This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Templeton, Brock, Smith, LAnkford, Ladd Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADE/994 Message Board Post: Any connections or help with the following names: Samuel M.E.F. Templeton DOD 1933 Thomas Jeffeson Brock, DOD 1940-1941 Bud Smith DOD unknwn or Verna Smith DOD 1913 Charlie E. Lankford (DOB 8/1860) Henry Ladd married Mary Ann

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/993 Message Board Post: Woodruff Co., AR Obituaries & Articles Pictures & Weddings Now Available Contact: Gary Telford wgt@centurytel.net Adams, "Aunt Molly", Ex-Slave, wife of Mr. Kendrick, Mr. Carter and Josh Adams (Obit.) Alford, Mr. & Mrs. James Monroe "Couple At Grays, Wed 54 Years" (Article) Allison, Clyde C., son of J. B., husband of Ora (Brewer) (Obit.) Anderson, Charlie E., of Morton, AR, husband of Florence (Wiggins) (Obit.) Angelo, William J., son of Mr. & Mrs. W. V. Angelo (Wedding) Angus, W. B. "W. B. Angus Home Completely Destroyed When Stove Explodes" (Article) Armstrong, John W., of Pumpkin Bend (Obit.) Baker, Miss Maxine "Miss Maxine Baker Selected By Judges As McCrory's Queen" (Picture-Article) Barber, Frances Lee, daughter of J. F. Barber (Wedding) Baty, John, Family Reunion & Birthday (Article) Beard, George Thomas (Obit.) Breckenridge, Mrs. Martha (Winton), wife of Mr. Bennett & J. T. Breckenridge (Obit.) Bright, Whitten, son of Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bright of Cherry Valley, AR (Wedding) Brown, Louis Gray, son of Halley E. Brown (Obit.) Browning, Miss Audrey Ann Lee, daughter of Aud Browning "Accident Victim's Funeral" (Obit.) Bryan, Mrs. John E., Sr. (Obit.) Burrow, Mary Agnes, daughter of Harve (Obit.) Campbell, Herbert, Jr., age 2 yrs., son of Herbert W., "Child Succumbs After Swallowing Bean" (Obit.) Campbell, T. C., aged eight years, son of Claud, "Son of McCrory Couple Killed" (Obit.) Cannon, Mrs Sarah Virginia (Obit.) Carter, Jessie Cleve, son of Cleve (Obit.) Chalfant, Vernon Tull, son of Rev. and Mrs. Vernon E. Chalfant (Obit.) Chapman, Lottie (Edwards), widow of Charlie Chapman (Obit.) Chappell, Mrs. Fannie "Celebrates 82nd Birthday" (Article) Chappell, Miss Imogene "McCrory Beauties To Be In Peach Festival" (Picture-Article) Cole, L. L. & Son "Two New Electric Gins Being Erected" (Article) Comer, Rufus M. Comer, Jr., "Goes To Louisville, KY" new job (Article) Cook, M. Elizabeth "Liza" (Matlock), wife of James Robert "Bob" Cook (Obit.) Covington, Seaborn, , husband of Electa (Poe) (Obit.) Crotzer, Miss Forrest, daughter of Mr. H. G. Crotzer of Grays, AR (Wedding) Crotzer, Halley H., son of Horace G. & Rose (Taylor), husband of Eddie Lou (Moody) (Obit.) Daniel, Peyton, son of Mr. & Mrs. Jess Daniel (Wedding) Dawson, William P., husband of Arminta (Barnhill) Dawson (Obit.) Dilliard, Edward A., son of Mrs. Mary U. & the late W. G. Dilliard (Wedding Announcement) Dobbs, Miss Inez "To Receive Degree At State Teachers" (Picture-Article) Dobbs, Miss Inez, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. G. A. Dobbs of McCrory, AR (Picture-Article) Dyson, Jonas F. of Cotton Plant (Obit.) Eaves, Orville V., husband of Ellen (Slayton) (Obit.) Erwin, Mrs. Eva "Five Generations Of Hunter Family" (Picture-Article) Eslick, Wesley and Will, brothers of J. M. "Two Brothers Dead Of Cold, Privation" (Obit.) Farley, Mrs. Margaret (Thompson) (Obit.) Ferguson, William Emmett, husband of Mary Eldora (Douglas) Ferguson (Obit.) Fitzhugh, Davis, son of Rufus King & Laura (Davis) (Wedding) Fitzwater, Wanda Lee, age 3, son of Mr. &. Mrs. Clifton Fitzwater (Obit.) Fowlkes, Miss Mary Annie "McCrory Beauties To Be In Peach Festival" (Picture-Article) Fraser, R. Lee, son of Dr. & Mrs. R. L. Fraser (Wedding) Froman, Virgil Eugene, age 2 years, son of Mr. & Mrs. C. M. Froman (Obit.) Gaither, Mrs. Harriet Ellen "Five Generations Of Hunter Family" (Picture-Article) Galloway, W. C. (Colored) "First Bale Cotton Ginned Here Today" (Article) Gamel, Claude E., brother of Clyde Gamel (Obit.) Garton, Wade Hampton, husband of Mary (Cranford) (Obit.) Gipson, Mrs. Lucy Mae (Lacy), wife of Dee Gibson (Obit.) Guest, Mrs. Martin Luther "Widow Of Old Confederate