't seem like her name would be different from one time to another, > unless someone else gave the information (which I understand happened a lot). > > Jean C. Marcia and Jean, I have an ancestor in Sharp County named Lucinda Adeline Craig. In one census, she was listed as L.A. In another she was Lucinda A and in another she was Adeline. She went by Adeline in her mature life. I think that she was called Adeline, but when the census taker asked for her name, the whole name was given and that is how Lucinda A got in there. Perhaps that is what happened to Melissa Caroline. Anne

Marcia, Doesn't seem like her name would be different from one time to another, unless someone else gave the information (which I understand happened a lot). Thanks about the "greats". I will keep my eyes open. Hopefully, something or someone will come along to shed some light on this question! Jean C. At 02:11 PM 11/7/01 -0500, you wrote: >Jean > >Why would Melissa Caroline use a different name? Maybe she went by Caroline >but I have read that they were instructed to give their first name on census? > Could it be that simple? > >Yes if William A. Wiles is your great great grandfather then John would be >your ggg uncle. > >I want to go back and look at the image of the 1910 census for Molissie and >see if that W for widow didn't look a little different that others on the >page. Maybe she is divorced. Don't be too surprised. I have divorce papers >from 1853 for one of my gggg grandmothers. It happened back then. We just >didn't talk about it <grin> > >Marcia

Hi John, That would be great. Thanks! Jean C. At 03:10 PM 11/6/01 -0800, you wrote: >Jean, >This must be the same lady because my mom was saying that she and her >sister were talking about the way the Wiles' were related to the >Endsley's. I asked if that was who and she said she was thinking so. I'm >expecting to see her this week and will get back to you with the latest on >that Endsley family and Wiles conection. >John Haley

Jean Why would Melissa Caroline use a different name? Maybe she went by Caroline but I have read that they were instructed to give their first name on census? Could it be that simple? Yes if William A. Wiles is your great great grandfather then John would be your ggg uncle. I want to go back and look at the image of the 1910 census for Molissie and see if that W for widow didn't look a little different that others on the page. Maybe she is divorced. Don't be too surprised. I have divorce papers from 1853 for one of my gggg grandmothers. It happened back then. We just didn't talk about it <grin> Marcia

Sorry, Marcia, I just caught this message today. I have two in my files, and would love to be able to merge them together, IF they are the same people. Wm. Lafayette WILES, b. 1859, d. 1949, m. Martha E. ROGERS on April 23, 1910. The Second Wm. Lafayette WILES, b. Nov 27, 1859, d. ?? , m. M. Caroline ENDSLEY. I have no other information on this couple. The birth dates would lead me to believe the men are the same person, and that he married twice, but I don't know! John was the brother to William A. (Alexander?) WILES. Wm's son, James Alexander WILES, had a daughter, Ruth Caroline WILES who was my dad's grandmother. I have a picture of her scanned, by the way, if you have any interest in seeing it. So, does that make John my 3rd gr uncle? I get lost when they get that far back! :) I have RICHEY connections through my JEFFERYS, as well. I presume that these folks are the same family, just differently spelled names? Your suspicion that M. Caroline and Mellisa C. may be the same person, probably is well founded. Wonder why she would use M. Caroline in one census, and all the other records have Mellisa C.? A whim? :) Jean C. At 06:39 PM 11/5/01 -0500, you wrote: >Jean > >Did your William Lafayette Wiles die before 1910? I find "Molissie" as a >widow in the 1910 Sharp County Arkansas census living down the road (Ash Flat >and Evening Shade Road) from some of my Ritchies. As you remember Martha >Jane Ritchie married John Wiles in Tennessee. John was your William's great >great uncle, right? > >Marcia > >1910 Sharp County Arkansas census >Richwood Twp image 3 >Ash Flat and Evening Shade Road >35 35 Wiles Molissie C. head f w 48 W 7 7 Arkansas Tennessee Tennessee >English none yes yes - O F H >---- Phoeba D. daughter f w 17 s Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas English none yes >yes yes >---- Lena E. daughter f w 15 s Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas English none yes >yes yes >---- Lois E. daughter f w 12 s Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas English none yes >yes yes >---- Clara E. daughter f w 9 s Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas none - - yes

