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From: "Dale Marr" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Goodspeed/Estes question
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:03:12 -0500
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Descendants of Thomas Newton "Tommy" Estes


Generation No. 1

1. THOMAS NEWTON "TOMMY"11 ESTES (BURRIS10, BURRIS9, THOMAS8, THOMAS7, SYLVESTER6, ABRAHAM5, SYLVESTER4, ROBERT3, SYLVESTER2, NICHOLAS1) was born 09 Feb 1830 in near Nashville, Davidson Co., TN, and died 18 Apr 1920 in Lunenburg, Izard Co., AR. He married (1) LUCY RUCKER JOHNSON 13 Dec 1852 in Independence Co., AR, daughter of WILLIAM JOHNSON and ELIZABETH HALLIBURTON. She was born 20 Nov 1834 in TN, and died 23 Dec 1858 in Wiseman, Izard Co., AR. He married (2) MANERVA R. KIMMONS 14 Feb 1869 in Melbourne, Izard Co., AR. She was born 08 Apr 1823 in TN, and died 09 May 1905 in Melbourne, Izard Co., AR.

Notes for THOMAS NEWTON "TOMMY" ESTES:

Written by Thomas Newton Estes in 1910:

I have just read in "The Flag" Bro. Bonner's experiences of a mother's prayer. This carries me back to my earliest recollection in Henry County, Tennessee, eight miles east of Paris, about seventy years ago.

Father was not at home. At night mother took us close to her -- knelt down on the hearth, close by the fireside -- she was going to give us to the Lord. I didn't want to go, but expected the Lord to come every day for a long time. Finally I comprehended her meaning -- still that prayer seemed to fasten on my mind more forcibly. By the Grace of the Lord I believe that prayer with others from my mother, led me to the cross. Thank the Good Lord for such a mother. She has long since crossed the river.

We left Tennessee in 1839. Mother belonged to a Baptist Church somewhere from 6 to 10 miles east of Paris, in the then neighborhood of the Manly's, Randle's, Burton's, etc. I think the church was on a little sandy hill. Will some brother tell me if the church still stands? I remember the preacher's name was Browning. Oh, how I would like to visit the place of my childhood.

T.N. Estes, Lunenburg, Arkansas

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Newspaper article written by Henry KARR Shannon, Sr., great-grandson of Thomas Newton Estes:

MASONIC SIGN WON INDIANS -- SAVED FORTY-NINERS' SCALPS

Scribe Relates Grandfather's Personal Account of His Trek Westward in the Gold Rush

It was a scorching day in June. Grandpa Tom and I had meandered to the shade under the big walnut tree at the edge of the cornfield to get a cool drink of spring water from the oaken keg and to take our customary afternoon rest.

"Seems like age is beginning to tell on me a little," Grandpa groaned, as he sat flat on the ground and leaned against the tree. He wiped the sweat from his face with his big red bandana and gave a long sigh. You would never have guessed him to be 87 the way he followed a double-shovel behind Old Jude.

I was just a stripling of a boy -- 15, to be exact, and it was my job to keep the corn hoed out ahead of Grandpa and the plow.

"There's a meeting of the Masons over at the schoolhouse tonight, and I'm wondering if any of the men from the Melbourne lodge will be down here," Grandpa drawled.

Grandpa Tom Estes had been around quite a bit for a man of his day. Born in 1830, he had followed the "Forty-Niners" from near Memphis, Tennessee outland to California and returned by sea, around Cape Horn, landing in Charleston, South Carolina about two and a half years later. And then he had gotten a workout in the Civil War within the ranks of Stonewall Jackson. Since the war he had taught school, been a county official, store clerk, and reared a family of four. His family scattered to the four winds raising other families, and his wife dead, he had come to spend the rest of his days with us at Lunenburg.

"I'll always have a warm place in my heart for the Masons," he continued, staring straight ahead at Old Jude, who had bit off the top of a stalk of corn and was chewing away innocent like.

"You've been reading about 'em?" I interrupted.

Grandpa was a great hand to read when he wasn't looking after the farm or doing chores about the place. He read everything -- especially the county ____ weekly and his monthly Baptist paper. He had been a deacon for years.

"No, it's nothing I've read," Grandpa began, shifting and settling himself more comfortably against the tree. "It's the real thing. It happened while we were hoofing it to California in the summer of '49.

"Seems as though we had more'n our share of hardships. The sun burned down on us as we crossed the plains and ____ deserts. We had been making it pretty well eating wild game, but this had become almost extinct, and there was little or no vegetation for man or mule out on the barrens. We could find no water and were all but exhausted.