Veteran Celebrates Birthday" (Article) Hailey, Perrin, son of Mr. & Mrs. Clayton Hailey (Wedding) Hames, Wallace N. (Obit.) Hampton, Willie Oscar, husband of Nora Humphreys (Obit.) Hill, Franklin Pierce, husband of Ida L. Locke & Orrie Estelle Carr (Habitual Scholar, Article) Hilliard, Merline, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. E. Hilliard (Wedding) Holder, Miss Louvenia, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. E. Holder (Wedding) Holder, William Edward, son of W. E. Holder of McCrory, AR (Wedding) Holliman, James E., of Wiville, husband of Bertie (Obit.) Holt, Doris Kyle, daughter of Wm. B. Kyle (Wedding) Holt, Mrs. Nora Ellen (Taylor), sister of Charlie B. Taylor, wife of George Walter Holt (Obit.) Howell, Emmett, son of Sam S. & Martha (Keller) Howell (Obit.) Hunter, Sam of Tupelo (Wedding) Isbell, Miss Edith Aline, daughter of Mrs. H. R. Isabell (Obit.) Jeffries, Mrs. Willie "Mrs. E. E. Jeffries' Funeral Will Be Held Friday At 10:30 A.M." (Obit.) Jett, Minor, husband of Kathleen (McKnight) (Obit.) Johnson, Mr. Marion "Local Resident Has 93rd Birthday" (Article) Johnson, Mr. & Mrs. Marion J. " McCrory couple married 69 years, go to Confederate Home" (Article) Johnson, Robert L., husband of Ada Lewis (Atkinson) " To Celebrate 54th Wedding" (Article) Jones, Cordelia Elizabeth, wife of Calvin Jones (Obit.) Jones, Miss Frances, Daughter of Mrs. Ura Jones "Hypsion Club Juniors Win Prizes (Picture Article) Jones, Mrs. Joe H., (Sarah L. (Dye) Jones), daughter of C. O. Dye (Obit.) Jones, Mrs. Milas "Birthday Dinner" (Article) Joyner, Harry Harvey, husband of Lena (Gilliland) (Obit.) Joyner, Miss Molly Jewel, daughter of E. L. Joyner, Sr. of Wiville, AR (Wedding) Keating, Buford, son of Minnie Keating Delashmit (Wedding) Knight, Alyssum, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Knight (Wedding) Ladd, Mr. John Wesley, husband of Mary (Dutton) (Obit.) Lawson, Eleanor, of Little Rock, AR (Wedding) Lindsey, Edward, son of Mr. & Mrs. G. A. Lindsey (Obit.) Long, Nancy Jane (Walker), wife of Frank Long (Obit.) Massey, Miss Dorothy, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. D. V. Massey of McCrory, AR (Wedding) Mathews, Mrs. Willie, daughter of Bill and Mattie (Wilhite) Cross, wife of Joe (Obit.) Mathis, Dr. W. J. "Oldest Resident Of Cotton Plant Celebrates Birthday (Article) McCain, Mrs. W. H. "New President Of Federated Clubs" (Picture-Article) McCommons, J. R. (Wedding) McCurdy, Mrs Camille D. "Patterson Resident Has Serious Accident" (Article) McDonald, Cora Martha (Conner), wife of William L. McDonald (Obit.) McGill, Robert "Bob" M. W., husband of Carrie (Simmons) (Obit.) McGowan, John Meehan of Cotton Plant, AR (Obit.) Meyers, Dottie, daughter of Mrs. Arnold E. Meyers "Makes Her Talent Pay Dividends" (Picture-Article) Miller, Sarah Elizabeth, Mrs J. E., mother of Lottie Cariker (Article 90th Birthday) Mitchell, Virginia, daughter of Lula (Wells) Mitchell "Virginia Mitchell To Be Wed Sunday" (Article) Morgan, Douglas C., father of David "Suicide Victim's Body Found Late Friday Evening" (Obit) Morris, Shelby, son of E. G. Morris of Parkin, AR (Wedding) Muery, Amanda Ann (Wyatt) Burns "Five Generations Of Hunter Family" (Picture-Article) Nance, Bryan, age 29, of Tupelo, AR, son of W. N. Nance (Obit.) Navens, George S., "Cotton Plant Man Hurt In Accident" (Article) Nelson, Miss Lucille, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Nelson of Augusta, AR (Wedding Announcement) Nichols, Shirley Fay, daughter of James S. Nichols (Obit.) Norfzinger, Mrs. Dellie "Five Generations Of Hunter Family" (Picture-Article) Norfzinger, Juanita "Five Generations Of Hunter Family" (Picture-Article) Oakley, Harold of McClelland, AR (Wedding Announcement) Odenbaugh, Mrs Mary Alice (Obit.) Parnell, Roy, Jr. "Elected To Serve 6th Term As President Of County 4-H Clubs" (Picture-Article) Penrose, Miss Marion, daughter of W. J. Penrose "Woodruff Lady Is Promoted" (Picture-Article) Powledge (Prowledge), Mary Ann (McMurtry), daughter of W. H., wife of G. Cecil (Obit.) Ramsey, Mrs. Guy and son Billy's "Birthday Party" (Article) Ramsey, Sheriff E. T. "Siezes His Fiftieth Illicit Liquor Still" (Picture