In a message dated 11/7/2001 10:05:42 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > I have RICHEY connections through my JEFFERYS, as well. I presume that > these folks are the same family, just differently spelled names? > Jean My fist guess is that they are NOT the same family. There were two separate families in the Sharp County area and so far they have not been linked. One came from Kentucky and mine came from Tennessee. Of course it is possible that they linked in Virginia before 1810. Marcia

Jean, This must be the same lady because my mom was saying that she and her sister were talking about the way the Wiles' were related to the Endsley's. I asked if that was who and she said she was thinking so. I'm expecting to see her this week and will get back to you with the latest on that Endsley family and Wiles conection. John Haley > > From: Jean Mayfield Cuevas <[email protected]> > Date: 2001/11/04 Sun AM 08:08:49 PST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ARSHARP] ENDSLEY chatter > > Thanks, Marcia. > > I am a wee bit behind on my mail. I can't recall...did I ask whether > this same Wm Lafayette WILES was married to Martha ROGERS? > > I have two and suspect that they are the same William, but don't want to > merge them, until I know. > > Did you find out if Mellissa and M. Caroline were one and the same? > > Thanks. > > Jean Cuevas > > > > > > At 03:40 PM 10/31/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Jean and John > > > >I'll jump in here cuz if you're gonna talk about the Endsley's of Sharp > >County then sooner or later you'll end up talking about my family. > > > >Jean and I have talked before and yes M. Caroline married William Lafayette > >Wiles. The Wiles are kin to my Ritchie family in Sharp and all the way back > >in Marshall and Maury Co TN. I guess the real question here is, "is M. > >Caroline the same person as Mellisa C. ? > > > >Here is the Endsley family in the 1880 census. > > > >1880 Census Place: Richwoods, Sharp, Arkansas > >Source: FHL Film 1254057 National Archives Film T9-0057 Page 96D > > Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace > >James H. ENDSLEY Self M M W 37 TN > > Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: NC > >Jane W. ENDSLEY Wife F M W 40 TN > > Occ: Keeping House Fa: SC Mo: GA > >Melissa C. ENDSLEY Dau F S W 13 AR > > Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN > >James R. ENDSLEY Son M S W 11 AR > > Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN > >Seth T. ENDSLEY Son M S W 9 AR > > Fa: TN Mo: TN > >Wesley H. ENDSLEY Son M S W 3 AR > > Fa: TN Mo: TN > >Jere A. ENDSLEY Son M S W 1 AR > > Fa: TN Mo: TN > > > >Wesley was a boarder in Calvin D. Ritchie's house in 1900. Calvin was my gg > >grandfather. Then in Sept of 1900 Wesley married Emma Hackney, who is half > >gg aunt on another line of mom's family. > > > >Marcia > > > > > >==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== > >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > >Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > >[email protected] > >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > >Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer > >Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > > >============================== > >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > >Source for Family History Online. Go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

Jean Did your William Lafayette Wiles die before 1910? I find "Molissie" as a widow in the 1910 Sharp County Arkansas census living down the road (Ash Flat and Evening Shade Road) from some of my Ritchies. As you remember Martha Jane Ritchie married John Wiles in Tennessee. John was your William's great great uncle, right? Marcia 1910 Sharp County Arkansas census Richwood Twp image 3 Ash Flat and Evening Shade Road 35 35 Wiles Molissie C. head f w 48 W 7 7 Arkansas Tennessee Tennessee English none yes yes - O F H ---- Phoeba D. daughter f w 17 s Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas English none yes yes yes ---- Lena E. daughter f w 15 s Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas English none yes yes yes ---- Lois E. daughter f w 12 s Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas English none yes yes yes ---- Clara E. daughter f w 9 s Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas none - - yes

