Cleburne County and Its People, Volume 2Cleburne County and Its People is a historical account of Cleburne County and the men and women who made it what it is today. These men and women were as diverse as the Ozark Mountain's rock-laden landscapes. The pioneers who settled Cleburne County were as strong as the land, of hardy pioneer stock, and bold in thought and action. They were shrewd, strong-willed individuals who brought staunch beliefs and strong disciplines with them and settled in an untamed wilderness which became Cleburne County. Cleburne County and Its Peoplehas drawn from the past and the present--chronicling the lives of settlers facing hardships and tragedies, discovering profound beauty, mastering vast natural resources, and formulating democratic ideals. The stories in this book are honest interpretations of the human experience intertwined with the old and the new and adding exciting dimensions to the county of Cleburne and the state of Arkansas. The objective of Carl J. Barger, the compiler of Cleburne County and Its People, is to preserve a history of the county of his birth for students, historians, and all of the citizens of Cleburne County. Carl J. Barger is the author of Swords and Plowshares, a Civil War love story, and Mamie, an Ozark Mountain Girl of Courage, a story of the Ozark Mountain people, set in Cleburne and Van Buren Counties. |
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... Miller........................................................................................... 89 The People of Miller...................................................................................... 91 History of Wilburn ...
... Miller, Shiloh, Stark, and Higden got their mail in Kinderhook. The early settlers found rich farm land along the banks of the Little Red River which today is part of Greers Ferry Lake. The land north, west, and east of the Little Red ...
... Miller, Cleburne County, Arkansas, on August 30, 1909, to Julian Bailey and Pearl Hazelwood Bailey. He married Ella Davis of Edgemont and this marriage was blessed with three sons and two daughters. Oather D. Bailey was a farmer in the ...
... Miller, Arkansas; and three daughters, Mrs. Hattie Trimwell, of Miller, Arkansas, Mrs. Ada Cheatwood, Micawber, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Ella Bailey, Heber Springs, Arkansas; twenty-four grand children, and thirty-eight great-grandchildren ...
... Miller when a motor car derailed. The accident occurred at 8:55 A.M. and he died at the Estelle Hospital at 11:15 A.M. William, accompanied by other members of the bridge crew, was enroute to work when the motor car ran into a split ...