Message From: Judy Tate
Topic: Jasper High Picture

Charlene,
Jasper High School has an email address. You might email them and ask if they have copies of yearbooks through the years, or collections of class pictures. Could also include the link to your picture in the scrapbook...perhaps they could then compare and come up with identity for you??? The email address for Jasper High School:
Japser High
Take Care, Judy Tate
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Message From: Charlene Holland
Topic: Re:Jasper High Picture

Thank you so much, Judy. I never thought of that.
I just wrote them. I realize that I probably won't hear from them until after the holidays, but it is certainly worth a try. I am hoping to enlarge the picture and send it to my mother along with the names of her classmates.

Charlene
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Message From: Billie Harris
Topic: Brack Champlin

Judy do you take the Newton Co. Times? I know it is not on line. I was wondering if you would put the Obit. of Brack Champlin on for me when you see it. It should have already have been in but his brother who is my brother in law ( William, Bill, Champlin) is in Jasper now trying to make the arrangements but he was out on Mt. Judea yesterday and could not get into town . He was married at one time to a Strode also. He will be buried at Mossville. thanks billie harris
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Message From: Judy Tate
Topic: Re:Brack Champlin

Billie,
I had not heard about Brack dying...am sure that it has not been in paper yet...can't imagine overlooking it. I get confussed, I know that Brack and Clyde married Harris girls, Ruby and Pearl. Seems his wife was Ruby Harris, right? Sorry to hear about his passing, bet it is hard on Bill. Is he staying on Gaither Mountain with Gene...or out at Ponca with Susie's sister? I'll watch for the obituary Billie.
Take Care, Judy Tate
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Message From: Lori Reddell
Topic: Standridge Marriage Record

Charlene Holland,
I to would love to have a copy of the marriage record, my family was the David Crockett (Davy) Smith and Margaret Emoline Standridge line I also have a scanned copy of their marriage record along with that of David Vincent (Vennison) Reddell & his 2nd wife Sarah Elizabeth (Sally) (Greenhaw) McCutcheon Reddell would be glad to share these as well. I'm very fortunate to live in Newton County, Arkansas the Jasper Court House is the only one which will let you scan their marriage books for a quarter a copy. Harrison Court House will only let you write down the information. My mailing address is: H.C. 30 Box 92 Pelsor, Arkansas 72856.

Thank you,
Lori Reddell
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Message From: Freda Carpenter
Topic: Morning 

Thanks for sending the picture of Grace. I could see it fine.I was wondering if you seen in the Newton County newspaper of a auction that the Newton County Library is having for Roberta Beckham.They are auctioning off some of her art work to buy some of her favorite books to put on a shelf they are dedicating to her.I would like to have a chance to be in on the auction. Just wondering if you read about it.
Thanks again,
Freda
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Message From: Billie Harris
Topic: Re:Brack Champlin

Bill is staying with Susie's sister Dorothy Vanderpool. Dorothy is married to Rex Vanderpool and they live east out of Jasper. Can't think of that mountain. but they are all the way up it. He died Christmas Eve and Bill and Susie came from Cave City in that ice storm Christmas Day to make arrangements. I will keep you posted. Weather situations should be better there today but don't know how it would be out around the Mossville area and digging graves. Billie Harris
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Message From: Billie Harris
Topic: Re:Brack Champlin

Ruby and Pearl were Strode's... Riley's (My husband) Dads name was Tom Harris from Newton Co. and his father was also Thomas Harris who is burried at Mossville . well the old Thomas Harris was married to Abbie Strode. That is the connection plus Susie Harris married Bill Champlin and Clyde and Brack his brothers were married to the Strode girls.... all connected but in different directions. billie harris should be able to get back to her researching by next month. had some health problems last year and was not to active
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Message From: Judy Tate
Topic: Roberta Beckham

