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                     ARTHUR P. STROTHER

Arthur P. STROTHER, conducting an abstract business at Searcy, was born in Henry
Co., KY, Mar. 4, 1874, and is a son of Robert Bruce & Dorothy Ann (SPILMAN)
STROTHER, who were also natives of Henry Co., the father & son being born in the
same house. The father's birth occurred June 12, 1845, & his life record covered the
intervening years to the 18th of March, 1908. He was a son of Rev. John Fletcher
STROTHER & a grandson of the Rev. George STROTHER, who was born in
Culpepper Co., VA, Feb. 14, 1776, & died in Trimble Co., KY, July 30, 1864. He was a
man of remarkable memory. He married Miss Mary DUNCAN, who was born February
27, 1776, and died July 3, 1851. The Rev. John Fletcher STROTHER, grandfather of
Arthur P. STROTHER of this review, was born in Gallatin co., KY, Jan. 25, 1807, & died
in Henry Co., KY, July 21, 1879. He was married to Lavina BRUCE & he devoted his
life to the work of the ministry, preaching the gospel as a minister of the Methodist
Episcopal church, his labors being largely in the state of Kentucky. He was a man of
very studious habits & his wide learning made him a power for good in the church. In
tracing the ancestral line still farther back it is learned that John STROTHER, who was
married to Catherine KENNERLY, and his death occurred in 1758. He was a son of
Jeremiah STROTHER, Sr., who died about 1702. The STROTHER family was located
in VA as early as 1673, or perhaps prior to that date, as he is supposed to have
received a land grant from the colonial government in VA in 1654. The maternal
ancestral line of Arthur P. STROTHER can also be traced back to a remote period. His
grandfather was Henry SPILMAN, who was born in Culpepper co. VA, & married a
daughter of William & Mary (MARSHALL) WEBB. The latter was a daughter of Capt.
William MARSHALL of Revolutionary war fame, who entered the army from Caroline
co., VA. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ann MCLEOD, was a daughter of
Torqual & Anna (CLARK) MCLEOD, the latter an aunt of General George Rogers
(CLARK), who served in Revolutionary war, while Torqual MCLEOD was a cornetist in
the British army. He championed the cause of Charles STUART and for that reason left
VA & joined the army of "The Young Pretender." It was thought that he was killed in the
battle of Culloden.

It will thus be seen that Arthur P. STROTHER is descended from very old & prominent
colonial families. His father, a farmer by occupation, was born in Henry Co., KY, June
12, 1845, & died Mar. 18, 1908. His mother was born July 12, 1850, and died July 14,
1880. They were married Aug. 17, 1871, and after the death of his wife Robert Bruce
STROTHER came to Ark. in 1895 & was making his home with his son, Arthur P., at the
time of his demise. In their family were 5 children, but were consistent members of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South, and Mr. Strother was a democrat in his political
views.

Arthur P. STROTHER was educated in the public schools of KY & MO & in the
Marmaduke Military Academy of Sweet Springs, MO. He had removed with his father to
MO in 1881 & after completing his education he was connected with the Southern
Magazine of Louisville, KY, in reading proof for a year. He next removed to Chrisman,
IL, where he clerked in a store and also acted as a RR agent. He afterward returned to
MO, where he engaged in general farming and also made a specialty of raising
potatoes. He afterward established his home at Keytesville, MO, where he entered the
abstract business, in which he was assoc. with Henry C. MINTER, who had been probate
judge of the county for 36 consecutive years.

It was about the time that he engaged in the abstract business that Mr. STROTHER was
united in marriage to Miss Mary BREATHED, a native of MO & a daughter of John &
Caroline (BREATHITT) BREATHED. Her father served in the Confederate army in
Capt. Elijah White's co., Stonewall Jackson's brigade, and was captured, being held
prisoner of war on Chesapeake bay. He was the son of Judge John W. BREATHED,
who procured an order from Pres. Lincoln for his son's parole, the latter haven become
broken in health. His brother, Major James BREATHED, was commander of Stuart's
Horse, an artillery company, after the death of Major Pelham. Judge John W.
BREATHED married Ann McGill WILLIAMS, a descendant of several of the old &
honored colonial families of Maryland. His father, Isaac BREATHED, married Kitty
LYLES, a daughter of Dr. Richard LYLES, a prominent physician of Maryland. The
ancestry is traced still farther back to John BREATHED, who married Jane KELLY &
who emigrated from England to the new world in colonial days, settling first in PA &
afterward in MD, devoting his attention to farming in both states. John BREATHED was
father of Isaac BREATHED.

to be cont.


