Photographs
 | The Joseph Dushell family. Submitted by Virginia Potter |
 | Roan Harness and Ann Holley Harness. Mary Ann Holley was a sister to Willis Pinkney Holley, Submitted by Virginia Potter |
 | Steve Bonds and Bell Harness Family. She was a daughter of Mary Ann Holley Harness and Roan Harness. ---Submitted by Virginia Potter |
 | Which One? William Morgan French, who was an early postmaster at Bee Branch, or his son James Richard French who was a rural mail carrier for Bee Branch. --Submitted by French |
 | John Flory & Catherine Brickey married December 22, 1889 in Van Buren Co., AR. She was the daughter of Jarrett & Cynthia (Jeffery) Brickey. --Submitted by Donnie Pickard |
 | James Drake--1857-1916 husband of Catherine Drake --Submitted by Donnie Pickard |
 | Catherine Louise (Eades) Drake--1861-1900 :died in childbirth of twins. Only one twin, Willie, survived --Submitted by Donnie Pickard |
 | Joseph Alphan Hayes (1866 - 1950) -------Submitted by Phil Grabowski |
 | Dollie Rebecka Bishop Hayes (1871 - 1918) -------Submitted by Phil Grabowski |
 | Zennie Alva Hayes -------Submitted by Phil Grabowski |
 | Dr. Calvin Hederson Burns and Tabitha Jane Stephens/Burns and Children Calvin was married 3x with 24 children. My grandmother Roy Fay Burns/Mowery is the youngest and the baby in this photo. -------Submitted by Sandra |
 | Charlotta 'Lottie' Parmela (probably Harrison) 2nd m. John W. Malone and 'Mandie' ? 'Lottie' 1st m. ? Mowery and is the mother of Samuel Obediah 'Obey' Mowery who is the 1st husband of Amanda Jane 'Janey' Tucker/Mowery/Merryman/Osburn-------Submitted by Sandra |
 | Daniel Washington/Webster Osburn and Amanda Jane 'Janey' Tucker/Mowery/Merryman/Osburn. 'Janey' owned and ran a store in Clinton near Culpepper Mt. -------Submitted by Sandra |
 | Jewel Holley-------Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Eula Lea & Jewel Holley-------Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Ben & Mattie Holley with daughter Eula Holley Suggs taken in Exeter, Ca.-------Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Charles, Eula, Martha and Charles F. Suggs-------Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Margaret Ellen Harness, born 10/1854 AR, died 1926 VBC, married John Brown and her granddaughters Edna Duke and Adele Shelton. Adele was the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Shelton and John Shelton. She died with typhoid fever when she was 17, buried Bradford Cemetery. Edna is the daughter of Nancy C Brown and Oscar Dukes------------Submitted by JoAnn Bradford |
 | Margaret Leah Graham Bradford, she married David Crockett Bradford and sis Mary. Mary married George Riley "Buddy" Bradford.------------Submitted by JoAnn Bradford |
 | C G Bolden and wife Geraldine Bradford, he died 05 Jan 1951 POW Camp, Korea. Later a buddy came by and told about being with him when he died. ------------Submitted by JoAnn Bradford |
 | Charles Suggs, daughter Martha Belle 3 mos old, Bonnie Hutto and Mattie Holley-------Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Elzy & Edna Holley with daughters Gladys & Lois-------Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Ben & Mattie Holley with daughters Eula Lea age 10 & Jewel age 6 mos. taken in 1918-------Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Mary M. Huggins Holley-------Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Susan Robertson, Eula Holley Suggs with Martha Belle Suggs, 3 yrs old and Charles Ferrel Suggs 1 yr old, taken in 1930.-------Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Susan Robertson, Mattie Holley, Eula Holley Suggs, Martha Belle Suggs - 4 Generations.