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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... parents while a small boy. Following the death of his father he was taken into the home of Uncle John Bradford and family for rearing. He spent his entire life in Van Buren and Cleburne Counties and it was in his honor that the ...
... parents were blessed with a large family. Besides Hattie, there were four other girls, Nettie Bittle, Mattie Bittle, Bertha Bittle, and Julia Bittle; and four sons, Jessie Conrad, Henry Bittle, George Whit Bittle, and James Thurman ...
... parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Alvin and Hattie Bittle Davis of Higden; two brothers, Cecil Davis of Higden and Alvin Davis of Edgemont; one sister, Mrs. Pearl McCarty of Higden; and two grandchildren. Floyd Davis's funeral services was ...
... 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 of his death, he was survived by his ...
... parents as a child and lived in Edgemont for seventy-two years. He was educated in an one-room school house in Edgemont. After growing to adulthood, he married Miss. Neasy B. Gadberry on December 21, 1893. They celebrated their fifty ...