Vicky What were the surnames of the family that moved from Sharp County to Texas? Marcia In California

To Meg Barnett and Jan Gardner Kuykendall It looks at first glance that both of you are part of our Ritchie family. I descend from Isaac Hill Ritchie of Ash Flat, AR. He married the Armstrong family so yes I descend from some of David Mastin Armstrong's family too. Those Ritchies and Armstrongs married four times in Arkansas so there is a lot of double cousins going on there. I notice the Gardner name and yesterday I was typing up some deeds from Marshall County TN where Mary C. Ritchie (dau of John Ritchie and Caseyann Williams) married Thomas A. Gardner. They had a son John H. Gardner. Did John come to Arkansas with the rest of my Ritchie migration? Please tell me more about your Gardner family. I am off to work now but will anxiously look for more info on both your families. I am going to a Ritchie reunion of my mom and seven of her siblings a week from today in Texas and am gathering all kinds of stories and new information for "show and tell" <grin> Marcia in California

I didn't have a request, but did read your email about the loss of your Mom, and my prayers and thoughts go out to you and your family during this time. Barb

My father's family also moved from Tippah Co., MS to Sharp Co., ARK, but then they moved to Red River Co., TX then to Stephens Co., OK. around the same dates everyone mentioned. My mom's family also lived in Montague Co., TX, moving there from Illinois. Vicky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Jo" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 7:12 AM Subject: Re: [ARSHARP] Migration from Sharp Co. to North Texas > This is so TRUE!! One side of my family migrated from Georgia to Montague > County, Tx in around 1883 and then in 1899, the migrated across the border > (Indian Territory/OKlahoma). > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Meg Barnett" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:55 AM > Subject: [ARSHARP] Migration from Sharp Co. to North Texas > > > > I recently answered a question on this list with a private e-mail, but it > has occurred to me I should share what I know with the whole list. > Therefore, here's a copy of the original question and my reply. -- Meg > Barnett > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob & Jan" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 3:39 PM > > Subject: Gardners at Evening Shade, Piney Fork > > > > Is there information available about what was going on at Evening Shade > between 1870-80. My James H. Gardner family who had been residence of that > area at least by the 1830s is not to be found after the 1870 census although > one daughter Tempy Jane Gard > > > > ner did marry a Goodman in 1879 (don't have the document) in Sharp Co. and > headed South to around > > Union Co, AR, then TX, then back to Polk Co. It seems strange that a > family who had lived in the same place so long just left with no traces. > Any ideas? Thanks, Jan Gardner Kuykendall > > > > My answer: > > I may shed some light on this question. During the 1870's and 1880's, a > large cluster of families from Sharp Co., especially from the Evening Shade > area, moved to North Texas. Some of them originally landed in the Grapevine > area, Tarrant County, but > > > > those and others from Sharp Co. soon moved on to Montague County, in and > around Stoneburg (which often does not show up on current maps -- it is > about 10 miles north of Bowie, Texas). These families included the William > Thomas Ritchie and Joanah Carter > > > > family; the Thomas Joseph Turner and Cerilda Sandefer family, along with > several of Cerilda's siblings; the David Mastin Armstrong and Margaret > Semmerine Ritchie family (Margaret was the daughter of W.T. and Joanah), > along with several of David Armstro > > > > ng's siblings and his stepmother Margrett; and other clans related by > marriage, like the Padens, Levertons, Wiles, etc. I am a descendant of all > these people, and even as recently as in the time of my great-aunt (1920's) > > there were still frequent visits back and forth between Montague County > and Sharp County to keep the family ties fresh. The reasons I have always > been told for this mass migration focus on the free "school land" available > in barely settled Texas counti > > > > es (Texas sold land in newly formed counties to fund the building of > schools in already populated counties) and the need to escape the memory and > ravages of the Civil War. All of the men in the families listed above > served in the CSA, often with devast > > > > ating consequences which have reached down to affect my own generation. > So, if I were looking for the Gardners, I'd suspect they had "GTT" (Gone To > Texas) like so many disenchanted Southerners of that era. In addition to > Montague County, I'd look at W > > > > ise, Collin, Grayson, Clay, Parker, and Cooke Counties, all of which were > giving away school land during the 1870's. Also, a good number of the > Armstrongs relocated by the early 1900s to what was then Indian Territory, > Southern O! > > klahoma just across the border from Montague County, and you might check > there. I wish you luck. > > > > Meg Barnett > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > > > > ==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Sharp Co., AR list, > use > > [email protected] or [email protected] if > > you are on the Digest list. > > 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's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > ==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Sharp Co., AR list, use > [email protected] or [email protected] if > you are on the Digest list. > 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. 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Thank you for sharing that migration information, I have been wondering the same, what happened to family in Sharp Co., would you happen to know if any of the Neeley or Wade's moved there? ALoha, Marjie ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Jo To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 2:12 AM Subject: Re: [ARSHARP] Migration from Sharp Co. to North Texas This is so TRUE!! One side of my family migrated from Georgia to Montague County, Tx in around 1883 and then in 1899, the migrated across the border (Indian Territory/OKlahoma). