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 16th Avant Baseball Team, abt 1909
SandyMcLellan59
Posted: 05 Jan 2008 07:53PM
Surnames: Abbott, Breshears, Godwin, Qualls, Robbins, Pitts
I have a great picture of the 16th Avant Baseball team. I was looking through some of my mom's old pictures and came across it. The picture was taken about 1909 by "Simp." I am not sure who Simp is. I think his last name was possibly Abbott. The name of the players listed in the photo are as follows:

Wm Allen "Bill" Abbott
Arthur Cornelious "Neil" Breshears
Wm. Pink Godwin
Will Qualls
Albert Godwin
George Breshears
Wesley Godwin
Ed Robbins
Jim Pitts

I have family ties to most of those listed.
Sharon-----The pic can be found in thr book " They Can't Go Home" on page 194

Re: [ARMONTGO] 16th Avant Baseball Team, abt 1909
Sharon Minton Hill 1/6/2008
I would love to have a copy of this picture also. Scanned is fine. Of course I would need to know who was who. Most of these are kin to me also. Wm. Pink Godwin is kin to me through the Lamb line and he also married my gg aunt.
Many thanks! would love to swap information on these also.
Sharon Minton Hill
shill957(a)gmail.com


Re: [ARMONTGO] Waltjen, Edward H. and Jane P.
List user 1/7/2008
Social Security Death Index
about Jane P. Waltjen
Name: Jane P. Waltjen
SSN: 288-14-7487
Last Residence: 71965 Pencil Bluff, Montgomery, Arkansas, United States of America
Born: 22 May 1911
Died: 12 Oct 2002
State (Year) SSN issued: Ohio (Before 1951 )


List user 1/9/2008
Thank you for the obit info on John Edward Waltjen. It is progress of a sort. At first I did not think there was a connection but after some further searching I belive John Edward was a son of Jane P. and her first husband who was also a Waltjen.


[ARMONTGO] G. W. Robinson/Robertson in Montgomery Co., Ar. in the 1860 census
List user 2/1/2008
Author: dochu
Surnames: Robinson/Robertson
Looking for descendents of G. W. Robinson, possibly Robertson, in the 1860 Montgomery Co., Ar. census.

Re: [ARMONTGO] G. W. Robinson/Robertson in Montgomery Co., Ar. in the 1860 census
List user 2/2/2008
Author: amosc22
Is this your Robinsons? I can give you more from the original image if you want it. Let me know.
Amos C

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: George Robinson
Age in 1860: 13
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Gap, Montgomery, Arkansas
Gender: Male

Household Members:
Name Age

***G W Robinson 42

Martha Robinson 38
Matilda Robinson 18
Martha Robinson 16
George Robinson 13
Elisha Robinson 11
Jane Robinson 9
David Robinson 7
Cynthia Robinson 6
Sophronia Robinson 2


Re: [ARMONTGO] T.C. WILHITE and his daughters....
List user 3/27/2008,

Please, would someone give me more information on the circumstances
surrounding the auto accident that killed T.C. and his daughters, last Saturday?
I understand the Funeral is to be this Friday at his church in Mt. Ida.
My Dad and T.C. were 1st cousins, and they were quite close...both are
ministers. I do appreciate this!
Thank you,
Steve Seagraves
(Researching SEAGRAVES, HARVEY, CONNOR, SISSON, and collateral lines)

You can do a google search for "t c wilhite" arkansas
several articles about the accident will come up for you
obit from the Davis Smith funeral home in Glenwood Arkansas


Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 12:47 PM
To: armontgo-l(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [ARMONTGO] McCoy Family
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: gishpar
Surnames: McCoy, Smith, Lane, Spivey, Locke, Glenn
Classification: queries
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.montgomery/708/mb.ashx
My great grandparents are listed as living in Montgomery County in Caddo on the 1910 census. John and Sarah C. Rose McCoy were from Wilkes County, North Carolina. They were in Texas about 1902. Now I find them in AR in 1910.
They are with two of their sons, James Wesley and David B. and two grand daughters. Many of my McCoys are buried in the Williams Cemetery in Smith County Texas. I am curious if anyone knows of any descendants of my John and Sarah who might be in AR especially Montgomery or surrounding counties. I am also trying to locate the burial place of John and Sarah McCoy possibly near Caddo Gap or wherever the town of Caddo would have been located.
Thanks,
Patricia Ruskauff

 

2 message(s)
Re: [ARMONTGO] McCoy Family
McBride, Billy G.
4/2/2008
Looks to me they most likely died in Arkansas, I know you have this but here. They are in 1910
1910 United States Federal Census
about John J McCoy
Name: John J McCoy
[John J McCoy]
Age in 1910: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Spouse's Name: Sarah C
Home in 1910: Caddo, Montgomery, Arkansas
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John J McCoy 60
Sarah C McCoy 61
James Wesley McCoy 20
David B McCoy 16
Mila Ann McCoy 13
Venna McCoy

Re: [ARMONTGO] FW: McCoy Family
Reba Patton
4/2/2008, 2:39:00 PM
Do you know who Sarah's parents were. Could she have been a daughter of
Mathew B Rose and Rebecca Vincent???