                             H. K. ADAMS

H. K. ADAMS, merchant of El Paso, Ark., and one of the leading citizens of that city,
was born in Rockingham Co., NC, Jan. 29, 1816, being the son of Samuel & Francis
(REID) ADAMS. Samuel ADAMS was a farmer by occupation, and a native of VA, but
most of his life was passed in NC. He was married in that State (where he had a farm),
and died there in 1870, at the age of 63 years. He was magistrate for a number of
years, and an energetic, enterprising citizen, and in whatever place he resided that
locality might well consider itself the better for his citizenship. His wife died in 1854.
She was a sister of Ex-Gov. REID, of NC, and her mother was a lady of national fame,
who had near relatives on the supreme bench of Florida. H. K. ADAMS is the fifth in a
family of 8 children, 5 of whom are now living: Fanny B. (wife of J. W. THOMPSON,
teacher in the Edinburgh High School in Cleburne Co., Ark.); Henrietta (wife of W. P.
WATSON, a farmer in Monroe Co., Ark.), Reuben (a teacher in Prattsville), and Frank
R. (a printer, married & residing in Texas). Those deceased are: Samuel F. (who lost
his life at the hands of raiders, in 1865), David R. (died at college at Madison, NC,
aged 18), and Annie E. (who died in infancy). H. K. ADAMS was reared on a farm,
receiving a good common school education at the district schools, and at the age of 21
launched his bark & began life for himself. He had nothing with which to cope with the
world but a stout heart & his wit, and though it was rather discouraging, he never lost
heart, and as a natural result was successful. He began first as a clerk in a country store
at Boyd's Mill, NC. A year later he enlisted in Co. E., 45th NC Regiment, and served
until the surrender, in May, 1865, participating in the battle of the Wilderness &
numerous other skirmishes, but through his entire career was never wounded. At the
battle of Spotsylvania he was taken prisoner & held at Point Lookout & Elmira, in all
about 6 months. He was again captured on the retreat from Petersburg, a few days
before the surrender of Gen. Lee, and carried to Point Lookout, and remained in prison
6 weeks after the close of the war. After this Mr. ADAMS returned to his native state &
engaged in farming until 1869, then coming to Ark. (St. Francis Co.) where he resided
for 2 years. His next move was to El Paso, and after tilling the soil some 2 years he was
engaged as clerk for W. H. GRISARD, a prosperous merchant, for several years. For 2
years he was with C. P. WARREN, and at the end of that time (1884) formed a
partnership with J. T. PHELPS & J. C. HARKRIDER, under the firm name of Adams,
Phelps & Co. A short time later Mr. PHELPS sold his interest to the other gentleman,
the firm name becoming Adams & Harkrider. Mr. ADAMS eventually purchased the
entire stock, and after a time formed a partnership with B. A. NEAL, whose interest he
bought, and then Mr. J. T. BOOTH purchased an interest, and since that time the firm
has been known as Adams & Booth. They are doing a splendid business, and carry a
well assorted stock of general merchandise. Being wide-awake merchants & eminently
responsible they command the respect of the entire community. Mr. ADAMS was united
in marriage June 7, 1874, to Miss Florence HARKRIDER, a native of AL & a daughter
of W. H. HARKRIDER, a farmer & mechanic of White Co. Their union has been blessed
with 10 children, 6 of them now living: Martha F. (born in April, 1875), William S. (born in
July, 1876, died in Aug., 1883), Hugh K., Jr. (born in Mar., 1878 & died in Sept., 1879),
David C. (born in Nov., 1879), Dean (born in May, 1881, died in Aug., 1883), Eva E.
(born in Nov., 1882), Horace E. (born in July, 1884), Sarah Florence (born in Nov.,
1885, died in July, 1886), Myrtle I. (born in Jan., 1887), and Grace (born in Feb., 1889).
Mr. ADAMS is giving his children all the advantages of good schools, and is
determined that they shall have every opportunity for an education, regardless of
expense. Himself & wife are members of the El Paso Methodist church, and Mr.
ADAMS is at present a member of the school board & a notary public. He has served
his township as bailiff for a number of years. In addition to his mercantile business he
owns a small farm, which is carefully cultivated & yields excellent crops. In his political
views he is a Democrat, but not an enthusiast. (From "Goodspeed's History of Eastern
Ark.)


