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From: "Wilkinson Residence" <>
Subject: Re: [ARDALLAS] Dallas County History
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 06:01:41 -0600
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HOWDY JOHN B. I WAS BORN(1924) AND REARED (THE THIRTIES) IN FORDYCE.
HOUSTON HAS BEEN HOME FOR 57 YEARS, NOW. CALL ME. 713/643-7660
WILKIE WILKINSON

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From: John B. Summers <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [ARDALLAS] Dallas County History


> Hi Clora,
>
> Thanks for the quick response!
>
> I have been contemplating going to Dallas County and this may be the
> impetus I need. I checked the Houston Public Library's on line catalog
> and didn't find the "Romance...", but they may have the other papers you
> mentioned. I will go to the library next week and then decide about
> going to Fordyce. I have three families that moved there in the mid
> 19th century: Adams, Beaty, and Rhoden from South Carolina. Two other
> affiliated families are McAllister and Archer.
>
> Thanks very much for the list of resources!
>
> Regards,
> John
>
> --
>
> John B. Summers
> Houston, Texas
> http://www.hal-pc.org/~jbsum/family/history.html
>
>
>
> Clora Parham wrote:
>
> >Have you read Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern
> >Arkansas, printed by The Goodspeed Press in 1890. It was reprinted in
1979
> >and I bought a copy of that at a later time. It is compiled of people
who
> >paid money to have their biographies printed. It has a great deal of
> >information although I'm not sure all of it is correct. It was very
helpful
> >to me to start researching my husband's family.
> >
> >I would also recommend Virginia Davis Gray's diary that she kept during
the
> >Civil War while living in Princeton. Her husband had been the headmaster
of
> >the Female Academy at Princeton before going away to fight in the war. I
> >don't think it is in book form but you might find copies of it that have
> >been typed and passed around. It was published many years ago in the
> >Arkansas Historical Quarterly but is no longer available through them.
> >
> >The diary of Mary Owen Sims is another interesting read about life before
> >the Civil War. She came to the Princeton area with her parents as some
of
> >the first settlers. Her diary is also just in typed copies passed around
to
> >folks.
> >
> >The diary of John Brown might be the easiest to obtain although I don't
> >think it is in book form either. He was a lawyer to owned large tracts
of
> >land with other folks who formed a company (the name slips my mind right
> >now.) He first moved to Princeton when he came to Arkansas where he
farmed
> >large farms with slave labor. He later moved to Camden where he was
living
> >when the Federal troops captured the town.
> >
> >The last book that comes to mind is THE ROMANCE OF TULIP RIDGE by
Jonathan
> >Smith of Memphis, TN. It was written many years ago and has been out of
> >print for a long time. It really gives a good look at Tulip in its
heyday.
> >
> >All of these papers and books are in the Dallas County library and some
are
> >also at the Dallas County Museum. These are all of the books and papers
I
> >can think of at the present. I would be interested in learning of any
> >others if they are available.
> >
> >You may contact me at if you would care to correspond
> >further.
> >
> >Clora Parham
> >
> >
>
>
>
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