I also have a INISS JOANAH D. ROARK, born 21 Sept. 1856, d. 27 Jan., 1891, Lawrence Co., Ark., md. 12 Nov., 1874, to GREEN EDWARD LAWSON RICHARDSON, (my great-grandfather), b. 9 July, 1846, Lawrence Co., Ark., d. 22 Feb., 1937, Imboden, Lawrence Co., Ark. Joanah Roark was his first wife; I'm descended from his 2nd. marriage to SARAH ANN BRADY. All three are buried in Bethel Cem., near Lawrence Co., Ark. Carol Thompson Pocahontas, Ark. twister@pokynet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Marx Family" <rmarx2@wi.rr.com> To: <MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Can anyone help with this? > Barbara, I don't know if this will help but here is what I know about Roarks in this general area. In the 1870 Lawrence > County, AR census, there is a Joanna Roark, age 16, born MO, living with Addison McMillon and family. The McMillons are one > of my lines and the Roark name caught my eye because one of my McMillon line married a Roark and lived in Arkansas Co,AR. > This Roark girl came from MO and, according to the family now, came either from Dade or Dallas county in MO. > > Catherine > > barbara smith wrote: > > > I would like to know where they came from? This is all the information I have. > > > > I have a Mary Roark i,a, New York State 1811 3040p. 120 > > passenger list Vol.3 > > Mary and her daughter came from another countery can't seem to get the hang of how it says to do it to get the information. > > Daughter was Joannah Roark. > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks, > > Barbara > > eor@saber.net > >

Carol, do you have any knowledge of where this Joanah came from or if there are any McMillens (spelled any way) in the picture? Catherine Carol Thompson wrote: > I also have a INISS JOANAH D. ROARK, born 21 Sept. 1856, d. 27 Jan., 1891, > Lawrence Co., Ark., md. 12 Nov., 1874, to GREEN EDWARD LAWSON RICHARDSON, > (my great-grandfather), b. 9 July, 1846, Lawrence Co., Ark., d. 22 Feb., > 1937, Imboden, Lawrence Co., Ark. Joanah Roark was his first wife; I'm >