                         EDWARD HARPER

Edward HARPER, an influential citizen of Romance, is the son of the late Edward
HARPER, Sr., who was born in NC in 1774, and was an only son of Samuel HARPER.
His parents died when he was a small boy & he was left with an uncle. He married, in
about 1801, Elender Seallorn, a native of MD, after which he moved to AL, where he
engaged in farming, thence moving to Tenn. & in 1855 came to Ark., settling in Prairie
Co., where he died 3 years later. His wife died in 1862, leaving a family of 11 children:
Overton W., Jefferson B., Andrew J., Durinda, Edia, Malinda, Pomelia, Edward (our
subject), Joseph A., William A., & Sarah A. Edward Jr. was born in AL, in 1821, and
spent his early life in Western Tenn., where he receive a good common-school
education. He taught school in Tenn. for a number of years, and was married in 1851 to
Mary KYLE, who was a daughter of Marvin & Sarah (DEMENT) KYLE, originally from
AL & VA, respectively. To this marriage was given: Martha S. (now Mrs. J. B.
MATTHEWS), William K., Edward L., Julia T., James H., Ellen O. (deceased), Jefferson
D., Sidney K., Marvin A., John F., and Adolphus. In 1856 Mr. HARPER came to White
Co., Ark., where he purchased 240 acres of land, and now has nearly 100 acres
cleared under cultivation. Himself & wife are members of the Methodist Church. Mr.
HARPER belongs to the Masonic order, affiliating with Mt. Vernan Lodge No. 54, and
has taken the degree of Royal Arch Mason. Mr. HARPER is a highly respected citizen,
and has held the office of justice of the peace of 12 years. (from Goodspeed's History
of Eastern Ark.)


                    REV. HENRY F. HARVEY

Rev. Henry F. HARVEY, one of the leading planters and a popular minister of White
Co., Ark., is a naive of Tenn, and was born in AL, in 1818, where he receive his
education, and afterward immigrated to Miss. with his parents, there marrying Miss
Mary C. WYATT, in 1841. To their union was born a family of 12 children, of which
Henry F. is the oldest. Jesse HARVEY & his estimable wife were respected members
of the Church (Methodist), and always manifested a great interest in all worthy
enterprises. Henry F. was educated in Miss., and moved to Ark. with his parents 1869.
His marriage with Miss Sarah J. MCCLESKEY was consumated on Nov. 26, 1867.
Mrs. HARVEY was the daughter of John & Nancy MCCLESKEY, and was born in 1849.
To their union 8 children have been born, 6 boys & 2 girls, seven of whom are now
living: John F., Mary Ida, Luther B., William P., Eugene B., Walter W., Samuel J. &
Mattie M. Mr. HARVEY owns 232 acres of land, with 125 cultivated. He is a member of
the Masonic Lodge, and has held the office of State Chaplain for one year.

to be cont.


MRS. JOHN M. MOORE (ANNIE CORDELIA TURNER)

April 8, 1934 - Ark. Gazette (has photo)
Mrs. Moore was Annie Codelia Turner, daughter of Blakely D. Turner, pioneer member
of the Ark. bar, & Charlotte Turner. She was born in Brownsville, TN, Nov. 2, 1851. With
her family she moved to Searcy at the age of 12 during the Civil War. Following her
marriage in the early 1870s, she & her husband came to Little Rock to reside. They
built a house on East 7th St. between Rock & Commerce St. which was their home until
the 1880s when they built their large red brick Center St. home.

Children: J. Merrick Moore; Mrs. M. K. Kassony of New York City, who was Miss
Charlotte Coleman Moore; the late Mrs. Clark Miller who was Miss Janie Moore; and
the late Blake Moore.

Grandchildren: John Moore Miller, Mrs. Robert Alexander who was Miss Annie Turner
Miller, Blake Turner Miller, and Allan Clark Miller.

Mrs. Moore was active in civic affairs and a member of 2nd Baptist Church. She died
Jan. 31, 1901. The late Mr. Moore who was the son of Israel M. & Nancy Jane Moore,
and a native of Pulaski Co., was a representative of one of the pioneer families of the
state. He was reared in Searcy & although he was but a school boy at the outbreak of
the Civil War, he joined the 3rd Ark. Calvary & was on active duty under Generals
Forrest & Wheeler. He enlisted as a private but was promoted to lieutenant & was in
command of his company at the close of the war. He was admitted to the bar at Searcy
& in 1870 opened a law office in Augusta. He moved to Little Rock the following year.
For over half a century, Mr. Moore was engaged in the practice of law.


     MRS. HENRY DODGE LEWIS (LILA HASKELL)

April 7, 1935 - Ark. Gazette (has photo)
Mrs. Dodge was born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1841. She was Lila Haskell, daughter of
Daniel Haskell of Portland, Maine, and Margaret Farmer Haskell of VA. The marriage
of Mrs. Dodge's parents their children heirs to the relationship of 4 presidents of the
US. Mr. Haskell's mother was an Adams & Mrs. Haskell's mother was a Harrison. 

Mrs. Dodge was active in the temperance movement, publishing the Iowa Index on the
topic. She died Sept. 1899, & was buried at Beebe.

