MELTING POT GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Volume XXXV, Fall 2012
The Kettle
The beautiful cover for this year's publication of The Kettle was painted for the Melting Pot Genealogical Society by Hot Springs' native and watercolorist, Richard Stephens. To view more of Richard's work, visit his website.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Title Page | i |
| Editor's Corner | ii |
| Contents | iii |
| 2012 Corporate Member | 1 |
| President's Letter | 2 |
| Officers | 3 |
| We Are The Chosen | 4 |
| Membership List | 5 |
| Membership - Corporate and Other Libraries | 12 |
| Surnames Being Researched By Members | 14 |
| Samuel M. Smith | 20 |
| A Check From the Past, E. H. Vance, Jr. | 23 |
| Bailey Cemetery | 24 |
| National Park Cemeteries: Crabtree, Chalybeate, Cedar Mountain | 26 |
| Holy Trinity Episcopal Memorial Garden | 30 |
| Tombstone Cleaning | 33 |
| 40 Acres and a Mule | 34 |
| Lynch Family | 36 |
| Rev. Edgar B. Griffin, Marriage Book | 54 |
| The Arlington Hotel Secrets - Reunion Memories | 57 |
| In Remembrance, Jim Brown | 63 |
| Programs | 64 |
| Honorary Lifetime Membership | 66 |
| The Sentinel-Record, Public Service Recognition | 67 |
| Newsletter and Website | 68 |
| Did You Know? | 69 |
| World's Oldest Running Car | 70 |
| Dear Debby | 71 |
| MPGS Volunteer Service, HS Middle School Cultural Fair | 76 |
| John Andrew Riggs | 77 |
| Francis Scott Key and Old Glory | 85 |
| Library News | 87 |
| Library Acquisitions | 90 |
| Publications For Sale | 98 |
| The Tankersleys Through Time | 99 |
| The War of 1812, 200th Anniversary | 111 |
| Garland County Marriages - "J" | 113 |
| Donations | 128 |
| The Tapp Family | 131 |
| Model T Ford | 143 |
| Cemeteries of Garland County | 145 |
| Early Fire Companies of Hot Springs, Arkansas | 161 |
| Rustic and the Thorntons | 201 |
| Old Time Herbal Doctor | 220 |
| Pedigree Charts: | |
| Loretta Henderson | 226 |
| Hugh Ray Walker | 227 |
| Cynthia K. Watts | 228 |
| Dale K. Newkirk | 229 |
| Marshalene Hart | 230 |
| Membership Application Form | 231 |
| Surname Index | 233 |