Reba Vincent Patton reba(a)westok.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "McBride, Billy G." <bgmcbrid(a)UTMB.EDU&gt;
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Subject: [ARMONTGO] FW: McCoy Family

 

Re: [ARMONTGO] Thorntons of Montgomery, Pike and Hempstead Counties
List user 4/9/2008
Author: johnmillwee
Surnames: Thornton Millwee
Hello David (or whom it may concern)
I am John Mitchell Millwee - middle name after grandpa James Thornton...nicknamed "Mickey"... in Fort Worth, TX

I found you on an old post . . . filled in a little more of the -puzzle- I've been trying to (re)construct for some time . . . there's a well established(book) family tree on the Millwee side . . . have had much difficulty with my mother's side of the family . . . she died when I was a year old, after giving birth to my sister Sandy, who was raised by (aunt) Ruth (Thornton) and (uncle) Rob Millwee.

This is all I've been able to come up with (so far) . . .
I really appreciate the picture you posted on the board, besides 1 picture of my mother and 1 of Melba Jean (my
half-sister by mom's previous marriage before Wesley)
. . . that's all I have of them...
If you have anything else . . . it would be great to learn more . . . The Millwee line is Scotch-Irish (and some Cherokee somewhere, at least for my part,
according to dad . . . who always indicated the Thornton side was . . . likewise . . .

James Mitchell Thornton Mary Elizabeth McKnight - Ozan, AR
Jessie Ernest Thornton -1902 - Williamson Co, TX
Rubylee Thornton -1909- Caddo Gap, AR
Ruth Thornton - 1911 - Mt Ida, AR
Eula Belle Thornton - 1915 - Caddo Gap, AR
John Mitchell Millwee -1950- Bakersfield, CA
Sandra Kay (Millwee) Thomas -1951- Bakersfield, CA

My email is john.millwee(a)yahoo.com

The writer of the article below is Tom Dillard. He graduated from Oden H.S. in 1966. He has written many articles for The Arkansas Democrat Gazette -
Remembering Arkansas - they usually appear on Sunday's. His father was Thomas Dillard. See postcard and the mountain lion.

REMEMBERING ARKANSAS Rural families looked forward to peddlers' visits
TOM W. DILLARD 13 April 2008
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette
When I imagine how most Arkansans lived a century ago, rurality immediately comes to mind. Only in the modern era have most Arkansans lived in what is defined as urban areas. Travel was slow for our rural ancestors, and trips to town were infrequent. This relative isolation was occasionally relieved by the visit of a peddler.

Peddling took many forms and was practiced in a variety of ways. I am not including "drummers" in this column - though certainly the names were often interchanged. I define peddlers as selling directly to the public - often in isolated areas, while drummers usually represented a single company or a line of products and mostly sold to businesses. The earliest peddler I could document was the wheelchair-bound Thomas Fayette Jeffries, who journeyed from New Orleans to Hot Springs in 1860. He was seeking treatment for his afflictions at the bathhouses in Hot Springs, but he paid his way by peddling a small trunk of books, paper, pens and notions. Once in Hot Springs, Jeffries broadened his stock to include a local newspaper and pictures of the springs.

It was the rural peddler who performed a service that was eagerly awaited by farm families across the state. One Ozark peddler was described as dismounting from his cart and carrying into the house "armloads of tinware, pots and skillets and the changeable silks which were so much in demand inthe early part of the century." An occasional luxury item, such as a scented soap, had special appeal.

Beginning in the late 1800s, a growing number of Jewish peddlers traversed the state - the poorest ones often carrying their wares on their backs. This phenomenon resulted from the influx of poor East European and Russian Jewish immigrants in 1880-1900. One Jewish peddler fondly remembered in the Ozarks was Barney Lottle, who traveled in a cart pulled by two calico ponies. His "amazing cart" was designed to display his wares: "Tinware, laces, silks, and calicoes as well as `Arabian jewelry' and mystic articles which had come from far-off India were hung on the posts and crossbars and spread on the shelves and the floor of the cart." Undoubtedly, the most successful peddler in Arkansas history was Iser Hiram Nakdimen, a native of Russia, who settled in Fort Smith in 1894. A religious Jew and Zionist, Nakdimen had peddled tinware before his arrival in Arkansas. He prospered in Fort Smith, engaging in manufacturing, newspaper publishing and banking. By 1914, Nakdimen owned 16 banks in Oklahoma and three in Arkansas.

Not all peddlers prospered, of course. Especially during lean economic times, sales were hard to make. Otto Ernest Rayburn wrote in his book Ozark Country about the thrifty nature of the rural poor: "One day a peddler came along selling matches, twelve in a little wooden box for a dime. We purchased some of them, but they were used only on special occasions or when we `lost fire.'" Hard work, long hours and small profits were not the only drawbacks to peddling. Until the 1950s, roads in Arkansas were infamous for their poor condition. Peddlers drove their carts through deep mud, along rock-strewn paths and across innumerable streams. A peddler in Izard County in the early 1900s claimed he crossed the same creek 32 times.

