Message From: Lori Reddell

Dear Ella,
Would you happen to know who the parents of Della Duck born 6-3-1890 and died 4-2-1931 in Mt. Judea she married Bailey Van Nichols. Biley later married Eula Daniels but they divorced and Bailey is now buried beside Della in Mt. Judea and my favorite uncle Bailey's son George W. Nichols bought them a double headstone, he is so sweet and loved his father very much as did I and alot of other people.
Lori
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Message From: Ella Criner Porter

Good Idea Virginia!!! My list is pretty extensive, except for a couple, who may have settled in Searcy County, most settled in Newton County.
Criner
Hensley
Hefley
Stephens
Duck
McGeHee
Cheatham
George
Broadstreet
Lively
Briggs
Wilburn
Thanks Much, Ella Criner Porter
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Message From: Lori Reddell

Believe this or not you can still find those see through cases here in around Newton County. Mostly in Harrison and Dover in the little food stores and gas stations.
Lori
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Message From: Bert Bryant

One of my fond food memories were those old see through food cases. With big logs of balogna and hard wedges of cheese. And pork and beans out of a can or canned salmon on crackers. That was the life. And of course, wash it all down with a Grapette out of that chest type cooler.
Bert
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Message From: Lori Reddell

Dear Virginia,
They may have, have you ever heard of Peter Jackson Collins? He married Louisa Jane 'Jane: Burdine and her daughter from her other marriage is my great grandmother Dora Burdine who married Sam Dotson. Jane and Pete or "Uncle Pete" as he was known had other children.
Lori
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Message From: Virginia Heard

Lori,
Have any of your Collins staggered over the state line to Iron County, Missouri? I have Collins from there Before there Kentucky
Thanks Virginia
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Message From: Lori Reddell

No Ray I'm sorry I don't have alot of information on my Newton County Sexton's but what I do have is Thomas E. "Tom" Dotson married Mary A. "Sis" Sexton daughter of William Riley Sexton and Nancy Nichols. Tom and Mary are my gg grandparents. Would be glad to share any information I have on these families.
Lori
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Message From: Ray Richardson

My ggg-grandmother was Mary Rebecca Sexton 1815-1899 and married my ggg-g-pa Fielding Lewis Richardson. They started out in Kentucky and ended up in Arkansas, Newton & Madison Co's. Was wondering if she had other family that also came there. Do you show her name in any of your records?
Ray
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Message From: Lori Reddell

No Ray I'm sorry I don't have alot of information on my Newton County Sexton's but what I do have is Thomas E. "Tom" Dotson married Mary A. "Sis" Sexton daughter of William Riley Sexton and Nancy Nichols. Tom and Mary are my gg grandparents. Would be glad to share any information I have on these families.
Lori

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Subject: [NewtonCoFamilies]Re:Roll Call
Message From: Ray Richardson

<< Message From: Lori Reddell ...... Sexton >>
My ggg-grandmother was Mary Rebecca Sexton 1815-1899 and married my ggg-g-pa Fielding Lewis Richardson. They started out in Kentucky and ended up in Arkansas, Newton & Madison Co's. Was wondering if she had other family that also came there. Do you show her name in any of your records? Ray
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Message From: Freda Carpenter

Ray, I'm still going through email,,,but I'll get back to you...

> Message From: Ray Richardson ROLL CALL:
> >Richardson
>Swain
>Ogden
>Norton
>Dillahunty
>Cantrell
>Young
>Daniels
>Lane
Freda Carpenter

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Message From: Lori Reddell

I'll bet you there is. I will look in my tree and get the dates for you.
Lori

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Subject: [NewtonCoFamilies]Re:Roll Call
Message From: Ruth Barnes

Message for Lori Reddell
Laura Belle Sexton b 7 1 1866 Kentucky D 1 1 1952 Shawnee, Oklahoma m Andrew Jackson Edgmon 2 28 1860 Boxley, Arkansas , he was d 1 22 1948 M 8 31 1882 Newwton County by J. T. Whitley I'm sure there is a connection.
Ruth
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Message From: Colleen Haynes Rongey

