FAMILY - Arkansas Genealogical Society
. t ffi S NO 51 1- 041 2 THEARKANSASfAMILYHISTORIANArkansasGenealogical Society ?Volume 27, UDecember, 1989
1989 Officers and DirectorsPresidentVice PresidentTreasurerCorresponding SecretaryRecording ll P. BakerBeth BrownleeJuanita CarlonJan EddlemanJohnita GloverTeresa HarrisRoberta HollisDesmond Walls AllenCarolyn Earle BillingsleyBobbie Jones McLaneFrankie Y. HoltFrances JerniganLynda SuffridgeWensil ClarkJames Logan MorganMargaret Harrison HubbardDavid MaloneFreda MasseyEdwin MossEd SandersJohn Sanders, Jr.Vrrginia WrightTHE ARKANSAS FAMILY HISTORIAN is the official publication of the ArkansasGenealogical Society. It is published quarterly by the society and entered in the mails underThird Class Permit No. 509.Membership rate is 15.00 per calendar year. Four issues constitute one year's membership. Membership may be entered by submission of dues and enrollment data to ArkansasGenealogical Society, P. O. Box 908, Hot Springs, AR 71902-0908.Neither the Arkansas Genealogical Society, the Board of Directors thereof, nor any individual or committee assume any responsibility for information or materials included herein.Contributors of material are indicated and correspondence should be directed to the contributors. Notify the Society of any corrections that are needed.
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIPDate:New RenewalEnclosed is 15.00 annual membership fee. Please send my copies of The Arkansas FamilyHistorian to:NAME:ADDRESS:CITY: COUNTYSTATE: ,ZIP Our dues year begins January 1 and continues through December 31.It is most important that we receive your renewals before the end or January, or by February 15 at the latest. Early renewal allows us to determine the printing needs for the year.Use the Query form below and return this form with your renewal. Queries will be published in the order they are received. Queries are free to members. Sorry, only one at atime may be accepted and they should be no more than 50 words in length, must pertain toArkansas at some point, and should contain a location and, at least, an approximate date.Be sure your name and address are on the query form.1\,.If you do not know yourtant in the future. 4 ZIP code, call your post office and ask for it. It will be impor-Let us know of any family reunions planned for next year. Early notice will again help getyour reunion notice published before the event. QUERY(please type or print)Date:,Name and address:
President's PageBox 908Sells, lovett, McCann, Harbison,Robinson, Craig Families155155William lott Fewox159Green J. Brewer161Barger Family Records165Bald Knob Caretery167O: tner and Allied Families169Sand Hill Caretery172Book Reviews183Queries186Full Name Index197
President's PageTime is growing short - the deadline forsubmitting your entry for the SurnameDirectory is 15 January 1990. We have had awonderful response so far, but we wanteveryone's participation! Imagine howrewarding it might be to receive missingpieces of information about your familyfrom a distant relative. Submittinginformation for this directory is a variationon the query technique· it's like castingcorked bottles with 'help' messages into thesea and waiting to see if, when and wherethey'll be recovered and answered. If you'vedelayed your entry looking for just one morename Or date, this is your final reminder. It'sfree I We'll offer the directory for sale, butthere is no obligation to buy. We've gainednew AGS members from this project andhope you will find new information throughit. Act now.Are you doing paid genealogical research?If so, our researcher's registration form isincluded in this issue and must be returnedby 15 January if you want to be included onthe list. Not only do we send the list inresponse to requests received directly byAGS, but the Arkansas History Commissionfurnishes the list to all who inquire thereabout paid research. The list isn't just forthose who do research in Arkansas· itincludes AGS members in distant states whodo paid research in their own areas. Afterthe deadline, the information from theforms we have received is printed and it isdifficult to include a late entry, so pleasetear the form out now and drop it in youroutgoing mail box.Attention