- Early Settlers Personal
History
- 1. Thomas Cole
- 2. Ratcliff, Ark.
- 3. Retired
- 4. Farmer
- 5. Dec. 25, 1857
- 6. Izard County, Arkansas
- 7. Laura A. Barnard, Sep. 20, 1883. Logan County
- 8. None
- 9. Life
- 10-11.None
- 12. Logs some hewed, some round pole, stick and
clay chimneys split log floors
- 13. Tallow candles poured at home
- 14. 1932
- 15. Wood
- 16. Pork, venison, bear meat, turkey, corn bread,
and wild honey
- 17. Spun our own thread and wove the cloth shoes
were made at home hat also
- 18. -
- 19. Don't remember prices. Bought very little food
or clothing
- 20. Widows and orphans were taken care of if they
were in need, also a neighbor who became sick and unable to work, his crops
was worked for him
- 21. Corn, some cotton, oats and wheat
- 22. Plow stocks were all made of wood (at home)
- 23. None
- 24. Wild grapes, summer huckleberries, wild goose
berries were a common food
- 25. Log rollings, rail maulings, house raisings,
hog killings were all common
- 26. Would rake a path around our farm fences then
back fire to keep fires out of rail fences.
- 27. Six-mile Creek was so called because it was
only six miles from its source to mouth, although it was about forty mile
the way it ran.
- 28. Were none here
- 29. Log house with split log seats
- 30-31.
- 32. Subscription, each pupil paid about 50 cents
per month
- 33. Webster Speller, Rays Arithmetic McGuffey's
readers
- 34. First newspaper we taken was the Memphis
Commercial Appeal
- 35. Batesville Independence county
- 36. -
- 37. 1909, Ratcliff
- 38. 1876 Russellville, Ark.
- 39. 1914 Ratcliff, Ark.
- 40. Not used here
- 41. None here
- 42. Arkansas Centennial in 1876 at Philadelphia,
Ark.
- 43-47. None
- 48. Don't recall anything of interest
- 49. None
- 50. Can't Remember
- 51. Don't remember ever seeing any
- 52. None
- 53. None
- 54. None
- 56. 5 descendants
- 57. Mrs. Laura Harvell, Ratcliff, Ark.
- 58. Landon and Clifton Harvell, No great
grandchildren
- 59. None
- Transcribed by Alisha Carey, Class of 2007
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