Early Settlers Personal History

1. Mr. Mack Mcloud Powell

2. Van Buren, Arkansas- Shibley St.

3. Caretaker of Cemetery, Fairview

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5. 1856 - 86 years - 6^th of October

6. Van Buren, Arkansas

7. Yes, Suzzie Lerod wife 1^st ,2^nd wife Melissa Boyd Ramy (Okla.) ,3^rd wife Sammie Jones present wife Van Buren 1872

8. Born here in Van Buren

9. 78 years

10. Native of Arkansas

11. Born in Arkansas

12. Brick chimneys, plank floor, ceiling wall

13. Candles, grease light- pine knots

14. 40 years ago

15. Wood

16. Fruit, Duck, Deer, Turkey, Hogs- Game plentiful

17. Homemade knit socks. Jeans suits

18. Pronounced Shivaree

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20. Divided with neighbors

21. Corn, cotton and tobacco

22. Double shovels, homemade

23.Farming

24. Polk salad [sic] (poke salit), sassafras roots, paw-paws, sweet gum, sunflowers

25. Hog killing, Sorghum, making brush arbor meeting, corn husking

Water buckets and they had a big bell that they would ring to tell people of the fire

26. Water buckets and they had a big bell that thy would ring to tell people of the fire.

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28. Brodies Hotel, on bank of river where the steam boats stopped. Bastic Hotel - located where Bohannon canning factory is today. Federal soldiers camped in hotel, Stage coach station location in front of Court House

29. Log school houses

30. Broadway long brick building

31. Mr. Spivey

32. At the Depot

33. Blue Back Speller

34. Argus- The Press Newspaper

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37. 50 years ago

38. 70 years ago

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43. George Maddox Fairview Cemetery buried, knew Jessie James - came thru here (Van Buren) several times

44. ( Eannsworth & Kilgore) where the old Crawford County Bank was - place where they fought

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46. Desota (Mason emblem) follower

47. Stockade – platform, trap door in middle

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50. Run a train for refugees - the carpetbaggers

51. Remember they met at Log Town Hill

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57. Bobby Mack age 7, Rose Pearl age 11, Billy Ray age 9, Van Buren

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Transcribed by Alisha Carey, GHS Class of 2007