Obits and news items from 1925, Pulaski Co, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Linda Davis < > Date: unknown Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** These came from an old scrapebook owned by Linda Davis and were done in 1925 many of them were for Civil War Veterans. Some are complete others (when noted are abstracted w/genealogy data included) not. Most of these refer to local folks (Little Rock) however some are for people who were or had been from surrounding states. I hope these will help someone. I am not putting them in any order just the way they appear in the book. The first I am posting in full it is one of the shortest and does not have anything to say about him other then what is posted. The heading of this page says 1925 and I believe that these clippings all came from Little Rock papers, so those without locations are probably local. ROBERTS FUNERAL TO BE HELD FRIDAY MORNING Funeral John R Roberts 70 years old, 617 South Ninteenth St. Who died Thursday morning at a local hospital will be held Friday moringing at 10 o'clock from the Fetress chapel. Rev W. (that's all of clipping) PIONEER WOMAN IS DEAD AT FAYETTEVILLE HOME Fayetteville, Jan 14-Mrs Sarah Clark age 72 ... AGED MAN DIES Rogers, Jan 31, C.W. Tinsley 79 years old died at his home January 28 He was a native of Jefferson Co Ill and leaves several children, who arrived from differant points in time(?) for the funeral Friday (this is also complete) AGED HUNTSVILLE MAN SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS Samuel W McConnell member of Pioneer Family, Buried at Huntsville Huntsville, Jan. 22, Samuel W McConnell 76 years old (this names several family members and has a short bio) PIONEER WOMAN DIES AT FAYETTEVILLE Mrs Emma Alexander Jones, 75 years Old Succumbs To Lingering Illness Fayetteville, Jan 21 Mrs Emma Jones wife of the late pioneer Theodore F Jones ... GREENLAND MAN DIES SATURDAY IN ARIZONA J P G Roulhac Sr. Probably Will Be Buried From Farm Home Near Fayetteville Fayetteville, Jan 12- Joe P G Roulhac Sr of Fayetteville, 78 years old ... AGED MAN DIES FROM INJURIES LATE WEDNESDAY CHARLES J WATTS, 74 YEARS OLD RUN DOWN ON TEXAS ROAD LIVES A SHORT TIME Charles J Watts, 74 years old Confederate Veteran and retired famer of Sebastion County ... VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR DIES AT FAMILY HOME Funeral services for Truss Turner 80 years old veteran of the Civil War well known over Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas PIONEER GREENWOOD MAN DIES AT FAMILY HOME GREENWOOD, ARK .. Jan 31 Will D Campbell, 80 years old ... CW Vet AGED VAN BUREN MAN DIES AT HOME OF SON J M Teeters 81 .... RESIDENT OF CITY FOR SIXTY YEARS IS DEAD MRS ELIZABETH HAMMETT DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER MRS JOSEPH LEMING SATURDAY Mrs Elizabeth Hammett, 82 years old resident of Fort Smith for more then 60 years ... Mrs Hammett a native of North Carolina moved to Arkansas more then 70 years ago ... PICKENS FUNERAL IS HELD AT BENTOVILLE PIONEER RESIDENT OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ONE OF IT'S EARLIST SETTLERS Bentonville Ark, Jan 21- Funeral services for the late Robert A. Pickens who died at his home here Monday morning .. Mr Pickens was born at Richmond, Bedford Co. Tn and was 82 years of age .. PIONEER IS DEAD MENA, ARK JAN 16, S Picchi 82 years old ... native of Italy but moved to Little Rock also 45 years ago ... PIONEER BENTON COUNTY MANS DIES AT FAMILY HOME ROBERT A PICKENS FORMER SHERIFF, WILL BE BURIED AT BENTONVILLE WEDNESDAY (another notice of Robert Pickens, see above) PIONEER WOMAN DEAD Prairie Grove, Jan 14, Mars Mattie Woodruff of Viney Grove near here recently celebrated her eightythird birthday anniversary, Mrs Woodruff is the widow of the late Jasper Woodruff a descendant of William Woodruff, founder of the Arkansas Gazette. (this is all of the article) CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES AT CLARKSVILLE CLARKSVILLE ARK., Jan 17-James L Farmer 82 years old .... AGED WOMAN INJURED (SEE ABOVE) Prairie Grove Ark Jan 29- Mars Mattie Woodruff, 83 years old is suffering from a broken arm received by falling recently. Her condition was reported as improved Thursday. (complete clipping) JAMES B HINES DIES AT OLD FARM HOME VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR BURIED AT ALABAMA WAS NATIVE OF ALABAMA Huntsville, Jan 22, James V Hines 83 years old died on Jamury 14 at his home near Alabam and was buried in the Alabam cemetery ... (Union soldier quite a bit of info on him) AGED ARKOMA WOMAN DIES TUESDAY MORNING Mrs Sarah Tapley 84 years old a resident of Arkoma Okla .... WALKER FUNERAL HELD Siloam Springs, Jan 28th- The body of Mary A Walker 84 years old wife of Robert Walker ... VETERAN JUSTICE AT CONWAY HAS RETIRED GEORGE W EASTERWOOD, CIVIL WAR OFFICER HAS SERVED COUNTY FOR 14 YEARS Conway Ark.,Jan 13, With completion of 14 years in the of Judge George M Easterwood 84 Confedrate veteran has retired .... (has info about Cw experinces) PROMINET MAN DIES AT NORTH ARKANSAS HOME JUDGE JOHN WILLIAM HOWELL FORMER POSTMASTER AT HOT SPRINGS IS DEAD SILOAM SPRINGS,JAN 28- Judge John William Howell 84 years old died at his home ... a veteran of the Civil War having served as Second and First Lieutenant in the First and Fourteenth Illinois calvery ... AGED RESIDENT OF FAYETTEVILLE DIES DANIEL E JACKSON ALTOUGH HE HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH WAS CONFINED AT HOME BUT A FEW DAYS Hot Springs, Ark., Jan 10-Daniel E Jackcon 86 years old died at his home here Saturday ... CLARKSVILLE WOMAN IS DEAD AT FAMILY HOME Clarksville Ark, Jan 28- Mrs Rhoda Kendorf 91 years old died Wednesday morning ... FIVE GENERATION ARE SURVIVORS OF NEWHART AUBURN, ARK., JAN 16- Rev JACOB NEWHART 92 one of the oldest ministers in Arkansas whoe died at his farm home near here wthis week came to the United States from Germany 90 years ago. He is survived by five generations. Three sons, 18 grandchildern, 46 greatgrandchildren and two gggrandchildren. Burial was made at Marietta cemetery with Rev Riley local paster officiating (this is complete clipping) PIONEER PHYSICIAN OF HOT SPRINGS DEAD RICHARD HENDERSON TAYLOR 93 YEARS OLD, CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES AT HOME .... Jan26 ... said to be the last surviving surgeon of the Condererate Army .... AGED WOMEN DIES Yellvelle Ark Jan 23- "Aunt" Mary Reeves, 104 years old said to be the oldest woman in Marion County died at the county farm Wednesday. She and her husband were pioneer settlers of North Arkansas their old homestead being on the head of Clear Creek in Boone County. She leaves a number of children. (this is the complete clipping) QUEER DOINGS by Fred Hines As I stepped into a bank recently two gentlemen passed me on their way out and I recognized J E Miller as one of them. "Yes", I heard him say "on the twentieth of Febuary, my wife and I will have been married fifty-eight years". and the pride in his vioce proclaimed them as both profitable and happy ones (all clipping) SILOAM SPRINGS MAN CLAIMS RECORD OFR PAYING RENT ON BOX Siloam Springs, Jan 5- For the past 41 years Ben Rakestraw of this city had continually used the same box in the local post office ... VETERAN OFFICER HAS BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY EUREKA SPRINGS Jan 27- Frank Willis Chief of Police of Eureka Spring and the oldest chief of Police in the United States Celebrated his seventy-fourth birthday here Monday ... PAYMENT FOR MULE BOUGHT 45 YEARS AGO IS SURPRISE Booneville Ark\JAN 29 ...... Forty-two years ago Mr W.D. Sadler (age72) sold a mule to one C.C. Cox on credit, but for some reason the mule was never paid for and the matter had passed from the mind of Mr Sadler ... a few days ago Mr Sadler opened a letter from a little town in Georgia and found therein $100.00 Mr Cox wrote "I was not able to pay for the mule at the time, but my conscience will not let me die in peace with that mule not paid for." TEXAS MAN BURIED BUT RETURNS TO DENY DEATH El Paso, Texas Jan - John Thoma El Pasoan who was killed here Jamuary 5 and buried in Concordia cemetery under a costly tombstone returned Wednesday to deny he was dead. It was Thomas's uncle who bears close resemblance to Thomas that was killed, Thomas explained. Thomas read of his demise in state newspapers (full clipping) AGED INDIAN WOMAN OF GROVE IS DEAD SALLIE ENGLAND, VETERAN OF GEORGIA TRIBAL DAY, DIES AT AGE OF 110 YEARS OLD. Grove Okla Jan 26- Sallie England a full-blood Cherokee said to be 110 years old died at her home about five miles south of here on Honey Creek ... (long article) RETIREMENT AGE FAILS TO HALT SERVICE OF LOCAL VETERAN WHO NOW HOLDS RECORD FOR LONGEST SEVICE WITH GOVERMENT. WILLIAM DILLON SUPERINTENDENT OF NATIONAL CEMETERY SPENDS MORE THAN HALF CENTURY ON ACTIVE DUTY. by C A Verbeck (rather long article with picture) PIONEER EDUCATOR RECALLS HARDSHIPS OF EARLY DAY SCHOOLS IN FORT SMITH by Zela Tucker bio and picture of Mrs Adelia Dell w/picture