Article) Ramsey, Maunsal, son of Mrs. W. T. Ramsey "Maunsal Ramsey Home On Furlough (Article) Raymond, Miss Dottie Jean "Fakes Chapel School Pupil Has Perfect Attendance Record" (Article) Raymond, Miss Lucille, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. O. Raymond (Wedding) Reagan, Mrs. Lillie (Rushing), wife of Jim D. Reagan (Obit.) Rice, Mrs. Thelma Rosell (Bullington), wife of Clayton L. Rice of Tupelo, AR (Obit.) Roe, Edwin "Preacher", son of "Doc" "Roe To Pitch Here This Afternoon (Article) Shellabarger, Miss Dora Ellen, daughter of Mrs. Kate Shellabarger (Picture-Wedding) Shue, Harold, son of Mrs. Kathleen Shue (Wedding) Shue, Mrs. Lula "Mrs. Lula Shue Takes Charge Of Waverly Hotel" (Article) Shue, Manuel Franklin, son of Lula "Awarded First Prize in Sales Contest" (Article) Simons, John Monroe, father of Pearl, Norman and Elbert (Obit.) Smith, Christine (Cain), daughter of William Robert "Will" (Judge) "Little Ellen" (Article) Tait, Miss Mary (Tait) Wilson, daughter of Tisdale Tait (Picture-Wedding) Tennes, Mrs. Julie Ann (Mundy), widow of Benjamin Tennes (Obit.) Trice, William Jackson, son of Tazwell E. & Margaret (Gregory) Trice (Obit.) Tyson, Myra, daughter of L. C. Tyson of McCrory, AR (Picture-Wedding) Wiggins, Alvin "Alvin Wiggins Suffers Head Injury" (Article) Wilkerson, Marian, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Roger "Hypsion Club Juniors Win Prizes (Picture Article) Wilson, Fanny, daughter of H. B. (Wedding 1938) Wilson, Mrs. Frazier Earl (Tait) Wilson, daughter of Tisdale Tait (Picture-Article) Wilson, Lois, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. Granville Wilson (Wedding Announcement) Wilson, Lois, daughter of Granville Wilson "Will Become Bride This Afternoon" (Picture-Article) Wilson, Lois, daughter of Granville Wilson "Dilliard-Wilson Wedding Beautiful" (Article) Wilson, Keith, son of Mrs. J. G., brother of Frazier (Wedding) Winter, Franklin William, son of Mr. & Mrs. F. L. Winter of Jonesboro, AR (Wedding) Woody, Franchell, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. H. O. (Picture-Wedding) Wright, Charles E., husband of Rosalie (Lamb), son of Edward B. & Anna Belle Wright (Obit.) Wright, Doyle Kenerson, son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Thomas Wright (Obit.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/523.1 Message Board Post: Bruce, My grandfather was Wilburn Cunningham son of George Washington Cunningham. I am just now starting my Cunningham research, and I would be happy to share what I find. My father has quite alot of information and will be recording it all in the coming months. My father grew up in Muscogee Oklahome where his father Wilburn was in the Grocery business. Off the top of my head my recollection of the stories of G.W. Cunningham were that he was married several times...I do believe he was brother to your Grandfather. Warm regards, Amy

Hi Gary, I had a chance to view this book,and was wondering is it still possible to purchase a copy of it. It had a lot of interesting things in it.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/992.1 Message Board Post: Morris Taylor, African American families who lived in Point Township, Woodruff Co., AR (Some of the following information is from the History Of Point Township In Woodruff Co., AR, by Adelia H. Kittrell, published in 1983). Mose and Abram Johnson, brothers, were tenants on the Harville farm. Mose Johnson's known children were ; Willie Mae, Mose Jr., Lee Willie and Eddie Johnson. Abram Johnson's known children were Abram Jr., Robert, Abbie and Leslie Johnson. (1) William H. Bledsoe, Sr., born in July 1833 in Tennessee, moved to Point Township from Tennessee in the 1870's. His wife was Mary A. Bledsoe, born about 1850 in Virginia, and these were his known children; (1-1) Carroll "Cal" Bledsoe, born about 1856 in Tennessee; (1-2) William H. Bledsoe, Jr., born November 6, 1858 in Tennessee, died May 26, 1925 and is buried in Watson Cemetery; (1-3) John Bledsoe, born in December 1869 in Tennessee, died 1947; and (1-4) Esther A. Bledsoe, born about 1872 in Tennessee. In 1900, William Bledsoe, Sr. and his wife (to whom he was married about 1884), Millie Bledsoe, born in 