Genealogy Society Of Craighead County, Arkansas This month s meeting will be held at The Jonesboro Public Library

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1 Genealgy Sciety Of Craighead Cunty, Arkansas This mnth s meeting will be held at The Jnesbr Public Library Next meeting: Sunday, February 20, 2000 ISSUE NUMBER TWO, VOLUME NUMBER FOUR FEBRUARY 2000 MEETING HAPPENINGS: Our January meeting was held n Sunday, 16 January 2000 at the Jnesbr Public Library. The electin f fficers was the main thing n the agenda. Yearly reprts were als given. Electin Results: President Gail Lies Recrding Secretary Susie Grmmet 1 st Vice President Betty Wdall Crrespnding Secretary Nelda Simpkins 2 nd Vice President Gina Hrtn Treasurer Drthy McCarns Histrian Greg Sctt Directr f Publicatins Nancy Matthews The Sciety als dnated the fllwing items t the Jnesbr Library: 1. A cpy f Walking Thrugh Yur Past 2. Mississippi Cunty, Missuri Quarterlies frm Bill Settles 3. Van Buren Cunty Cemetery Recrds EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING: The bard meeting fr January was held n 12 February 2000 at 10:00 a.m. at the Jnesbr Public Library. Several matters were under discussin. 1. Help is still needed n transcribing the 1910 Craighead Cunty Census. The Sciety is ging t make cpies f the pages nt yet transcribed. If yu can help, please cntact Gail Lies r Nancy Matthews. 2. The Sciety is planning n setting up a table at the Leslie Ancestr Fair in June. 3. We are in need f items t place n ur free table at Ridge Rts If yur wrkplace wuld be willing t dnate ntepads, pencils, pens, key rings r anything else, we wuld greatly appreciate it. Ridge Rts 2000 A Genealgy Event fr Nrtheast Arkansas and Sutheast Missuri. Fill ut yur registratin fr the classes f yur chice. Mail in yur registratin t GSCCA, P.O. Bx 2614, Jnesbr, AR We are lking frward t seeing all f yu at the seminar. 1

2 FEBRUARY MEETING: The February meeting will be held n 20 January 2000 at 2:00 in the Jnesbr Public Library Rund Rm. Mr. Hugh Atwd r Mr. Wayne Grmmet will be there t speak t us abut the 2000 Census. IDEA: 2000 Census Mst f the census will be taken by mail, s after yu have filled ut yur census frm why nt make a cpy f it and file with yur imprtant papers. Then yur family will nt have t wait 70 years t learn abut yu." DUES Dues are $15.00 a year. They can be mailed t GSCCA (Genealgy Sciety f Craighead Cunty, Arkansas) P.O. Bx 2614, Jnesbr, AR We wuld be glad t have yu with us. NEWSLETTER: The newsletter is published mnthly. Yu may have queries, stries, yur family frms, etc. anything pertaining t genealgy, published. This is yur newsletter, s use it and enjy it. Send articles fr publishing t: Nancy Matthews at 1811 S. Culberhuse, Jnesbr, AR 72401, nlmatthews@inslwwb.net. We welcme all yur articles, queries, etc. and will print them as rm permits. The newsletter can als be viewed n the Internet at: SIGN: This sign is lcated utside the Cunty Clerk s ffice in Piggtt, Arkansas. Everyne brings jy. --- Sme when they cme --- Sme when they leave. Nw yu have tw ways t rent fficial Natinal Archives micrfilm rlls--direct r thrugh yur lcal library! G Direct! Jin the Micrfilm Rental Prgram and purchase a Start-up Kit fr nly $25, and here's what yu get: Yur cmplete set f census catalgs listing all micrfilm rlls available t rder: the Federal Ppulatin Census catalgs fr the 1790 thrugh 2

3 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920 censuses; the Cmpiled Military Service Recrds f Revlutinary War Sldiers, and the General Index t thse recrds; the Revlutinary War Pensin and Bunty-Land-Warrant Applicatin Files. Please nte that the micrfilm publicatins listed here are the nly nes available thrugh the Micrfilm Rental Prgram. Yu need nt purchase a Start-up Kit in rder t rent micrfilm thrugh this prgram. Hw the Micrfilm Rental Prgram Wrks: 1. Mst rders are mailed ut the same day they are received. If the rll yu request cannt be mailed within 10 days f ur receiving yur rder, we will ntify yu f the date we expect t fill yur rder. Yu'll never have t wait mre than 60 days. 2. Rental fees are based n vlume discunts. 1-4 rlls $3.25 each 5-9 rlls $2.75 each 10 r mre $2.25 each Please add $3.00 fr pstage and handling csts. 3. Yu can use the film fr a full 30 days, and then return it by mail. Yu may keep the film lnger by ntifying us and paying an additinal $3 a rll fr each additinal 30-day perid 4. Users will be charged a $12 replacement fee fr lst r damaged film. NOTE: Census research is nt available thrugh this prgram. Natinal Archives Census Micrfilm Rental Prgram P.O. Bx Junctin Drive Annaplis Junctin, MD WORLD WAR II VETERANS: Are yu a Wrld War II Veteran living in Craighead Cunty? D yu knw a Wrld War II Veteran living in Craighead Cunty? The library is trying t gather infrmatin n all Wrld War II Veterans that have lived in Craighead Cunty. Questinnaires fr these veterans are available at the Jnesbr Library 315 W. Oak, Jnesbr, AR The frm can als be accessed frm the Genealgy Sciety f Craighead Cunty, Arkansas webpage ANCESTRY.COM: Sme f the infrmatin at the Ancestry.Cm website requires a subscriptin t access. The Jnesbr Library has a subscriptin. Yu can use the Internet cmputers at the Library t access all the infrmatin at Ancestry.Cm. 3