Children: Mrs H. C. Gibson, Little Rock; Harry F. Dodge, Little Rock; Judge Dodge:
Louis Dodge of Redondo, Cal., author of several novels; and Mrs. J. R. Hubbard of
Portland, Oregon.


                  JARED CARSWELL MARTIN

Dec. 15, 1935 - Ark. Gazette (has photo)
Jared Carswell Martin was born Oct. 4, 1850, at the old Martin family home at
Mablevale, the son of Jared C. Martin, who migrated to Ark. in 1821 from southeast
MO, and Mary Douglas Martin, who came to this state in 1817 from TN. 

As a boy, Martin attended Judge Eastman's school in Little Rock. The marriage of
Martin & Fannie Foy took place Oct. 17, 1871, in Little Rock. A year later, the bought
the block bounded by Marshall, Bishop, 7th, & 6th streets & built their home, a part of
which has been remodeled for the home of a daughter, Miss Blanch Martin, at 1622 W.
7th St.

Besides managing his plantation, Martin did engineering work for the old Brodie &
Ashworth Foundry & the MO Pacific shops & engaged in timber cruising from Canada
to NM. Martin was an elder in the 3rd St. Christian Church. He died in Jan., 1918.

Mrs. Martin, who was born July 16, 1852, was the daughter of William Foy & Elizabeth
Harper Kirby Foy, whose family settled in Miss. in the 1840s, going from VA & TN.
William Foy was a descendant of John Foy, the Choctaw Indian chief, who decided to
make his home in Miss., while en route with his English bride from NC to the west. The
government gave John Foy lands now included in Sunflower Co., Miss.

As she was an orphan at an early age, Fannie Foy lived with her uncle & aunt, Mr. & Mrs.
Lewis Peebles of Brownsville, TN, and attended a Baptist school there. Following the
Civil War, the Peebles came to Searcy, Ark., to live, bringing their niece with them. Mrs.
Martin directed her interests to church work & was a member of a small group of
women in Little Rock representing the various churches, that cared for the poor. Mrs.
Martin liked to tell of her experiences as a little girl during the war. General Nathan
Bedford Forrest was a frequent visitor at her home, and Fannie Foy, the little girl, would
sit on his lap & braid his beard as the general told her stories of his battles. Mrs. Martin
died Jan. 14, 1929.

Miss Blanche Martin is the only surviving daughter of the Martins. Other children were
the late Mrs. Grover Kirby of Miss. & TN, who was Miss Nellie Belle Martin; the late H.
Allen Martin & the late Emily S. Martin who died in childhood. J. Martin Kirby, a
grandson of the Martins makes his home here with Miss Martin & attends the U of Ark.
Medical School.


   COLONEL & MRS. GEORGE FRANKLIN BAUCUM

Jan. 19, 1936 - Ark. Gazette (has photo)
Mrs. Baucum was Rebecca Darrington McRae, 3rd daughter of Roger Daniel Pontiac
McRae, a lawyer of Mobile, AL, and sugar planter of LA, & Margaret Bracy McRae,
formerly of Charleston, SC. Mrs. Baucum was b. Jan. 28, 1847, at Mobile. She was
educated at St. Agnes Convent, Memphis, TN, and finishing schools in New Orleans.
After her father's death during a Cholera epidemic, Mrs. Baucum came with her mother,
Mrs. McRae, and the family slaves, to AR. Mrs. Baucum was the sister of Gen.
Dandridge McRae. Mrs. Baucum d. in Little Rock, June 28, 1922.

Daughters: Miss Margaret Baucum & Mrs. Floyd H. Fulkerson who was Miss Georgie
Baucum. One son died in infancy.

Grandchildren: George Baucum Fulkerson, Floyd H. Fulkerson, Jr., Margaret McRae
Fulkerson.

Colonel Baucum m. 1st Miss Gover Critz, dau. of Col. John P. Critz of Searcy. There
were 2 children by this marriage: a son who d. when a baby, & one dau., Miss Kate
Baucum, now Mrs. Gordon Greenfield.

Colonel Baucum was the son of Daniel & Kathryn Baucum, b. Feb. 1, 1837, at St.
Charles, MO. He spent the greater part of his life in Ark. At outbreak of the War
Between the states, he lived in Searcy & joined the Confederate forces. He was made a
lieutenant in the 8th Ark. Infantry, then major. In 1862, on reorganization of the army of
TN, he was made Col. of the 8th.

