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

Interview done by: Pierce Bristow, Worker, Yell Co., Danville, Ark.12-10-40

 

Early Settlers Personal History
1.    George W. Butts
2.   Belleville, Arkansas
3.   Farming
4.   ---
5.   1869
6.   St. Francis County, Missouri
7.   Married - Laura E. Bogan October 17, 1894
      Married at Danville Arkansas, 1918 to Fannie R. Martin
8.   -- 9.  -- 10. -- 11. -- 12.  Agricultural Work
13.  Logs 14. -- 15. -- 16. Wood
17.  Vegetables, Meats, Wheat, Wild Game
18.  -- 19. -- 20. -- 21.
22.  Corn, wheat, vegetables, oats
23.  Georgia Stock
24.  Farming, Trading
25.  Mullen
26.  Log rollings, quiltings, hog killings, camp meetings
27.  -- 28. -- 29. -- 30. S.E. Missouri 1875
(31. skipped)
32.  Tuition
33.  One McGuffey’s Reader & Speller
34.  -- 35. -- 36. Mineral Point, Missouri
37.  Horse car in Lawrence Kansas
38. Joplin Missouri, 1914 ( First he ever saw )
39. 1877- S.E. Missouri
40. Holdenville Oklahoma 1915
41. -- 42. -- 43. -- 44. Zeke  Proctor 1877 holdup character, banks robber. In  Indian Territory not captured.
45. to 52. Inclusive
53. Charter member, Presbyterian Church Chickalah Mountain 1901
54.-55. A cave in Washington County, Arkansas. Spring cave in Missouri
56. --
57. Eleven children
      Fifteen grandchildren
      One great grandchild
58. -- 59. -- 60. --
Note: Married twice
to Laura E. Bogan, Washington County, Ark. 1894 - 6 children
to Fannie R. Martin, Yell Co. Ark. 1918 - 5 children