During the early 20th century peddling began to change, with the independent marketer being replaced by company agents. The best examples of these peddling corporations were the W.T. Rawleigh Company and the J.R. Watkins Medical Company. Both were headquartered in the upper Midwest. W.T. Rawleigh got his start selling his wife's patent medicines and Watkins started out making a liniment.

By 1920, Rawleigh and Watkins had built a network of factories across America to supply their peddling work force. Historian Lu Ann Jones in her study of Southern farm women noted that in 1921, the Rawleigh Company manufactured 125 products: "During a visit by `the Rawleigh man' customers could buy everything from blood-purifying tonics to vanilla flavoring and lemon extract, cinnamon and nutmeg, White Rose and Anna May Bouquet perfumes, shampoo and face lotion, and a powder to rid chickens of lice." Improved economic conditions and the better road system after World War II brought a gradual end to corporate peddling. Independent peddling continues to this day.

At the risk of sounding like an agent for Donald Harington, the Fayetteville novelist, I must recommend his Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks (1975) if you want a vivid description of the impact a peddler could have. Peddler Eli Willard of Connecticut plied a settler's wife, Sarah Ingledew, with compliments and sold her a pair of scissors. Jacob Ingledew convinced the peddler to bring him some "winder lights," the first glass in that part of
Newton County.

 

[ARMONTGO] Lucinda Horn Butler
List user 6/1/2008
Author: funboytim
Does anyone live near the Oak Grove Cemetery to look for a tombstone of a relative of mine? Her name was Lucinda Butler nee Horn and I think she is buried close to my great great grandfather James Horn and his wife Cathrine Cardwell Horn according to my Dad. Any help would be appreciated.

List user 8/13/2008
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: jonrub
Message Board Post:
I am looking for information on Joseph Tedford Bates b. August 7, 1873 in Arkansas.
Married Arizona Drucilla Singleton July 6, 1898 in Montgomery C. Arkansas. WW1 Registration
Shows him living in Siloam Springs with wife listed as arizona.
Children:
Delia b. 1900
Joseph Edmon
Vander b. 1904
Irene
Stephen b. 1908
Thelma b.1912
Ruby. b. 1918
Joseph born 2/24/1902 in Mt Ida
Ruby born in Siloam springs
Parents of Joseph Tedford listed on census as born in Georgia.
Any information would be greatly appreciated

Ruby Taylor
j1l4t21(a)yahoo.com

Re: [ARMONTGO] All Bates' in Montgomery Co., AR
List user 10/15/2008
Author: amosc22
I call attention to TED BATES on the 1910 census: on the 1900 census I am wondering which one of the children is TED, he should be about 4 yrs old in 1900. He ties into my family data. Ted married Mae Brunt and they had 4 children there in Black Springs, AR.

1900 Census, Caddo Township, Montgomery, Arkansas
Name Age
Ervin Bates 23
Lousetta Bates 21
Edward C Bates 5
Clifton T Bates 2
Nancy A Bates 1

Re: [ARMONTGO] All Bates' in Montgomery Co., AR
List user 10/14/2008
Author: DorisWheeler101
Message Board Post:
I am also descended from Enoch G. Vandiver and Nancy Bates. I would be happy to share information with you.

 

Re: [ARMONTGO] All Bates' in Montgomery Co., AR
List user 10/14/2008
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: DorisWheeler101
Margaret's sister Sarah was my great,great grandmother. In order not to bore others on the list with out details, please contact me at deejaywheeler(a)yahoo.com
Doris


[ARMONTGO] Jeremiah Earnest - Lookup please - Arkansas Historical Quarterly 1990, Number 2
10/26/2008
In searching for Jeremiah Earnest's documentation, Ancestry.com has the Civil War POW rosters. Jeremiah Earnest is listed as having been captured in Montgomery Co., AR on Nov 14, 1863
Died in Little Rock, AR
Rank: Citizen
Cause of Death: 18 Mar 1864 - Execution.
Number and locality of grave: Number 4, 150 yards South of Prison Walls.

Jeremiah Earnest and co-defendant Thomas J. Miller were found guilty of murder in March 1864. Miller was executed immediately, but Earnest was not executed until Nov. 1864 [sic].

A detailed account of Jeremiah Earnest's trial in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly several years ago. The title of the article was "The Confederate home guard in Southwest Arkansas."

Author Williams, Charles G.
Title The Confederate home guard in Southwest Arkansas Abstract seen through records of two Confederates tried by court-martial in 1864
Publication Arkansas Historical Quarterly 49(2):168-172 Sum 1990
Illustration bibl ; photos
Subject Pulaski County--History
Miller, Thomas J.
Earnest, Jeremiah
Arkansas--History--Civil War 1861-1865 

 

Re: [ARMONTGO] Ernest/ Earnest / Fryar / Baggs
List user 10/26/2008
I am looking for any Earnest / Ernest researchers and data.
1. Jeremiah was hung in 1864 in Little Rock by the Union. What date??
http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/earnest.html