Freda,
The Newton County Library is hosting the art exhibit...titled, Memories of Walnut Valley, Drawings by Roberta Beckham. The drawings were featured December 12th at a reception. Will be displayed at the library through the end of January. The newspaper article describes three drawings and states that those three, in addition to many others, will be offered for sale. Library hours: 9:30 to 5:30 Monday through Friday and Saturday 10:00 to 2:00. The article states: For more information, call the Library at 446-2983. So sounds like you still have time to inquire and purchase :o). Take Care, Judy Tate
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Message From: Judy Tate
Topic: Grave digging at Mossville

They still dig graves at the Mossville Cemetery by hand, with a pick and shovel. Lawton Edgmon oversees and works at digging many of the graves...his brother JE Edgmon also pitches in...and if they are lucky, some of the younger ones will help...the cemetery ground is of course rocky and I figure it can be hard to dig, but they always somehow manage to get the job done. When you visit the cemetery there, you might notice that the graves are not lined out, in straight rows and lots...it is easy to miss a grave because of this layout...think it has been done so because of the underlying rocks that prevent digging right where they would like.
Take Care, Judy Tate
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Message From: Ray Richardson
Topic: Re:Take a look...

Regarding the number 13 in connection with the dollar bill, it has Biblical significance too. There were originally 12 tribes in Israel. The tribe of Joseph was divided between Joseph's 2 sons Ephraim and Manassah, hence making it 13 tribes.
Ray
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Message From: Lori Reddell
Topic: Death

Just in case anyone wants to know, Devoe Cowell a long time teacher and principal of Deer School, Deer Arkansas, Newton County passed away about 2 A.M. Wednesday morning at his home (I think) he I was told had bone cancer. Not sure when his funeral is though.
Lori Reddell
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Message From: Nancy Jane Balmer
Topic: Obits good site

Hi Family, Friends

I know some of you already have this but it is a good site to look at once in a while. Sometime you can get there full names and where they were living . I found a couple today that were my family members.

Obituary Daily Times
Interactive Search
(go to Search the Database and put in the name you want 1999-2000 Obits)
Obit Search
Love NancyJane
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 Message From: Nancy Jane Balmer
Topic: Re:Cagle Obit

Hi Judy

Thank You, yes this is my family. This is John Henry Cagle and he is the son of Jeremiah 'Jerry' Meek aka William Marion Cagle and Ella Fee Cagle, and he was the grandson of Squire Richard 'Richard' and Susanna Cagle Standridge Meeks. confusing huh. Jeremaih 'Jerry' Meeks was on the wagon train that went in 1878/1879 to Idaho and was comming back home to Newton County, Arkansas when they some of the family member became ill with typhoid fever and died) Susanna Cagle Standridge Meeks was my gr gr grandfathers Charles Arter Cagle's sister Susan moved her family to Missouri where her other brother Henry Carson Cagle and family lived two of Susan's son Jeremaih and James Meeks decieded that they wanted to go back to Arkansas and stole some horses and rode back to Arkansas. (both boys went by Cagle, but we think that James took back his Meeks name) The horse story was told to me by Gwen Sites, this would be her great uncle I think.
NancyJane
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 Message From: Sandra Rylee
Topic: Rylee

I'm researching the 'Rylee' family name for my ancestors. Do you have any personal information on George W. Rylee. I have him in my database, but he is not connected to any parents or siblings. Any information you can give me will help me find some connections.

The Rylee name is hard to research because of the different ways that the name has been spelled. In one item they may spell the parents name correctly, but in the contents spell the children's name incorrectly. I appreciate any help you can give me.
Sandra Rylee
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Message From: James Harris
Topic: Trivia: did you ever consider??

What happens when a president gets elected in a year with a '0' at the end?

