Lawrence County AR

Biographical Sketch of Charles Taylor Burns

Charles Taylor Burns, member of the Muskogee bar, devoting his practice to civil law cases, was born in Smithville, Arkansas, August 20,1871, and is a son of John Henry and Elizabeth Frances (Thornburgh) Burns. The father devoted his life to merchandising and thus provided for the support of his family. Charles T. Burns, having completed a public school education, afterward pursued a business course in the Central Business College at Sedalia, Missouri, and later entered upon preparation for his professional career as a law student in the University of Arkansas. On the completion of the course he was admitted to … Read more

Lawrence County, Arkansas Census

Lawrence County, Arkansas was formed from New Madrid County, Missouri in 1817. 1830 Lawrence County, Arkansas Census Free 1830 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial Free 1830 Census Index 1830 Lawrence County, Census (images and index) $ 1810-1890 Accelerated Indexing Systems Hosted at Census Guide 1830 U.S. Census Guide 1840 Lawrence County, Arkansas Census Free 1840 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial Free 1840 Census Index 1840 Lawrence County, Census (images and index) $ 1810-1890 Accelerated Indexing Systems Hosted at Census Guide 1840 U.S. Census Guide 1850 Lawrence County, Arkansas … Read more

Biography of Dr. George W. Thompson

DR. GEORGE W. THOMPSON. Dr. George W. Thompson is a successful follower of Aesculapius at Cave Creek, Arkansas, and through ability and well merited success has built up a practice that is eminently satisfactory. He is a product of Caldwell County, Kentucky, born in 1836, and the son of William R. Thompson who was born in Claiborne County, Tennessee, in 1807. The father was liberally educated in his native State and was there married to Miss Elizabeth Wells, also of Tennessee, and a lady of more than ordinary intelligence. She was born in Knox County in 1809. About 1834 the … Read more

Bethel Cemetery, Lawrence County, Arkansas

Birth Date on Left, Death Date on Right (290 Unmarked Graves) 1859 John A. Anderson 1911 1864 Mary E. Anderson 1954 1882 F. C. Bolding 1941 1914 Agnes Conway 1937 1868 George F. Davis 1942 1921 Davis Infant 1921 1868 W. E. White1948 1865 Marian Matthews 1927 1888 J. M. McCarroll 1942 1888 Marvin Matthews 1914 1855 Chesley Matthews 1922 1863 Annie Matthews 1917 1895 Warren Hanshaw 1956 1859 Joe Gray 1924 1872 Cora L. Gray 1944 1857 David Davis 1923 1860 Eliza Davis 1923 1906 Paul Guthrie 1915 1876 Garland Guthrie 1893 1876 Minerva H. Massey 1894 1871 Cora … Read more

Opposition Cemetery, Lawrence County, Arkansas

Birth Date on Left, Death Date on Right (273 Unmarked Graves) 1880 M. E. Binkley 1913 1830 Killie Binkley 1910 Malvina Daughter of N. A. Binkley 1905 1897 W. M. and M. A. Collins 1931 Cecil Ellison was slain in the dark 1910 1911 Ray H. Gray 1953 1911 John Curtis Morris 1912 1860 J. H. Curry 1938 1861 Mary Lizzie Curry 1924 1901 Mary Grace Curry 1902 1886 Wilford H. Curry, Pvt. 77th Field Art’y. 4th Division 1949 1839 Maley P. Wife of M. S. Dunn 1883 1883 L. E. Daughter of M. S. Dunn 1885 Minnie E. Daughter … Read more

Hope Cemetery, Lawrence County, Arkansas

Birth Date on Left, Death Date on Right 1894 Beatrice Groves 1943 1872 Robert S. Weir 1943 1874 Mary Weir 1943 1881 Lacy Holt 1943 1801 Henry Drewes 1940 3 Richard C. Hinshaw 1955 1865 Joel C. Hinshaw 1944 1866 Joe S. Bilbrey 1939 1875 Addie Burke Hay 1946 1863 William W. Herring 1944 1865 Callie Herring 1940 1887 Willie Dalton Wilson 1940 1882 Ben 0. Brightwell 1957 1870 Austin Russell 1944 1859 Jane Russell 1944 1944 Robert Cleo Powell 1946 1904 Tommie Rexroad 1943 1902 Vern Dutton 1942 1903 Sarah Penner 1953 1866 Green H. McCarroll 1952 1872 Florence … Read more

Biography of Hon. William B. Cothron

HON. WILLIAM B. COTHRON. This able and efficient probate and county judge of Stone County, Arkansas, was born in Greene County, this State, March 10, 1849, a son of Alexander and Jane B. (Hughes) Cothron, who were born in the Old North State and Tennessee, respectively. They became residents of Greene County, Arkansas, about 1847, and from there moved to Lawrence County, Arkansas, and finally to what is now Stone County in 1863, but the father died in Lawrence County in June, 1863, when about fifty years of age. The mother also died when about that age, in 1873, in … Read more

Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Lawrence County, Arkansas

Birth Date on Left, Death Date on Right (89 Unmarked Graves) 1891 Connie Pickett 1915 1862 J. W. Pickett 1942 1870 Ella Pickett 1950 1901 George W. Green 1949 1882 Van Pickett 1914 1908 Regine Pickett 1910 1844 William G. Pickett 1918 1841 Mrs. William Pickett 1926 1857 Lorenia Pickett 1935 1854 Henry Pickett 1924 1875 Felix Pickett 1895 1842 Mrs. R. B. Bellamy 1879 1819 F. G. Pickett 1913 1820 Mrs. F. G. Pickett 1913 1898 Sarah E. Pickett 1900 1856 James B. Pickett 1897 1860 Mary B. Pickett 1946 1872 George T. Pickett 1916 1884 Anna Buchanan 1948 … Read more

1850 Lawrence County Arkansas Mortality Census

The following index is of all people listed within the Lawrence County, Arkansas mortality census of 1850. In the 1850 and 1860 census, census takers were responsible for listing all people who had passed away in the past year… so the people in the following list likely died in 1840/1850. B Andrew J. Baird George J. Bane Henry C. Banta Martha W. Barnett William Barnett Cassandra Blackwell Sarah Blakely Sarah Bond Lavina Boothe C Jane Cason Martin Cason Thomas G. Corbet Nancy Cravens D Sarah Debell E James Estas F David W. Falkenburg Jane Falkenburg Nancy Falkenburg Cyrena J. Foreman … Read more

Harkness, Pearl E. Smith Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Pearl E. Harkness, 92, a longtime Baker City resident, died June 14, 2002, at the Evergreen Vista Health Center in La Grande. Her graveside funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor George Rau of Elkhorn Ministries will officiate. Visitations were Monday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pearl was born on Jan. 22, 1910, at Blackrock, Ark., to John and Oma Guntharp Smith. She attended school at Blackrock. In 1925, she married Eugene H. Harkness at Powhatton, Ark. While living in Arkansas, Pearl gave birth to five children. … Read more

Lebanon Cemetery, Lawrence County, Arkansas

Birth Date on Left, Death Date on Right 1907 Martha McAlister 1907 1880 Margrett McAlister 1911 1874 W. M. McAlister 1915 1914 John D. Richey 1944 1910 Clara Richey 1935 George W. Butts 1935 1899 Oliver Lee Davis 1957 1907 Martha McAlister 1907 1880 Margaret McAlister 1911 1874 W. M. McAlister 1915 1914 John D. Richey 1944 1910 Clara Richey 1935 George W. Butts 1935 1899 Oliver Lee Davis 1957 1873 William Arnold 1949 1875 Vitula Arnold 1957 1876 Homer L. Stephenson 1957 Frank Smith 1951 1923 Imogene Davis 1931 1919 Floyd Davis 1936 1897 Homer Davis 1956 Julia Davis … Read more

Biographical Sketch of George W. Smith

Among the substantial and enterprising citizens of Malheur County is to be mentioned the gentleman whose name is at the head of this article. He is a man of uprightness and has labored here with energy and skill for many years in the endeavor to bring this section into a state of development and also to enhance the condition of his own exchequer. Mr. Smith was born in Carter County, Kentucky, on November 16, 1836, being the son of Clayborn and Cloa (Ludi) Smith. He went with his parents to Rudolph County, Arkansas, and soon removed there to Lawrence County, … Read more

New Hope Cemetery, Lawrence County, Arkansas

Birth Date on Left, Death Date on Right 1875 Clara Mattor 1950 1881 Frances McCullough 1936 1872 Laura East 1896 1930 Alvin Bruce Cameron 1956 1924 Leverne Cameron, 1926 1869 Jason W. Cameron 1941 1920 Rodney Stalnaker 1941 1885 Col. Joseph H. Wasson 1934 1845 Joseph H. Wasson 1912 1853 Lucinda R. Wasson 1904 1922 Bonnie L. Gillihan 1940 1888 Florence E. Gillihan 1938 1885 N. A. Gillihan, Sr. 1954 1836 Susan A. Judkins 1837 Joseph B. Judkins 1915 1876 Augusta Judkin 1895 1870 Robert A. Judkins 1876 1866 James E. Judkins 1873 1866 Isabelle Judkins 1888 1868 Mary E. … Read more

Biography of Hon. Napoleon B. Allen

HON. NAPOLEON B. ALLEN. Like all self-made and distinguished men Hon. Napoleon B. Allen commenced life with limited means and worked his way to the front by careful and studious attention to business, honesty and integrity, and the following of the various traits that combine in making a man respected and honored. He was born at Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, May 27, 1851. The son of William and Matilda (Evans) Allen. The father was a native of Illinois, but was reared in St. Louis. In 1830 he went to where Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, is now situated, and was one of the … Read more