Jean I looked around this afternoon and noticed that another researcher has Caroline listed as a daughter of James and Jane ENDSLEY. So I decided to do some more research. (I wrote them and will let you know if they have any proof for us). Then I looked up some ENDSLEYs on census. Look what I found. 1900 Sharp County Arkansas census Richwood Twp page 91 19 19 Wiles William L. head w m Nov 1859 41 m-16 Ark Tenn Tenn farmer 0 - yes yes yes O F F 18 ---- Malisie C. wife w f Feb 1867 33 m-16 6 6 Ark Tenn Tenn yes yes yes ---- James H. son w m April 1886 14 s Ark Ark Ark - 5 yes yes yes ---- Gracy E. daughter w f Fuly 1888 11 s Ark Ark Ark - 5 yes yes yes ---- Pheby D. daughter w f Aug 1890 9 s Ark Ark Ark - 5 ---- Leany E. daughter w f March 1893 7 s Ark Ark Ark - 5 ---- Walter A. son w m Dec 1895 4 s Ark Ark Ark ---- Lewis E. daughter w f May 1898 2 s Ark Ark Ark Howard Charley boarder w m April 1878 22 s Tenn GA Tenn boarder yes yes yes William says here that he has been married to Malisie (Malissa) for 16 years which would coincide with the November 1883 marriage of William to M. Caroline. I also found the Alexander Endsley family in Blount County Tennessee on the 1850 census. I believe he is James Haskell Endsley's father. 1850 Blount Co TN 3d Civil District p 13 177 177 Alex Endsly 40 m farmer No Car Mary Endsly 32 f Tenn John Endsly 20 m Tenn Patsy Endsly 17 f Tenn Betsy Endsly 14 f Tenn Sarah Endsly 12 f Tenn Wm Endsly 10 m Tenn Jas Endsly 7 m Tenn Leonard Endsly 5 f Tenn Rachel Endsly 3 f Tenn Alex Endsly 6/12 m Tenn 1870 Sharp County Arkansas census Richwoods Twp p354 22 22 Endsley J. H. 25 m w farmer 300 260 Tennessee ---- Jane W. 27 f w keeping house Tennessee ---- Malissa C. 3 f w Arkansas ---- James A. 1 m w Arkansas Nichols Matilda 68 f w house keeper Georgia 1880 Census Place: Richwoods, Sharp, Arkansas Source: FHL Film 1254057 National Archives Film T9-0057 Page 96D Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace James H. ENDSLEY Self M M W 37 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: NC Jane W. ENDSLEY Wife F M W 40 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: SC Mo: GA Melissa C. ENDSLEY Dau F S W 13 AR Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN James R. ENDSLEY Son M S W 11 AR Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN Seth T. ENDSLEY Son M S W 9 AR Fa: TN Mo: TN Wesley H. ENDSLEY Son M S W 3 AR Fa: TN Mo: TN Jere A. ENDSLEY Son M S W 1 AR Fa: TN Mo: TN Let me know what you think Marcia

Jean What we know about Melissa C. ENDSLEY at this time is that she was born ca 1867 in Arkansas per census info and that her parents were James Haskell ENDSLEY and Jane Malinda NICHOLS. She was living in Sharp Co AR at the age of 3 in the 1870 census and the age of 13 in the 1880 census. All I know at this time about M. Caroline ENDSLEY is that she married William Lafayette WILES on Nov 8 1883 in Sharp Co AR. (At that time Melissa C. would be 16 so she could be her) Do you know ANYTHING else about M. Caroline? Marcia

Thanks, Marcia. I am a wee bit behind on my mail. I can't recall...did I ask whether this same Wm Lafayette WILES was married to Martha ROGERS? I have two and suspect that they are the same William, but don't want to merge them, until I know. Did you find out if Mellissa and M. Caroline were one and the same? Thanks. Jean Cuevas At 03:40 PM 10/31/01 -0500, you wrote: >Jean and John > >I'll jump in here cuz if you're gonna talk about the Endsley's of Sharp >County then sooner or later you'll end up talking about my family. > >Jean and I have talked before and yes M. Caroline married William Lafayette >Wiles. The Wiles are kin to my Ritchie family in Sharp and all the way back >in Marshall and Maury Co TN. I guess the real question here is, "is M. >Caroline the same person as Mellisa C. ? > >Here is the Endsley family in the 1880 census. > >1880 Census Place: Richwoods, Sharp, Arkansas >Source: FHL Film 1254057 National Archives Film T9-0057 Page 96D > Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace >James H. ENDSLEY Self M M W 37 TN > Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: NC >Jane W. ENDSLEY Wife F M W 40 TN > Occ: Keeping House Fa: SC Mo: GA >Melissa C. ENDSLEY Dau F S W 13 AR > Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN >James R. ENDSLEY Son M S W 11 AR > Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN >Seth T. ENDSLEY Son M S W 9 AR > Fa: TN Mo: TN >Wesley H. ENDSLEY Son M S W 3 AR > Fa: TN Mo: TN >Jere A. ENDSLEY Son M S W 1 AR > Fa: TN Mo: TN > >Wesley was a boarder in Calvin D. Ritchie's house in 1900. Calvin was my gg >grandfather. Then in Sept of 1900 Wesley married Emma Hackney, who is half >gg aunt on another line of mom's family. > >Marcia > > >==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. >Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett >[email protected] >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer >Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237