1840: William Henry Harrison (Died in Office) 1860: Abraham Lincoln (Assassinated)
1880: James A. Garfield (Assassinated)
1900: William McKinley (Assassinated)
1920: Warren G. Harding (Died in Office)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Died in Office)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Assassinated)
1980: Ronald Reagan (Survived Assassination Attempt)

And to think that we had 2 guys duking it out in the courts to be the one elected in 2000!
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Message From: Daisianne Younger
Topic: History of Newton County

Hello. We live in Fort Worth and have some land near Jasper, close to Low Gap on Shiloh Mt. Over the past 2 years on our visits there, we have become very interested in the history of the area. After I retire (I am a teacher here in Ft. Worth), we will be building there. I am trying to find out how to get a copy of History of Newton County. The lady at the Chamber of Commerce did not know if it was still in print. I could not find an email address for the library there. Maybe you could steer us in another direction in order to locate this book. Thank you, Steve and Daisianne Younger
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Message From: Cassie Ault
Topic: Arbaugh and Black

David Conrad Henneger Arbaugh - nickname 'Coon' b. 29 apr 1826 in Tenn. d. at age 49 of pneumonia 29 Jan 1876. His first wife was Elizabeth Black b. 1831 in Ark d. 5 Feb 1857 in Texas. His second wife Frances A. Black - nickname Fanny b. 1834 in Ark and d. 26 Dec 1933 at age 92. Both were the daughters of James E. Black - nickname "Beaver Jim").

David and Elizabeth Arbaugh had two daughters:
Eliza A. Arbaugh b. 1848 in Ark who married John W. Welch.
Mary A. Arbaugh b. 1849 in Ark married James Stamp.

David and Frances Arbaugh were married in Johnson Co. Ark. and had twelve children:
America J. Arbaugh b. 1851 Ark
George Washington Arbaugh II b. 1854 Ark
Sarah F. Arbaugh b. Ark
William Arbaugh b. 1856 Ark
John M. Arbaugh b 1858 Ark
Osborne C. Arbaugh b. 1860 Ark
Absolom Arbaugh b. 1861 Ark
Shannon Arbaugh b. 1865 Ark
Thomas F. Arbaugh b. 1868 Ark
Wallace W. Arbaugh b. 1869 Ark
Mandy E. Arbaugh b. 1872
Rufus Arbaugh b. 1877

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Message From: Freda Carpenter
Topic: Re:History of Newton County

Might try the Newton County Historical Society book link here: Society Books
Freda Carpenter
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Message From: Joy Baldwin
Topic: Re:Newton County History

Diasianne, The Newton County Historical Society & Bradley House Museum address is: P. O. Box 360, Jasper, Arkansas 72641. Their web page is www.mcrush.com/history The Bradley House Museum phone # is 870 446-6347. The Newton County Library address is HC31 Box 8 Highway 7 So., Jasper, Arkansas 72641. I just visited the library in Oct. of 2000, they have a pretty good little genealogy section and are accumlating more everyday. You are moving to a very pretty part of Newton Co. Hope I have been of some help.
Joy
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 6:26 AM Subject: [NewtonCoFamilies] History of Newton County Message From: Daisianne Younger Hello. We live ....
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Message From: Herb Perry
Topic: Riley Cecil

Riley Cecil and family helped raise my mother Edna Jayne Nicholson Perry deceased. I do genealogy and recently became a member of SOR. I'm age 64 and wife is Joyce. We have 4 grown children and 2 gr kids. I have the Riley Cecil line- Solomon- Benjamin-Samuel-John-William the immigrant-Thomas Earl of Exeter-Sir Robert but this was done for me by lady volunteers at the National Genealogical Society and they would always say "appears to be" so the line needs work.

Herb Perry
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Message From: Judy Tate
Topic: Obit for Brack

Billie,
Here is the obituary for Brack as it appeared in Jan 4th edition of the Newton County Times:

Leo Brack Champlin, 85 Cave City, Arkansas

Leo Brack Champlin age 85 of Cave City, Arkansas died on Saturday, December 23, 2001 at the Cave City Nursing Home. He was born on June 28, 1915 at Lilly, Kentucky a son of Hugh and Mary Arlena (Bullins)Champlin. He had worked in the timber industry and had lived in Cave City for about three and a half years moving there from Huntsville.

He was preceeded in death by his parents; his wife, Irene Champlin of the home; two infant sisters; one daughter of the home; one brother Clyde Champlin of Springdale and three step-mothers, Parylee (Bullins) Champlin of Redstar, Lou (Edgmon) Champlin of Swain, and Nanna Belle (Read) Champlin of Clarksville.