1852 in Alabama, were living in Point Township. (1-2) William H. Bledsoe, Jr. and his wife Julia Bledsoe, who was born in December 1862 in Arkansas and died in 1952, buried New Community Cemetery, had several known children; (1) Wilming Bledsoe (a daughter) , born January 13, 1883, died March 19, 1900, buried Watson Cemetery; (2) William F. Bledsoe, born March 1886; (3) Susie Bledsoe, born September 1887; (4) Ivory Bledsoe (a daughter) , born May 1890 married Creed Taylor, and died July 2, 1912, buried Watson Cemetery; and (5) Pearl Bledsoe, born March 10, 1895, married a Mr. Haynes. Pearl (Bledsoe) Haynes is buried in Watson Cemetery. There is also a Ella (Bledsoe) Washington, daughter of W. H. Bledsoe, born March 8, 1881, died August 1, 1898, buried Watson Cemetery. (1-3) John Bledsoe, born in December 1869 in Tennessee, and his wife Octavia, who was born in April 1875 in Tennessee, were the parents of a large family of children, including: (1-3-1) Leona Bledsoe, born September 1893; (1-3-2) Lillie Bledsoe, born November 1895; (1-3-3) Isom Bledsoe, born July 1896; (1-3-4) Harriet Bledsoe, born February 1898, married Gus Morris; (1-3-5) Ella Bledsoe, born August 1899, died young; (1-3-6) William Bledsoe, born in 1904; (1-3-7) Eva Fay Bledsoe, born in 1906, married R. B. Kendall; (1-3-8) Robert B. Bledsoe, born in 1907; (1-3-9) Orvenia Bledsoe, born in 1909; (1-3-10) Costella Bledsoe; (1-3-11) Frank Bledsoe; and (1-3-12) Ernest Bledsoe. (1-3) John Bledsoe's second wife was Mrs. Sallie Layne, who had been married to Frank Layne. They lived on a farm they owned a few miles east of Gregory. Their house was an unusually beatiful one, with a white pickett fence and a yard full of colorful flowers. (1-3) John Bledsoe weighed cotton at the Gregory gin and later clerked at the Conner Mercantile store. He was a director on the Gregory school board and one of the original trustees of the Vinegar Hill Cemetery Association when the New Community Cemetery was established in 1928. He was a deacon, Sunday School teacher and classs leader in the Guildfield Baptist Church at Gregory. Mrs. Sallie (Layne) Bledsoe was a class leader in St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church and always made a money report after each sermon. Josie Anderson took her place after she died . (1-3) John Bledsoe was struck by lightning, which hastened his death in 1947. Mrs. Sallie (Layne) Bledsoe died in 1975. Both were buried in the New Community Cemetery. (1-3-4) Harriet Bledsoe married Gus Morris in 1917. Gus Morris was the son of "Uncle" John Morris who lived on the Minor Gregory farm in Point Township for many years. He is said to have moved to the Point from Batesville, Independence Co., AR. The family picked their own cotton crop, which was hauled to the gin at Gregory. It is said that "Uncle" John had 21 children. These are his known children; (1) Mary Morris, who married Cap Gregory; (2) John Henry Morris, born in 1891, died in 1960; (3) Gus Morris, born December 18, 1894, died May 15, 1963, married Harriet Bledsoe in 1917; (4) Cincinnati "Rat" Morris (a daughter), born January 6, 1891, died March 10, 1953 (she had a daughter, Frog Ann, who died very suddenly at Revels about 1950; (5) Sonny Morris, died several years ago (his wife, Vicey Morris, was born January 18, 1900, and died May 27, 1975); and (6) Virgil "Bud" Morris, died September 1976. Many of the surnames you mentioned can be found on the 1900 and 1910 census. Hope this helps. Best regards, Gary Telford Family Roots Woodruff County Monitor wgt@centurytel.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bledsoe, Harston, Holmes, Sample, Guess, Morris Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/992 Message Board Post: Seeking family members or information from anyone who knew of any of these African American families. Moses Johnson, (My Grandfather) Bledsoe, Harston, Tuggle, Guest, Morris, Holmes, Vinson, or Sample. Grandfather Johnson was born in Fayetteville,Tennessee in 1879 but migrated to Lonoke where he met and married Letha Tuggle. They had eight children. Letha, along with four of the children died in 1919 of the great Flu Epidemic. Moses moved on to live in other