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meg Barnett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:55 AM Subject: [ARSHARP] Migration from Sharp Co. to North Texas > I recently answered a question on this list with a private e-mail, but it has occurred to me I should share what I know with the whole list. Therefore, here's a copy of the original question and my reply. -- Meg Barnett > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob & Jan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 3:39 PM > Subject: Gardners at Evening Shade, Piney Fork > > Is there information available about what was going on at Evening Shade between 1870-80. My James H. Gardner family who had been residence of that area at least by the 1830s is not to be found after the 1870 census although one daughter Tempy Jane Gard > > ner did marry a Goodman in 1879 (don't have the document) in Sharp Co. and headed South to around > Union Co, AR, then TX, then back to Polk Co. It seems strange that a family who had lived in the same place so long just left with no traces. Any ideas? Thanks, Jan Gardner Kuykendall > > My answer: > I may shed some light on this question. During the 1870's and 1880's, a large cluster of families from Sharp Co., especially from the Evening Shade area, moved to North Texas. Some of them originally landed in the Grapevine area, Tarrant County, but > > those and others from Sharp Co. soon moved on to Montague County, in and around Stoneburg (which often does not show up on current maps -- it is about 10 miles north of Bowie, Texas). These families included the William Thomas Ritchie and Joanah Carter > > family; the Thomas Joseph Turner and Cerilda Sandefer family, along with several of Cerilda's siblings; the David Mastin Armstrong and Margaret Semmerine Ritchie family (Margaret was the daughter of W.T. and Joanah), along with several of David Armstro > > ng's siblings and his stepmother Margrett; and other clans related by marriage, like the Padens, Levertons, Wiles, etc. I am a descendant of all these people, and even as recently as in the time of my great-aunt (1920's) > there were still frequent visits back and forth between Montague County and Sharp County to keep the family ties fresh. The reasons I have always been told for this mass migration focus on the free "school land" available in barely settled Texas counti > > es (Texas sold land in newly formed counties to fund the building of schools in already populated counties) and the need to escape the memory and ravages of the Civil War. All of the men in the families listed above served in the CSA, often with devast > > ating consequences which have reached down to affect my own generation. So, if I were looking for the Gardners, I'd suspect they had "GTT" (Gone To Texas) like so many disenchanted Southerners of that era. In addition to Montague County, I'd look at W > > ise, Collin, Grayson, Clay, Parker, and Cooke Counties, all of which were giving away school land during the 1870's. Also, a good number of the Armstrongs relocated by the early 1900s to what was then Indian Territory, Southern O! > klahoma just across the border from Montague County, and you might check there. I wish you luck. > > Meg Barnett > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Sharp Co., AR list, use > [email protected] or [email protected] if > you are on the Digest list. > 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's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > ==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Sharp Co., AR list, use [email protected] or [email protected] if you are on the Digest list. 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/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Meg, thanks so much for sharing this. I too have a family that disappeared before the 1870 census. They were in Independence Co. just south of the Sharp Co. line (I think. They were in Polk Bayou PO area on 1860 census), but their married daughter (my direct line) lived in Sidney. She stayed put. Because the family name is Smith, the father is James, the thought of trying to find them anywhere else has been pretty overwhelming so I haven't put much effort into it. Now you've given me the motivation I needed! Robin in Richmond -----Original Message----- From: Meg Barnett [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 2:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ARSHARP] Migration from Sharp Co. to North Texas I recently answered a question on this list with a private e-mail, but it has occurred to me I should share what I know with the whole list. Therefore, here's a copy of the original question and my reply. -- Meg Barnett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob & Jan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 3:39 PM Subject: Gardners at Evening Shade, Piney Fork Is there information available about what was going on at Evening Shade between 1870-80. My James H. Gardner family who had been residence of that area at least by the 1830s is not to be found after the 1870 census although one daughter Tempy Jane Gardner did marry a Goodman in 1879 (don't have the document) in Sharp Co. and headed South to around Union Co, AR, then TX, then back to Polk Co. It seems strange that a family who had lived in the same place so long just left with no traces. Any ideas? Thanks, Jan Gardner Kuykendall My answer: I may shed some light on this question. During the 1870's and 1880's, a large cluster of families from Sharp Co., especially from the Evening Shade area, moved to North Texas. Some of them originally landed in the Grapevine area, Tarrant County, but those and others from Sharp Co. soon moved on to Montague County, in and around Stoneburg (which often does not show up on current maps -- it is about 10 miles north of Bowie, Texas). These families included the William Thomas Ritchie and Joanah Carter family; the Thomas Joseph Turner and Cerilda Sandefer family, along with several of Cerilda's siblings; the David Mastin Armstrong and Margaret Semmerine Ritchie family (Margaret was the daughter of W.T. and Joanah), along with several of David Armstrong's siblings and his stepmother Margrett; and other clans related by marriage, like the Padens, Levertons, Wiles, etc. I am a descendant of all these people, and even as recently as in the time of my great-aunt (1920's) there were still frequent visits back and forth between Montague County and Sharp County to keep the family ties fresh. The reasons I have always been told for this mass migration focus on the free "school land" available in barely settled Texas counties (Texas sold land in newly formed counties to fund the building of schools in already populated counties) and the need to escape the memory and ravages of the Civil War. All of the men in the families listed above served in the CSA, often with devastating consequences which have reached down to affect my own generation. So, if I were looking for the Gardners, I'd suspect they had "GTT" (Gone To Texas) like so many disenchanted Southerners of that era. In addition to Montague County, I'd look at Wise, Collin, Grayson, Clay, Parker, and Cooke Counties, all of which were giving away school land during the 1870's. Also, a good number of the Armstrongs relocated by the early 1900s to what was then Indian Territory, Southern O! klahoma just across the border from Montague County, and you might check there. I wish you luck. Meg Barnett > > ______________________________ ==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Sharp Co., AR list, use [email protected] or [email protected] if you are on the Digest list. 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's Library - The best collection of family history learning and how-to articles on the Internet. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library