Survivors are one son, Alvis Eugene Champlin of Holts Summit, Missouri one brother, Hugh "Bill" Champlin of Cave City, two grandsons; Toby and Robert Champlin of Springdale, and other relatives and friends.

Services were Tuesday, January 2, 2001 at the Mossville United Baptist Church with Brother James Compton officiating. Internment followed in the Mossville Cemetery under the direction of Coffman Funeral Home of Jasper.

Pallbearers were Arnold Champlin; Fred Champlin; Toby Champlin; Harold Hilton; Jim Youngblood and Coy Willis. Honorary Pallbearer was Gene Harris.
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Message From: Patricia Weaver
Topic: Re:Newton County History

Dear Joy,
I have a copy of the History Newton Co. and you can have it if you don't mind the fact it has some gold paint on the cover, but the pages are not messed up. If you will pay the postage on it it is yours.
Patricia Weaver
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Message From: Patricia Weaver
Topic: Re:History of Newton County

Dear Daisianne,
I sent a message to Joy Baldwin in reply to her answer to your question about the History of Newton Co. before I realized it was not her that wanted the book, but I have a copy of the book you can have if you want to pay the postage on it and you don't mind if the cover has a little gold paint on it , but the pages are fine. Just let me know.
Patricia Weaver
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Message From: Patricia Weaver
Topic: Re:Newton County History

Dear Freda,
I have a History of Newton Co. , but I already offered it to someone else before I read your e-mail, but if the other lady does not want it for some reason you can have it if you will pay postage and don't mind if the cover has some gold paint on it . The pages are fine. If you are interested let me know if the other lady decides she doesn't want it or finds one somewhere else.
Patricia Weaver
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Message From: Freda Carpenter
Topic: Re:History of Newton County

Patricia,
Yes, I would like it very much if no one else wants it.Thank you very much.
Freda
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Message From: Judy Tate
Topic: Wish List et al

If any of you have a 'WISH LIST' of books or other materials that you would like...why don't you post to the list and maybe a source can be found. Members may have what you are looking for...I am always checking out online auctions and used book dealers...also am a regular at book swap meets and used dealers here close to home. So, if I had your wish lists with me, I might be able to find what you are looking for.

And if any of you have materials that you no longer have a use for, why don't you post to the list as well.

Also, if any of you have new materials that you would like to promote, please do so.

P.S. And I want to add...Patricia, how very nice of you to make the offer of your copy of History of Newton County.

Take Care, Judy Tate
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Message From: Bert Bryant
Topic: Re:Wish List et al

If anyone has an extra copy of Old Folks Talking that they will offer at a good price, I'd be interested.
Bert
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Message From: Judy Tate
Topic: Book...your wish granted :o)

Bert,

I have an extra Old Folks Talking. I ordered two copies the first week it went on sale...one for myself and one for momma. She read through her copy and when finished she told me I could have it back...she was somewhat 'put out' at several mistakes. There are mistakes, but I still think it is a nice book. I will follow Patricia's suit...you pay the S&H and it is yours. Is your address same as it was in June? Let me hear.
Take Care, Judy Tate
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Message From: Bert Bryant
Topic: ReBook...your wish granted  :o)

Thanks Judy, address is same.
Bert
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Message From: Terri England
Topic: Newton County Cemeteries

Hello,
I am looking for a copy of Newton County Cemeteries by Herman and Oleta Haddock . I know this one is going to be difficult! Thank you.
Terri England
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Message From: Joy Baldwin 
Topic: Re:Newton County History

Patricia,
Thank you for the offer, but my sister-in-law's father has both copies of the Newton County History and their borrowed on my shelf as of now. I would like to know if there is any good history of the Civil War years in Newton County and more about the 6th Kansas Calvary (Union) being in Newton County. Could anyone help or know of someone I could correspond with? Also, would like to know some of the mistakes of "Old Folks Talking" that Judy's Mother saw. HA! I have the book.

Thanks, Joy
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Message From: Ed Smith
Topic: Re:Standridge, Hudson, Jones