Marcia, That is the Endsley I was trying to respond to you about sometime ago. Seth T. Endsley is my mom's grandfather. So Wesley Endsley, that you mentioned was his brother. I have ssome more info but not farther back. I'll talk to my mom this weekend and try to get more info. (Right now, my brothers and I are trying to get prepared for my mom & dad's 50th wedding anniversary coming up soon.) John Haley > > From: [email protected] > Date: 2001/10/31 Wed PM 12:40:25 PST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ARSHARP] ENDSLEY chatter > > Jean and John > > I'll jump in here cuz if you're gonna talk about the Endsley's of Sharp > County then sooner or later you'll end up talking about my family. > > Jean and I have talked before and yes M. Caroline married William Lafayette > Wiles. The Wiles are kin to my Ritchie family in Sharp and all the way back > in Marshall and Maury Co TN. I guess the real question here is, "is M. > Caroline the same person as Mellisa C. ? > > Here is the Endsley family in the 1880 census. > > 1880 Census Place: Richwoods, Sharp, Arkansas > Source: FHL Film 1254057 National Archives Film T9-0057 Page 96D > Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace > James H. ENDSLEY Self M M W 37 TN > Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: NC > Jane W. ENDSLEY Wife F M W 40 TN > Occ: Keeping House Fa: SC Mo: GA > Melissa C. ENDSLEY Dau F S W 13 AR > Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN > James R. ENDSLEY Son M S W 11 AR > Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN > Seth T. ENDSLEY Son M S W 9 AR > Fa: TN Mo: TN > Wesley H. ENDSLEY Son M S W 3 AR > Fa: TN Mo: TN > Jere A. ENDSLEY Son M S W 1 AR > Fa: TN Mo: TN > > Wesley was a boarder in Calvin D. Ritchie's house in 1900. Calvin was my gg > grandfather. Then in Sept of 1900 Wesley married Emma Hackney, who is half > gg aunt on another line of mom's family. > > Marcia > > > ==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >

Jean and John I'll jump in here cuz if you're gonna talk about the Endsley's of Sharp County then sooner or later you'll end up talking about my family. Jean and I have talked before and yes M. Caroline married William Lafayette Wiles. The Wiles are kin to my Ritchie family in Sharp and all the way back in Marshall and Maury Co TN. I guess the real question here is, "is M. Caroline the same person as Mellisa C. ? Here is the Endsley family in the 1880 census. 1880 Census Place: Richwoods, Sharp, Arkansas Source: FHL Film 1254057 National Archives Film T9-0057 Page 96D Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace James H. ENDSLEY Self M M W 37 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: NC Jane W. ENDSLEY Wife F M W 40 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: SC Mo: GA Melissa C. ENDSLEY Dau F S W 13 AR Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN James R. ENDSLEY Son M S W 11 AR Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN Seth T. ENDSLEY Son M S W 9 AR Fa: TN Mo: TN Wesley H. ENDSLEY Son M S W 3 AR Fa: TN Mo: TN Jere A. ENDSLEY Son M S W 1 AR Fa: TN Mo: TN Wesley was a boarder in Calvin D. Ritchie's house in 1900. Calvin was my gg grandfather. Then in Sept of 1900 Wesley married Emma Hackney, who is half gg aunt on another line of mom's family. Marcia