2. Who was Ellender Baggs' parents????
Montgomery Co. marriage: Jeremiah Ernest, 44, to Ellender Baggs, 29, 10 Feb 1863

Probate Montgomery Co. AR Baggs, John
Died: Jan 1869
Adm'r: 14 Jan 1869, Charles J. Peshall appointed
Heirs: per administrator-J.C. Baggs, M.V. Baggs, Elbert Baggs, S.M. Baxter, & James Ernest
Adm'r de-bonis-non: 24 Jan 1871, Stephen Baxter appointed

http://tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=ndjs
<http://tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=ndjs&view=0&pid=291&am...
39> &view=0&pid=291&rand=540696439

Based on information and data received children of John and Agnes Baggs. New data is as follows: Name DOB Date of 1st Marriage Spouse
f Agnes Baggs 18 Oct 1844 abt. 1867 Ernest, James F

Re: James Ernest, noted as an heir for John Baggs, was probably a son of Jeremiah Ernest. Must have been a previous marriage of Jeremiah's. Strange
that he would be named an heir if he was issue of a previous marriage and not a son of Ellender (Baggs) and Jeremiah.

3. Where did Agnes Baggs and James Ernest marry? Buried??
James F. Ernest b. 16 Feb 1842 (no place given) d. 18 feb 1919Castle , Okfuskee Co, Ok Highland Cemetery, Okemah, OK

( Sarah ) Agness Baggs b 16 oct 1845 (no place given) d. 8 Jan 1905 , Okfuskee Co, OK buried in Highland Cemetery, Okemah, OK

4. How was Margaret Fryar related as 'grandma' to the Hambrick family???
BURRELL EARNEST 22 to NANCY E. C. FRYAR 18-married 9-5-1871 at the residence of James Fryar, South Fork Twp. by J.J. Hays, J.P.-F/R

9-16-1871- Zora L. Cotton, Clerk. Nancy's parents were Margaret and James Fryar.

Montgomery County's Jeremiah Earnest (1819-1864); his son Burrel Earnest (1849-1924); grandson Burl Earnest (b. 1890); Margaret Fryar (b. 1817) and the Hambrick twins, b. 1910

How might Bessie Hambrick be related or connected to Jeremiah Earnest and the Fryar family?

In the 1900 Delta Co TX, 1910 Red River Co TX, 1920 and 1930 McCurtain Co OK censuses, the Earnest - Fryar - Hambrick names are connected and seem to hint at relationships. Isaac Hambrick is in the 1880 Monroe, Sevier AR census, b. abt 1866 AR, with his father Isaac, b. 1815 SC and mother Lutitia, b. 1844 MS.
Bessie Hambrick, one of twin daughters of Isaac Hambrick (1866 AR-MS-1920+ OK) and his first wife, Margaret E. LNU (1877-1909). Living with Isaac and wife Margaret in the 1900 Delta Co TX census is MARGARET FRYAR, widow, relationship "grandma", b. May 1816 TN.

In searching for Jeremiah Earnest's documentation, Ancestry.com has the Civil War POW rosters. Jeremiah Earnest is listed as having been
Captured in Montgomery Co., AR on Nov 14, 1863 Died in Little Rock, AR
Rank: Citizen
Cause of Death: 18 Mar 1864 - Execution.
Number and locality of grave: Number 4, 150 yards South of Prison Walls.

Jeremiah Earnest and co-defendant Thomas J. Miller were found guilty of murder in March 1864. Miller was executed immediately, but Earnest was not
executed until Nov. 1864 [sic].

A detailed account of Jeremiah Earnest's trial in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly several years ago. The title of the article was "The Confederate
home guard in Southwest Arkansas."

Author Williams, Charles G.
Title The Confederate home guard in Southwest Arkansas
Abstract seen through records of two Confederates tried by court-martial in
1864
Publication Arkansas Historical Quarterly 49(2):168-172 Sum 1990
Illustration bibl ; photos
Subject Pulaski County--History
Miller, Thomas J.
Earnest, Jeremiah
Arkansas--History--Civil War 1861-1865
 

Re: [ARMONTGO] Margaret PIPKINS and James S. FRYAR m. in 1851. What state was she born in? by Willa Burton
Margaret Pippin[you have Pipkins] m J. Fryar, b in Lawrence Co. Tenn., 1828, DAU. of Richard Pippin b 1789 N.C.& Eleanor Nelly Breshears b. abt. 1804 in S. C.
Margaret PIPKINS and James S. FRYAR m. in 1851. What state was she born in?
 Marriages in Montgomery Co. AR.
MARRIAGE BOOK "A" MONTGOMERY COUNTY ARKANSAS Page 68
JAMES FRYAR 22 to MARYETT 23 - married Sept. 11, 1851 - by John B. Garrett, JP - Endorsed & Filed 12-10-1851 - Jas. S. Fleming, CLK. By E. L. Hughes, D.C.

Was Margaret Pipkins b. in TN?? James parents were Elizabeth Goodner and Garrett Fryar.
 Where is this family on the census? Anyplace of birth for Margaret? I do not have a date of death for Maryett (Margaret Pipkins) Fryar

Children of James S. Fryar and Margaret:
Richard Garrett Fryar b. 1855
Mildred Fryar bc 1856 – d. before 1870
Nancy Pamelia Fryar bc. 1853
Nancy Elizabeth C. Fryar b. c. 1859 m. 5 Sept. 1871 Burrell Earnest
Margaret Fryar bc. 1867
Melvina Fryar b. 1869
Anyone researching Thomas Robbins??

