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From: "Willis Finley" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Bushwhackers -- Willis
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:17:46 -0500
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Peggy- The Finleys are doing fine, just getting a little older. We go
Tyler often to visit with our daughter who lives there. I'm also familar
with Overton. Let me know when you are coming this way and we will meet you
at your convenience.

Yes! I remember the Perry's, it seems this loss of lives and property was
commonplace with the Bushwackers. There were numerous incidents in my
family and family kin that lost their lives with encounters with the
Bushwackers in the North West Arkansas area. This continued for about 10
years following the Civil War. In my Brickey family in Batesville all four
son-in-laws were done in by the Bushwackers. John C. Gill m to Mary
Elizabeth Brickey was according to family information killed in 1867 by
these outlaws. According to the story this is when the countryside rose up
and said enough is enough and this is said to have put an end to it. One of
the son-in-laws was my ancestor Jesse William Meachum. He was killed in
1867 at Lead Hill in Marion Co. AR.
However, there are instances of men disappearing without anyone knowing what
happened to them due to encounters with the Bushwackers. This has made it
difficult for researchers.

Glad to hear from you again. Athough I'm still working on my Finley's and
allied families in Arkansas, Texas, AL, LA and elsewhere. As usual the
descendants from old Uziah "Uzza" Finley in Izard and Baxters counties are
still very elusive and many remain untraced. Hopefully one day a long lost
Finley will turn up with more information. With the loss of records the
only way to piece it together is family inputs.

Willis Finley




--- Original Message -----
From: "PEGGY TRUESDELL" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Bushwhackers -- Willis


> Hello, Willis! So glad to see you online. I've been wondering how you're
> doing these days.
>
> You may remember that my PERRY great-grandparents: Oliver Hazzard PERRY
> and Mary Jane {BATY} PERRY lived at Advance near Lone Rock in Matney
> Township, Izard County -- later Baxter County. They were parents of
> "Kate" Catherine PERRY who married Theodore Henry FINLEY.
>
> Family lore is that the widowed Mary Jane had gold and other things
> valuable to her in a trunk. Bushwhackers came through and plundered her
> house, then took the trunk to the well house at the spring, where they
> left the trunk -- without its contents.
>
> I have two books on adjacent Searcy County -- with stories about the WBTS
> / Civil War and Bushwhackers. Willis, my sister Clea and niece Dianne
> live about twenty miles from Tyler (toward Overton) by a small lake (not
> Tyler Lake). In September, I'm going to Oklahoma for about a week -- but
> later will be visiting them -- and if you're able, I'd like to visit with
> you. I could bring all my PERRY books, pictures, etc. and share with you.
> Let me know if we might get together. I have relatives on my father's
> RIDGWAY side at Lake Livingston and would like to include a visit there on
> this trip. Clea will be 90 next January but still travels some. It would
> be lovely to meet you and your wife.
>
> Had computer woes and wasn't online for some time, extending to this
> June -- but now I'm all fired up again. Hope you're doing well. So glad
> to see a message from you.
>
> Peggy
>
> Peggy {KING} TRUESDELL
> Fort Worth, TX 76108
> 817-246-0415
>
>
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