This is so TRUE!! One side of my family migrated from Georgia to Montague County, Tx in around 1883 and then in 1899, the migrated across the border (Indian Territory/OKlahoma). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meg Barnett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:55 AM Subject: [ARSHARP] Migration from Sharp Co. to North Texas > I recently answered a question on this list with a private e-mail, but it has occurred to me I should share what I know with the whole list. Therefore, here's a copy of the original question and my reply. -- Meg Barnett > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob & Jan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 3:39 PM > Subject: Gardners at Evening Shade, Piney Fork > > Is there information available about what was going on at Evening Shade between 1870-80. My James H. Gardner family who had been residence of that area at least by the 1830s is not to be found after the 1870 census although one daughter Tempy Jane Gard > > ner did marry a Goodman in 1879 (don't have the document) in Sharp Co. and headed South to around > Union Co, AR, then TX, then back to Polk Co. It seems strange that a family who had lived in the same place so long just left with no traces. Any ideas? Thanks, Jan Gardner Kuykendall > > My answer: > I may shed some light on this question. During the 1870's and 1880's, a large cluster of families from Sharp Co., especially from the Evening Shade area, moved to North Texas. Some of them originally landed in the Grapevine area, Tarrant County, but > > those and others from Sharp Co. soon moved on to Montague County, in and around Stoneburg (which often does not show up on current maps -- it is about 10 miles north of Bowie, Texas). These families included the William Thomas Ritchie and Joanah Carter > > family; the Thomas Joseph Turner and Cerilda Sandefer family, along with several of Cerilda's siblings; the David Mastin Armstrong and Margaret Semmerine Ritchie family (Margaret was the daughter of W.T. and Joanah), along with several of David Armstro > > ng's siblings and his stepmother Margrett; and other clans related by marriage, like the Padens, Levertons, Wiles, etc. I am a descendant of all these people, and even as recently as in the time of my great-aunt (1920's) > there were still frequent visits back and forth between Montague County and Sharp County to keep the family ties fresh. The reasons I have always been told for this mass migration focus on the free "school land" available in barely settled Texas counti > > es (Texas sold land in newly formed counties to fund the building of schools in already populated counties) and the need to escape the memory and ravages of the Civil War. All of the men in the families listed above served in the CSA, often with devast > > ating consequences which have reached down to affect my own generation. So, if I were looking for the Gardners, I'd suspect they had "GTT" (Gone To Texas) like so many disenchanted Southerners of that era. In addition to Montague County, I'd look at W > > ise, Collin, Grayson, Clay, Parker, and Cooke Counties, all of which were giving away school land during the 1870's. Also, a good number of the Armstrongs relocated by the early 1900s to what was then Indian Territory, Southern O! > klahoma just across the border from Montague County, and you might check there. I wish you luck. > > Meg Barnett > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Sharp Co., AR list, use > [email protected] or [email protected] if > you are on the Digest list. > 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's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >

I am still on the list for those needing copies of marriage records. I have been downloading my email, but haven't had time to respond to queries. I lost my Mother on May 27th, and have been lost in details of making arrangements and other legal matters. I had cared for her for 9 years while she suffered from emphysema, asthma, congestive heart failure and diabetes. Please bear with me I will get back to you and your requests as soon as possible. Joyce Hambleton Whitten [email protected]

I recently answered a question on this list with a private e-mail, but it has occurred to me I should share what I know with the whole list. Therefore, here's a copy of the original question and my reply. -- Meg Barnett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob & Jan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 3:39 PM Subject: Gardners at Evening Shade, Piney Fork Is there information available about what was going on at Evening Shade between 1870-80. My James H. Gardner family who had been residence of that area at least by the 1830s is not to be found after the 1870 census although one daughter Tempy Jane Gardner did marry a Goodman in 1879 (don't have the document) in Sharp Co. and headed South to around Union Co, AR, then TX, then back to Polk Co. It seems strange that a family who had lived in the same place so long just left with no traces. Any ideas? Thanks, Jan Gardner Kuykendall My answer: I may shed some light on this question. During the 1870's and 1880's, a large cluster of families from Sharp Co., especially from the Evening Shade area, moved to North Texas. Some of them originally landed in the Grapevine area, Tarrant County, but those and others from Sharp Co. soon moved on to Montague County, in and around Stoneburg (which often does not show up on current maps -- it is about 10 miles north of Bowie, Texas). These families included the William Thomas Ritchie and Joanah Carter family; the Thomas Joseph Turner and Cerilda Sandefer family, along with several of Cerilda's siblings; the David Mastin Armstrong and Margaret Semmerine Ritchie family (Margaret was the daughter of W.T. and Joanah), along with several of David Armstrong's siblings and his stepmother Margrett; and other clans related by marriage, like the Padens, Levertons, Wiles, etc. I am a descendant of all these people, and even as recently as in the time of my great-aunt (1920's) there were still frequent visits back and forth between Montague County and Sharp County to keep the family ties fresh. The reasons I have always been told for this mass migration focus on the free "school land" available in barely settled Texas counties (Texas sold land in newly formed counties to fund the building of schools in already populated counties) and the need to escape the memory and ravages of the Civil War. All of the men in the families listed above served in the CSA, often with devastating consequences which have reached down to affect my own generation. So, if I were looking for the Gardners, I'd suspect they had "GTT" (Gone To Texas) like so many disenchanted Southerners of that era. In addition to Montague County, I'd look at Wise, Collin, Grayson, Clay, Parker, and Cooke Counties, all of which were giving away school land during the 1870's. Also, a good number of the Armstrongs relocated by the early 1900s to what was then Indian Territory, Southern O! klahoma just across the border from Montague County, and you might check there. I wish you luck. Meg Barnett > > ______________________________