Montgomery County, Arkansas Marriage Records 1843 – 1899
Ernest, C E age 33 m. Thomas Robbins 19 Oct.1865 Book A page 6
Ernest, Mary Jane age 17 m. Jerry Williams age 22 3 March 1861 Book A page164
Ernest, Jeremiah age 44 m. Ellender Baggs age 29 19 Feb. 1863 Book A pg 184
Earnest, Burrell age 22 m. Nancy E. Fryar age 18 5 Sep. 1871 Book A page 276
Earnest George L. age 22 from Texas married Alice Harkey age 17 19 Feb. 1899 Book C. page 465.
Page 276
BURRELL EARNEST 22 to NANCY E. C. FRYAR 18-married 9-5-1871 at the residence of James Fryar, South Fork Twp. by J.J. Hays, J.P.-F/R 9-16-1871- Zora L. Cotton, Clerk

Thank you for the reply Willa. Do you have a date of death for Margaret Fryar nee Pippins?
There is a Margaret Fryar in the 1900 Federal Census in Delta Co. TX.

Isaac Hambrick (1866 AR-MS-1920+ OK) and his first wife, Margaret E. LNU (1877-1909). Living with Isaac and wife Margaret in the 1900 Delta Co TX census is MARGARET FRYAR, widow, relationship "grandma", b. May 1816 TN.

Any ideas who she is? She is connected somehow to the Earnest family.
What about Margaret and James's daughter Margaret Fryar? Did she marry?

Margaret Pippin [you have Pipkins] m J. Fryar, b in Lawrence Co. Tenn., 1828, DAU. of Richard Pippin b 1789 N.C.& Eleanor Nelly Breshears b. abt. 1804 in S. C.

[ARMONTGO] funeral homes - trying to find obit - Story, AR
List user 11/20/2008
Author: kareytx
Surnames: Meers
Message Board Post:
Zac Meers died in Story, AR in Jan 1994 and is buried in Reed Cemetery in that same location. I am trying to locate an obit but the library does not have those newspapers on file.


Re: [ARMONTGO] Matilda Smith Hilton/Helton, Ellison - Montgomery County
List user 11/30/2008
Author: branchesntwigs
The Death Record info. for James R. HILTON appears to be on film copied from a document.(pilot.familysearch.org )
The Arkansas History Commission ( ark-ives.net ) has copies of the Arkansas Confederate Pension records for:
Hezikiah ELLISON, death date: 2-Jan-1917, widow Matilda, death date: 3-Apr-1929. Pension County, Montgomery.
James M. HILTON, death date: 7-Dec-1897, widow Issabella, death date: 9-Jun-1935. Pension County, Polk. (Possible relation to Marion HILTON ??
Some of these Pension Records have additional family info. provided and some do not.

[ARMONTGO] Matilda Smith Hilton/Helton, Ellison - Montgomery County
List user 12/6/2008
Author: FrancesRussell67
Susan,
Thank you very much. I think what I am looking for doesn't exist, but what I am looking for is the name of the Hilton who was the father of Matilda's two Hilton Children.

Thanks to suggestions from you and others I have found the Goodner cemetery and have discovered many of the people in my family tree buried there. However, I have yet to find Marion Hilton whose name does appear on the death record of James R Hilton. I did find James on a census record with Matilda, her brother and her other child and another with Matilda and her husband Hezekiah Ellison.

The death record is easy to read and the parents listed are Marion Hilton and Matilda smith. The name of the informant on the death certificate is Mrs. Juanita R Cordell, on 4-17-1962. I'm probably not going to find any further information. It may be one of my brick walls similar to the one I hit when trying to find any record of the father of my husband's mother.

Frances
farussell(a)verizon.net

 

Re: [ARMONTGO] Matilda Smith Hilton/Helton, Ellison - Montgomery County
List user 11/30/2008
Author: branchesntwigs
Message Board Post:
Death Record for a James R. HILTON, Houston, Harris Co., TX indicates his parents were Matilda SMITH and Marion HILTON.

James R. HILTON
b. 24-Sept-1877 Cleburne, Johnson Co., TX
d. 15-Apr-1962 (burial Resthaven Cemetery, Houston, TX)

Hettie HILTON married to Robt. D. GOODNER

Parents of Matilda SMITH:
Cardwell B. (C.B.R.) SMITH and Hettie (Hetta/Hetty) RIFFE
Married 23-Jun-1850, Clark Co., AR (2nd Wife)
Children/Siblings/Half-Siblings:
William Smith
Thomas Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Jasper Smith
Susan Smith
Richard Smith
Matilda Smith
Serilda Smith
Barbra A. Smith
Saphronia Smith
Syneca Smith
Martha L. Smith

(Ref: 1860 Census, Waldron, Hickman Twp., Scott Co. AR and 1870 Census, Waldron, Hickman Twp., Scott Co., AR)
The 1st Wife of Cardwell B. R. SMITH was Nancy WILKERSON Married 20-Dec-1827, Cape Girardeau, MO
(Ref: Marriage Rcds for Cardwell B. R. SMITH; Batch M514721 (MO) and Batch M586241 (AR) and the Death Rcd for James R. Hilton located on the website - familysearch.org)
Did not locate a marriage record for Matilda SMITH and Marion HILTON.

