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    1. [OZMENT] Did You Know That, part 2
    2. W.O. Ozment, who was one of Alfred's sons, had married in Tennessee and remained behind when the family moved to Arkansas came later, sometime prior to 1850, overland, crossing the Mississippi River at Gaines Landing. W.O. Ozment served in the Civil War being in the command of Owens Battery, Arkansas Artillery, CSA. He is buried in the 16th Section Cemetery. Mr. Arthur Jolley and his wife are enjoying life in their retirement on a fine one hundred and eighty acres of loamy valley soil. They have tenants and the old plantation still hangs near the home. Jolley has been a farmer, school teacher, Justice of the Peace and game warden. He is one who enjoys reminiscing in family folklore and proud of his family heritage. He enjoys telling of his great grandfather James H. Ozment being with General Jackson at New Orleans. James H. Ozment was one of the Tennessee & Kentucky rifle men that on January 8, 1815 so decimated the ranks of the veteran British troops as to put them to route. Mr. Jolley is the proud owner of his great grandfather's sword that he carried in that memorable battle and he is shown holding it in the picture on the opposite page. The older Ozments were all Masons and dedicated church workers being foremost in civic and community affairs. Margaret Ozment (Arthur Jolley's mother) gave the ground for the Ozment school house, church, and cemetery, which comprises several acres. The Ozment name has just about disappeared from Drew County, but there are many, many descendants of these two brothers, throughout the Valley country as well as in other parts of the county and in the city of Monticello. Mr. Reginald Jolley, who with his wife, own and operate Jolley's Cafe on the west side of the city square, is a great great grandson of James H. Ozment; James H. passing this life on October, 1861. Frank Lane, who was a brother-in-law of Alfred Ozment was the first person to be buried at the Ozment Cemetery, now known as the Valley Cemetery. [end of article]

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