Queries for Franklin County in Arkansas for year 2004.

We are looking for any records of their existence, marriage, death and burial location and would so appreciate any help or leads you can give.

-Judy Gautier

JoEllen,

More followup.

Daniel Conatser (b.1825) married Sarah Ann Garner.
Their children were:
James Jerry Conatser   (JJ) b. March 16, 1854 d. April 6, 1905
Christopher Columbus Conatser (Lum)
   b. Nov. 22, 1860 d. May 15, 1901
Ellen C. Conatser b. abt 1864 married to a J.A. Gray on
     Nov. 22, 1883 in Franklin Co.

Note: Daniel's second wife was Elizabeth Wilhelm
   Child - Grover C. Conatser b. abt 1885

Grover marrid Jesse Honea Sept. 9, 1911 in Franklin Co.

Hope this points you in the right direction.

Dan

Looking for information on William W. Taylor, b. abt. 1825 in Ohio or Tenn, or Thomas F. Taylor, b. abt. 1827. They are in Pope County, Arkansas around Dover in the 1860 and 1870 census. In the 1880 census Thomas is in Franklin County, Arkansas and Williams wife Mary are living next to each other along with another William Taylor,John Taylor, Mathew Taylor and Houston Taylor. I was wondering if anyone knows of any connection to all of these Taylors.

Subj: Sitz Family
Date: 06/13/2004 6:35:25 AM Central Daylight Time
From: [email protected]

My grandfather was Wm. Marion Sitz. He was married to Dellie Dickerson Sitz Boen., daughter of TL (Dale) & Martha Dickerson. She is buried next to him. Their son Coyne is buried next to them. I have alot of info on the Sitz & Dickerson family if any one is interested.

Donna Sitz Pendasulo

Charlie Ward

Researching the following family lines: Morse, Timmer, Garrard, Rice, Brunce,
Anderson, Julian, Williams, Dennis, LaGreau, Janvair, Perry, Miller, and Moss

Don:
     You are a true FAMILY HISTORIAN (GENEALOGIST). You really get it! Those
direct line ancestors and their progeny were & are REAL people w/ many facinating
details in their lives. That is what we should be striving to find in our
research. Not just names, dates & places.
     Those of us who are persistent and subscribe to surname lists and locality
lists (e.g., Franklin County) are fortunate to find some of those cousins on line.
There are some descendants of my great grandfather's brother, John Anderson Morse,
with whom I would like to connect. John's first wife was Caroline Rice, b. 1827
in Tn, d. 1880. I would dearly love to hear from one of their descendants. 1870
census and 1880 land records show them in Franklin county. I cannot find them or
my great-grandfather Henry Morse in the 1880 census. Yet I know they were there.
Frustrating! Would also like to find the cemetery in which Caroline Rice Morse is
buried. Jeanne Morse, Sacramento
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On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 08:46 , Don Kelly <[email protected] sent:

It is sobering to contemplate the numbers of cousins we collected in just
the past four generations.

In the past four generations each of us had eight sets of grandparents one
to four times removed.

Each generation in the Kelly line, and I suspect other lines as well, 4th
gparents produced ten children, 3rd generation nine children, 2nd generation
seventeen children, and each of those generations of children all added
together produced in total perhaps as many as ten thousand cousins.

Yet each of us are very lucky if we actually knew twenty cousins.

Worst yet, many of us have yet to discover the given names of of our eight
sets of fore-parents

We have a lot of work to do.

Don Kelly, Pruitt, Beebe Williamson, McGee, Richardson, Owen, Rutledge
Massey, et. al. plus those I have not yet found.

I love them all.

Surnames: Gray/Conatser

Daniel,
So glad to have contact with another cousin. I have heard of Garland Conatser my whole life. My parents and my dads cousins have mentioned them while I was growing up. Yes, my Great Grandma Ellen Conatser married John A. Gray and John was the brother of Mary Belle. My Grandma was Sarah Ethel Gray McLaren, John and Ellen's daughter. My cousin and I get together once in awhile and look over family tree info and I tell her anything new I have found, and I borrow photos from her periodically to make copies of. She is 84 years old so she has a lot of old photos and info to share with me. The only other relative I have been able to get in touch with is Rob Conatser who is also a ggrandson of Christopher Conatser. He is Earnest Conatser's grandson.
Thank you so much for replying to my post, I am always so happy to hear from other relatives.