There are a great gob of PERKINS in Oregon Co. Cemetery Book, but no THOMAS PERKINS listed.. any chance that he had another name that he might have been buried under? Lanita

Do you have a Thomas Perkins who died in Oregon Co. Mo? I can not find where he was buried. Thanks, Gayle ----- Original Message ----- From: Millers <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [ARSHARP] Luther & Mae Bennett > Jean, > > This is very interesting.... thanks for sending it.. I'll have to study > the dates to see if any of the Luthers are mine. > > Thanks again, for taking the time to help! If you ever need a lookup in > Oregon Co., MO, please let me know. I have the census for 1850-1900, > Cemetery Book, marriage listings for 1845-1890, and the History Book. > Will be glad to have a chance to repay your kindness! > > I have a feeling that we are cousins. My gggggrandmother was Jane/Jenny > MAYFIELD who mar. Robert SCONCE, JR., in Bourbon Co., KY.. We've talked > before! > > Lanita > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >

I've been playing again.... here is a historical timeline that might help us figure out what was happening in the world during the different periods of time... feel free to copy and insert your own family events. I would encourage you to insert your own family info, I caught a major 'assumption' regarding one of my matriarchs. I thought she was an adult when she saved the farm, instead, I learned she was a small girl. Lanita 1492 Columbus sailed to North America. 1539-1541 Hernando de Soto starts his expedition to explore the interior of North America (what is now the southeastern US) penetrating as far west as Oklahoma and discovering the Mississippi River. 1565 St. Augustine, first permanent European colony within the present U.S. boundaries, was established by Spain. 1607 Jamestown, Virginia founded. 1620 A group of "Separatists" left Plymouth, England on Sept 16th aboard the ship The Mayflower. 1670 South Carolina settled by English planters from the island of Barbados. 16 Dec 1773 Boston Tea Party 4 July 1776 British colonies issue the Declaration of Independence 1783 Revolutionary War ends. 1787 U. S. Constitution signed. 1789 George Washington becomes the first President of the United States. 1791 Bill of Rights ratified. 1797 John Adams, 2nd President of the United States. John Adams, a shaper of the revolution, saved his Nation from war with France. 1799 The French Revolution ends. 1800 US Capital moved to Washington D.C. 1801 Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd President. "We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." 1803 US negotiates Louisiana Purchase from France for $15 million thus doubling its domain, increasing its territory by 827,000 square miles, from the Mississippi River to the Rockies and from the Gulf of Mexico to British North America. 1804 Orleans Territory and Louisiana Territory 1805 New Madrid Territory 1807 Robert Fulton makes the first successful steamboat trip on Clermont between New York City and Albany top speed 5 miles per hour. 1809 James Madison, 4th President, "Father of the Constitution," led the inconclusive War of 1812. 1812 War of 1812. Fought between US and Britain over freedom of the seas for US vessels. 1812 Cape Girardeau Territory formed 30 April 1812 Louisiana becomes the 18th State. 1813 MO Territory formed 8 Jan 1814 Battle of New Orleans 1815 Lawrence County (in MO Territory) formed. 1817 James Monroe, 5th President, declared the Americas no longer subject to European colonization. 1818 Wayne County (in MO Territory) formed. 1819 Arkansas Territory formed. 1819 Missouri applys for statehood. 14 Dec 1819 Alabama became the 22nd State. Aug. 1821 Missouri became a state. 1825 John Quincy Adams, the only son of a President to serve as President himself. 1829 Andrew Jackson, first frontier President, came to office with great popular support. Known as "Old Hickory". 1830 First Steam railroad to carry passengers and freight was the Baltimore & Ohio. 1831 First telegraph invented. 1833 Ripley County, MO formed. 1834 Charles Babbage invents "analytical engine" forerunner of computers. McCormick patents the reaper. 1835 Randolph County (in AR Territory) formed 20 Dec 1835 Mexican War Begins 1836 Arkansas becomes a State. 1836 The Battle of the Alamo. 1837 Martin Van Buren, President, was the first Chief Executive born under the United States flag. 1839 Charles Goodyear of Connecticut developed "rubber" . 1841 William Henry Harrison, Ninth President and dies in office. John Tyler becomes the next President. At the end of John Tyler's administration, the United States annexed Texas. 1841 Shannon County, MO created from Ripley County, MO 1845 James K. Polk, President, extended the Nation's boundaries to the shores of the Pacific. 1845 Oregon County, MO is formed from Ripley County, MO. 29 Dec 1845 Texas becomes the 28th State. 1846 Failure of potato crop causes famine in Ireland. 