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From: "Ilene Stevenson" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] ARIZARD Digest, Vol 2, Issue 213
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:56:49 -0500
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I reply to Barkdale. I found an old photo of my Grandpa's that read Ant Amy
Barkdale & family.I will share it as I have no idea of my connection if any.
Ilene
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> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham, Barksdale?
> (Bernie Moore-Knowles)
> 2. Re: Wood, Smith, Dixon/ Cooper ()
> 3. Re: Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham, Barksdale?
> (Betty G. McCollum)
> 4. Taylor Family ()
> 5. Re: Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham, Barksdale?
> (Betty G. McCollum)
> 6. Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham, Barksdale? (Vera Reeves)
> 7. Re: Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham, Barksdale?
> (Wilma Norton)
> 8. Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham, Barksdale? (Vera Reeves)
> 9. Barksdale births (Vera Reeves)
> 10. Re: Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham, Barksdale?
> ()
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:18:09 -1000
> From: "Bernie Moore-Knowles" <>
> Subject: [ARIZARD] Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham, Barksdale?
> To: <>
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> Okay guys
>
> Here is a good one!
>
> I have this in my records; provided by Miss Vera way back. I was curious
> about this short when she posted it? It appears that this is regarding
> Judge James Theodoric Warsaw Barksdale - because I have his death date as
> March 16, 1926.
>
> But? Can anyone tell me who the granddaughter is that was married to a
> Tom Simmons? And which Tom Simmons? And which of Mr. Barksdale's
> daughters was married to a Sam Cotham? Or which daughter was married to
> Will Haley?
>
> Mar 12, 1926 issue
> listed under the News of Guion
> Sam Cotham left Tuesday with Mrs Will Haley and Mrs Tom Simmons for
> Anderson, being called to the bedside of their grandfather, Mr Barksdale
> who is not expected to live.
>
> Whatcha think?
>
> Bernie in Hawai'i
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:15:46 -0000
> From: "" <>
> Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Wood, Smith, Dixon/ Cooper
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> Author: BettyCavner838
> Surnames: BARNES, BRUCE, CAVNER, CLARK, DIXON, HANNA, WALKER & WILLIAMS
> Classification: queries
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:46:33 -0500
> From: "Betty G. McCollum" <>
> Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham,
> Barksdale?
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> Bernie:
> The Sam Cotham that I remember was marrried to Minerva Morton. Her
> sister Bettie Morton was married to an Everett.
> Betty Mc
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:43:46 -0000
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> Subject: [ARIZARD] Taylor Family
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> Author: cdholmes2007
> Surnames: Taylor
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> Looking for info on the Taylor Family.Henry Taylor had several sons on of
> whom is William Taylor. William Taylor moved to oklahoma. Thanks Corey
> Holmes (McClanahan)
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:47:55 -0500
> From: "Betty G. McCollum" <>
> Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham,
> Barksdale?
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> Bernie:
> I don't believe either of the two listed were children of Sam Cotham.
> He had four children, 3 boys and one girl. The girl married a Boswell,
> then
> a Chambliss. I can give a little more on this if you need it.
> Betty Mc
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernie Moore-Knowles" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:18 AM
> Subject: [ARIZARD] Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham, Barksdale?
>
>
> > Okay guys
> >
> > Here is a good one!
> >
> > I have this in my records; provided by Miss Vera way back. I was
> curious about this short when she posted it? It appears that this is
> regarding Judge James Theodoric Warsaw Barksdale - because I have his
> death
> date as March 16, 1926.
> >
> > But? Can anyone tell me who the granddaughter is that was married to a
> Tom Simmons? And which Tom Simmons? And which of Mr. Barksdale's
> daughters
> was married to a Sam Cotham? Or which daughter was married to Will Haley?
> >
> > Mar 12, 1926 issue
> > listed under the News of Guion
> > Sam Cotham left Tuesday with Mrs Will Haley and Mrs Tom Simmons for
> Anderson, being called to the bedside of their grandfather, Mr Barksdale
> who
> is not expected to live.
> >
> > Whatcha think?
> >
> > Bernie in Hawai'i
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:08:46 -0500
> From: "Vera Reeves" <>
> Subject: [ARIZARD] Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham, Barksdale?
> To: <>
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>> Mar 12, 1926 issue
>> listed under the News of Guion
>> Sam Cotham left Tuesday with Mrs Will Haley and Mrs Tom Simmons for
>> Anderson, being called to the bedside of their grandfather, Mr Barksdale
>> who is not expected to live.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Bernie,
>
> After reading Betty's messages - I wonder if Cotham was taking the 2
> ladies
> to the bedside of their grandfather.