Jean, I'm not sure, but this could be the Endsley that is the mother of Seth Thomas or James Haskell Endsley that I found in the 1880 census in Ash Flat (Richland Township). James Haskell was my gr-gr grandfather and the father of Seth Thomas Endsley. (I loaned my 1880 Census CD's to my cousin and haven't gotten them back yet. I sound dumb, I know). My mom was telling me she knows the Endsley's and the Wiles are related, but she wasn't sure how. If I recall correctly in the 1880 census, the mom in the Endsley family is showing as widowed with about 7 kids. John Haley > From: Jean Mayfield Cuevas <[email protected]> > Date: 2001/10/27 Sat AM 10:00:38 PDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Re: [ARSHARP] Where is Everyone > > John, > > Do you recogniza an "M. Caroline ENDSLEY" in your family? She was the > wife of Wm Lafayette WILES, b. Nov 27, 1859, a Sharp County family. > > Thanks. > > Jean Cuevas > > > > > At , you wrote: > >Marcia, > >My grandfather was Albert Haskell Endsley, born 5-22-1910 in Blossom, TX > >died 11-19-1971 in Ash Flat, AR. His parents were Seth Thomas Endsley > >(1871 to 1946)and Martha America Gipson (3-30-1876 to 1916). Seth's > >parents were James Haskell Endsley and Jane Malinda Nichols. > >Wesley Endsley isn't a brother of my grandfather or my great-grandfather, > >but could be related if you were to give me his date of birth or Emma's > >date of birth, etc. Perhaps, my mom knows or I can look elsewhere to help. > >John Haley > > > > ==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >

Connie, This appears to be your Braxton SMITH, based upon the birth year of 1861: From " Ash Flat History" p. 592 - 593: John Price Smith Family submitted by Clifton Martin and Betty Drake "John Price and Martha Bilbrey Thompson Gibson Smith were married ca 1880 in Ash Flat area. He was nineteen and she was twenty-eight, twice widowed, and the mother of four young children........" The children of John Price and Martha Smith were: 1) Rutha Canzada born in 1881, married Adolphus A. Estes. She died in 1976. 2) Arthur J., born December 28, 1884, married Laura Estes. He died January 19, 1918. 3) Dolphus was born in June of 1885. He married (1) Myrtle Hubbard (2) Tommie Carolyn Reeves. He died in 1959. 4) Mary Susan, born October 15, 1888, married Benjamin Franklin Martin. She died July 28, 1955. 5) Harvey O. was born April 21, 1893. He married Lily Kemper. He died May 1937. 6) Randall Earl was born November 1898. He married (1)Gladys Romine (2) Bessie ? 7) Willie F. Thompson, born June 1873, Married William Melvin Stogsdale. 8) Joseph C. Gibson, born ca 1876, married Sarah Izora Insell. 9) James F. Gibson, born January 1877, married Maranda Jane Harmon. 10) John N. Gibson, born ca 1879, married Martha Edwards. He died in 1931. John was the son of Leonard and Susannah Wheeler Smith who brought their family to Sharp County, Arkansas, about 1870 from Douglas County, Missouri. Leonard and Susannah were married November 9, 1852, in Greene County, Missouri. Their children were Mary (1853), William (1856), Susan E. (1860), John Price (1861), Braxton P. (1861), James M. (1865), and Peyton (1871). Leonard was the son of Braxton P. and Elizabeth Smith who had come to Missouri from Heard County, Georgia, 1850-1845. Prior to that they had lived in Fayette County, Georgia. Their children were two sons born 1825-30, Leonard (1828), Mary A. (1831), Priscilla Jane (1834), Benjamin N. (1836), and James W. (1845). Braxton and Elizabeth and some of their children also moved to Sharp County from Missouri about 1870." (Here's where your Smiths connect to my family) "Martha Bilbrey was the daughter of John Campbell and Rutha Denton Bilbrey. Rutha was the daughter of Ozias and Susannah Walling Denton who brought their family to the Ash Flat area in 1850 from White County, Tennessee." Rutha Denton Bilbrey was the sister to my 2nd gr grandmother, Cynthia Denton, who married James "Jimmy" Alexander Wiles. Jean Mayfield Cuevas At 06:26 AM 10/27/01 -0700, you wrote: >I am wondering what libraries to go to in Sharp county and where they >are located. >I am planning to visit next spring and am looking for 1880 mortality >schedules, 1870-1880 information on Smiths. I have census and homestead >records but I know that one ancestor Braxton Smith who was 69 in 1870 >must have died by 1880. But I can't find out when or anything on him. >Would like to go look for obituaries, tax records, probate perhaps, >cemetaries, etc. > >-- >Connie Smith >Kettle Falls, WA >(northeast WA, Stevens County) >Mail to:[email protected]