After the war, Col. Baucum returned to Searcy, and operated a mercantile business
with G. B. Greer. In 1885, Col. Baucum moved to Little Rock & formed a partnership
with Col. R. A. Little & J. M. Percival, as G. F. Baucum & Company. Col. Baucum
owned a plantation at Baucum, 10 mi. east of Little Rock. Miss Margaret Baucum & Mr.
& Mrs. Fulkerson live at the plantation home now. Col. Baucum also owned a plantation
on the Ark. River in Saline Co.

Col. Baucum was at one time president of the Bank of Little Rock, and a founder of the
Board of Trade. The Baucum home was located at 202 Izard St. where Col. Baucum d.
July 29, 1905.


               MR. & MRS. RICHARD PASCOE

Nov. 15, 1936 - Ark. Gazette (has photo)
Children: Richard J. Pascoe of Bald Knob, Mrs. U. B. Gay of Little Rock, & Mrs. W. G.
Whitworth of Hot Springs.

Grandchildren: William C. Whitworth of Hot Springs, Orbey C. Gay of Litttle Rock, &
Jerry, Tom & Clyde Pascoe of Bald Knob.

Mrs. Pascoe, who was Gertude Johnson, was b. in Elk Rapids in 1869, & she lived
there until her marriage (Nov. 12, 1886 in Elk Rapids, Mich.)

Mr. Pascoe was one of 12 children. He was born in 1866 in Alberta, Canada, where his
parents, Fanny Tucker & Richard Pascoe, came from England to make their home.
Pasco was a bridge & building foreman for the MO Pacific RR Co. & he & his family
made their home in Ark. most of the time since their marriage. They lived at Little Rock,
Hope, Ranger, Texas; and Bald Knob, having first gone to the latter place in 1905 for 3
years & returning there in 1923.


            MR. & MRS. FRANCIS DAVID UTLEY

Dec. 13, 1936 - Ark. Gazette (has photo)
F. D. Utley was born Nov. 3, 1853, in Gibson Co., TN. Mrs. Utley, who was Melvina
Snow, was born Aug. 3, 1856, near Mayfield, KY. The Utleys were m. Oct. 23, 1873,
near Greenbriar, Faulkner Co., AR. Mrs. Utley died Aug. 6, 1919 near Greenbriar, F. D.
Utley Dec. 23, 1921, at the home of his dau., Mrs. T. F. Presley, near Mt. Vernon, Ark.
The Utleys are buried at Antioch Cemetery near the Utley family homestead.

The original ancestor, Samuel Utley, came from Thorne, England to Scituate, Mass., in
1643; he m. Hannah Hatch, dau. of Elder William Hatch. Samuel Utley d. in 1662, &
Hannah a short time later. Children of Samuel & Hannah Utley were sent to Hatch
relatives at Stonington, Conn., to be reared. The family scattered west & southeast.

William Utley Sr., of the southern branch, resided in 1753 in Edgecombe Co., what was
later Wake Co. NC, near Holly Springs, 25 mi. southwest of Raleigh, NC.

Greene Utley, b. 1808, a descendant of William Utley, Sr., & grandfather of F. D. Utley,
went to TN at age 17. Greene Utley's son, James Allen Utley, was killed in the War
Between the States as a member of Forrest's Confed. Serv. 

In the fall of 1870, F. D. Utley moved to Greenbrier, AR, with his mother & stepfather.

F. D. Utley's children: Mrs. Presley; Judge Utley; W. A. Utley of Benton; Mrs. T. W.
Troxwell of Vilonia; Dr. F. E. Utley of Cabot; Mrs. R. M. Hunter of Clinton; Mrs. Charles
M. Reeves of Heber Springs; Mrs. J. E. Keathley of Conway; W. T. Utley of Hartford;
late James C. Utley; late John H. Utley; late C. M. Utley.


               MR. & MRS. JOHN A. MITCHELL

Mar. 7, 1937 - Ark. Gazette (has photo)
Mrs. Mitchell was Nellie Mary Chrisman, youngest child of Dr. F. M. Chrisman & Mary
Phillips Chrisman, pioneer families of Ark. Mrs. Mitchell was b. Oct. 9, 1866, in Searcy,
Ark., and came to Little Rock with her parents in 1862. She attended Sherman School,
St. John's College, & Mrs. Warner's Female Seminary. She m. John A. Mitchell Oct. 9,
1884, with the Rev. T. C. Tupper, rector of Christ Church, officiating.

Dr. Chrisman was a surgeon in an Ark. regiment in the Confederate Army (Dobbins
Ark. Calvary) & served in the United States Volunteer Army during the Mexican War. He
practiced medicine in White Co. & was a planter in Pulaski Co. The Chrisman home
was located at 12th & Scott Streets.