George Washington Sharp was married 1) Nancy Jane Mantooth in Ark, but I'm not sure of what county, maybe Franklin since that's where they lived. 2) Fannie Cudd, married in Franklin Co. Ark.

George was born 10 July 1864 and died 20 July 1939. He's buried at Gill Cemetery in Van Buren, Ark.

I have a picture that is supposed to be the parents of Mary Katherine, but I don't have their names. I would love to exchange information with you if we can connect.

The following (provided by Everett Turner) is about all I have about my grand parents Isaac Whitson and Martha Benson. If you have any additional information that you are willing to share, it would be greatly appreciated.

ISAAC WESLEY "WES" WHITSON (ISAAC1) was born December 26, 1853 in , Polk, AR, and died February 19, 1937 in , Franklin, AR. He married (1) SALLIE WEAVER December 6, 1877 in , Franklin, AR. He married (2) SARAH J. TURNER 1884 in , Franklin, AR, daughter of ELIAS TURNER and MARIAH HUGGINS. She was born 1859 in White Oak, Ozark, Franklin, AR, and died Abt. 1890 in Watalulu, Franklin, AR. He married (3) MARTHA ADELE "MATTIE" BENSON September 21, 1892 in , Franklin, AR. She was born January 22, 1865 in MO, and died August 24, 1955 in , Franklin, AR.

Hi,    I want to post a listing on your website at usgenweb.com State Arkansas, Franklin County
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Park And Barker

I'm looking for anyone who can give me the information on All the Park and Barker from Franklin Co . I'm having a hard time finding a Sarah F. Park .    She had three kids Hall Shelton Park, Myrtle Park who married a Sebern Page and Blu Park who died somehow in 1891.   If anyone Has a conection to these People I would Appreciate a E-mail With any information you can give.   To anyone Whos dosen't but happens to know Any information on POark and Barkers From that area Please E-mail me and give me info you have anyway. Pleae help me I live in Utah and having a harder time finding my geneology. Thank you for all your time and help
Sincerely Mindy (Park) Westover.
E-mail - [email protected] Subject please put Park and Barker info.
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Sorry I couldn't do this the Proper Way but please Put my posting up their I'm not from the area and I need help Alot nad appreciate all that you could do for me.    If you can't post it Please tell me who can Post it to me by e-mailing me back with the the person's E-mail address that can post it for me. Sincerely Mindy (Park) Westover

From: <[email protected]
The following (provided by Everett Turner) is about all I have about my grand parents Isaac Whitson and Martha Benson. If you have any additional information that you are willing to share, it would be greatly appreciated.

ISAAC WESLEY "WES" WHITSON (ISAAC1) was born December 26, 1853 in , Polk, AR, and died February 19, 1937 in , Franklin, AR. He married (1) SALLIE WEAVER December 6, 1877 in , Franklin, AR. He married (2) SARAH J. TURNER 1884 in , Franklin, AR, daughter of ELIAS TURNER and MARIAH HUGGINS. She was born 1859 in White Oak, Ozark, Franklin, AR, and died Abt. 1890 in Watalulu, Franklin, AR. He married (3) MARTHA ADELE "MATTIE" BENSON September 21, 1892 in , Franklin, AR. She was born January 22, 1865 in MO, and died August 24, 1955 in , Franklin, AR.

From: <[email protected]
George Washington Sharp was married 1) Nancy Jane Mantooth in Ark, but I'm not sure of what county, maybe Franklin since that's where they lived. 2) Fannie Cudd, married in Franklin Co. Ark.

George was born 10 July 1864 and died 20 July 1939. He's buried at Gill Cemetery in Van Buren, Ark.

I have a picture that is supposed to be the parents of Mary Katherine, but I don't have their names. I would love to exchange information with you if we can connect.