AGS members in centralArkansas: your help is needed at the MainBranch of the Central Arkansas LibrarySystem. How would you like to volunteer tospend a few scheduled hours each week oreach month in a wonderful genealogycollection of books and materials? Thelibrary needs volunteers for the genealogysection. The most critical hours when help isespecially needed is from 2:30 pm to 4 pm,Tuesday through Saturday, and Sundaysfrom 1 pm to 4 pm. If you can schedule timeregularly, whether it is on a weekly ormonthly basis, the library needs you. Thehours of the genealogy section are 9 am to 4pm, Tuesday through Saturday and 1 pm to4 pm on Sunday. Perhaps you could chooseone Sunday a month or every otherThursday afternoon. You do not have to bean expert by any means - just be a helpful,smiling volunteer. Interested? Call PhilipJ ones, the volunteer coordinator, at 370·5952.A final request for 1989: please renew asearly as possible for 1990. The renewal formis included in this issue and now is the timeto send it in. Some members wait until theirMarch quarterly doesn't arrive, thenremember to renew. Don't let that happento you! Since preparation of The ArkansasFamily Historian begins months in advanceof when members actually receive it, send ina notice about your family's reunion withyour renewal form. If the details aren'tcomplete, list the approximate time andyour name and phone number as contactperson. Submit your query now theyappear generally in the order in whichthey're received - send yours early with yourrenewal.Now a thought about your gift list during1990. Consider giving an AGS giftmembership to a friend interested ingenealogy. We'll acknowledge your gift withan appropriate card. Or give a friend one ofthe statewide reference books published byAGS listed elsewhere in this issue. Betteryet, drop a hint about the books to thosesearching for the perfect gift for you.Best wishes for a happy and prosperous1990.Desmond Walls Allen, President
BOX90aIn the September issue appeared my query. Unfortunately the name ofthe person I was seeking was misspelled. On page 142, the query forWard should have been Warden. Submitter Richard F. Shaw, 70 StannsonDrive, No. Attleborough, MA 02760.[Our apologies for the error andwe hope this correction will be of assistance.)iF41iFI wish to thank the "Arkansas Genealogical Society for the help that Ihave received through your office, and the information that I havefound in "The Arkansas Family Historian."I started searching to find my "Cherokee Heritage", but as I wentalong it all became very interesting and dear to me.Genealogy Isnever a chore - it is very exciting; we find many disappointments andfalse leads, but with love and patience it does payoff, and I amstill searching for morel!Thought you may want to use this or part of it in the "Family Historian" if someone else is also searching for these families.Let me thank you again.S/Mrs.Betty L. Harbison CraigP. O. Box 352, Union City,TN 38261SELLS-LOVETT-McCANN-HARBISON-ROBINSON-CRAIG FAMILY[Cherokee descent] Peter Daniel Sells- borned ca Nov 1855, his fatherWas from Alabama, his mother from Tennessee. The family moved toArkansas in the early 18805, in the area of Crawford County. Arkansas.They were farmers.- Seal (Celia-Sealey) Lovettt (Lovitt-Lovoitt)[Cherokee descent]borned ca Jan 1867. Both parents were rom Kentucky - moved to ArkanSaS in the 1870s. Also farmers.Peter and Seal were married in 1886 in Crawford County, Arkansas.Hewas 25 and she was 18. They started their family of eight children inCrawford and Franklin Counties. Ark. areas. The deaths of Peter andSealey are not known at this time.1900 Census for the "Indian Territory" Cherokee County (now namedSequaha County) shows the Sells family listed as: Pete, age 44; Seal,age 33; the children listed as Rachel,age 13; Emma. 12; Henery,12;Mary, age 7; Soeil. 6; Martha. age 4 (my grandmother); Billie, 3.Jimmy Sells, age 4/12.Martha Jane Sells married a William McCann in 1893, and they had 1son, Amos McCann. William died in 1895 and is buried in Randolph155