Also, you might consider the Lyons College in Batesville, as I hear that they have a good section of genealogy records. Jean Cuevas At 10:29 AM 10/27/01 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Connie, > >There is a library in Hardy, Sharp Co., AR which has a genealogy >section. The Court House in Ash Flat has Record Books which you can >search, but not photocopy. You can take pictures of the pages with a >camera. There is also a library in Evening Shade. I have not been the >this one. They are open limited hours. There is a museum in Batesville >which has a genealogy section. >The library in Walnut Ridge over in Lawrence County has a good genealogy >library and they are willing to assist you. > >Cleatus

I have been to the library in Hardy and the Ash Flat Court House. Both were very helpful. When taking pictures at the court house, you cannot use a flash. Make sure you take a camera on which you can turn the flash off. Also, if you can find someone that worked or taught in the schools up there they can be most helpful. I met Bartus Allen back in 87 the first time I went and he was able to get me started in the right direction. I found the staff at the court house to be most helpful. Have fun and good luck searching. Tim Fooks, Irving, TX Fooks, Morgan, Chism, Person, Troghbaugh, LaFever At 10:29 AM 10/27/2001 -0700, Cleatus Lewis wrote: >Hi Connie, > >There is a library in Hardy, Sharp Co., AR which has a genealogy >section. The Court House in Ash Flat has Record Books which you can >search, but not photocopy. You can take pictures of the pages with a >camera. There is also a library in Evening Shade. I have not been the >this one. They are open limited hours. There is a museum in Batesville >which has a genealogy section. >The library in Walnut Ridge over in Lawrence County has a good genealogy >library and they are willing to assist you. > >Cleatus

Hi Connie, There is a library in Hardy, Sharp Co., AR which has a genealogy section. The Court House in Ash Flat has Record Books which you can search, but not photocopy. You can take pictures of the pages with a camera. There is also a library in Evening Shade. I have not been the this one. They are open limited hours. There is a museum in Batesville which has a genealogy section. The library in Walnut Ridge over in Lawrence County has a good genealogy library and they are willing to assist you. Cleatus ----- Original Message ----- From: Constance J. Smith To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 6:26 AM Subject: [ARSHARP] library searching I am wondering what libraries to go to in Sharp county and where they are located. I am planning to visit next spring and am looking for 1880 mortality schedules, 1870-1880 information on Smiths. I have census and homestead records but I know that one ancestor Braxton Smith who was 69 in 1870 must have died by 1880. But I can't find out when or anything on him. Would like to go look for obituaries, tax records, probate perhaps, cemetaries, etc. -- Connie Smith Kettle Falls, WA (northeast WA, Stevens County) Mail to:[email protected] ==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

John, Do you recogniza an "M. Caroline ENDSLEY" in your family? She was the wife of Wm Lafayette WILES, b. Nov 27, 1859, a Sharp County family. Thanks. Jean Cuevas At , you wrote: >Marcia, >My grandfather was Albert Haskell Endsley, born 5-22-1910 in Blossom, TX >died 11-19-1971 in Ash Flat, AR. His parents were Seth Thomas Endsley >(1871 to 1946)and Martha America Gipson (3-30-1876 to 1916). Seth's >parents were James Haskell Endsley and Jane Malinda Nichols. >Wesley Endsley isn't a brother of my grandfather or my great-grandfather, >but could be related if you were to give me his date of birth or Emma's >date of birth, etc. Perhaps, my mom knows or I can look elsewhere to help. >John Haley

You might go to the library in Batesville, Ark. they have quite alot of information there. Myrvin G. Harris