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2007 Montgomery County, AR  Rootsweb Mailing list extracts.

 

[ARMONTGO] Fwd: KIA - WW2 - Ernest E. Smith 1944
A query from Thomas Schmitt
Germany 12 Feb. 2007
I searched some information about Ernest E. Smith, Montgomery County, 1920. He is KIA on 2-Dec 1944 in France or Germany (Europe). I live in Germany and am interested for the history of the Second World War. The soldier Ernest E. Smith is killed or fallen near my Country. I drive a U.S. jeep from 1943 and for the memory of the many fallen soldiers Ernest E. Smith is registered on my vehicle.
I fairly often go to his grave since he was buried in St. Avold (France). Can anyone help me request to find some information on this soldier or his
family, please? I would be very glad if I could get a photo of him. I would be very grateful! Thanks, Thomas.
thomas.schmitt(a)egs-saarlouis.de

I see there were two Ernest E. Smith, from Montgomery Co. Thomas is after Pvt. Ernest E. Smith.

Private First Class, U.S. Army
37069608
377th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Arkansas
Died: December 2, 1944
Buried at: Plot B Row 22 Grave 15
Lorraine American Cemetery
St. Avold, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Cpl. Ernest E. Smith is buried in the Joplin Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR.
Feb 15 1916 - May 29 1943 AR CPL 17 Inf Div WWII

WW2 Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Search the registry www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=registry.asp&subpage=intro


Re: [ARMONTGO] Jesse Lay, Julia Duncan Lay and John W. Lay
List user 2/13/2007
John W. Lay has been a bit of a mystery to us. He is my husband's grandfather, and died in 1951, five years before my husband was born.
I found John Willard Lay, Julia, Ave (or A.V...I wonder where that name came from) and Lula (nee Ryan) in Dent, Pottawamie, Oklahoma in 1920. Ave went to California, and is buried in Tulare, as are two of his sons. I haven't yet found where Ave's wife Lula is buried.

Jesse Lay was born 30 AUG 1849 in Campbell, Tennessee. He died 5 FEB 1894.
Julia Ann Duncan was born 3 JAN 1855 in Scott County, Tennessee. She died 23 JUN 1939. They were listed as living in Mountain or Cedar Glades, Arkansas. They were buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, and relocated to New Mount Pleasant Cemetery before Lake Ouachita was formed.

Jesse and Julia Ann (Duncan) Lay had the following children.
Mary L. Lay was born about 1873 in Scott, Tennessee
William L. LAY was born 1 August 1876 in Tennessee. He died in Arkansas 5 July 1897.
Marline E. LAY was born in Dec 1878 in Tennessee
Maude E. LAY was born in Mar 1881 in Tennessee. She married William Jasper Muse.
Michael J. (or Joshua Michael) LAY was born 13 Nov 1883 in Huntsville, Tennessee
Ave LAY was born on 11 Apr 1886 in Tennessee. He married Lula Ryan. He died on 24 Nov 1957 in California. He is Buried in Tulare, CA.
Bertha Belle LAY was born in 2 Mar 1890 in Tennessee. She married George E. Muse.
John Williard LAY was born on 2 Nov 1893 or 1894 in Cedar Glades, Arkansas.
He was born either a few months before his father died or just short of 9 months after his father died.
.
I am trying to prove if my husband's grandfather is this John Lay. He died in September 1951.

John Lay is buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Mount Vernon, AR

His WWII Draft Registration card lists him as working for the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs. According to the card, he lived at Crystal Rte., 1/2 mile
E. Gardner School, Hot Springs. J.M. Lay in Ashdown Ark is listed as person  who would know where he was. I found Joshua Michel Lay's WWII Draft
Registration. He lived in Ashdown, Ark, and was a telegraph Operator for the Kansas City Southern RR.
Any connections here?
Lynn Franger

Re: [ARMONTGO] Jesse Lay, Julia Duncan Lay and John W. Lay
List user
2/16/2007, 5:31:48 PM
"They Can't Go Home"
Lay, Bertha Bell b. 3-2-1890 m. George Edward Muse.
Lay, infant 1915-1915 Buckville cemetery
Lay, John Willard d. May 28 1969 (age 75) Buckville towner
Lay, Lidia b. 1-1873 in TN buried in Buckville Cem. C. 1961 m. John
Wilson?. 1910 had 9 children, 6 living.
Lay, Maud (Muse)
Lay, Maude, Elizabeth b. ca 1884 d. 1966 m. William Jasper "Will" Muse, his2nd m. Will owned the Muse Laundry in Hot Springs.

I have not seen this book...I guess it is out of print. Thanks for the info, as I hadn't found this John's death info! It looks like this John Lay is not my husband's grandfather, as our John Lay died in 1951. I have also been researching another John Lay in Mount Vernon, AR, and found he died in 1951, so that looks like that one is our guy. I am waiting for his death certificate
info.