4 CONVEX GLASS: D yu have an ld picture that requires cnvex glass? D yu need t replace this glass? Yu might be interested in cntacting this cmpany at Mn - Fri 8-5 MST. A Hundred Years Ag (frm a bk called "When My Grandmther Was a Child" by Leigh W. Rutledge, which begins, "In the summer f 1900, when my grandmther was a child...") The average life expectancy in the United States was frty-seven. Only 14 percent f the hmes in the United States had a bathtub. Only 8 percent f the hmes had a telephne. A three-minute call frm Denver t New Yrk City cst eleven dllars. There were nly 8,000 cars in the US and nly 144 miles f paved rads. The maximum speed limit in mst cities was ten mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iwa, and Tennessee were each mre heavily ppulated than Califrnia. With a mere 1.4 millin residents, Califrnia was nly the twenty-first mst ppulus state in the Unin. The tallest structure in the wrld was the Eiffel Twer. The average wage in the US was twenty-tw cents an hur. The average US wrker made between $200 and $400 per year. A cmpetent accuntant culd expect t earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2500 per year, a veterinarian between $1500 and $4000 per year, and a mechanical engineer abut $5000 per year. Mre than 95 percent f all births in the United States tk place at hme. Ninety percent f all US physicians had n cllege educatin. Instead, they attended medical schls, many f which were cndemned in the press and by the gvernment as "substandard." Sugar cst fur cents a pund. Eggs were furteen cents a dzen. Cffee cst fifteen cents a pund. Mst wmen nly washed their hair nce a mnth and used brax r egg ylks fr shamp. Canada passed a law prhibiting pr peple frm entering the cuntry fr any reasn, either as travelers r immigrants. The five leading causes f death in the US were: 1. Pneumnia and influenza, 2. Tuberculsis, 3. Diarrhea, 4. Heart disease, 5. Strke. The American flag had 45 stars. Arizna, Oklahma, New Mexic, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted t the Unin yet. Drive-by shtings -- in which teenage bys gallped dwn the street n hrses and started randmly shting at huses, carriages, r anything else that caught their fancy -- were an nging prblem in Denver and ther cities in the West. The ppulatin f Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remte desert cmmunity was inhabited by nly a handful f ranchers and their families. Plutnium, insulin, and antibitics hadn't been discvered yet. Sctch tape, crsswrd puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented. 4

5 There was n Mther's Day r Father's Day. One in ten US adults culdn't read r write. Only 6 percent f all Americans had graduated frm high schl. Sme medical authrities warned that prfessinal seamstresses were apt t becme sexually arused by the steady rhythm, hur after hur, f the sewing machine's ft pedals. They recmmended slipping brmide-which was thught t diminish sexual desire-int the wmen's drinking water. Marijuana, herin, and mrphine were all available ver the cunter at crner drugstres. Accrding t ne pharmacist, "Herin clears the cmplexin, gives buyancy t the mind, regulates the stmach and the bwels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian f health." Cca-Cla cntained ccaine instead f caffeine. Punch-card data prcessing had recently been develped, and early predecessrs f the mdern cmputer were used fr the first time by the gvernment t help cmpile the 1900 census. Eighteen percent f husehlds in the United States had at least ne full-time servant r dmestic. There were abut 230 reprted murders in the US annually. "We learn wisdm frm failure much mre than frm success. We ften discver what will d, by finding ut what will nt d; and prbably he wh never made a mistake never made a discvery." Samuel Smiles CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, ARKANSAS, FEDERAL LAND RECORDS This file was cmpiled frm the Bureau f Land Management land recrds and includes Hmestead and Cash Entry Patents befre 1908 fr what is nw Craighead Cunty, AR. This cmpilatin was created by Jy Fisher, jfisher@ucla.edu and is part f the free service called ARGenWeb. The frnt dr is lcated at This file may be freely cpied fr nn-prfit purpses. All ther rights reserved. L Name F Name MI Sec T R Acres Date THOMPSON MAHALA L 9 15N 5E /07/01 THOMPSON MAHALA L 9 15N 5E /07/01 THOMPSON MARGARET 19 14N 4E /11/04 TIDWELL NAT W 5 13N 4E /10/20 TILOTERSON JOHN M 35 15N 4E /10/01 TIPPEN MARY A 36 14N 3E /03/13 TIPPEN MARY A 36 14N 3E /03/13 TIPPEN MARY A 36 14N 3E /03/13 TOLBERT WASHINGTON 10 14N 4E /08/15 TOWNSEND BENJAMIN 20 14N 4E /11/27 TRICE SAMUEL T 9 15N 4E /05/01 L Name F Name MI Sec T R Acres Date 5

