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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... five or six hundred people. Boarding houses in Higden accommodated people working in the timber. The town had three sawmills, a cotton gin, the Globe Cooperate and Lumber Company, several restaurants, a drug store, a hotel, and a bank ...
... five daughters, Mrs. D. L. Hipp and Mrs. H. D. Hipp of Prim, Arkansas, Mrs. Carol Eason of Edgemont, Arkansas, Mrs. L. R. Bolton and Mrs. Dewie Morgan of Little Rock; twenty-nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren, and great ...
... five sisters, Mrs. Lois Lane of Pittsburg, California, Mrs. Gladys Martin of Niles, Michigan, Mrs. Beulah Mitchell of San Jose, California, Mrs. Eulah Ishmale of Yuba City, California, and Mrs. Geneva Drake of Elk Grove, California; and ...
... five. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elmer and Mollie Parker Gentry; his son, Terry Wayne Gentry; brothers, Marvin Gentry, Elvis Gentry, and Melvin Gentry; two sisters, Morine Gentry Bailey and Betty Gentry Spear. At the time ...
... five daughters, Dianna Barnum of Higden, Evelyn Southerland and her husband, James Southerland, of Ida, Arkansas, Reva Nell Gadberry and her husband, Scotty Gadberry of Greers Ferry, Arkansas, Tammy Marie Richey and her husband, Danny ...