County, Arkansas.Martha McCann married my grandfather, Lee Roy (or L. 11.) Harbison,in897.The Harbison familv lived in the Datto, Reyno "nd Corning,Arkansas, areas.Thev were farmer,;.The Harbison chi.ldrren ar .,: Cora.Laura, James and Frank Harbisvn (my father).Lee Roy Harbison died ca 1906 at his farm in Clay County.Martha Jane Sells McCann Harbison then married an Oscar Robinson in1910 at Corning, Ark. Oscar died in 1945 and Martha in 1953.They areboth buried in the old "Richwood Cemetery" in Randolph Co.The Robinson children are:Vernon. Bill, Elector, and Ruben.WiJ liam Frank Harbison was borned in 1902. atCorning. Ark.WhenFrank was four years old.his dad died.and he was senttoCoweta,Okla to live with his uncle - a Perry Hat'llis"n.Fr 1nk had dHaccident at school when he was six years old find had to have his rightleg amputated;when he was 13 years old he l'eturned to Arkansas,finished his schooling and went to work.Frank met Lula M.Edward andthey were married in 1925 at Piggott. A k nBnB.They farmedin theirearly married life. then moved to Cross County. Ark., and Frank wentto "Barber School" in Memphis; tId s was to be his occupation.TheHarbisonslived in Cross County, Crittenden County andPhillipsCounty in Arkansas. They had seven chi I deen: Wi! ma, Jewe 11,Li noel'.Troy. Betty. IlIa and Dennis.Frank died on April 22. 197B,and islayed to rest at Sunset Memori"l Gi'lnlens". in West Helena,Arkansas.Lula is still living and is staying with her daughterin Dresden.Tenn.Betty L.Harbison.borned July 10, 1938 at Parkin,Arkansas.marriedCurtis Eugene Craig, Jr., borned May 27, 1935 at Round Pond. Arkansas.The marriage took pl lce on Nov. 25, 1953. at Hel",na. Arkansels.Curtishas worked on the MIssissippi River ull of his lifs.Now lIeiA aCaptain on the MIV Jason.lIe and Betty had four boys. We lost one sonin 1971. The other boys are: Curtis I I I , Jimmy and BUly Joe.Curtis III married Shauna Craddock. 1974. They have one son. Jo;;hua.Jimmy is divorced but has a son, Jason.Billy JOB married LeishaChiver. 1980. They have ons son Clayton.The Craig men followed in their dad's footsteps. and came to work Oilthe River - Curtis and Jimmy are engineers on river Luats, and BillyJoe is a captain on the M/V Judy S.Betty is also working with herhusband on the boat, as "Cook", The RIver is a verY interesting placeto work.The many different peupie th,'1t you get to meet,dndtheBeauty of the "Mississippi" is awesome.Tracing my family history has been very rewarding for me; it has mademe really appreciate my pioneering family--the life that they Jed.thework they had to do. the many obstacles they each h d to OV rCome",akes me very proud that I am a part of it.Mrs. Betty L. CraigJunt 20.19R9
Burton Family Research Association, 10324 Hillcrest Road,North LittleRock, AR 72116, has a pUblication OUR BURTON FAMILY, and are involvedin ra1s1ng funds for markers in Graves Cemetery in Grant County.Contact them for more information and any assistance you can offer.A joint project of the Park Rangers at Fort Seldon State Monument andthe Southern New Mexico Genealogical Society has begun. Their objectis to compile a roster of the men who served at the post from itscreation in 1865 until it was abandoned in June of 1891, and to locatedescendants of those soldiers. Contact person is Janice Peterson,5745 Leasburg Drive,Las Cruces. NM 88005.Families of Yancey County,NC is edited by Sally Williams, P. O. Box1035, North Highlands. CA 95660. The issue we received contained some40-50 pages of material; each issue is indexed; has a good range ofdata.The Heritage, published monthly by Richard R. Milligan and PamelaKnofler, 2492 Moraga SE, Albany. OR 97321, contains some 10 pages ofgenealogical information.The copy we received had an article onSamuel Woodburn Russell of PA and chronicled his migration to Seattlein 1853.The Genealogical Society of Douglas County,Oregon, publishes a quarterly Douglas County Pioneer containing ancestor charts. cemeterylistings, and queries. Contact Rene Keel, P. O. Box 579. Roseburg, OR97470.Query Quarterly seems to cover the entire United States, and is a veryreadable, usable booklet, indexed with each issue.Contact GarySchlegel, P. O. Box 277, Ripley, OK 74062.The International Society of the Descendants of Charlemagne is takingapplications for consideration of admission to its society.Contactthe society at the Office of the Governor General, P. O. Box 76,Sylvester, WV 25193.Tracing Family Trees is a tabloid edited and published by Chris Harwood, P. O. Box 150906, Lufkin, TX 75915-0906, containing miscellaneous genealogical articles.Goodenough's Ghosts is a family publication containing some 25 pagesof family material with a surname index. Subscription rate is 812.00per year, and contact person is Carol McWain Goodenough.3756 KnoxSt., St. Joseph, MI 49085.Michael Kelsey, 905 Duval, Temple, TX 76501, has a new release onmicrofiche in his continuing project of abstracting Texas newspapers,COVering the time periods of 1840-1858. 