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:57:16 -0500
> From: "Wilma Norton" <>
> Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham,
> Barksdale?
> To: <>
> Message-ID: <000301c77d23$a0508f70$>
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> Don't know if this is the same "Sam" Cotham as the one in the article, but
> I
> have this: James W. "Sam" Cotham
>
> This is taken from the Melbourne Times, dated March 22, 1934:
>
> WITH A PAST OF REVERSES AND TRAGEDIES, THEY STILL BELIEVE IN THE SILVER
> LINING
>
> Sam Cotham is a blacksmith in a shop in Melbourne. For 49 years he
> has
> followed this trade and his skill with hammer, anvil and forge is known
> throughout these parts. But that is another story. This is a hard-luck
> story, and is about Uncle Sam and his good wife, Aunt Minerva. These two
> have probably had more reverses than any other couple for miles around.
> It
> started on July 3, 1911, when the mangled remains of the oldest son Elmer,
> were found on the railroad track at Mt. Olive, supposed by some to have
> been
> placed there after he was killed, while others thought he went to sleep on
> the track and was killed by a night train. Less than a year elapsed
> before
> Archie, the youngest son, was caught in the shafting of a gasoline engine
> at
> Boswell and literally torn to pieces. This was on April 16, 1912. Three
> years later to a day, Luther, the only son left, was hacked to pieces in
> the
> dead hours of night near Georgetown, and thrown in the waters of lower
> White
> River. His body was recovered four days later.
> When Elmer was killed, his brother Archie was the first to find him.
> When Archie was killed, his brother, Luther, was the first to find him.
> When Luther found his brother, Archie, he said: "I wonder who will find me
> when I get killed."
> The murder of Luther was committed near the Cotham home, this being
> learned from the fact that blood was found near the house and also at
> several places between the house and the river. Evidence was brought out
> to
> prove that Charlie Owens, who was boarding at the Cotham home, killed
> Luther. He knocked him in the head, thinking he had some money. Owens
> was
> sentenced to 99 years in the Arkansas penitentiary by the circuit court at
> Searcy. A short while after he went to the pen, he and a noted outlaw by
> the name of "Blackey" Williams made a successful break for freedom. A
> reward was immediately offered for Owens. Dr. J.T. Gibson of near
> Georgetown, who had been a special friend to Luther, joined the posse, and
> was determined to kill Owens on sight. He soon got his wish. In the late
> summer of 1915, it was reported that Owens was floating down White river
> several miles below Georgetown. Dr. Gibson hid on the bank of the river.
> When he saw the boat coming down, he fired at Owens and missed. Gibson
> took
> a second shot and hit Owens in the breast. The boat drifted to the
> opposite
> side of the river. Gibson followed it over. Owens was found in a dying
> condition and told Gibson that he had rather die than go back to the pen.
> He further stated that his name was not Owens, but was Hatfield and that
> he
> had killed ten men during his life. He was taken back to Little Rock as
> soon as arrangements could be made, but died just as he reached the
> penitentiary walls.
> Luther was survived by his wife and two small children. This left
> only
> a daughter, and she lost two husbands by death before she died at the age
> of
> 33 on Christmas night, 1932.
> Now Mr. and Mrs. Cotham have five grandchildren. None of them can
> remember ever having seen their father. And they are all now motherless,
> Luther's widow having been scalded to death a few weeks ago at Calico
> Rock.
> She was preparing dinner in living quarters in a box car when a Missouri
> Pacific train backed into the car with a clash that knocked over a
> container
> of boiling water on her body. She died from the effects of the burns a
> few
> days later in a railroad hospital in Little Rock.
> But this was not all. The Cotham family was overflowed three times by
> White river while they were operating a hotel at Guion. The waters got
> above the second story of the building and boats were paddled into the
> upper
> rooms. There was considerable loss of property each time. One overflow
> came in the winter and when the waters abated, ice had to be chopped out
> of
> both upper and lower rooms almost to the ceilings. They were operating
> the
> hotel at Guion when the tornado hit there April 10, 1929 sweeping the town
> before it. There was a complete loss this time. Not one piece of
> furniture
> or one plank was left intact.
> The following month, Mr. and Mrs. Cotham, their daughter and two
> granddaughters gathered together their new clothes which they had bought
> since the storm, packed them in suitcases and headed for Calico Rock via
> Melbourne. They stopped to spend the night here with Mr. Cotham's sister,
> Mrs. Ida Freeman, who operated the switchboard on the west side of the
> public square. That night a fire broke out in a cafe just under the
> living
> quarters of the Freeman's and the whole side of the square burned out.