5 Dec 1848 Gold discovered in California. 1849 Zachary Taylor, President, spent July 4, 1850, eating cherries and milk at a ceremony at the Washington Monument. He got sick from the heat and died five days later, the second president to die in office. 1850 Millard Fillmore, President, conciliatory politics helped postpone the Civil War. 1853 Franklin Pierce, President, guerrilla raids in Kansas heralded the approach of civil war. 1857 James Buchannan, President 1859 First commercial oil well began pumping in Pennsylvania 1860 - 1861 Ranked among the most remarkable feats to come out of the 1860 American West, the Pony Express was in service from April 1860 to November 1861. It provided the fastest mail delivery between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. 1861 Abraham Lincoln becomes President. On January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy. Lincoln never let the world forget that the Civil War involved an even larger issue. This he stated most movingly in dedicating the military cemetery at Gettysburg: "that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." 1861-1865 CIVIL WAR 15 April 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated. 1865 Andrew Johnson becomes President. He faced impeachment for steadfastly opposing Radicals in Congress. 1869 Ulysses S. Grant, Eighteenth President 1869-1877, 10 May 1869 "Golden Spike" links transcontinental rail service across US 25 June 1876 Custer loses at Battle of the Little Big Horn 1876 Alexander Graham Bell demonstrates telephone. 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes, Nineteenth President 1877-1881.In 1879, the first telephone was installed in the White House. At first it was hardly used, because there weren't many other phones in Washington to call. 1879 Founding of the first "Five & Dime" store. Founded by Frank Woolworth in Utica NY and then moved to Lancaster PA the same year. Thomas Edison patents the "modern" light bulb, safe, long-lasting and inexpensive. 1881 James A. Garfield, Twentieth President 1881. Died of an assassins bullet. Doctors tried to find the bullet with a metal detector invented by Alexander Graham Bell. But the device failed because Garfield was placed on a bed with metal springs, and no one thought to move him. He died on September 19, 1881. 1881 Chester A. Arthur, Twenty-First President 1881-1885. 1885 Grover Cleveland, 22nd President 1885-1889.Grover Cleveland was the only president to be married in the White House to Frances Folsom in 1886--and the first to have a child born in the White House, in 1893. 1889 Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-Third President 1889-1893. 1893 Businesses and banks failed and by 1894 almost 20 percent of the work force was jobless - without the benefit of unemployment compensation. The depression would last 4 years. 1893 Grover Cleveland, 24th President, 1893-1897. Grover Cleveland was the only President elected to two nonconsecutive terms. 1897 William McKinley, Twenty-Fifth President 1897-1901. His second term, which had begun auspiciously, came to a tragic end in September 1901. He was standing in a receiving line at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition when a deranged anarchist shot him twice. He died eight days later. 1898 Spanish American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-Sixth President 1901-1909. Some of Theodore Roosevelt's most effective achievements were in conservation. He added enormously to the national forests in the West, reserved lands for public use, and fostered great irrigation projects. 1903 Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, fly first powered, controlled, heavier-than-air plane at Kitty Hawk NC. Henry Ford sells first Model "A" for $850.00 1907 Plastic is invented by Leo Baekeland of Belgian. 1909 William Howard Taft, Twenty-Seventh President 1909-1913. William Taft gave the White House its first set of "wheels." He had the stables converted into a garage for four cars, all ordered in 1909. 1912 The Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage from England to New York City. 1913 Woodrow Wilson, Twenty-Eighth President 1913-1921. A flock of sheep grazed during Woodrow Wilson's term. Their wool was sold to raise money for the Red Cross during World War I. 6 April 1917 US enters WW I 1921 Warren G. Harding, Twenty-Ninth President 1921-1923. 1923 Calvin Coolidge, Thirtieth President 1923-1929. 1929 Herbert Hoover, Thirty-First President 1929-1933. 1929 Great Depression begins. 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thirty-Second President 1933-1945. 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You are welcome!! At 12:31 PM 6/21/01 -0700, you wrote: >Thank you for your info. The marriage license dated Nov. 24, 1895, is the >correct one. The license concerning Margaret and Harden Lewis is not the >one. My Margaret was born in 1874. Thanks----Norma