From: "Pat Miller" <[email protected]
Hi
I'm looking for an obituary for my Gr. Gr. Gr. Grandmother. Her name is Mary Barens. She is buried at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Altus, Franklin County Arkansas. Headstone says Mary Barens b January 3, 1835 d January 3, 1931. On 1930 census she was at White Oak, Franklin County, Arkansas listed as Mary Barnes in the household of her son Oliver. Who would I need to contact to find out if there is one and get a copy if there is one.

Thank you
Pat

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The Spectator newspaper has been published at Ozark, the county seat, since
1911. Most likely her obituary would have been published in The Spectator.

The newspaper has been microfilmed. I know the Ozark Public Library and the
Arkansas Archives in Little Rock have copies. I am not sure who else has a
copy.

Eldon J. Edgin
14908 Woodbriar Drive
Dallas, Texas 75248-4551
Phone: (972) 991-4891 FAX: (972) 991-4893
e-mail: [email protected]
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Hi
I'm looking for an obituary for my Gr. Gr. Gr. Grandmother. Her name is
Mary Barens. She is buried at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Altus, Franklin
County Arkansas. Headstone says Mary Barens b January 3, 1835 d January 3,
1931. On 1930 census she was at White Oak, Franklin County, Arkansas listed
as Mary Barnes in the household of her son Oliver. Who would I need to
contact to find out if there is one and get a copy if there is one.
Thank you
"Pat Miller" <[email protected]

Thank you Eldon, I live in northeast Oklahoma and will check and see if my
local library has a copy.

Pat

Hi
I'm looking for an obituary for my Gr. Gr. Gr. Grandmother. Her name is
Mary Barens. She is buried at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Altus,
Franklin County Arkansas. Headstone says Mary Barens b January 3, 1835 d January
3, 1931. On 1930 census she was at White Oak, Franklin County, Arkansas
listed as Mary Barnes in the household of her son Oliver. Who would I need to
contact to find out if there is one and get a copy if there is one.
Thank you
Pat

SURNAME: POINTER

I research the Pointer/Poynter families in the US. The 1860 Census in White Oak Twp pgs 50/51 or 291 #358/346 shows a Mary Pointer 47 Farmer b. MO. Her children included: Nancy J. 21, F.M. 18, (both born IL), Philander 15 & Teander (Leander?) 15 both born in MO, and Amasa 12 (Male) b. AR. I have been unable to locate them on the 1850 Census. Can anyone tell me who the father/husband of this family might have been? Thanks for your help

SURNAME: ELLIOTT

My great great grandfather, Thomas Whitman Elliott, b. 15 Apr 1808 in Hardin Co. Kentucky and moved to Franklin County, Arkansas in the middle 1840's. He died 21 Aug 1852 after a horse smashed him against a barn door. He was buried, "in Hales Burying ground about three miles down on the south side of the Arkansas River from the county seat of Franklin County, Arkansas." I'm attempting to locate "Hales burying ground," and it is not listed as a cemetery in Franklin County. I have read that there was an earlier pioneer by the name of William Hail (or Hale) and William Cureton that own property in that same location. I've read that a David Walker and Archibald Yell bought land from Hail (Hale) and the land was developed starting in 1838 and the town of Charles Town (now Charleston) began.
My question for anyone that has done early pioneer history research is; "Hales burying ground" does it still exist and if so how do I find it, and is William Hail (Hale) have anything to do with this "burying" ground?

Thanks,

Thomas B. Elliott
4364 Belvedere Dr.
San Jose, Ca 95129
Feb. 27, 2004

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I have been researching the Cook family for several years, so I have a vested interest in this project. My mother (Olive Eudora Cook) was born in Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas in 1904. I have not been able to locate any information for my branch of the Cook family. Her parents: John Lemule Cook, Josie Eudora Claunch-Cook, and John Lemule's father Benjamin Franklin Cook who married Martha Jane Vaughn. There may be information about them in the documents still waiting for transcription. I am sure others are hopeful for information about their ancestors too!

You can e-mail me at: [email protected]
Thanks,
Janet Witten Swanson

Franklin County 2004 Queries