Hello Lori...
Am enjoying your letters to each other...(always did like to read mail...
This is Colleen Haynes Rongey again...I grew up at Lurton next door to Uncle Toad and Aunt Margaret Heffley...My sister Carrol Haynes married their grandson EL Heffley and they live now in Little Rock...I have heard EL say that his dad was a 2F Heffley and mother was a one F Hefley (no relation) ...His grandmother was Margaret Cheatham and descended from the Sam Davis line on Big Creek...
I'll be posting something on this on my Heffley page on Woodard's of Tarlton web site...soon...my brotherinlaw is quite a historian..he does not have email, however...and I do try to write down every thing he says because he listened to all his family stories (and the neighbors, too) ... EL can tell you about the two Heffley/Hefley clans...
Now, Preacher Dan Hefley's bunch at Lurton are a totally different clan to these two and they came to NCo much later...The 2 F Heffleys say they are no kin to the 1 fs, and I hope not, because ELs parents were both...the 1 f Hefley of his mothers part are related to the author/historian James Carl Hefley and he writes about his cousin EL and him catching blue lizards when they were kids together there on Big Creek...
In his book Way Back When by James Carl Hefley...he writes about many of the early timers on Big Creek and where they came from. All you NCo folks need to get all his books and read/ keep them with your NcHistory...
In the middle nineties, while on our family vacation...I met James Carl and his wife Marty Hefley when I went with my sister Carrol and her husband EL Heffley down to MtJudea to their annual Hefley/Heffley family reunion. James Carl told me of his Mark Twain Writers Conferrence held each summer in Hannibal, Missouri where they now live...and invited me to come ... so...I went there four summers for a week of wonderful writing inspiration/instruction from a lot of authors they brought in...My idea of a really fun vacation...
James Carl is professor of writing/english/history there at Hannibal LaGrange College and they let them use their campus for the four day writers conferrence, fed us and entertained us...people attended from all over the country.and we made lifelong friends...His last conference was in 1996 or 97 when they stopped. His daughter Cindy Allison was the in charge person and I think she has another job and James Carl has been busy writing so this will never be again...
Since I do believe that nothing (or very little) in our life happens by accident, I will always be grateful for the timing of that mountain vacation where I met James Carl again...Knew him when we were both children and this was in the 40s...he was age of my sister Pat and they were childhood friends. The NCo Historical has some of his books to sell...get one.
Go visit my Nco web sites and write me...
Thanks. Colleen Rongey
Newton County

<< Message From: Lori Reddell
John Bailey 'Toad' Heffley & his sister Murthursia Ann 'Thessy' Heffley along those lines. Also my ggrandfather David Crockett 'Davy' Smith married Margaret Emaline Standridge she is supposed to be the daughter of John F. Standridge and Emmaline Smith I don't know that for sure, that is what Boyd and I were talking about.
Lori
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Message From: Nancy Jane Balmer
Hi Lori
What Hefley's are you doing ?? My cousin Patsy who's Mother was a Hefley and she was married to Charles Arter Cagle and Mary Elizabeth Tilley Standridge Cagle youngest son Richard Houston Cagle born in 1905. Charles Arter and Lydia Margaret Standridge had 8 children 5 of them lived to adult hood and Charles and Mary had 11 with 9 of them living. I will e-mail Patsy and ask her if she would join are list and she is looking for Cagle and Hefley's.
Love Your Friend NancyJane
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Message From: Billie Harris

Diana what Robinsons are you related to? there was more than 1 family in newton co. I am looking for descendants of Robert Rufus Robinson and he had a half brother Thomas Harris..... Thomas Harris's Dad was also Thomas Harris and he was married to Abbey Strode who also was married to a Robinson first.... Now here is what I need a connecton to: the old Thomas Harris(My husbands grandpa) was married prior to Abbey Strode and he and that first wife had 6 children. our family never knew any of those kids. at least this later generation my age didn't.. they lived around the Mossville area and the old Thomas is burried there and probably the first wife but no stone... we have never been able to find out what her name was. I imagine they were married back in Tennessee as that is where they came from originally and the older Thomas was born in Tn. No one in our Harris family or Robinson family has a picture of grandpa Harris. He died 6 mo. before the birth of Dad(young Tom) I believe if I could find the line of descendants of the first 6 kids born to old Thomas that they would probably have a picture and info. I do have their names but don't know what happened to them after old thomas died as in later census they are not living with Abbey. does any of this make sense. ? b. harris

Message From: Diana Boothe
I hope you are ready for this one, lol...........