-------Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Nancy Fisher Suggs, Lucy Arnold, Frankie Weaver, Mildred Bradley & Billy Charles Bradley, taken in 1927.-------Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | George and Mary Holley with granddaughter Martha Belle Suggs and 3 mo. old Jackie Hutto.---------Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | My mother's parents, James Wesley Chastain born: 02-21-1890 in Texas and died: 11-15-1966 in Arkansas and Nancy "Matilda" Burroughs Chastain born: 10-06-1887 Arkansas and died: 11-15-1973 in Tennessee--------Submitted by Jo Kilburn |
 | Aunt Rosie Burroughs born: 09-18-1881 and died: 03-15-1968, sister to Nancy Matilda Burroughs. --------Submitted by Jo Kilburn |
 | Flora Zell Odom Grissom about 1950 --------Submitted by Denise Karr |
 | Lena Lucinda Grissom b. Aug 1897, dau of Beally Dock Grissom and Flora Zell Odom. -----Submitted by Denise Karr |
 | Beally Grissom family from Bee Branch about 1910 -----Submitted by Denise Karr |
 | This picture of the Suggs and O'Dell family was taken by Haxel O'Dell Renfroe just before she left the family on Bald Mountain homestead in 1939, to join her husband, Charles L. Renfroe, in California where he was working. --Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Miles Suggs --Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Martha Belle & Eula Holley Suggs --Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Charles M and Eula L. Holley Suggs --Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Charles McKinley & Eula Lee Holley Suggs Family --Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Suggs family at Bald Mountain, Ar. --Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | Miles Suggs Family 1908-1909 --Submitted by Wendy Maxey |
 | My Grandmother Ella Jane (Lowe) Guiling holding my Sister Inez (Farish) Guiling. Inez is the oldest of Golden M. and Zora Faye (McCoy) Guiling's seven children. --Submitted by Norman Guiling |
 | Claude S. Elliott & Susan Etta Robertson Elliott and 2 sons, William (right) & Wilmer (left). This was taken at Indian Rock Cave. Indian Rock Cave was a popular spot for church gatherings (etc) in Van Buren County. Now it is a cave in Fairfield Bay golf course. There are many initials carved in it over the years. Claude is the son of William Monroe Elliott and Elizabeth Jane Brown Elliott. Original owner of this picture was Lloyd Eoff. --submitted by Linda Maxey Prater |
 | A tin type picture of my great grandfather - James Richard Maxey (standing) his mother - Nancy Jane Holder Maxey Sullivan and his step father Daniel Sullivan. Each are buried in Rushing Cemetery in Stone Co - just across the Van Buren Co line.--submitted by Linda Maxey Prater |
 | L to R First 3 people unknown. Next 3 young children and a couple are Nancy Jane Gadberry Pierce family. Next family with 2 blond babies are William and Maggie Gadberry family. Woman standing in gate with baby is unknown. Next couple with unknown baby is William Henry and Rachel Bradford Gadberry. Last couple is David Gadberry with unknown woman and unknown children. People on the porch are also unknown. --Submitted by Donna Penner Gadberry |
 | 4 of the children of William J Cullum & Eliza Presley Cullum Family Group Sheet --Submitted by Donna Penner Gadberry |
 | William Henry Gadberry and Rachel Rebecca Bradford Family Group Sheet --Submitted by Donna Penner Gadberry |