Lynn Franger

[ARMONTGO] Jesse Lay, Julia Duncan Lay and John W. Lay
List user 2/12/2007
Is anyone here related to this Lay family? John W. Lay (b. 2 November 1893 in Cedar Glades, AR) was the son of Jesse Lay and Julia Ann Duncan Lay. John was my husband's grandfather. I would like to know more about the Lay family and make some family connections.

Lynn Franger


Re: [ARMONTGO] Jesse Lay, Julia Duncan Lay and John W. Lay
ladyhobo 2/12/2007
I wondered what Duncan's you mentioned. My grandmother was Rosa Ellen Duncan Suttles Webb. She was born in Mulberry, Ar.

Has anyone heard of South Fork Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR.
Where would that be located in Montgomery Co.?
Private Robert Bogle enlisted in Company F, 4th Ark Reg., CSA at Miller's Springs, MO., 17 Aug. 1861. He traveled 300 miles on foot from Montgomery Co. AR to join. The 4th Ark. Regiment was reoganized at Corinth MS 8 May 1862. Robert died April 17, 1866, not long after returning from the war. Probably have died as a result of some illness contracted at Rock Island.
He is buried in South Fork Cemetery in Montgomery County.

 [ARMONTGO] BOUNDS
List user 3/18/2007
Author: mameconley
Surnames: BOUNDS
Message Board Post:
Does your Line Link into Mine? The following individuals have BMD places in Arkansas. My husband and I both have family that did live and currently do live in Arkansas, I am looking for additional information and any living relatives. You can either post a reply here or email me direct at
jonesfamily1952(a)yahoo.com. My husband and I will be traveling to Arkansas and we are ready to find our ancestors and meet our cousins,
Mary

Aaron Safford BOUNDS was born on 6 Jan 1913 in Wamble, Montgomery, Arkansas, USA. He died on 17 Mar 1970 in Anaheim, Orange, California, USA. He was buried on 20 Mar 1970 in Big Pine, Inyo, California, USA.

Re: [ARMONTGO] BOUNDS
3/19/2007
Hope this may be helpful. I did a census check for your Bounds surname for Montgomery Co. AR for 1910, 1920 & 1930. No Bounds were found, just Bonds, in Womble Township of Montgomery Co., there is still an area called Womble next door to the city of Norman, AR.
There were no close matches for your data that I could find in the census.
Amos

Re: [ARMONTGO] Scott/Wehunt Cemetery
List user 3/22/2007
Author: g_fmeyer
Message Board Post:
There may be two of Allen and Mary's daughters Susannah who was John Wesley
Scott's first wife and her sister Ann who was his second wife.

Frances Earp Meyer

[ARMONTGO] Lee Roy Abbott Sr
List user 3/25/2007
Author: nogeeks2000
Message Board Post:
I'm looking for any information on the parents of Lee Roy Abbott Sr, born abt 1815, in TN, died abt 1878 at Avant, AR. His last wife was Olivia Ann Wilson.
Thanks for any help.
Jim Johnson

Re: [ARMONTGO] Seneth Ester Revis
by Sharon Minton Hill 3/26/2007,
>> Message Board Post:
>> I'm looking for help in finding the parents of Seneth Ester Revis, born 11 Mar 1870 in Indiana, died 21 May 1906 in Avant, Arkansas. She married John  Cass in July 1887. We believe her father's name was John Revis and her  mothers maiden name was Beck.

Seneth Revis married John Cass in Montgomery Co. Ar July 31 1887 and she married John Wesley Avant about 1900 she is buried between her husbands in the Avant Cem. From some of her family members we were told her parents were John W Revis and Nan Beck.
Sharon
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shill957/homepage.htm

 

1/8/2008
Author: nogeeks2000
Surnames: Revis, Reavis, Beck

Hi Sandy:
It has been sometime since we last communicated. I feel like you sometimes about the Revis (or Reavis) family. It has been very difficult to find any information on them. It has been sometime since we traded files. It's probably time to do it again. I know mine has grown 3 or 4 times the size of the one I sent to you before. I'm sure yours has grown some too.
I did get a couple of items from your posting: (1) you apparently have their name as "Reavis" and I have it as "Revis". Also, I noted you have the wife's name as Nancy whereas I have never found her name. By the way, did I send you a copy of the picture of Seneth and her parents when she was about 2 years old?
If you want to trade and update our files, let me know. Just email me at nogeeks2000(a)hotmail.com.

Your cousin,
Floyd Johnson

Amos Cowart
3/28/2007, 12:29:42 PM
You may have this but ............
Below is from 1900 Census, Montgomery Co, Mountain TS. ( the image)
There seems to be several errors here as you can see, it seems the children should be listed as step-children to head of this household, etc.
Name Age
John W Avant Head 32
*Genath Avant Wife 29 ( *I read Senath on the image)
William Cass Son 11
Elizabeth Cass Dau 8
Lillia May Cass Dau 4
Ette Violia Cass Dau 3

| > Message Board Post:
| > I'm looking for help in finding the parents of Seneth Ester Revis, born  

 

Re: [ARMONTGO] Seneth Ester Revis
List user 10/7/2011
Author: SandyCooperMcLellan
Surnames: Abbott, Cass, Revis, Breshears
Hi Lueville. I am the great great granddaughter of Lee Roy Abbott, Jr. I remember my grandmother, Ester Abbott talking about Burley Abbott. My grandma Ester married Moses Taylor Breshears, Jr. So we are also related on the Breshears side. I don't have much on the Revis line but I'd be glad to share what information I have. You can write to me to sandyrn(a)cox.net.