Robinson/Roberson-and all variations,
Shatwell/Shatswell-and all variations,
Martin
Henson
Woodward
Bohannon
Peoples
Freeman
Smith
Tennison
Reed
Essex-------and the rest of the Newton County relations that go with these..:-)
Diana
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Message From: Lina Boyd

The book we have is New Ozark Cousins. Appreciate the thank you. We sure do enjoy this hobby.
Lina

Message From: Lori Reddell
Dear Lena, This is Lori Reddell the one who called Boyd about Margaret Emaline Standridge. I was wondering if you can tell me if the book you have is The New Ozark Cousins, or just Ozark Cousins? If it is just Ozark Cousins then can I pay for a copy? I can even pick mine up save on postage I come to Dover about 3 times a week. P.S. Please tell Boyd thank you for the notes he sent me, they helped me alot.
Lori

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Message From: Jetty Baker
The check will be in the mail thank you. Jetty

Message From: Lina Boyd
It would cost us about $25 to copy and mail it to you. Address:
C. L. Boyd
P. O. Box 222
Dover, AR 72837-0222.
It will have notes written on it and is about 425 pages index and all.
Lina Boyd

Subject: [NewtonCoFamilies]Re:Ozark Cousins
Message From: Jetty Baker
I would like to read Ozark Cousins. I would pay for copy and shipping. Jetty Baker
42207 E Co 3rd st
Roll, Az. 85347

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Message From: Joy Baldwin

Patricia, I can send you a genealogy report of everything I have on the early Sparks. Yes, I would like a list of William Robinson's siblings. I have done a lot of searching the last two years on the roads from Roane Co., TN to Newton County and I think I would like to venture into the 1900s with some of my branches. If your folks went to Okla then on to California, you know the 1900s would take in the depression. Have you read the book 'Grapes of Wrath'? My grt grandfather Richard Taylor Barnard moved to Okla. abt. 1901, but that is where he stayed and raised his children. All but the youngest child was born in Newton County. I will need your E-mail to send the genealogy report. Joy Barnard Baldwin

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Message From: Patricia Weaver
Joy,
John Peterson and Sarah Russell were my grandfathers parents. My grandfather was William Robison Sparks. I can get back to a Thomas Sparks. I also have pictures of J.P.S. &S.(R.) Sparks if you are interested. I am in California so can't get to the cemetery. We may go to AR. in May ,but don't know if I can get to there. I don't even know if I could find anything or not, for I was abut 12 the last time I was there visiting my grfathers sister Maude Williams. Thanks ever so much,
Patricia Weaver

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Subject: [NewtonCoFamilies]Re:Sparks
Message From: Joy Baldwin
Patricia, If your John Peterson Sparks was b. 1846 m. 2nd Sarah Russell who bore him 12 children, I may can help you with ancestors. I have this John Peterson as s/o Hiram C. Sparks. Hiram C. is brother to my grt grt grandmother Rachel Rebecca Sparks. I visited Shiloh Cemetery this summer and there were some small markers for McGarrah and Baker, but someone had written Sparks on them. Do you know who they might be?
If you are near Jasper, there is a Bradley House Museum that has some excellent old records for a small museum. I found a 'Sparks Quarterly Magazine in there that had a picture of Rachel Rebecca and there's marriage records and census records also. My nephew took me to several old cemeteries and I took lots and lots of pictures and couldn't wait to get home and try to find them in my files.
Joy Barnard

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Subject: [NewtonCoFamilies]Re:Sparks
Message From: Patricia Weaver
Vonda,
My name is Patricia (Sparks) Weaver and I come from the line of John Peterson & Hiram Sparks if you have any info in your database on them how do I get a hold of this info? Patricia

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Subject: [NewtonCoFamilies]Re:Sparks
Message From: Vonda Dihm
Carol,
Sorry, I do not have anything on Hiram Best. When was he born? I have some info on two Hiram Sparks. One was Hiram T. son of Samuel L. Sparks and Sarah Isabelle Beckham and the other was Hiram Turner Sparks who married Minerva Priscella Belle Whiteley, daughter of Seleta Beckham (sister of Sarah Isabell Beckham) and Samuel Henry Whiteley). In case I have made mistakes all you Sparks, Whiteley and Beckham researchers feel free to jump in here! There are several other Hiram Sparks but they do not connect to my Casey line (I don't think) so they are not in my main database. I may have some info on them in my hard copy files. Will check and let you know. Sorry I could not be more help.
Vonda
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Message From: Ray Richardson

Vonda,
I have a cousin named Dianne Daniels Dingman from Arizona that I just learned about a couple of months ago and it is her grandmother and my great grand aunt, Martha Ann (Mattie) Richardson who married Anais Daniels and they had 7 children. They are listed them in birth order:
Claude
Nola
Darrell
Dema
Homer (Diane's dad) 9/15/24 to 11/23/71
Lorene
Howard
That's all I know right now, I don't know who Anais' parents were or anything like that. Does his or their kids names come up anywhere?
Ray
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Message From: Virginia Heard

I have a Pickney, Jackson Collins Mine married into SMITH, LONG, WILSON. WEST Another reason is Some of my Mothers Newberry married into my Daddy's Dewey line so I am double related to her
Virginia
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Message From: Vonda Dihm