Subject: Re: [HARKEY-L] Stafford / Harkey marriage | | This marriage information can be found in the following source: | | | | Yell County Historical & Genealogical Society. Book: "Marriages of Yell | | County, Arkansas 1831 - 1900". Pub 1994. pg. 131 (Danville, Yell Co., | | Arkansas Courthouse, marriage bk A, pg. 168) | | | | The entry reads: | | | | STAFFORD, James P.; 39; to HARKEY, Sarah C.; 27, both of Yell County; 24 Nov | | 1868; by Sims Sugg, J.P.; A-168 | | | ====================================== | | To follow up with a little more on this couple: | | [Source: Yell Co.Historical & Genealogical Association. Book: "Cemeteries of Yell County, Arkansas, Vol 1", pub. 1993, pg. 83] | | Stafford Cemetery, Yell County, Ark. | | This cemetery is located near Spring Lake. At one time Stafford was a Village in Yell County, 8 miles from Danville and 18 miles from Dardanelle. Population 25. H.R. McKinney, Post Master, M.S. Sides, General Store, and Stafford and McKinney, Grist Mill. Page 456 Ark State Gazetter 1898-99 | | Stafford, J.P. 11 Dec 1827 17 Jun 1894 | Stafford, Sarah C. 8 Dec 1840 18 Jun 1888 | w/o J.P. | | Hope this is helpful. | | Mary Fowler Leek ====================================== Well fiddle, time to go to bed. Please note the following children of James and Sarah, who are also buried in Stafford Cemetery. Stafford, Inf. of J.P. and S.C. no dates Stafford, W.J. s/o J.P. and S.C. 25 Mar 1871 30 Oct 1874 Mary Fowler Leek