cities. Grays, Devalls Bluff, Dixie, Cotton Plant, and finally Gregory Point. He was a member of the Guildfild Baptist Church and also a member of the Gregory Masonic Lodge # 179. He met and married Leona Bledsoe daughter of John and Octavia Bledsoe. Social Security information indicates that Moses at one time worked for the Menesha Lumber Company in Patterson. This documentation states that his father's name was Abram Johnson and mother's name was Mary Bumbry. I would truly like to establish this as fact. If anyone has ! any information on any of the above, I would be so grateful to hear from you. Please reply to taylormorris@sbcglobal.net Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SIMONS,WALLACE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/991 Message Board Post: I would appreciate a marriage lookup for Gladys A Wallace born about 1897. She was married twice and I'm trying to find her first marriage. Her parents were Woodson W. Wallace and Lilly B. Simons. They were living in Woodruff county in the 1910 census. Thanks, Kathy in California

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ORMAN AUMAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/160.168.204 Message Board Post: I am hoping to find an Orman male from this family of Orman's who will have a DNA test. If you go to www.familytreedna you will find a site already up with 5 members tested! Just type in the name Orman and it will bring up the site where you can see the prices for testing. We Orman's of Clay Co., IN have a 25 marker match with the AUMAN family of Randolph Co., NC. Mary Gardner

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: sanders Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADE/160.184.206.212 Message Board Post: Debbie, Do you have who C.C. Sanders' family was. Who were his parents and siblings? I am searching for our family, which includes a CC Sanders. Thanks Please e-mail me at ruthie55bart@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/990 Message Board Post: HI MELISSA, IF YOU HAVEN'T FOUND OUT MORE ON YOUR SEARCH, YOU MAY WANT TO TALK TO MY BROTHER, BOB. HE LIVES IN HARDY,AR. NOW...IF YOU CALL, YOU WILL MORE THAN LIKELY GET AN ANSWER MACHINE, SAY WHO YOU ARE AND HE'LL PROBABLY PICK UP, I KNOW HE HAS INFO ON GREER, ALSO MY UNCLE ROBERT, IN MEMPHIS, SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME INFO. I DO LIVE IN MT. JULIET NOW, AND AM IN THE BOOK, CALL IF POSSIBLE, IF I'M NOT HERE, LEAVE A MESSAGE, AND I'LL CALL YOU BACK. I'M USUALLY GONE ON WEEK-ENDS, I AM IN MUSIC BUSINESS.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DAWSON, VAULNER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/971.1 Message Board Post: I was able to find a marriage license for George L. DAWSON and Novella Vaulner in Jackson Co., AR on 6-15-1902. I am still looking for more information on them. It is believed that George might have been working on the railroad between AR and MO. I haven't been able to find any land records, tax records, or death certificates for either one of them yet. I do know that Novella was still alive in 1948 and attended her brother, Claude Vaulner,'s funeral. If anyone can come up with any information for George and Novella, please let me know. This part of my family line has us all completely baffled. Thank you, Bonnie Graves bgraves34@texoma.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADE/958.1 Message Board Post: Thomas Todd Locke was my Great Uncle. He moved from Rowan Co. to Cotton Plant area in 1858. His sister Jane Malissa Locke who had married Dr. Daniel Wood and their family came at the same time. This family had a dau. Augusta who married Charles Lynch. I have info on both these families. My Grandmother was Mertie Eliza Locke - her parents Dr. Matthew T. Locke and Julia Callaway both died young and my grandmother was sent to live with her Uncle Todd and his second wife - Mary Hill dau. of P. Hill. She was married at the Locke home in 1889 to Joseph P. Hale and they lived their entire lives in Brinkley, Ar. I have extensive Locke, Gheen, Todd records. Thomas T. Locke, his wife and son are buried at Mound Cem. on the Davis farm n. of Cotton Plant.