Thank you for your info. The marriage license dated Nov. 24, 1895, is the correct one. The license concerning Margaret and Harden Lewis is not the one. My Margaret was born in 1874. Thanks----Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: Jean Mayfield Cuevas <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [ARSHARP] marriage > Could one of these two be yours? > > Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1850-1900 > > Roberts, Margaret Spouse : Gibson, James F. > Marriage date : Nov 24, 1895 > County : Fulton > Gender : Female > Source : County Court Records > Microfilm Number : 1290015 - 1290016 > Roberts, Margaret E. Spouse : Lewis, Harden R. > Marriage date : Sep 7, 1851 > County : Hempstead > Gender : Female > Source : County Court Records > Microfilm Number : 1005876 - 1005881 > > Jean Cuevas > > > > At 10:10 PM 6/12/01 -0700, you wrote: > > Does anyone out there have any info on marriage of Margaret E. Roberts > > to a Mr. Gibson sometime around 1895? Date and year unknown. I am her > > granddaughter. Thanks > > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >

Jean Thanks the surname was Allison but these are not the ones I am looking for . If you need any look up in Randolph County AR let me know Joye Allison Obarts in Pocahontas, AR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Mayfield Cuevas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 6:27 AM Subject: [ARSHARP] Marriage Look-up for PARTIN/ALLISON > Joye, > > My brain may not be working properly... > > Are you asking for an Allison PARTON look-up, or Partin > ALLISON? And, when you mention, "F.M." are you just expanding with > "Francis Marion? Or, is Francis Marion a PARTON or an ALLISON?? :) > > Thanks. > > By the way, no results on an Allison PARTON, and the closest to a Partin > ALLISON was this: > > Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1850-1900 > > Allison, Peyton Spouse : Littlejohn, Sarah E. > Marriage date : Jun 13, 1880 > County : Crawford > Gender : Male > Source : County Court Records > Microfilm Number : 1028048 - 1028050 > > As for a Francis Marion ALLISON: > > Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1850-1900 > > Allison, Francis M. Spouse : Sims, Sarah J. > Marriage date : Dec 11, 1892 > County : Scott > Gender : Male > Source : County Court Records > Microfilm Number : 1027124 - 1027125 > > No Francis Marion PARTIN/PARTON > > Jean C. > > > > > At 02:36 PM 6/20/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi Jean > >Would you care to look on your cd for Partin Allison, F.M., Francis Marion ? > >thanks > >Joye > > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >

Marcia, My gr grandmother, Ruthie Caroline WILES had a brother (Wm Lafayette WILES) who married an M. Caroline ENDSLEY, probably living in the same area. Sadly, I haven't Sharp County resources to be able to check out the census records for you, on this. Jean Cuevas At 07:26 PM 6/10/01 -0400, you wrote: >Hi List > >Wesley A. ENDSLEY married my half gg aunt Emma Hackney on 16 Sep 1900 in >Sharp County, Arkansas. > >I have been browsing through the 1800 Richwoods Township Sharp County census >today and see quite a few Endsleys listed. Could someone on this list give >me some insight as to who might be Wesley's parents? At age 23 Wesley was a >boarder in Calvin D. RITCHIE's household. Calvin was my gg grandfather. > >Marcia in CA

Hi Lanita, Hopefully, something will turn out to be yours. Thanks for the offer. I don't know of anyone in Oregon County, MO. Do have a MAYFIELD who married a BROWN and moved to California County, MO, though! <g> It appears that MO liked to name its counties for other states! The possibility of the MAYFIELDS being the same family, is probably as strong one, IF I just had ALL the puzzle pieces! It appears that my line may be traceable back to Robert MAYFIELD, the immigrant, if my suspicions on my line are correct. Jean C. At 05:36 PM 6/20/01 -0500, you wrote: >Jean, > >This is very interesting.... thanks for sending it.. I'll have to study >the dates to see if any of the Luthers are mine. > >Thanks again, for taking the time to help! If you ever need a lookup in >Oregon Co., MO, please let me know. I have the census for 1850-1900, >Cemetery Book, marriage listings for 1845-1890, and the History Book. >Will be glad to have a chance to repay your kindness! > >I have a feeling that we are cousins. My gggggrandmother was Jane/Jenny >MAYFIELD who mar. Robert SCONCE, JR., in Bourbon Co., KY.. We've talked >before! > >Lanita

Joye, My brain may not be working properly... Are you asking for an Allison PARTON look-up, or Partin ALLISON? And, when you mention, "F.M." are you just expanding with "Francis Marion? Or, is Francis Marion a PARTON or an ALLISON?? :) Thanks. By the way, no results on an Allison PARTON, and the closest to a Partin ALLISON was this: Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1850-1900 Allison, Peyton Spouse : Littlejohn, Sarah E. Marriage date : Jun 13, 1880 County : Crawford Gender : Male Source : County Court Records Microfilm Number : 1028048 - 1028050 As for a Francis Marion ALLISON: Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1850-1900 Allison, Francis M. Spouse : Sims, Sarah J. Marriage date : Dec 11, 1892 County : Scott Gender : Male Source : County Court Records Microfilm Number : 1027124 - 1027125 No Francis Marion PARTIN/PARTON Jean C. At 02:36 PM 6/20/01 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Jean >Would you care to look on your cd for Partin Allison, F.M., Francis Marion ? >thanks >Joye

Hi: This looks like a great site but I can get in. Thanks,Marian

Could one of these two be yours? Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1850-1900 Roberts, Margaret Spouse : Gibson, James F. Marriage date : Nov 24, 1895 County : Fulton Gender : Female Source : County Court Records Microfilm Number : 1290015 - 1290016 Roberts, Margaret E. Spouse : Lewis, Harden R. Marriage date : Sep 7, 1851 County : Hempstead Gender : Female Source : County Court Records Microfilm Number : 1005876 - 1005881 Jean Cuevas At 10:10 PM 6/12/01 -0700, you wrote: > Does anyone out there have any info on marriage of Margaret E. Roberts > to a Mr. Gibson sometime around 1895? Date and year unknown. I am her > granddaughter. Thanks