Early Settlers Personal History

1. Mrs. John Ezell

2. Paris, Ark.

3. Housewife

4. Housewife

5. February 27, 1873

6. Madison County

7. John Ezell January 22, 1892

8. None

9. All my life

10. None

11. None

12. Log house

13. Candle sticks, tallow dips

14. Don’t remember

15. Wood

16. Hog meat, beef & game was plentiful

17. Wool & cotton homemade woven clothes

18. Walking

19. Food & clothing was cheaper. Calico was 3 cents a yard

20. Borrowing food

21. Corn, wheat, oats, cotton

22. Wooden homemade tools

23. Flour mills & corn mills

24. None

25. Log rolling, hog killings & dances

26-27. None

28. Don’t remember

29. Log house with fire place

30. Madison County

31. Don’t remember

32. By taxation

33. Blue Back Speller

34. Books

35. Don’t remember

36. Saw first horse car at Little Rock, Ark.

37. Paris, Ark. in 1912

38. Altus, Ark.

39-40. Don’t Remember

41-51. None

52. Helped in religious organization

53-54. None

55. Saw bllons? [sic] (possibly balloons) first historic sight

56. 30 descendents

57. Dave Ezell, Paris, Ark. Route 3

     Mary Luman “    “     “

     Alfred Ezell   “   “     “

     Verna Tygart “  “    “

     Gertie McKinney “  “ “

     Ethel Strobble  Paris, Ark.

     Rosco Ezell

     Everett Ezell

     Doy Ezell, Chowchilla, California Rt. 1 Box 20

58. Loreine & Coriene Ezell; Great grandchild Jackie Douglas

59. None

Transcribed by Alisha Carey, GHS Class of 2007