Re: [ARMONTGO] Seneth Ester Revis
List user 10/8/2011
Author: nogeeks2000
Hi Luevillie: Nice to hear from another cousin. I'll give you a snapshop of what I know. LeeRoy Sr married Olivia about 1864 in Arkansas after his first wife, Sarah Murray died. He and Sarah had a fairly large family together. He had two children with Olivia, Burley and LeeRoy Jr. Burley was born in AR in 1868 and LeeRoy Jr was born in AR in  1872.In 1876 LeeRoy Sr died in Arkansas. As you can see, he didn't die during the civil war. I haven't found any of the Abbott's yet that were killed during the civil war.
After LeeRoy Sr's death, Olivia married Allen Bryant Sutton in Dec 1876. Allen Sutton raised Burley and LeeRoy Jr.
For further discussion you can conmtact me directly at nogeeks2000(a)hotmail.com I see that Sandy has also responded to you so between the two of us we should be able to provide you with good information on your Abbott and Breashers ancestors.
Jim Johnson

[ARMONTGO] John Puckett an Mae Huffsulter
List user 7/4/2007
Author: Nelda_Mauldin
Surnames: Puckett, Huffsulter , Mccoy.
Message Board Post:
Searching for descendants of John Puckett and Mae Huffsulter. I think John was born in Ga and moved to AL at a very young age. Mae was born in Ind ,then moved to Tn at one point. She had a brother named Lincoln John an Mae left Al and went to Ark. They were in Montgomery co in 1900.Would like to get in touch with some of the descendants. Thanks.

[ARMONTGO] Henry E. Whisenant
List user  7/4/2007
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: michaeleburk1
Surnames: Whisenant, Pillow. Sanders
Message Board Post:
Henry E. Whisenant moved his family from Lumpkin Co. GA. to Big Fork TP, Montgomery Co. in the early 1850's. His daughter Mary Ann Charity Whisenant b.1843 married first John J. Patton in Montgomery Co. 1879, Mary Ann Charity Patton nee Whisenant married second Anthony Brown Pillow in Franklin Co. AR in 1884. From the first union I have found no issue, but from the second to Anthony Brown Pillow, Mary Ann Charity Pillow nee Patton, nee Whisenant, Had one son. Albert C. Pillow was born to her and Anthony in Franklin Co. AR 1886, Anthony Brown Pillow died 24 Nov. 1887 at the age of 43, in franklin Co. AR. Albert C. Pillow lived out his life in Montgomery Co. AR and died 24 Nov. 1930.
Census Refs:
1900 polk twp, Albert Pillows
1910 Polk Twp.
1929 married Bell Sanders
1930 Lawrence Twp
AR death index Albert C. Pillers mont 11-24-1930.
Any information anyone has about Albert C. Pillow would be greatly appreciated. He was my
great grandfather's baby half brother and was not known by his siblings.
Thank You
Michael Burk
michaeleburk(a)verizon.net

List user 8/3/2007
Author: karenweir52
Surnames: PATE.....AYERS
Message Board Post:
Looking to find burial place of Louraney Emily Pate, b Feb 12,1835 Pike County Arkansas, d July 1,1936 Lnagley Montgomery Co Arkansas....she was married to PVT Thomas Jefferson Ayers and was still collecting his pension about 1936 while she was living with her son Houston Pate Ayers

Re: [ARMONTGO] Edward or Edmund Hutson Lafayette Wallace
List user 8/4/2007
Author: wallacefarm
Message Board Post:
I have Wallace ancestors from Montgomery County Arkansas. Maybe can help Larry Wallace

Re: [ARMONTGO] Montgomery Co. Cemetery - Lookup or Identification
Cynthia Vogel 9/18/2007
Yes, thank you so much. This particular census gave me the approx. year of marriage of Brice and Permelia, which was helpful. Thank you for looking in the cemetery records.
Brice did fight for the CSA and received a pension, so I've even looked in national cemeteries. They could be in an unmarked grave -- I just have to be grateful for what I have found so far ! Thanks again ! C

Amos Cowart <cowworks(a)bpsnetworks.com&gt; wrote: I have looked as other listers have and found no Cunninghams in the Black
Springs Cemetery or in Montgomery Co that match yours but I did find something of interest in the 1900 Census which might help some. You may have
this but I will send anyway. Amos
U.S. Census > 1900 United States Federal Census > Arkansas > Madison > War Eagle > District 76
Cunningham, Brice Hd W M Jan 1842 58 M10 TN AL TN
" Permelia C W F Apr 1848 52 M10 AR TN TN
Smith, Albert Stepson W M Feb 1875 25 S AR AR IL

Montgomery Co. ARGenWeb Project