2007 SCOTT COUNTY QUERIES

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This page last updated 28 December 2007

Darrel Dexter December 27, 2007
I wish to correpspond with descendants of Edward (b c 1833 KY) and Sarah M. (b c 1846 OH) SHADD. I think Sarah's maiden name was SHIRLEY and that she was a sister of my ancestor, Samantha Elizabeth SHIRLEY GOOSMAN. Edward and Sarah's known children are Lilla Cora (b 1870, md Sam NELSON), Jess A. (b 1871 (moved to Seattle, Wash.), Corialis (b 1874), Charles H. (b 1875), William F. (b 1877) and Silas Leroy (b 1879). They were in Scott Co., Ark., by 1893. They were in Carroll Co., Ark., in 1880 and before that in Kansas.
Email: darreldexter@hotmail.com
Elizabeth Warren June 10, 2007
I am researching the surnames of FRY and SMITH in Scott County. Amanda SMITH married Joseph Baxter FRY in 1894. In 1912, within a two month span, Amanda and two of her children, Carodine and Mary, died. Would like to know the cause of death. Was there a major illness in the community at the time? Any help is sincerely appreciated.
Email: fkwdew@pacbell.net
Kenneth Rorie May 20, 2007
I am seeking information on my wife's g-grandparents, Lee ENGLAND and Laura CAMERON ENGLAND, who are buried at the Kirk Cemetery in Cauthron; both died in 1906. Their children were sent to the Odd Fellows Home for Orphans in Batesville, Arkansas, where one of them, Homer Virgil ENGLAND, met his future wife, Bertie Dorotha "Dot" TAYLOR (these are my wife's grandparents). The names of the children:
1. Archie Calvin CAMERON, b 1890, Sebastian Co, AR
2. Mary Jane CAMERON, b 1891, Sebastian Co, AR
3. John Cleveland ENGLAND, b 1893, Skullyville, Oak Lodge (Pocola), Leflore County, Indian Terriotry (Oklahoma)
4. Homer Virgil ENGLAND, b 1894, Skullyville, IT, m Dot Taylor, 1919, Independence Co, AR, Batesville
5. Isaac Newton ENGLAND, b 1895, Skullyville, IT
6. William Edward ENGLAND, b 1897, Skullyville, IT
7. Buna E. ENGLAND, b 1899, Skullyville, IT
8. Albert Ellis ENGLAND, b 1903, Skullyville, IT

The application for admission to the home was filled out by a Dr. Miller of Cauthron, AR, who stated that the children had been living with their grandmother (name unknown) of Oliver, AR (Scott County). I will gladly share information with other family members.
Email: krorie@ipa.net
David Ratcliff March 20, 2007
I'm looking for information on background and family of John Elexander NELSON (1844/50 - 1934) who died a resident of Scott Co, AR and is buried in Hawkins cemetery. He was married to Lucretia GOOLSBY. Per 1880 Scott Co, AR census records he was born in Tennessee as were his parents but I have no other background on him. Any other info would be appreciated.
Email: ivyratcliffchasteen@hotmail.com
Cindi Tipling March 1, 2007
I am looking for any information on an Earnest GRIFFIN/EN born sometime in 1880's or before. He married a Charity JACKSON and lived in Sequoyah County Indian terr. Oklahoma, between the 1900 and 1910 census. He died sometime right before the 1910 census in Sequoyah County. Oral family history indicates Earnest may be buried somewhere in Scott county. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Am also interested in any LOLIS's or JACKSON's.
Email: ctipling@olp.net
Vada (Yandell/Kilburn) Hargrove February 21, 2007
Am looking for any relatives of YANDELL/KILBURN ancestors. Mother, Ellen Mae YANDELL b. 9/15/1913 d. 3/05/2000, daughter of John Thomas YANDELL and Mary Frances Elizabeth CHAPPELL. Mother married James Franklin KILBURN 7/20/1930 in Scott County. Any one researching any of these names?
Email: Vada.Hargrove@arkansas.gov
Barbara Roth February 14, 2007
Seeking info on Florence Melissa BAGWELL, our great grandmother, who has not been found on a census. She was born in Arkansas about 1871 and was supposed to be an orphan. She had a sister named "Lee." We have been told she could have been living with a family by the name of THOMAS. She was living in Tomlinson Township in 1885 when she married D.E. HATCHETT at age 14 in the M.E. Church, South. Florence and her sister might have been living with separate families.
Email: emilyrandy3@wmconnect.com
David Eick February 11, 2007
Does anyone have Scott County Lumber Industry records from the early 1900s? I am looking for employment records or any other mention of my great-great Grandfather, C.W. NEFF. I am trying to pin down a more specific date of when he arrived in the county, and exactly where he might have lived. I know his family shows up in the 1900 census in Buffalo township in MO, but I think they moved into Scott County, AR soon after. I have posted several NEFF photos on the Scott County page, including one I labeled NEFF LOGGING CREW, so I know he had ties to the logging industry in the early 1900's. I would love to find documents to back that up further. Thanks for any help you can provide!
Email: daleick@msn.com
Elizabeth Warren January 21, 2007
Am researching family of Malinda HUGHES b 1827 in Missouri d 1908 IT. Buried in Slate Cemetery in Scott County Arkansas. She married James M. SLATE. I'm told her family owned a cotton seed mill in Waldron. Would appreciate any information on her parents, siblings, etc.
Email: fkwdew@pacbell.net