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 Desha
County, Arkansas History and Genealogy
65 pages of Desha County
history and genealogy including 80 family biographies plus 4 different
historical maps featuring the locations of 27 Desha County communities
An informative and historical overview of Desha County, Arkansas including two separate books on
one CD which include 4 historical
maps (1855, 1895, 1898, and 1915); plus the full 1890 Goodspeed Publishing
Company "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Desha County, Arkansas"
book on CD including 80 family biographies. An important resource for the study
and research of Desha County, Arkansas history and genealogy.
This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in
two
separate books, ALL on one CD:
Book One on CD: Maps of Desha County, Arkansas
Included here are the Southeast region of Arkansas sections of 4
different historical maps: A. A rare 1855 map that shows
the Desha County, Arkansas area just 17 years after Desha County
was created. Locations shown: Lavonia (Laconia) * Napoleon *
Red Fork * Wellington * White River * Wileyville *
B. A map of 1895 Desha County showing the locations of 14
different settlements including all of the following: Arkansas
City * Dumas * Knowlton * Laconia * McGehee * Medford * Pendleton
* Red Fork * Reedville * Richland * Trippe * Walnut Lake * Watson
* White River *
C. A map of 1898 Desha County showing the locations of 19
different settlements including all of the following: Arkansas
City * Chicot * Dumas * Halley * Henrico * Knowlton * Laconia *
McGehee * Medford * Oak Grove * Parma * Pendleton * Red Fork *
Reedville * Richland * Trippe *
Walnut Lake * White River * Wood View *
D. A map of 1915 Desha County showing the locations of 20
different settlements including all of the following: Arkansas
City * Bohwer * Dumas * Halley * Henrico * Kelso * Knowlton *
Laconia * Masonville * McGehee * Medford * Oaklawn * Red Fork *
Reedville * Rosemary * Rotan *
South Trippe Jc. * Walnut Lake * Watson * Wellington * Whiteriver
(White River) * Wileyville *
Book Two on CD: The complete 1890
"Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Desha County, Arkansas"
by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (65 pages in all) book has a large amount of
information about Desha County, Arkansas from its earliest
settlement up to 1890. This is an exact photo replica of all the
pages pertaining to Desha County, Arkansas including all of the
historical and biographical information. Included are a total
of 80 different family biographies.
Here is just some of the information included:
Partial Contents
Boundaries of Desha County
Topography
Rivers and Streams in Desha County
Desha County Created
Desha County Townships
Desha County Officials
Early Settlers and Settlement in Desha County
Erection of Desha County Public Buildings
Railroads in Desha County
The Civil War and Desha County
Desha County Schools
Population
Newspapers
Desha County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices: Arkansas City * Chicot City * Dumars (Dumas) * Laconia * Montgomery’s Point * Napoleon * Red Fork * Walnut Lake * Watson * Post
Offices
Desha County Biographical Sketches (44 pages in this section)
Included is a total of 80 Desha County family biographies
including each of the following surnames: (Some surnames have
multiple biographies) (hundreds of other surnames are also
mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies):
Amburn * Anderson * Atkinson * Austin * Beith * Bessellieu * Birch
* Blackburn * Bowles * Brown * Burnett * Cavenagh * Clark *
Clayton * Courtney * Crenshaw * Davis * Dickinson
* Dumas * Gates * Gifford * Godwin * Grace * Halley * Henry *
Holmes * Hopkins * Hutchins * Jackson * Johnson * Johnston * Jones
* Jordan * Knowlton * Kroeger * Lambe * Lenox * Ludlam * Marks *
Maulding * McGehee * McNeill * Merritt * Mosby * Murphy * Nady *
Newton * Parker * Peoples * Pickens * Porter * Quilling *
Reitzammer * Richardson * Ryan * Sain * Scott * Shepard * Smith *
Stroud * Thane * Townsend * Umphrey * Varden * Warfield * Waterman
* Watkins * Whitehill * Woolford * Wynn *
Desha County is located in Southeast Arkansas and is bordered
by the following counties:
Phillips County, Arkansas *
Arkansas County, Arkansas
* Lincoln County, Arkansas * Drew County, Arkansas *
Chicot
County, Arkansas * and Bolivar County, Mississippi (highlighted
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Each of the two books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and requires
the free Acrobat Reader program to view. You probably already have this program
on your computer but if not, a free copy of the program is included on the CD.
Each of the books is designed to look just like a regular book and is bookmarked
to move easily and quickly from one section another. This CD will operate on any
Pentium or equivalent computer with a CD drive. This CD was designed by, and is
available exclusively from Hearthstone Legacy Publications.
The cost for this CD containing both books described above is only $6.95 plus
shipping! A large amount of history and genealogy information for very little
cost! A truly fascinating view of Desha County, Arkansas from its first
settlement to 1890.
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MO 64037
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