1859. 1856-1B70 and 18391875.Prices are nominal and these records contain much genealogicalmaterial.Much of this information would be very difficult to tindany other place.Write Mr. Kelsey for contents and prices.157
The International Society for Brithh Genealogy and Family Historycelebrated its tenth anniversary with festivities during the NationalGenealogical Society Conference in SL.Paul. MN. They also publish anewsletter that is informative and very well presented. Their contactperson is Joy Wade Moulton, P. O.Box 20425.Cleveland, OH 44120.PLEA TO AN ANCESTORAncestor! Oh Ancestor! Why be so elusive?When all I seek of you is proof conclusive?Your birth date, place, and date of your wedding,and to whom- That's all that I'm asking.I spy and I pry Into family traditions,Old leHers I read - they're in awful condition!Court records were burned In THE WAR (as you know)To graveyards In brambles And briers loft' go.So, somewhere and somehow, I'll find you one day,With "preponderance of evidence," as we like to say.Then, Eurekal Rejoicel I'll write me a book!I'll cite all sources, Be you gentleman - or crook.So help me, do please; neither shy nor coy be.If you were where It would help, I'd send an SASE.--Winston DeVilleVille PlaHe, LA
WILLIAM LOTT FEWOXContributed by Bill Farley, 1306 Spruce Ave . Alamogordo, NM 88310William Lott Fewox was born February 2,1868 in Washington County.Mississippi.His father was J. P. Fewox and his mother was Mary(last name unknown). His father was a common laborer around the count and in Yazoo City. When Will was a young boy his parents divorced:Will was taken to Dumas, Arkansas, to escape a yellow fever epidemicback in Mississippi. He was abandoned there and was taken in by afamily named Martin who lived along We 11 s Bayou. He worked on the irfarm until he was old enough to strike out on his own. He never attended school so therefore could neither read nor write.In 1901 Will married Fannie Edmonds. Fannie was the daughter of BillEdmonds. an emigrant from Ireland. He was a blacksmith on the Hudsonfarm. Fannies mother was Jennie McCall whose parents came from Michigan via Ireland.Will and Fannie began farming on forty acres of land near Reedville.Randolph Township. Will was known for his love of dancing, particularly the waltz. His favorite song was "Over the Waves",Fannie preferred to dance the schottische. Will owned a magnificent buggy withlittle tassels hanging from the roof that he drove to church everySunday. Lee Cox. a young man living with the Fewoxs loved to ride tochurch in the buggy and never missed an opportunity to be seen withWill driving around the countryside.The Fewoxs had nine children, three of whom died within a short periodof each other. No cause of death was ever established; however,fromavailable records, the very high fever and related symptoms indicatedpossible water well contamination. The three were Manon. Edward andWillie. Two other children were to succumb to illness laterDotCleone from polio and Katherine from diptheria.In 1927 when the Mississippi River overran its banks, Will's farm nearBack Gate, east of Dumas. was almost covered with flood waters.During the depression, Will and Fannie "lost their land and moved intoDumas where he went to work as a clerk in a store.He and Fannieeventually opened a hamburger stand. Not being too successful in either, they eventually went to farming after the depression.They moved to Hebornville,Texas, to be near their son Marion.Theyhad one grandchild. Billy Joe Farley, with them and raised him untilhis mother Margie Fewox Farley sent for him. Will and Fannie Werealways known as kind people, religious and hard working. They oftentook in children or adults who didn't have any other place to go.Both returned to Dumas in later life and lived out their days amongpeople they knew best.159