"And then all of us were startled by an alarm from the driver in the front wagon. He stood up his full length and, peering over the top of the canvas cover, waved his hat and pointed northwest to what appeared to be a dust storm coming straight toward us. The teams of the other three wagons were pulled up to a stop, and our company of some 40 men, most of us afoot, began to crawl in or under the wagons for protection against the sand, just as we had done three days before when we met up with our first of these sand and wind demons.

"'Indians!' yelled the man in the front wagon, who had kept his eyes in the direction of the rolling dust.

"It was Indians. They were in ____ row. Looked like a hundred of 'em. They were mounted on ponies and headed straight toward our little band. On they came. The horses' hoofs thundered against the dry hard desert. Two pistol shots rang out from the leader at the head of the formation.

"You have a mighty peculiar feeling when you know you're just as good as dead," Grandpa said, as he pulled himself to his feet for emphasis.

"Most every one of us had a gun, but we were short on ammunition and weak from days of travel with barely enough food and water to keep body and soul together. We had started the journey from Tennessee with 11 wagons and teams. Seven of the teams had died from exhaustion and hunger and thirst. A week before, both men and horses had gone with their tongues swelled out of their mouths for thirst -- until something of a miracle happened.

"We had reached what appeared to be a dry branch. We all knelt and prayed fervently that God fill the branch with water. After about two hours we heard a roar and gushing noise. A dusty-looking fog appeared up the branch and gradually passed in front of us, filling the branch with water. We learned later that melted snow had broken loose in the distant Rockies, causing the flow of water -- and that this sometimes happens most unexpectedly.

"The Indians were circling about us now. War whoops and dust filled the air. A shot went through the canvas of the rear wagon, grazing Dave's left shoulder. The bullet just barely broke the hide, and didn't amount to much. I hadn't told you about Dave. He was the youngest in the bunch, about 16 to the best of my recollection. We had tried to keep him from coming along. But you know a boy around that age craves excitement. He was an orphan lad, all on his own, and he was determined to go to California or bust, made no difference what we said. Well, he wasn't very stout and had come down sick the first week out and had been lying in the back of the wagon most of the time since.

"But after that first shot something happened. The redskins suddenly stopped their ponies, dismounted and ran toward us a-babbling and making no end of friendly gestures. Handshaking and hugging and backslapping followed. The chief spoke pretty good English, and ordered four of his comrades to go back to camp and bring us some provisions. They galloped off like a pack of whirlwinds!"

Grandpa reached down and got another long snort of water from the keg and yelled at Old Jude who was biting off another stalk of corn.

"Dadblame that mule. We'll put a muzzle on him tomorrow. That'll show him a thing or two."

"What did the Indians do while the four were gone?" I asked with no little excitement.

"Yes, I was coming to that," Grandpa said, as he put the water keg down and wiped his mouth on his shirt sleeve.
"The chief, or leader of the gang, began telling in broken English and sign language what was ahead of us. We had been following dim trails or no trails at all, depending mostly on a compass and an old map for guides. He directed us on the best route through the last lap of the Rockies. He told us about a group of travelers who had tried to go through the fall before and the snow closed the mountain pass before them. Some died on the eastern flank and others lost themselves trying to push through the snow. He also told us about an oasis about three miles to the northwest where we could get all the water we wanted.

"It weren't more'n two hours till the other fellows got back, and they were loaded down with dried buffalo meat, corn meal and corn.

"To make a long story short, we made it on through to Sacramento, completing the last lap with two wagons and five horses. The whole trip had lasted about four months. But Dave hadn't got much better."

"But how come the Indians to get so friendly?" I gasped.

"That's what I was fixing to tell you," Grandpa continued, taking a look at the western sun to figure about what time of day it was. "I didn't find out until after the Indians had rode off about as suddenly as they came, that one man in our company was a Mason. He had made a Masonic sign of some kind while the Indians were circling our wagons. A sign had been flashed back that they were Masons. That's what saved us, Masonry."

"What about the rest of the trip?"

"We've got to get this corn worked out," he said in a scolding kind of tone, "the sun ain't over two hours high."

(This story was related to Karr Shannon in 1917 when Thomas Newton Estes was 87. The date the article was published is unknown.)