Hello List- seeking a marriage index lookup: J B Risenhoover( Jess Ben Risenhoover) and Iva M ?? Please check from 1920-1930, I va M ?? was born in Howell August 17,1908 from her obit from the Childress Index. I am seeking her parents names also, anyhelp will be appreciated. Melodee Slaney melnsam123@aol.com

Hi Janie, To change your memberhsip in the Woodruff County mailing list, go to this web address: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/AR/woodruff.html Read down to the place where it says "unsubscribe", and it should be self explanatory. Hope this helps - Best of luck, Gloria At 8:24 AM -0500 4/19/05, Janie wrote: >Coordinator > >Will you please remove my email from the mailing list. > >Thank you > >Janie > > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bratton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/989 Message Board Post: George W. Bratton 24 b. MS, wife Mary 21 b. MS and Children Henry & David, b. AR, lived in Cotton Plant in 1870. Does anyone have information on this family?

Coordinator Will you please remove my email from the mailing list. Thank you Janie

TIMES-PRESS-RECORDER San Luis Obispo, California April 13, 2005 Obituaries A.J. 'June' Stoker Grand A.J. "June" McClendon Stoker Grand of Arroyo Grande died Friday, April 8, 2005. She was 81 years of age. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Pismo Beach Moose Lodge, 180 Main St., in Pismo Beach. Burial will be at the Calaveras Lodge Masonic Cemetery in San Andreas. Mrs. June Grand was born April 26, 1923, in Deming, N.M., to Henry Dixon McClendon and Ollie Ann Sewell. She was a widow of James L. Stoker and Kenneth L. Grand. June lived as a young person with her Aunt "Tisha" and Uncle Frank Shue in Patterson, Ark. She attended Woodruff County public schools and first married James L. Stoker of Patterson in 1939 at Bald Knob. To this union four children were born, Robert L., Steven W., Jerry D. and James Daryl. She later married Kenny Grand of California, who had three children from a previous marriage, Vicky, Rene and Kenneth Jr. June was widely known and universally liked. Her cheerful disposition and jolly sayings won her hundreds of friends. She was very active in the Pismo Beach Moose Lodge and she loved going to Laughlin, Nev., every chance she had. Mrs. Grand is survived by her daughters, Rene Ims of Portsmouth, R.I., and Vickie L. Grand of Palm Desert; sons, Bob Stoker of Valley Springs and Steve Stoker of California; grandchildren, Wendy Collins, Larry W. Treen, Patricia Duncan and Robert M. Stoker; great-grandchildren, Amber, Jessie and Alicia Duncan, Aubrey R. and Julia Collins, Vinc! ent K. Bjorklund, Jimmy Williams, Kenneth L. Grand III, Michelle R. Grand and Michael Grand; close friend, Fred Fredlund; and many other great friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, J.L. Stoker and K.L. Grand; three sons, J.D. Stoker, J. Daryl Stoker and Kenneth L. Grand Jr.; and one grandson, Harley N. Wallace. Arrangements are under the direction of Marshall-Spoo Sunset Funeral Chapel in Grover Beach.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Estes, Proffer, Williams Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/988 Message Board Post: Estes Proffer; retired colonel, community college professor By Jack Williams UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER December 18, 2004 Two careers weren't enough for Estes Proffer. Not at age 70. Not when the retired Army lieutenant colonel and community college professor had just qualified for law school. "He was very surprised to be accepted," said his son William. "It was probably the crowning triumph of his life." But before Mr. Proffer could enroll at Southwestern School of Law in Los Angeles, he underwent a second triple bypass surgery. With his fragile health, he was unable to attend and fulfill a longtime dream. After more than 25 years in the Army and two decades of teaching business administration, he already had enough memories for a lifetime. And some of the the most vivid were of commanding coastal defense units in San Diego during World War II after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Mr. Proffer died of congestive heart failure Nov. 13 