From the WPA Federal Writers Project - answers to Questionnaire - Arkansas HRS Form J

Interview done by: William Howard, March 5 - 1941

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Early Settlers Personal History

1. Jon L. Casey
2. Abbott, Ark.
3. Farming
4. Farming
5. Sept. 17, 1869
6. Chismville, Ark.
7. Myrtle Looper - Dec 1900- Abbott, Ark
8. --
9. All of life
10. Native
12. Log houses chimneys built of clay and hair& grass and split wood
13. Pine knots, tallow candles kerosene oil
14. 1938
15. Wood
16. Bread and meat, dried apples and peaches. Game plentiful, but not depended on for supper.
17. Homemade and home spun and woven
18. Had quite a few shivarees and dances were the main sport
19. Very little differences in prices
20. When one person in a community had any food all had some
21. Corn, cotton, wheat, oats, sorghum cane
22. Home made plow stocks and shovel-hoe - homemade grain cradles
23. Clearing and fencing farms and building houses
24. Polk sallett (poke salad) and sassafras root tea
25. --
26. Controlling forest fires by use of pine brushes
27-30 not answered
31. John Blanton
32. Tuition $1.00 for a month
33. Blue Back Speller
34. Books and newspapers
35. Mansfield, Ark. 1899
36. 1925 first bus came
37. Fort Smith, Ark. 1905
38. In Texas 1875
39. Passing over Scott County, Ark. in 1917
40-55 not answered
56. 4
57. Elmer E. Casey  oldest? , Little Rock Ark. Son-
     Reba Casey  Abbott, Ark. Daughter
     Charley Casey Abbott, Ark. Son
     Irma Adair Hartford, Ark. Daughter
58. Charles W. Casey
     Waymond Adair
 
Transcribed by Alisha Carey, Class of 2007