> The
> Cotham family barely escaped, saving only the clothing they had on.
> Uncle Same is now 68 and Aunt Minerva is 64. They have a home in
> Melbourne, and four of their grandchildren live with them. They may be a
> little broken in spirit from the ill fate of the past 23 years. But they
> don't make a practice of complaining, and rarely mention the past
> tragedies.
> Uncle Sam still pounds his anvil from morn 'til night, while Aunt Minerva,
> assisted by her granddaughters, looks after the housework.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernie Moore-Knowles" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:18 AM
> Subject: [ARIZARD] Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham, Barksdale?
>
>
>> Okay guys
>>
>> Here is a good one!
>>
>> I have this in my records; provided by Miss Vera way back. I was curious
>> about this short when she posted it? It appears that this is regarding
>> Judge James Theodoric Warsaw Barksdale - because I have his death date as
>> March 16, 1926.
>>
>> But? Can anyone tell me who the granddaughter is that was married to a
>> Tom Simmons? And which Tom Simmons? And which of Mr. Barksdale's
>> daughters was married to a Sam Cotham? Or which daughter was married to
>> Will Haley?
>>
>> Mar 12, 1926 issue
>> listed under the News of Guion
>> Sam Cotham left Tuesday with Mrs Will Haley and Mrs Tom Simmons for
>> Anderson, being called to the bedside of their grandfather, Mr Barksdale
>> who is not expected to live.
>>
>> Whatcha think?
>>
>> Bernie in Hawai'i
>>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:02:29 -0500
> From: "Vera Reeves" <>
> Subject: [ARIZARD] Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham, Barksdale?
> To: <>
> Message-ID: <000501c77d24$5af133c0$>
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> reply-type=original
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> There are 2-3 Barksdale marriages in Izard County is this one of interest
>
> Barksdale, Ada 16
> md 7-3-1890
> Edward T. Smith
>
> She might be the daughter of Thaddeus J. Barksdale listed in the 1880
> census
> as Halada F. age 6.
>
> You being a Smith hunter.
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:51:57 -0500
> From: "Vera Reeves" <>
> Subject: [ARIZARD] Barksdale births
> To: <>
> Message-ID: <000c01c77d33$a6094d20$>
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> Arkansas Prior Birth Index of Izard County - Barksdales
>
>
>
> BARKSDALE, ADDIE CATHERINE -- 9/16/1900 IZARD
>
> MOSS, FLORENCE LAURETTA mother
>
> Arkansas Prior Birth Index
>
>
>
> BARKSDALE, BESSIE OVELLA -- 3/12/1893 IZARD
>
> MOSS, FLORENCE LAURETTA mother
>
>
>
> BARKSDALE, MAUDE MAE -- 6/19/1897 IZARD
>
> MOSS, FLORENCE LORETTA mother
>
>
>
> BARKSDALE, ROBERT CLARENCE ? 9/2/1901 IZARD
>
> MOSS, FLORENCE LAURETTA mother
>
>
>
> PITTMAN, ADES VERDELL ? 8/28/1895 IZARD
>
> BARKSDALE, ELIZA mother
>
>
>
> PUGH, JULIA ETTA -- 10/16/1886 IZARD
>
> BARKSDALE, LUCY M mother
>
>
>
> SMITH, MELVIN EUGENE -- 2/17/1895 IZARD
>
> BARKSDALE, ADA mother
>
>
>
> TAYLOR, ARTHUR ? 11/11/1875 IZARD
>
> BARKSDALE, MARTHA W mother
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:58:55 -0500
> From:
> Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Great riddle? Simmons, Haley, Cotham,
> Barksdale?
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> Just jumping in here with a thought.
>
> Maybe these ladies were Mr. Cotham's sisters and the 3 were going to the
> bedside of "their" grandfather?
>
> I don't find a Sam Cotham in Izard in 1900, will have to go to HQ for
> later years.
>
> Kathryn
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:08:46 -0500 "Vera Reeves" <>
> writes:
>> > Mar 12, 1926 issue
>> > listed under the News of Guion
>> > Sam Cotham left Tuesday with Mrs Will Haley and Mrs Tom Simmons
>> for
>> > Anderson, being called to the bedside of their grandfather, Mr
>> Barksdale
>> > who is not expected to live.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>> Bernie,
>>
>> After reading Betty's messages - I wonder if Cotham was taking the 2
>> ladies
>> to the bedside of their grandfather.
>>
>>
>>
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