MELTING POT GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Volume XXXVII, Fall 2014
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.
Editors: Barbara Golden Erdmann and Loretta Henderson Walker
A limited number of copies are still available. Please go by the library Monday or Friday between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to purchase your copy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements | i |
In Memoriam | |
Emmett Russell Berry Jr. | ii |
Robert E. Cartwright | iii |
Terry Lane Haynes | iv |
Klugh Edward Sorrells | v |
President's Letter | 2 |
MPGS Board Members | 3 |
Twila Ackley Brown, A Fond Farewell | 4 |
Members | 5 |
Surnames Being Researched By Members | 15 |
Hot Spring County Exchange Program | 22 |
Donations | 23 |
Corporate Membership and Other Libraries | 29 |
2013-2014 Programs | 31 |
Pioneer Days 2014 | 34 |
Garland County Marriages: L | 34 |
Groom Index | 35 |
Bride Index | 48 |
Ancestor Gallery | 61 |
Family Histories | |
George Berry Family | 67 |
Jens Christian Jensen | 71 |
B.G. and Martha Jean Stephens | 77 |
Stonecipher's Strolling Down Central Avenue | 84 |
The Family of Elbert and Sarah Wideman Weldon | 96 |
Reuben Lamb of Montgomery County, AR | 105 |
Pedigree Charts | |
Chapman | 111 |
Crawford & Hall | 112 |
Daniel | 114 |
Grant (Harvey) | 115 |
Krabbe | 116 |
Manning | 117 |
A Little Bit of This and That | |
Majestic Sadness | 119 |
Where was Shippey - Who was charity Ross | 121 |
Cultural Fair | 131 |
UDC convention - And the Winner is... | 132 |
DAR Certificate of Appreciations | 133 |
Fisher Family Bible | 134 |
Grandma's Apron | 142 |
Jones School 1915 | 143 |
Early Settlers Personal History | 144 |
Garland County Newspapers | 156 |
Franks Cemetery | 160 |
Mrs. Thornton's Receipts | 169 |
Breakdown of Garland County Clerk of Court Probate Cases | 175 |
Publications for Sale | 176 |
Renewal/Application Form | 178 |
Index | 180 |