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 Mississippi
County, Arkansas History and Genealogy
174 pages of Mississippi County, Arkansas history and
genealogy including 125 family biographies plus 4
different historical maps featuring the locations of 60 Mississippi County
communities
An informative and historical overview of Mississippi
County, Arkansas including two separate books on one CD which include 4
historical maps (1855, 1895, 1898, and 1915); plus
the full 1889 Goodspeed Publishing Company "Biographical and Historical Memoirs
of Mississippi County, Arkansas" book including 125 family biographies. An
important resource for the study and research of Mississippi 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 Mississippi County, Arkansas
Included here are the Northeastern region of Arkansas sections of 4 different
historical maps:
A. A rare 1855 map that shows the area of Mississippi County just 22 years after
the formation of Mississippi County. Locations shown include: Bufords L. * Mill Bayou * Oceola * Pecan
Point *
B. A map of 1895 Mississippi County showing the locations of 26 different
settlements including all of the following: Athelstan * Barfield * Biglake *
Blytheville * Boynton * Carson * Chelford * Chickasawba * Clearlake * Dell *
Driver * Evadale * Golden Lake * Grider * Hubbards * Leach V. * Luxora * Moores
Landing * Nodena * Osceola * Paepcke * Shawnee * St. Thomas * Tomato * Wardell *
Wilson *
C. A map of 1898 Mississippi County showing the locations of 26 different
settlements including all of the following: Armorel * Bardstown * Barfield *
Blytheville * Butler * Chickasawba * Cinda * Clearlake * Dell * Hickman *
Huffman * Golden Lake * Grider * Leachville * Liveoak * Luxora * McGavock *
Nodena * Osceola * Pecan Point * Rosa * Sans Souci * Shady Grove * Shawnee *
Tomato * Tomlinson *
D. A map of 1915 Mississippi County showing the locations of 47 different
settlements including all of the following: Archillion * Armorel * Athelstan *
Bardstown * Barfield * Bassett * Biglake * Blytheville * Boynton * Buckeye *
Burdette * Burdette Jc. * Butler * Carson * Chickasawba Dell * Etowah * Evadale
* Evadale Jc. * Gary * Grider * Hickman * Huffman * Joiner * Keiser * Leachville
* Luxora * Manila * Marie * Midway * Moores Landing * Nodena * Orr * Osceola *
Paepoke * Pecan Point * Rockey * Rosa * Ross * Roy * Shawnee * Tomato *
Tomlinson * Tyronzo * Wardell * Wilson * Wolverton * Yarbro
Book Two on CD: The complete 1889 "Biographical and Historical
Memoirs of Mississippi County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (174 pages in all!) book has an incredible amount of historical
and genealogical information
about Mississippi County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is
an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Mississippi County,
Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included
are a total of 125 different family biographies.
Here is just some of the information included:
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Location and Boundary of Mississippi County, Arkansas
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Expedition of DeSoto
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The Pioneer Settlers of Mississippi County, Arkansas
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Mississippi County Cities, Towns, and Villages: Osceola * Blythesville * Cooktown * Hickman
Bend * Barfield * Elmot * Nodena * Golden Lake * Pecan Point * Frenchman's
Bayou
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Mississippi County Lodges and Societies
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The Civil War in Mississippi County, Arkansas
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The Blackhawk War
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State Representatives of Mississippi County
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Mississippi County Buildings
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Population of Mississippi County, Arkansas
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Mississippi County Organized
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Mississippi County Officials
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River Levee Constructed
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Mississippi County Schools
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Churches in Mississippi County
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Biographical Sketches
Included is a total of 125 Mississippi 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): Archillion *
Ashburn * Avery * Ayres * Bacchus * Baldock * Barton * Biship * Blythe * Boney *
Borum * Bowen * Boyles * Bragg * Brewer * Brickey * Brisendine * Buckner * Bugg
* Bush * Butler * Carleton * Carloss * Carr * Cartwright * Cissell * Conley *
Craighead * Crawford * Davis * Dean * Driver * Dunavant * Evans * Felts *
Ferguson * Fletcher * Fonville * Friend * Freeman * Gabel * Gaylord * Gilles *
Glasgow * Goodin * Goodrich * Goshorn * Gosnell * Greene * Grider * Hale *
Harden * Hardin * Harrington * Harris * Harrison * Hayes * Hearn * Hickman *
Hicks * Hill * Holt * Jernigan * Joiner * Jones * Joyner * King * Lafont *
Lanier * Leatherwood * Liston * Long * Lovewell * Lynch * McFadden * McGavock *
McVeigh * Mann * Marks * Matthews * Maxwell * Morris * Mosley * Musgrave *
Musick * Myers * Neel * Oglesby * Perkins * Powell * Pratt * Prewitt * Pullen *
Quarles * Quinn * Rainey * Reed * Rhea * Rhodes * Roussan * Rozell * Rounsaville
* Rucker * Ruddell * Sawyer * Scarboro * Semmes * Sisk * Smith * Starling *
Stewart * Tansil * Thomason * Tomlinson * Triplett * Turner * Uzzell * Walker *
Ward * West * Wigley * Williams * Williamson * Wilson * Young *
Mississippi County is located in Northeastern Arkansas and is surrounded by
the following counties: Crittenden County, Arkansas * Poinsett County, Arkansas
* Craighead County, Arkansas *
Dunklin County, Missouri *
Pemiscot County,
Missouri * Dyer County, Tennessee * Lauderdale County, Tennessee * and
Tipton County, Tennessee
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 $9.95 plus
shipping! A large amount of history and genealogy information for very little
cost! A truly fascinating view of Mississippi County, Arkansas from its first
settlement to 1889.
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