 | Caledonia Caroline Presley-Maxey born at Sulpher Springs Ar. November 19, 1867. Died April 1954 at Morrilton Ar. She is the daughter of Elizy and Jerusha Roberts Presley. She is buried at Center Ridge Cemetery. --Submitted by Alice Burroughs Shipley |
 | Nichols & Maxey Family --Submitted by Alice Burroughs Shipley |
 | Nichols Family --Submitted by Alice Burroughs Shipley |
 | Nelson Family 1912 at Bee Branch. Top row, left to right:Joe Nelson, Roy Nelson, Romie Elmo. Front: Louise Nelson,Grandma Nelson, Bob Nelson. --Submitted by Ray Nelson |
 | Frances & Bob Nelson --Submitted by Ray Nelson |
 | Charlie Nelson --Submitted by Ray Nelson |
 | Tom & Nina Gardner and Children taken on Halfmoon Mountain, Van Buren County, Arkansas - Back row Earnest, Tom, Nina and Steve Gardner and the front row are Bessie, Jessie and Charlie Gardner. ---Submitted by Murlene Gardner Horlacher |
 | Purlee & Bill Burns ---Submitted by Murlene Gardner Horlacher |
 | Phydella Truitt 1976 ---Submitted by Murlene Gardner Horlacher |
 | Ella and Fred Nelson, Mary Ettie (Bullard, Norris) Fryman, Tom and Nina Gardner taken on Halfmoon Mountain, Van Buren County, Arkansas. ---Submitted by Murlene Gardner Horlacher |
 | Nina, Mary & Ethel ---Submitted by Murlene Gardner Horlacher |
 | Charlie, Jessie & Bessie Gardner - Bessie and Charlie on the mule Topper with Jessie standing was taken on Halfmoon Mountain in Van Buren County, Arkansas. That is when Thomas (Tom) Gardner cut and hauled White Oak Staves to Leslie to the Stave Mill for making Whiskey Barrels. --Submitted by Murlene Gardner Horlacher |
 | David & Ethel Evans --Submitted by Murlene Gardner Horlacher Fryman Family History |
 | John & Ada Honeycutt --Submitted by Murlene Gardner Horlacher Fryman Family History |
 | Fryman Family --Taken at Dennard, Van Buren County, Arkansas. From left to right: Earnest Fryman, Lilly Fryman, Ethel Fryman, Almeda Fryman, Nina Fryman, Ellen Fryman, and Purlee Fryman --Submitted by Murlene Gardner Horlacher Fryman Family History |
 | Stephen Fryman --Submitted by Murlene Gardner Horlacher Fryman Family History |
 | Bill and Annie Fryman --Submitted by Murlene Gardner Horlacher Fryman Family History |
 | Charlie Nelson and Family - This is a picture of the Nelson family about 1903 in Bee Branch Arkansas. The Father is John Henry Nelson The Mother is Fanny Haney Nelson. The biggest boy is Charlie Nelson. In Back is : Nettie Nelson & Charlie Nelson. In Front is : left to right Maruin Nelson, Grandpa John H. Nelson, Grandma Frances Haney Nelson, Barney Nelson, Joe Nelson, Maggie Nelson with Grandpa's arm around her. Roy Nelson is on Grandma's lap. Made about 1903 Bee Branch AR. --Submitted by Ray Nelson |
 | Alice Hodges Arnold - Alice was said to have been a Choctaw orphan. Raised by W.P."Pit" Bennett. She married William R. Arnold in 1879 in Choctaw, Van Buren Co,., Ar. There are also pictures of her children. She was a very tine lady less than 5 feet tall. --Submitted by Roxie Bishop Family Group Sheet |
 | This is a picture of my Grandparents John Logan McCoy and Elizabeth B. Beavers. John was born 28 Oct 1897 in Liberty Springs, Van Buren, Arkansas and died 3 May 1963 in Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas. Elizabeth was born 16 Jan 1880 in Jerusalem, Conway, Arkansas and died in 1967. This picture was taken on their farm located a few miles northwest of Jerusalem, Arkansas. --Submitted by Norman Guiling |
 | This is a picture of my Great grandmother Nancy Beth (I do not know what her last name was) she was born in 1852 and married James Winffield Beavers. She is holding Inez Guiling, the fourth generation. Behind her in the checked dress is my Grandmother Elizabeth B Beavers. Elizabeth married John Logan McCoy 23 Mar. 1897. Beside of Grandmother is my Mother Zora Faye (McCoy) Guiling. --Submitted by Norman Guiling |