The Fewox FamilyLittle is known about the early members of the Fewox family in America. James Fewox and his wife Ann were living in Tyrell County. NorthCarolina. perhaps as early as 1700. He was born around 1668 and shearound 1670.He died about 1711. They had three children. Edith.Robert and Martha. Edith married William Hardy. Martha married JacobParrott and it is unknown whom Robert married.In the late 1700's two brothers Jacques Pierre Feoux and Jean Feoux,later to become James Peter and John Fewox, came to America from CaenFrance. They probably got off the boat in Charleston, South Carolina.since other Fewox's can be found in that area at that time.CaenFrance, their birthplace, was linked to the sea by a canal and was anhistoric city.It was noted for its old university, hard limestonequarries and farming.Stone from the quarries was used by the NormanKings to build st. Paul's Cathedral in London.The brothers settled down to farming around CollentclD County. SOUUlCarolina,after roaming throughout the northern states. Their children became the pioneers of such states as Alabama, Georgia, Floridaand Mississippi. Almost every census thereafter will list a Fewox ineach of these states.Most of the Fewox family were farmers; however, therelaborers and general laborers among them.wererailroadDuring the Civil War there were Fewox's fighting on both the North andSouth sides. Perhaps more on the side of the South than the North.The descendants of James and John began to move south just before andafter the war.Some went to Florida - others to Georgia. Alabama. andfinally Mississippi. Those settling in Mississippj were farmers andlater some worked for the railroad.During the yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi aboutlost their lives and at least one, Will Lott, fled toArkansas.1885.DeshaDumas, Reedville and several other communities in southernbecame the birthplace of members of the Fewox fami I}'.severalCounty,ArkansasFarley Family HistoryJames Farley, George Farley, and Michael Parley W( l'e three brothersfrom England and were colonial settlers in America about the middle ofthe 17th century.The Farleys of England trace their family history back to A.D.600.Old records of the 12th and 13th centuries record that the Farlev6were scattered throughout England and that the family was imminent l11history.A complete history of Farleigh Castle is in existence whichcarries the record back to A.D. 50 when it was a Roman camp. No othercastle in England can show an equally unbroken narrativp of owners,
those who were in possession of Farleigh Castle. Numbering fiftybeginning with the days of King Aethelrid the first who gave the siteto his chief huntsman, naming i
layed to rest at Sunset Memori"l Gi'lnlens". in West Helena, Arkansas. Lula is still living and is staying with her daughter in Dresden. Tenn. Betty L.Harbison. borned July 10, 1938 at Parkin,Arkansas. married Curtis Eugene Craig, Jr., borned May 27, 1935 at Round Pond. Arkansas. The marriage took pl lce on Nov. 25, 1953.
Arkansas Family Historian, v. I, 1962 . 8. Guides: a. Georgia Clark, "Arkansas County and Local Histories, a Bibliography," . (Arkansas) 1760-1820 on Family Charts. A Baptismal Record of the Parishes along the Arkansas River. Index to Naturalization Records in Arkansas 1809-1906. Michael A. Hodges, Roads, Old Trails, Traces, and Historical .
Arkansas State Library: The library is home to publications about Arkansas, its history and people. Arkansas Genealogical Society: Sponsors research trips and conferences, and publishes the quarterly journal The Arkansas Family Historian. The web site includes a useful set of links for researchers.
Buried in family cemetery near Searcy, White Co.; Chapter: Little Red River *Eno, Clara, Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Arkansas, p 53-62. Arkansas History . Arkansas, DAR AR State Historian File. Cousott, Francois Buried Arkansas Co. at or near Arkansas Post; Chapters: Arkansas Post, Grand Prairie Plaque honoring 26 Rev.
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