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More About THOMAS NEWTON "TOMMY" ESTES:

1860 Census: 01 Jun 1860, Fulton Co., AR -- Franklin Twp. -- p. 407
1870 Census: 25 Jul 1870, Izard Co., AR -- Mill Creek Twp. -- p. 220
1880 Census: 04 Jun 1880, Izard Co., AR -- Mill Creek Twp. -- p. 400
1900 Census: 13 Jun 1900, Izard Co., AR -- Mill Creek Twp. -- p. 342
1910 Census: 15 Apr 1910, Izard Co., AR -- Lunenburg Twp. -- p. 88
1920 Census: 10 Jan 1920, Izard Co., AR -- Lunenburg Twp. -- p. 192

Burial: Melbourne, Izard Co., AR -- Combs Cemetery

Notes for MANERVA R. KIMMONS:

Obituary of Minerva Kimmons Wilson Estes

The death Angel has come and taken from our midst one of the truest and best of earth's creatures, Sister MANERVA R. ESTES, wife of T.N. ESTES. Sister Estes was born in Bedford County, Tennessee, April 8th, 1823 and died in Izard County, Arkansas, May 9th, 1905, aged 82 years, 1 month and 1 day. She leaves to mourn her loss a husband and several grand and great-grandchildren. The deceased was the mother of two children - girls - but she outlived both of them. When young, about age of 16, she gave her heart to God and joined the Missionary Baptist Church, and has had continuous membership with said church ever since, being a member of Melbourne Baptist Church at her death. The writer has known her ever since 1845; came from Tennessee to Arkansas with her in 1851 and have lived neighbor to her all these years, and a truer, nobler spirit than she is hard to find on this earth. She was loved by all who knew her. She is gone but her deeds of kindness, while here on earth, will not soon be forgotten. May it be our daily prayers that the chain may not always be broken, but that some bright day we will meet in heaven!

Weep not, Bro. Estes, for your separation won't be long.
One is gone and one is left,
The one that's here is sadly bereft;
Long you have lived close together,
Through cloudy and pleasant weather.
'Twas hard to part with one so dear;
Its cost you many a briney tear;
The tears you shed, in secret roll,
Shall keep her memory green in your soul.
So you say, "Good-bye, dear wife; it won't be long
Till we meet again and say, "Good mor'n."

R.L. LANDERS

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More About MANERVA R. KIMMONS:

Burial: Melbourne, Izard Co., AR -- Combs Cemetery

Children of THOMAS ESTES and LUCY JOHNSON are:

2. i. WILLIAM KARR12 ESTES, b. 05 Sep 1853, Wiseman, Izard Co., AR; d. 25 Mar 1933, Melbourne, Izard Co., AR.
3. ii. JOHN JASPER ESTES, b. 24 Feb 1856, Wiseman, Izard Co., AR; d. 18 Oct 1931, Imboden, Lawrence Co., AR.
4. iii. MORDECAI SAMUEL CAWHORNE "SAM" ESTES, b. 11 Nov 1858, Wiseman, Izard Co., AR; d. 20 Apr 1929, Armona, Kings Co., CA.


Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM KARR12 ESTES (THOMAS NEWTON "TOMMY"11, BURRIS10, BURRIS9, THOMAS8, THOMAS7, SYLVESTER6, ABRAHAM5, SYLVESTER4, ROBERT3, SYLVESTER2, NICHOLAS1) was born 05 Sep 1853 in Wiseman, Izard Co., AR, and died 25 Mar 1933 in Melbourne, Izard Co., AR. He married (1) LURANA ELIZABETH WILSON 02 Nov 1873 in Izard Co., AR, daughter of JAMES WILSON and MANERVA KIMMONS. She was born 03 Mar 1855 in Izard Co., AR, and died 13 Aug 1886 in Melbourne, Izard Co., AR. He married (2) NANCY CAROLINE KITCHENS 30 Jan 1887 in Melbourne, Izard Co., AR, daughter of CRAWFORD KITCHENS and FRANCES ELLISON. She was born 20 Jul 1854 in GA, and died 04 Oct 1939 in Melbourne, Izard Co., AR.

More About WILLIAM KARR ESTES:

1860 Census: 21 Jun 1860, Independence Co., AR -- Jefferson Twp. -- p. 75
1880 Census: 18 Jun 1880, Izard Co., AR -- Mill Creek Twp. -- p. 406
1900 Census: 15 Jun 1900, Izard Co., AR -- Mill Creek Twp. -- p. 345
1910 Census: 18 Apr 1910, Izard Co., AR -- Guion Twp. -- p. 69
1920 Census: 02 Jan 1920, Izard Co., AR -- Calico Rock -- p. 234
1930 Census: 03 Apr 1930, Izard Co., AR -- Melbourne -- p. 231

