Izard County Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.
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| Izard County Historical Society to Meet |
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| Brockwell – The Izard County Historical Society will meet on Sunday, July 8, 2018, at the Izard County Senior Center south of Brockwell on Highway #9 at 2 p.m. The meeting is free, and the public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. |
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| David Carpenter to address Izard historians |
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Brockwell, July 8, 2018 - The Izard County Historical Society will meet on Sunday afternoon, July 8, 2018, at the Izard County Senior Center south of Brockwell, Arkansas, at 2 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.
David Carpenter will be the guest speaker. He will discuss land records in reference to historical and family research as he is a Land Surveyor in this area.
Carpenter is the executive assistant to the president of Ozarka College in Melbourne and serves as the special projects officer. He serves as the Division Chair of the Applied Science and Technology Department. He holds a Bachelor and Master of Arts Degrees in English from Arkansas State University. He is completing coursework for a Doctorate in Heritage Studies from ASU.
Rose Blankenship, President of the society, invites anyone interested in Izard County history or families to attend the meeting. To learn more about the society, look on Facebook and on the US Gen Web page at http://www.argenweb.net/izard/society. The society has yearly membership dues of $20 per household which includes receiving four publications. Mail dues payment to Izard County Historical Society at P. O. Box 877 Melbourne, AR 72556. |
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| Music and Stories from the "Old Days" |
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 Brockwell, April 8, 2018 - David Blankenship will present a program of music and stories from former times which he learned growing up in Izard County.
David was raised in the Calico Rock area and has lived in Izard County all his life except for time in college and the Army. He was school counselor at Calico Rock High School for 13 years. David's music career began when he was 12 or 13 learning to play guitar. He and his dad, Steve Blankenship, played and sang together. He knows many stories from his Blankenship ancestors.
David and his wife, Jennifer Faith Blankenship, moved to the Mt. Olive farm on Pelham Creek in 2007. Jennifer's mother is Jeannine Jeffery Faith, and the farm has been in the Jeffery family since Jehoiada Jeffery came to that area in 1816. David and Jennifer have embraced farm life and are almost self-sufficient with what they raise. They are active members of the old Mt. Olive Cumberland Presbyterian Church. David and Jennifer are the parents of two daughters, Megan and Annie, who often play and sing with their dad. David is now partner in Townsends Spice and Supply in Melbourne with his cousin, Shane Linn. |
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