 | Monroe Richmond Chandler & Nancy Ann Emerson were married June 3, 1902 Van Buren Co., AR --Submitted by Donnie Pickard |
 | Oscar, Dollie & Odie Suggs --Submitted by Donnie Pickard |
 | Bill & Bell Emerson Williams --Submitted by Donnie Pickard |
 | George Emerson --Submitted by Donnie Pickard |
 | My grandfather John 'Edward' MOWERY b. 2/6/1906 and his sister Mrytle 'Edna' MOWERY/EADES b. 12/15/1907 from Clinton near Culpepper Mt. AR. She married Vernon Martin EADES. Sent to me by Rita Thompson....thank you Rita----Submitted by Sandra Sparrow |
 | Samuel Obediah 'Obry' MOWERY born 11/1/1884 or 1889 and Amanda Jane 'Janie' TUCKER/MOWERY/OSBURN/MERRYMAN b. 10/16/1888, my great grandparents. They lived in Clinton near Culpepper Mt. Photo sent to me by Rita Thompson - I am so grateful to Rita ----Submitted by Sandra Sparrow |
 | Billy Ray MOWERY, my father, b. 2/22/1926 picture taken in Clinton AR near Culpepper Mt. - son of John Edward MOWERY and Roy Faye BURNS/MOWERY----Submitted by Sandra Sparrow |
 | Will Eades & Pearl Shipp ca 1916 --Submitted by Donnie Pickard |
 | Odd Fellows Lodge Group at Settlement Cemetery near Shirley, Arkansas, on Memorial Day about 1913 X's left to right. Bill Bradford, Andy Maulden, Daniel Bradford, and Bosie Biggs. --Submitted by Wanda Carey |
 | 3 of the boys of Green Reeves. Left to right: Pleasant Andrew Reeves, Mattison "Matt" Reeves, and Willis Parmer or Palmer Reeves. Pleasant Reeves is the son of Green Reeves and Delilah Unknown, he was born March 04, 1852 in Marion Co, AR and died January 28, 1929 in Cleburne Co, AR. He was married to Sarah Melissa Baker Mattison "Matt" Reeves is the son of Green Reeves and Sintha Sooter, he was born January 22, 1880 in Duff, Searcy Co, AR and died March 09, 1962 in Oklahoma City. He is buried in Byars Cemetery, Byars, McClain Co, Ok. He married Elizabeth Mahaney Bacon on November 01, 1899, in Van Buren Co, Ar. Willis Reeves is the son of Green Reeves and Sintha Sooter, he was born April 09, 1875, Duff, Searcy Co, AR and died October 27, 1938 near Shirley, Van Buren Co, AR. He is buried in Shady Grove Cemetery in Van Buren Co, AR. --Submitted by Linda Maxey Prater |
 | George Neely & family --Submitted by Donnie Pickard |
 | James Wesley Yancy --Submitted by Donnie Pickard |
 | William & Missouri (Lockard) Whitfield --Submitted by Donnie Pickard |
 | Jacob Eades with Bud Thompson & wife Cynthia Elizabeth (Eades) Thompson, James & Willie Drake (See Jacob Eades family in Family Histories) --Submitted by Donnie Pickard |
 | Caleb Bost & Mary Clemtine (Givens) Bost --Submitted by Donnie Pickard |
 | Ball team taken about 1909 around Fairbanks. From right to left the boy on the bottom row sitting down with the ball in his hand is Joseph Hudson. The boy above him is William Addington May. Does anyone know who the other boys are? --Submitted by Alice Burroughs Shipley |
 | New Marker for Nymphas Burroughs was dedicated on April 14, 2005. It is at Burroughs Cemetery. --Submitted by Alice Burroughs Shipley |
 | New Marker for Nymphas Burroughs was dedicated on April 14, 2005. It is at Burroughs Cemetery. --Submitted by Alice Burroughs Shipley |
