This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: House, McMillian, Lund. Wilkes, Dowdy, Clarke, Mitchell and Pursell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/943 Message Board Post: The feature article for Family Roots in the Woodruff County Monitor for Wednesday, January 5, 2005, will be the James Polk And Louisa (Pursell) House Family, Prominent Merchants In Augusta, AR. James Polk House was a successful merchant in Augusta, Woodruff Co., AR. He believed to be successful in any calling in life a man must be honest, industrious and savings, and with these essential qualities he could not fail to accumulate property, and at the same time hold the respect and esteem of his fellow man. James P. House was originally from Hardeman County, Tennessee, and was the son of Archibald Bedwell House, born 1822 in Maury Co., TN, and Elizabeth "Eliza" (Wilkes) House, born about 1823 in Tennessee, a daughter of Thomas and Ruth Wilkes. Archibald and Elizabeth were married November 21, 1840 in Hardeman Co., TN. Archibald was a planter, who later resided at West Point, White County, Arkansas. Elizabeth died after 1884 and is buried in West Point Cemetery, West Point, White Co., AR. Archibald and Elizabeth were the parents of five known children; (1) Alcy, (2) Mary, (3) Thomas, born about 1842, (4) Col. Joseph Warren, born June 12, 1847, and (5) James Polk ! House, born March 14, 1850. This is a great story, full of genealogy information on the House family, their ancestors and desendants. Surnames included in this family history are; House, McMillian, Lund. Wilkes, Dowdy, Clarke, Mitchell and Pursell. Hope you all get to read it. Best regards, Gary Telford Family Roots Woodruff County Monitor