Crawford County AR

Biography of James M. Wood

A representative citizen of McIntosh County is James M. Wood, who since 1921 has been Mayor of Checotah. He was born in Crawford County, Arkansas, on the 13th of December, 1861, a son of James M. and Sophronia (Clyman) Wood. The father was born near Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1825, while Mrs. Wood was born in Danville, Illinois, on the 3d of January, 1834. Mr. Wood emigrated from his native state to Van Buren, Arkansas, at an early age and for some time followed farming. Subsequently he engaged in the general mercantile business and he was active along that line until … Read more

Biography of William F. Webster

The social, political and business history of this section is filled with the deeds and doings of self-made men, and no man in Stone County, Missouri, is more deserving the appellation than Mr. W. F. Webster, for he marked out his own career in youth and has steadily followed it up to the present, his prosperity being attributable to his earnest and persistent endeavor, and to the fact that he has already consistently tried to follow the teachings of the “Golden Rule.” He is a native Missourian, born in Ralls County, June 18, 1828, The eldest but one of four … Read more

Biography of William C. Gillihan

William C. Gillihan was born near McComb, McDonough county, Illinois, April 1, 1841. When he had reached the age of four years his parents removed to Arkansas, and settled near Crawfordsville, Crawford county, and there his father died after a two years residence. In 1847 his mother removed to Iowa, and after several changes, finally settled in Warren county, near Indianola, where they lived until 1855, when (his mother having become Mrs. M. R. Richardson) they removed to Daviess county, seven miles south of Gallatin, and here he lived until 1858. He then left home and began the struggle of … Read more

Crawford County, Arkansas Census

Crawford County, Arkansas was formed from Pulaski County in 1820. 1830 Crawford County, Arkansas Census Free 1830 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial Free 1830 Census Index 1830 Crawford County, Census (images and index) $ 1810-1890 Accelerated Indexing Systems Hosted at Census Guide 1830 U.S. Census Guide 1840 Crawford County, Arkansas Census Free 1840 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial Free 1840 Census Index 1840 Crawford County, Census (images and index) $ 1810-1890 Accelerated Indexing Systems Hosted at Census Guide 1840 U.S. Census Guide 1850 Crawford County, Arkansas Census Free … Read more

Slave Narrative of George Kye

Person Interviewed: George Kye Location: Fort Gibson, Oklahoma Age: 110 I was born in Arkansas under Mr. Abraham Stover, on a big farm about twenty miles north of Van Buren. I was plumb grown when the Civil War come along, but I can remember back when the Cherokee Indians was in all that part of the country Joe Kye was my pappy’s name what he was born under back is Garrison County, Virginia, and I took that name when I was freed, but I don’t know whether he took it or not because he was sold off by old Master … Read more

Crawford County Arkansas Cemeteries

Daubenspeck Cemetery

Most of these cemetery listings are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Following Cemeteries hosted at Crawford County Arkansas USGenWeb Archives Academy Cemetery Bidville Cemetery Photos Black Oak Cemetery Bourne Family Cemetery Photos Bugscuffle Cemetery Chester Cemetery Garrett Creek Cemetery Gregory Cemetery Kenney Cemetery Marlar Cemetery Mount Gayler Cemetery New Cemetery aka Mulberry Cemetery Peters Cemetery Schaberg Cemetery Sunset Cemetery Terry Cemetery Ueltzen Cemetery White/Shelby Cemetery Following Cemeteries hosted at Crawford County Arkansas Cemeteries Dobbs Cemetery Dugan Cemetery Locke Cemetery Marlar Cemetery New Cemetery aka Mulberry … Read more

Biography of Dr. Martin Payne

DR. MARTIN PAYNE. – This Oregon-made man of worth and note was born September 14, 1838, in Crawford county, Arkansas, and is the son of Clayburne and Miriam Somner Payne. On April 17, 1843, the family set out for Oregon, joining the emigration of that year under Applegate and Burnett, and with the guidance of Doctor Whitman. On the Rocky Mountains the father died; and the mother was compelled to care for her little family by herself the rest of the journey. She secured kind assistance from her companions; and particularly was Doctor Whitman careful to see that she was … Read more

Fairview Cemetery Records, Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas

HALEY Ida Lee Loyd, b. 1886, d. 1932, ae. 46 yrs. Wife of John W. Haley. John W., b. 1879, d. 1922, ae. 43 yrs. Husband of Ida Lee Loyd. LOYD Mary Jane Dodson, b. 1855, d. 1949, ae. 94 yrs. Wife of Thomas Jefferson Loyd. Thomas Jefferson, b. 1855, d. 1919, ae. 64 yrs. Husband of Mary Jane Dodson.