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

Interview done by: Worker Pierce Bristow, Danville, Ark.; Yell Co., Ark. 3-31-41

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Early Settlers Personal History

1. Christine Parker Nee Rhoades 
2.    Gravelly Arkansas
     3.    Retired Housekeeper
     4.    House Keeper
     5.    1864
     6.    North Carolina
     7.    Yes - Mr. Parker
     8 -9. Came to Arkansas 1877 by train to Adkins [sic Atkins], Ark., then to Gravelly by wagon.
     10-27. Inclusive ---- (?)
     28. Mulberry, so named for a large Mulberry tree stood near the building erected for church and school.
     29-60. ----
     (This interview was incomplete)