A year after the marriage of Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell, they built a home at 1117 Scott St.,
which is now owned by James P. See. The Mitchells' children were born in the house.
They are Francis Noel Mitchell of Yasemite Nat'l. Park, Cal., & John A. Mitchell fo
Bartlesville, OK.

John A. Mitchell was b. Dec. 21, 1861, in Mt. Forest, Wellington Co., Ontario. He came
to Little Rock with his parents, James T. Mitchell & Helen Lafferty Mitchell in 1855, &
lived on the corner of 4th & Rock St. He attended school at Miss Mamie Howell's
Kindergarten & Sherman School. He was secretary & treasurer of the Oulta Coal Co.
from 1878-1898, when he became pres. & served until 1900. With Thomas Lafferty,
Mitchell was interested in the retail coal business in Little Rock from 1878-1899, which
became the John A. Mitchell Coal Co. & operated for 10 years longer.

Mitchell was secretary of Sewer Dist. No. 12 here & through the efforts of the
commissioners of this distr., the City Council consolidated all sewer districts in Little
Rock as a Public Health Dept. Mitchell was secretary & treasurer of the Dalhoff Constr.
Co. from 1901-1908.

Mitchell took a leading part in national guard activities. He was a member of the Capitol
City Guards, June J. Johnson, Cpt., 1881-1882; Quapaw Guards, John Walker, cpt.,
1882, & John Waldron, cpt., 1884; McCarthy Light Guards, John M. Dugan, captain,
1888-1891. Mitchell was elected cpt. of the Fletcher Rifles in 1891 & competed in
interstate drills at Ft. Smith, Ark., Little Rock, Ark.,; Louisville, Ky.;Indianapolis, In.;
Galveston, Tx.; Atlanta, Ga.; Omaha, Neb.;the Chicago Worlds Fair, Tyler, Tx.; &
Memphis, Tn. He was active in other sports & civic activities.

The Mitchells moved to Denver in 1908.


 MR. & MRS. EDWARD OSBORN HURT & CHILDREN

Feb. 19, 1939 - Ark. Gazette (has photo)
Edward Osburn Hurt was born Jan. 11, 1863, near Searcy, White Co., Ark., the son of
James Osborn & Ann Elizabeth Pilkington Hurt, who came to Ark. in 1853, from Tipton
Co., Tn., settling in what was then known as the Dogwood settlement & was later called
Walker's Store & post office, White Co. James Osborn Hurt was an extensive land
owner. He served as Captain in the Confederate Army. He was ordained a Baptist
minister. He served as county surveyor & frequently taught school. G. E. Percival, great
grandson of Capt. James Osborne Hurt, owns the epaulets Capt. Hurt wore in the War
Between the States.

Edward Osburn Hurt, who was one of 11 children, 10 boys & 1 girl, was 19 years old
when his father died suddenly while on a business trip to Little Rock. Mrs. Hurt followed
her husband in death 2 months later.

On Jan. 6, 1884, Edward Osborn Hurt m. Miss Mary Ann Taylor at Lebanon, White Co.,
Ark., & they had 8 children. The 4 surviving children are the 2 appearing in the photo
which accompanied this article, Willmett F. Hurt, & Mrs. Thomas W. Hanna; Mrs. N. H.
Percival of Little Rock & Barney A. Hurt of Harrison, Ark. There are 7 grandchildren & 3
great grandchildren.

Edward Osburn Hurt was among the first of the settlers in the rich river bottom lands
south of Little Rock, long before the days of RRs & good highways. Travel was difficult
& 24-48 hours were required for Hurt to make a round trip to Little Rock for supplies. He
became owner of large land interests & raised fine cattle & stock. He later moved to
Little Rock to educate his children. He entered the general mercantile business, which
interest he held until his retirement several years ago.

The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor Hurt were the late Isaac & Lucinda
Chrisman, a well-known pioneer family of Little Rock. Mrs. Hurt was also the niece of
Dr. F. M. Chrisman, who was a surgeon in the Ark. Regt. in the Confed. Army & served
in the US Volunteer Army during the Mexican War. The old Chrisman home was at 12th
& Scott St. It was with her uncle that Mrs. Hurt spent several years as a girl, attending a
finishing school for girls. After her return from school to her home in White Co., she m.
the then young struggling farmer, Edward Osburn Hurt. Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Hurt
was known as the prettiest girl in White Co.


   MISS VASHTI LANE, MISS SUE BROWN, & LIDIE
                                  FORD

Mar. 5, 1939 (photo of 3 as teachers in article)
Women in the photo were Miss Vashti Lane, now Mrs. A. L. Brown; Miss Sue Brown,
who became Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Lewis of Little Rock; and Miss Lidie Ford, who is
Mrs. John Wilson Simmons. The death of Mrs. Lewis in Jan. of this year broke this
circle, which has been held together throughout the years by ties of deep friendship &
affection.