at Redwood Terrace, a retirement community in Escondido where he had lived for the past four years. He was 92. The son of a lawyer who lost all his investments in the stock-market crash, Mr. Proffer had few career options as a young man in the Depression. So he joined the Missouri National Guard. On Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Mr. Proffer was working for the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Kennett, Mo. Activated with his National Guard unit, he was assigned to San Diego, where fears of an invasion were rampant and camouflage covers over buildings and nightly blackouts became routine. "He used to tell of how he and his men stumbled over sleeping seals while guarding the beaches along Torrey Pines on dark, moonless nights," his son said. "His unit included a couple of rather decrepit World War I surplus tanks and some utility vehicles. "On one exercise, they managed to park a tank at each end of the Coronado ferry. Upon arriving at Coronado landing, they couldn't get either tank started." At the end of the war, Mr. Proffer was sent to Kyoto, Japan, to serve as head of a military and government affairs team that aided the Japanese in implementing a political system. When the Korean War broke out, he took part as an infantry commander in some of the early skirmishes. While leading his battalion up a hill, he was shot in the thumb. The wound required hospitalization and resulted in a Purple Heart. Mr. Proffer resumed his education in the Army, earning a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Alaska in 1958. He retired in 1961 and earned a master's in 1962 at UCLA, preparing him for a teaching career. But as much as he enjoyed teaching – at Barstow College, East Los Angeles College and Pierce College – Mr. Proffer always thought about being a lawyer. "He told me all the time he wanted to open a law office," his son said, "but he was a natural teacher, and a great mentor to me." By reading law books and tracking cases, Mr. Proffer felt he was well-prepared at 70 to keep up with generations of younger law students. "He was very disappointed when he couldn't go to law school," his son said. Until failing health forced him into an assisted-living environment, Mr. Proffer made the most of retirement. "He continued his love of learning, traveled and enjoyed gardening," his son said. Mr. Proffer, a native of Cotton Plant, Ark., lived in Thousand Oaks before moving to Escondido to be close to his son William and grandson Quinn. In addition to William and Quinn he is survived by David, a son in Los Angeles. Services are pending at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Williams: (619) 542-4587; jack.williams@uniontrib.com Find this article at: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/obituaries/20041218-9999-1m18proffer.html SAVE THIS | EMAIL THIS | Close Check the box to include the list of links referenced in the article.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/987.1.1 Message Board Post: Gloria, do you sleep with your computer? That reply was fast.grin I haven't had a chance to get to Woodruff County yet.. Just last week I found some contacts with my line that sent me the note about Robert Hamilton visits.. as to the being related: Don't know but who knows somewhere down the line we may connect.. My Robert D. Hamilton disappeared from the Livingston County,Ky.census in 1880. He is the oldest of three being born in Livingston in 1837 or close.. His father is John G. Hamilton of the same county and state.. believed to have come from other parts of Ky. not sure.. Was trying to verify some information on this W.P. Ray who married Sarah Hamilton, Roberts sister. in 1869 in Ky. W.P. Moved to Woodruff Co. about 1895 or so. and later to Jackson County,Ar. Have more if it would help you any... and in a little more detail... Bill Ray Helena, Arkansas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/987.1 Message Board Post: That would be great! My grandfather, Edward Lee Hamilton, worked on a riverboat at one time - he moved to Woodruff County from Tennessee, and was one of the signers incorporation papers of McCrory. Wonder if he's kin to Robert Hamilton.