Townsend Cemetery, Lawrence County, Arkansas

Birth Date on Left, Death Date on Right 1907 James Thacker 1930 1934 Joseph W. Thacker 1930 1867 Sloan E. Goff 1956 1867 Elizabeth Spotts 1938 1904 Burns Spotts 1919 1858 John Spotts 1934 1911 J. L. Maxwell 1913 1860 Hammond Moore 1920 1888 Callie Maxwell 1934 1875 John Maxwell 1952 1851 W. G. Maxwell 1916 1855 Mary Maxwell 1913 1880 Sarah C. Haney 1945 1845 Silas Y. Dailey 1908 1863 I. N. Black 1893 1837 C. A. E. Black 1907 1836 John A. Black 1921 1862 J. F. Brandon 1937 1942 Peggy Foley 1942 1886 Parlee Bellamy 1928 Joseph … Read more

Oak Forest Cemetery, Lawrence County, Arkansas

Birth Date on Left, Death Date on Right 1885 Abbie R. Hankins 1917 1912 Pauline Herron 1903 1877 Thomas Barbore 1915 1910 Radell Felix 1914 1871 Clyde Matthews 1898 1885 Eula Matthews 1901 Mollie Simino 1843 Drucilla Richardson 1926 1870 Mary Clark 1944 1856 Spencer Clark 1946 1865 Mary Clark 1909 1840 Sarah C. Mason 1919 1877 Hettie Pace 1914 1914 Vernon Pace 1914 1880 Jennie Mays 1912 George Anderson 1873 William H. Waldron 1932 1894 Hattie Pearl Smith 1949 1914 Nellie Smith 1923 1931 Mildred Smith 1943 1912 Floyd Pickett 1940 1914 Frances Pickett 1940 1889 Rosetta Guilliams 1948 … Read more

Powhatan Cemetery, Lawrence County, Arkansas

Birth Date on Left, Death Date on Right (246 Unmarked Graves) 1870 Nettie Helms 1953 1870 Aaron Helms 1923 1878 T. E. Helms 1931 1872 Willie Helms 1900 1853 Callie Haley 1890 1856 Amanda Brown 1906 1854 Joe Brown 1907 1824 Jessie Wheat 1944 1810 Margie Snider 1869 1861 Sarah Lewis 1928 1868 J. W. Wells 1950 1831 Mary Lewis 1950 1847 Calar Stewart 1868 1877 Charlie Stewart 1900 1850 Elsie Dearman Stewart 1910 1841 C. A. Stewart 1912 1901 Zana Baldridge 1927 1810 Charpe Stewart 1824 1873 Zona Stewart 1873 1837 Mary Stewart 1883 1868 Mrs. B. M. Holder … Read more

Hope Cemetery, Lawrence County, Arkansas

Birth Date on Left, Death Date on Right (427 Unmarked Graves) 1884 Thayron Burrow 1945 1872 Katie M. Tullus 1935 1890 Daisy Munday 1950 1865 T. J. Beasley 1946 18 7 9 Josie Beasley 1951 1882 James Stewart 1945 1885 Lula E. Stewart 1935 1904 Zella Bowers 1924 1914 Eyelyn Stewart 1924 1854 John A. Mitchell 1928 1844 Rhoda Mitchell 1926 1850 John H. Pettyjohn 1923 1854 Rhoda Pettyjohn 1935 1856 Q. C. James 1923 1866 Veda James 1925 1873 James Galbraith 1947 1880 Alice Galbraith 1858 Elie Hufstedler 1931 1885 Janie B. Hufstedler 1849 Jane Hufstedler 1931 1848 George … Read more

Biography of Hon. Edwin E. Rosson

HON. EDWIN E. ROSSON. There is no class of men who more surely rear up visible monuments to their industry and their enterprise than the hardworking and thrifty farmers of a community, and among these Hon. Edwin E. Rosson holds a prominent place. He was born on the place on which he now lives in Richwoods, September 11, 1856, and is a son of Simeon Ellis and Mary (Whitfield) Rosson, who were born, reared and married in Hardeman County, Tennessee. and thence moved to Arkansas in 1842, locating in what is now Bickell’s Cove. In 1844 they came to Richwoods … Read more

Ward Cemetery at Saffell, Lawrence County, Arkansas

Ward Cemetery At Saffell Birth Date on Left, Death Date on Right (17 Unmarked Graves) 1882 Rosella Wife of J. H. Harris 1945 1882 James Henry Harris 1947 1907 Pearl Doyle 1956 1883 David C. Huskey 1951 1862 Abraham Lincoln Merritt 1950 1930 Sons of Pruet and Gertie Pinkston 1930 Raney Van and Perry Melvin 1932 First body buried here was a little girl named Ward.