Vashti Lane was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., Oct. 11, 1871, the dau. of Judge John F.
Lane & Mrs. Rose Ann Keith Lane, who came from Dalton, Ga., to Poplar Bluff in 1869,
bringing with them the first piano to that town. Judge Lane, who was an influential lawyer
& held various political offices in Mo., was also a musician. His dau. & son, Thomas F.
Lane, followed in his footsteps musically. Thomas F. Lane became a lawyer & was US
senator from Mo. 2 terms. At the time of his death in 1928, he was chief executive in the
claim dept. of the Air Service in Wash. D. C.

The marriage of Miss Vashti Lane & A. L. Brown took place Aug. 6, 1893, in Poplar
Bluff, and after a honeymoon in the east, the couple lived at Peach Orchard, Ark. Mr.
Brown d. in Mar., 1930. A dau., Mrs. Ada Whitaker, a son, Amos Lee Brown, and 2
grandchildren, Adelle Whitaker & Douglas Lee Brown, live at Peach Orchard. Mrs.
Brown is a member of the Methodist church & takes an active interest in all community
activities.

Sue Brown was born Holly Springs, Ms., Sept. 20, 1869, the dau. of Algernon Robert
Brown & Mary Frances Williams Brown, a Tennessean. Her grandfather, Dr. Charles
Brown of Hanover Co., VA, was physician to Thomas Jefferson. While a child, Sue
Brown came with her parents, a sister & a brother to Beebe, where she grew to
womanhood. She married Benjamin Franklin Lewis on Apr. 16, 1896, & they went to
Cabot to live. There Mr. Lewis owned & operated a drug store. In 1899 they came to
Little Rock & Mr. Lewis traveled for C. J. Lincoln Drug Co., then McKesson Drug Co. &
later Meyer Bros. Drug Co. He d. April 3, 1938. Mr. & Mrs. Lewis were the parents of
one daughter, Mildred Lewis, who is Mrs. Rufus Terrel Hunt of Little Rock. Mrs. Lewis
was a member of Winfield Meth. Church, J. M. Keller Ch. of the United Dau. of the
Confed., Rose Garden Club, & the WCTU, & at the time of her death was active in
these organizations.

Lidie Ford was b. in Trenton, Tn., Jan. 13, 1870, the dau. of Joseph Pybass Ford &
Sarah Jane Flemming Ford, and with them came to Beebe, when she was 11 mos. old.
She m. John Wilson Simmons Oct. 1, 1893, at Beebe. 3 children were b. to them, a
daughter, Mrs. Madeline Simmons Shelton; and 2 sons who d. in infancy. Mrs. Ruth
Kyle Shelton Caperton is a granddaughter, and great grandchildren are Ruth Ann
Caperton & Jack Foster Caperton III, all of Cotton Plant. The Simmons moved to Cotton
Plant from Beebe in 1909 & have lived there since. Mrs. Simmons was a teacher in the
schools of Ark. for more than 45 years, spending 27 years teaching at Cotton Plant.
She was an active member of the Hypsion Club for more than 20 years. She is a
member of the Baptist church & president of the Woman's Missionary Society.


  WILLIAM ANDREW HARRISON YARNELL & WIFE,
    THE FORMER MRS. MARTHA PHOEBE MOORE

Apr. 30, 1939 - Ark. Gazette (has photo)
Martha Phoebe Moore was a descendant of Mordecai Moore who came to Md. with
Lord Baltimore as his physician. She was also descended from Thomas Lloyd of
Dolobron, Mongomeryshire, Wales. Lloyd was a Quaker & came to Pa. in 1683,
serving a governor of the colony in the absence of William Penn. Samuel Preston, the
1st mayor of Pa., was another ancestor of Martha Phoebe Moore. She was the 5th child
of Henry Morris Moore 7 Phoebe Yoemans Dartt & was born June 24, 1843, in Tioga
Co., Pa.

Coming to Ark. at age 3, Martha P. Moore spent her childhood with her grandparents,
Mordecai & Margaret Moore, near Little Rock. After their deaths, she went to Searcy to
live with her aunt, Mrs. Stephen Carlisle. Martha Moore's uncle, Israel Merrick Moore
had in 11848 acquired the townsite & Sulphur Springs at Searcy. A dispute concerning
the title of the land required an act of the legislature & a decision of the Supreme Court
of the US to settle. Thus Searcy is the only town in Ark. to which title of land has been
adjudicated by the highest tribunal.

In Searcy, Martha Moore met & later m. William Andrew Harrison Yarnell on July 9,
1861. She spent her married life in Searcy. 