 | James M. Kirk, taken when he was in prison in Ft. Leavenworth in 1900, but he lived in Scotland, Ar and was sent away for a year in 1899 to 1900 for running a still. James M. Kirk was married to Lucinda Duke Kirk, they were from Cobb County, Georgia. In 1880 they moved to Scotland, Arkansas, they had one son Sterling Kirk, more were born in Arkansas, George M. Kirk, Lillian Kirk, Robert Franklin Kirk and Annie Kirk. About 1902 James M. Kirk remarried to Martha C. (Mattie) Leavell and they had five sons, Arthur, Jessie, Rufus, Jackson, Woodrow Kirk. James Monroe Kirk died in Craighead County, Arkansas on 12th Oct 1935 -- Submitted by Garry Brewer |
 | Robert Franklin Kirk with a friend. -- Submitted by Garry Brewer |
 | Robert Franklin Kirk and George M. Kirk. -- Submitted by Garry Brewer |
 | Savannah Tennessee Robert about 1900 with a group on her baptismal day in Scotland, Arkansas, she is the 4th from the right. -- Submitted by Garry Brewer |
 | Vivian Kirk and her sister Bessie in 1928. -- Submitted by Garry Brewer |
 | Savannah Tennessee Roberts Kirk & Robert Franklin Kirk in 1931. Robert Franklin Kirk married Savannah Roberts, daughter of Columbus Clay Roberts and Mary Jane Castleberry, Savannah was living in Van Buren County in 1900 with her sister Cynthia Leavel, she married G.W.Reid first and had two daughters, Myrtle Reid and Leona Reid, then she married Robert Franklin Kirk in 1909 and they had two daughters, Vivian Kirk (my wife line) and Betty Kirk. -- Submitted by Garry Brewer |
 | The Roberts Girls -- Submitted by Garry Brewer |
 | This is my grandparents, James and Plumer Leonard with their first born, Howard taken in 1918. James Alfred Leonard, born Sept. 23, 1892, was the son of Charles Franklin Leonard, an original Van Buren County land grantee. His mother was Addie Sims, born and raised in Van Buren County. Plumer Louisa Sneed (also descended from original land grantees), born Nov. 27, 1900, was the daughter of James H. Sneed and Victoria Louanna Linn. Plumer was so young when she married Jim on Sept. 06, 1916, that her father had to sign his permission on the marriage certificate. Howard came along on May 19, 1917. Unfortunately Howard died a few months after his first birthday. Plumer and Jim made their home in the what is now the Black Hill Road area. They farmed and had six more children. Jim, age 52, died on Oct. 14, 1944 after being paralyzed several months from a farming accident. Plumer lived to be 80 years old, dying on Jan. 13, 1980. One child survives, Cynthia Lena Leonard Bollier of Guy, Arkansas. Grandchildren and great-grandchildren with the Leonard surname still live in Van Buren County. -- Submitted by Leigh Leonard Smith |
 | Jim Leonard family all grown up. -- Submitted by Leigh Leonard Smith |
 | Thomas William Millsaps born February 17, 1828 Macon Co., North Carolina; died June 15, 1903 Archey Valley, Van Buren County, AR. Buried in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Alread, Arkansas; His wife Sarah Ann Jane Beverage born December 22, 1845, Wayne Co., Tennessee; died February 27, 1922 in Scotland, Van Buren Co., AR. Sarah is buried in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Scotland, Van Buren Co., AR. Thomas Millsaps daughter, Fannie Jane Millsaps, born February 13, 1883 Archey Valley, Van Buren Co., AR. died February 02, 1964 Los Angeles Co., CA. --Submitted by Gammill |
 | Reuben Wesley Millsaps, born March 5, 1871 in Archey Valley, Van Buren Co., AR. died January 01,1965 in Modesto, CA; his wife, Louisa Lizzebeth Tucker born March 5, 1878 in Searcy Co., AR. and children: William Thomas Millsaps, Isabel Millsaps, Myrtle Lilly Millsaps, Loucilla Millsaps, Vada Ellen Millsaps, Virgil Jesse Millsaps and Eugene Noah Millsaps --Submitted by Gammill |
 | Berry and Jones children sitting on the cellar door. Grandpa said, the first thing you did when you got a piece of property in Arkansas, was to dig the root cellar. If a tornado came your way, you'd be wanting that. --Submitted by Beverly Berry |