6 TRICE SAMUEL T 30 15N 4E /03/01 TRICE SAMUEL T 30 15N 4E /03/01 TURHOON JOHN L 8 13N 4E /11/27 TURNER REUBEN 8 14N 4E /10/04 TYLER DANIEL R 9 15N 3E /03/01 VOWEL FRANCIS M 2 13N 3E /10/30 WADDLE JOHNNY 17 14N 4E /02/01 WALRAVEN DAVID 4 14N 4E /11/27 WATKINS EVAN 1 14N 3E /07/01 WATKINS EVAN 1 14N 3E /07/01 WATKINS EVAN 10 14N 3E /07/01 WATKINS EVAN 10 14N 3E /07/01 WATKINS EVAN 10 14N 3E /02/01 WATKINS LUCIAN M 18 14N 3E /07/01 WATKINS LUCIAN M 18 14N 3E /07/01 WATTS MARGARET 3 14N 4E /12/30 WEST FREDERICK G 30 15N 4E /01/26 WESTLAKE CATHARINE 10 14N 4E /08/15 WHITE THOMAS S 28 15N 4E /07/01 WHUNN DAVID 1 14N 4E /11/27 WILKERSON FRANCIS E 34 14N 3E /06/20 WILKERSON WILLIAM Y 12 13N 3E /01/27 WILKINSON JAMES O 18 13N 4E /10/01 WILLEY JOHN E 20 15N 4E /03/17 WILLEY JOHN E 20 15N 4E /03/17 WILLEY JOHN E 20 15N 4E /03/17 WILLEY JOSEPH 27 15N 4E /07/01 WILLEY JOSEPH 27 15N 4E /07/01 WILLEY RUFUS 27 15N 4E /06/15 WILLIAMS GEORGE W 36 14N 3E /03/01 WILLIAMS HENRY 33 14N 3E /07/01 WILLIAMS HENRY 33 14N 3E /07/01 WILLIAMS LEVI 14 15N 4E /03/01 WILSON GEORGE W 13 14N 3E /05/01 WILSON OLIVER 12 14N 3E /05/01 WITT THOMAS H 22 14N 3E /02/15 WOOD JOEL G 13 15N 4E /07/01 WOOD JOEL G 18 15N 5E /07/01 WORSHAM HINES D 6 14N 4E /11/27 This cncludes the list f Hmestead and Cash Entry Patents befre 1908 fr what is nw Craighead Cunty, AR. Further infrmatin may be btained frm the Bureau f Land Management. 6

7 BOOKS -- BOOKS BOOKS 1900 Census f Craighead Cunty, Arkansas -- abut 437 pages indexed price includes pstage 1880 Census f Craighead Cunty, Arkansas pages indexed price includes pstage 1870 Census f Craighead Cunty, Arkansas pages indexed price includes pstage 1860 Census f Craighead Cunty, Arkansas pages indexed price plus pstage 1860, 1870 & 1880 Census f Craighead Cunty, Arkansas -- Three bk set. price $40.00 includes pstage Cemeteries f Craighead Cunty, Arkansas -- Vlume I indexed price $30.00 includes pstage Cemeteries f Craighead Cunty, Arkansas -- Vlume II indexed price $30.00 includes pstage Cemeteries f Craighead Cunty, Arkansas -- Vlume III indexed price $30.00 includes pstage Cemeteries f Craighead Cunty, Arkansas -- Three Vlume Set price $75.00 includes pstage Walking Thrugh Yur Past: A Guide t Finding Yur Rts price $15.00 includes pstage This fr is fr ur upcming bk n ur members surnames that they are researching. Please include all the surnames f yur family lineage. NAME STREET CITY STATE ZIP SURNAMES Return Frm T: Genealgy Sciety f Craighead Cunty, Arkansas Pst Office Bx 2614 Jnesbr, AR

8 NAME ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER ADDRESS SIGNATURE RECEIVED BY DATE DUES ARE $15.00 PER YEAR DUE ON THE 1ST DAY OF JANUARY. Newsletter Staff Jeanette McClure Nancy Matthews Officers: President: Gail Lies Vice President: Jeanette McClure Secretary/Treasurer: Drthy McCarns Recrding Secretary Susie Grmmet The Genealgy Sciety f Craighead Cunty, Arkansas P.O. Bx 2614 Jnesbr, AR