William Andrew Harrison Yarnell was born Dec. 22, 1834, in Haywood Co., Tenn. He
was the son of James Yarnell, who was b. Dec. 4, 1804, in Wilson Co., TN, and his
wife, Nancy Rainbolt of Madison Co., AL, who was b. Nov. 8, 1807. William attended
college in Dresden, TN, and taught school in Searcy in 1860.

Ten months after his marriage, Yarnell joined the Southern forces in the War Between
the States & was at the Battle of Helena, when the Confederates camped at La
Grange. His company was mustered out in Texas in the spring of 1865. Because of
trouble with bushwhackers & conditions of the time, he could not get home or get a
letter through to his family. He rented land and made a crop, selling it in the field. Later,
he walked all the way home, although he met a friend in Little Rock who offered him a
ride to Searcy in his buggy. Yarnell said he could get there sooner by walking & he did.
His wife had mourned him as dead for a year. One night while Mrs. Yarnell was at
church, her husband came home to his family & there he remained until his death.

Mr. & Mrs. Yarnell were devout members of the Methodist church & raised their nine
children in an affectionate & deeply religious home life. It was a habit of Mr. Yarnell's to
call his children about him in the evenings to read to them from the Bible & have family
prayers. (gives his prayer)

Children: William Carlisle; Charles Wesley, who married J.B.Butts; Allie, who married
Alexander Fitzhugh; James Henry, who died at the age of 20; John S., who married
Margaret Atwood Smith; Sadie, who married W.C.Bedford; Nell; and Otis Aaron, who
d. at age 16.

After returning from the war, Yarnell bought a dry goods & grocery store. In 1867, he
was joined by his 3 brothers, who moved to Searcy from TN. His brother, Albert Wesley
Yarnell, bought Ç interest in the store, which was known as Yarnell Bros. In 1872 there
was much agitation for a railroad to connect the Cairo & Fulton RR & W. A. Yarnell was
a charter member of the business group that sponsored the Searcy Branch RR Co.
from the town & continued to run it for a number of years.

Yarnell was always interested in education & in 1875, he was one of a group in Searcy
to file articles of inc. of the Searcy Male & Female High School of the Methodist Church,
South.

Yarnell d. Aug. 27, 1895. His wife d. in July, 1915. Surviving children are Mrs. Butts of
Helena, Mrs. Fitzhugh of Augusta, and Mrs. Bedford of Desdemona, Tex. There are 9
grandchildren & 18 great grandchildren living.


                             A. B. HOUSE

A. B. HOUSE is accounted a prosperous farmer and stockman of Red River Township,
and like the majority of native Tennesseans, he is progressive in his views and of an
energetic temperament. He was born in Maury County, in 1822, and is the youngest in a
family of nine children born to Joseph and Alcy (Bedwell) House, the former of whom is
a native of North Carolina, born in 1775. When a lad he was taken to Tennessee, and
about the year 1800, was married in that State and engaged in farming and raising
stock, his land amounting to 200 acres. He died in 1862, and his wife in 1845, both
having been earnest and consistent members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Their children are Mary (deceased), Reuben (who is married and lives in White County,
Ark.), John (married and lives in Tennessee), Patience (Mrs. Haines, now deceased),
Charlotte (wife of John Myers, is also dead), William (and his wife, formerly a Miss
Bedwock, are deceased), Marcenie (is the wife of Mr. Brazale and resides in West 
Tennessee), Jane (and her husband, D. House, are both dead), and A. B. House resided
in his native State until he arrived to manhood, then came to White County, Ark. He 
reared his family in his native State, and with the assistance of his wife, Eliza Wilkes, 
whom he married in 1840, he succeeded in giving them good educations. There names 
are: Thomas (who married Mary Minifee, by whom he has two children, resides in 
Arkansas), Joseph (who married Ina Dowdy and lives at Little Rock, the father of four 
children), James P. (married Lou Parcell, but is now a widower and lives in Augusta 
with his one child) and Mary (who married Mr. Harville. She died, leaving one child, 
who was reared by his grandfather). Mrs. House died after their removal to Arkansas 
in 1884. She was a daughter of Thomas and Ruth Wilkes, and one of a family of thirteen 
children. After coming to Arkansas Mr. House settled on a woodland farm of 140 acres, 
and now has eighty acres under cultivation. He raises some of the finest stock in the 
county and many of his animals have won first premiums at the county fairs.
He is a Democrat and a member of the Masonic order and he and his present wife,
who was Martha McMillan and whom he married in 1884, are members of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, his first wife being also a member of this church.
Transcribed from Goodspeed's History of Eastern Arkansas graciously sent in by Mary
Ann Mitchell.