 | James Richard & Mary Frances Berry home in Low Gap, Arkansas. This house was built in 1919. --Submitted by Beverly Berry |
 | Mary Ann Berry - Mary Ann fell in love with a handsome young Cherokee man named John Tully (Tahlee) in the Archey Valley, Arkansas area. Mary Ann married John in a Cherokee ceremony, but since it was not a "legal" ceremony, Mary Ann's father discounted the marriage and refused to let John step foot on his property. Mary Ann met John elsewhere for the next several years. They will eventually have five children together. Mary Ann and John are buried side by side in the cemetary at Low Gap. --Submitted by Beverly Berry |
 | William Edd Egger and family - 1921 --Submitted by Beverly Berry |
 | Charles Washington Maxey & Jessie Lural Reeves, taken in Shirley, AR on their wedding day, October 09, 1917.--submitted by Linda Maxey Prater |
 | The Matthew Slaughter Reeves & Hester Elizabeth Ann Mahaney Bacon Reeves family, my great-grandparents, taken about 1915 in probably what was called Settlement near Shirley, AR. Front Row, baby - Charley Reeves, Matthew Slaughter Reeves & Hester Elizabeth Ann Mahaney Bacon Reeves Middle Row - Ellie, Jessie (my grandmother) Nellie (Ellie & Nellie were twins - I am not sure which one was which) Back Row - James Palmer & Anna (Annie) Cynthia Reeves. Ellie married Charles William Massey 1921 in VB Co. Nellie md Jack smith 1915 in VB Co (Nellie is buried in Shady Grove Cemetery near Shirley) Jessie md Charles (Charley) Washington Maxey - son of James Richard Maxey & Georgia Ann Shipp Tankersley Maxey in VB 1917 Palmer, Charley & Annie did not marry until after the family came to Oklahoma. --submitted by Linda Maxey Prater |
 | The crew of J. H. Egger Shingle and Lumber Mill, Old Liberty, Arkansas, in Van Buren County. --Submitted by Beverly Berry |
 | Mary Frances Egger and neighbor girl Amy Reid. --Submitted by Beverly Berry |
 | George Egger Group - George Egger married Rosie McNabb. Their children are Erving, Vern, Illa Dean, Theo, Lorraine and Wanda.--Submitted by Beverly Berry |
 | Elvis Cox - Son of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Berry Cox and Ed Cox of Van Buren County, Arkansas. Lizzie Berry is the sister of James Richard Berry. Elvis, Lena, Ruby and Martin Cox lived with Richard and Frances Berry when their mother Lizzie died.--Submitted by Beverly Berry |
 | Audice and Gladys McCaslin - I believe this is their wedding photo. Probably taken in Old Liberty.--Submitted by Beverly Berry |
 | Maggie Egger, first born child of Fannie and Jonis Wesley Egger, was born July 19, 1891. She had one child, Jethro, who died in infancy. Maggie is almost the spitting image of her grandmother, Mary Ellen Stanley Kendrick. Maggie died February 27, 1917 at 26 years of age. The cause of her death is unknown. A death certificate was never filed. --Submitted by Beverly Berry |
 | John Tully - Husband of Mary Ann Berry. We assume that John borrowed this suit from a much shorter man. John was over six feet tall, had black hair and pure black eyes. His g.g.grandaughter looks very, very much like him. John died in 1897. He is buried beside Mary Ann's grave with a headstone that simply says, John. His cause of death is unknown. --Submitted by Beverly Berry |
 | J.M. Brock - Age 60 - J. M. Brock is the second husband of Mollie Kendrick. He is Jonis Wesley Kendrick's son-in-law. Picture was in James Holland Egger, Jr's trunk in Old Liberty, Arkansas, in Van Buren County.--Submitted by Beverly Berry |