Burial: Melbourne, Izard Co., AR -- Combs Cemetery

More About LURANA ELIZABETH WILSON:

Burial: Melbourne, Izard Co., AR -- Combs Cemetery

More About NANCY CAROLINE KITCHENS:

Burial: Melbourne, Izard Co., AR -- Combs Cemetery

Children of WILLIAM ESTES and LURANA WILSON are:

i. LUCY ELIZABETH13 ESTES, b. 28 Sep 1874, Melbourne, Izard Co., AR; d. 28 Oct 1952, Melbourne, Izard Co., AR; m. (1) DR. J. WILLIAM HORTON, 07 Dec 1892, Fulton Co., AR; b. 10 Sep 1862, AR; d. 24 Sep 1906, Izard Co., AR; m. (2) MILTON ELDRIDGE CLARK, Aft. 1920; b. 01 Jul 1864, Izard Co., AR; d. 23 Aug 1937, Batesville, Independence Co., AR.

More About LUCY ELIZABETH ESTES:

1910 Census: 15 Apr 1910, Izard Co., AR -- Lunenburg Twp. -- p. 88
1920 Census: 10 Jan 1920, Izard Co., AR -- Lunenburg Twp. -- p. 192

Burial: Melbourne, Izard Co., AR -- Combs Cemetery

More About DR. J. WILLIAM HORTON:

1900 Census: 13 Jun 1900, Izard Co., AR -- Lunenburg Twp. -- p. 332

Burial: Melbourne, Izard Co., AR -- Combs Cemetery

Notes for MILTON ELDRIDGE CLARK:

Calico Rock Progress
27 Aug 1937

M.E. Clark Dies in Hospital Sunday Night

M.E. Clark, aged 73 prominent citizen of Melbourne, died at a hospital in Batesville Sunday night, after several weeks illness. He underwent an operation at Batesville a few weeks ago and was taken back to the hospital two weeks ago.

Mr Clark was road commissioner of this county for a number of years; was county representative for the Red Cross and has been prominently identified with public affairs of the county for many years. He resided at his farm home north of Melbourne. He has resided in the county practically all his life.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at New Liberty Church, conducted by Elder Frank Puckett. Interment was in New Liberty cemetery.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Armand Connell of Snackover, Mrs. Joe L. Rector and Miss Ada Clark of Searcy and a son Raymond Clark of Melbourne.

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More About MILTON ELDRIDGE CLARK:

1880 Census: 29 Jun 1880, Izard Co., AR -- Lacrosse Twp. -- p. 390
1900 Census: Jun 1900, Izard Co., AR -- Mill Creek Twp. -- p. 339
1910 Census: 25 Apr 1910, Izard Co., AR -- Mill Creek Twp. -- p. 100
1920 Census: 17 Jan 1920, Izard Co., AR -- Mill Creek Twp. -- p. 201
1930 Census: 12 Apr 1930, Izard Co., AR -- Mill Creek Twp. -- p. 237

Burial: 25 Aug 1937, Izard Co., AR -- New Liberty Cemetery

5. ii. DR. WALTER HILL ESTES, b. 21 Mar 1877, Melbourne, Izard Co., AR; d. 29 Mar 1940, Melbourne, Izard Co., AR.
iii. JASPER MORDECAI ESTES, b. 14 Mar 1879, Izard Co., AR; d. 25 Jun 1943, Benton Co., AR; m. JEFFIE M. WYATT, Abt. 1902; b. Apr 1886, AR; d. Unknown.

More About JASPER MORDECAI ESTES:

1910 Census: 22 Apr 1910, Clay Co., TX -- Pct. 2 -- p. 67
1930 Census: 12 Apr 1930, Benton Co., AR -- Brightwater Twp. -- p. 36

Burial: Calico Rock, Izard Co., AR -- Spring Creek Cemetery

Cause of Death: Fractured neck -- fell off a truck.

6. iv. ALLIE MAUDE ESTES, b. 21 Jul 1881, Izard Co., AR; d. 25 Nov 1907, Izard Co., AR.
7. v. FORD WILSON ESTES, b. 23 Dec 1883, Izard Co., AR; d. 25 Oct 1936, Melbourne, Izard Co., AR.
vi. DELLA ESTES, b. 15 Apr 1886, Izard Co., AR; d. 16 Apr 1886, Izard Co., AR.
vii. ELLA ESTES, b. 15 Apr 1886, Izard Co., AR; d. 22 Apr 1886, Izard Co., AR.

Children of WILLIAM ESTES and NANCY KITCHENS are:

8. viii. EARL THOMAS13 ESTES, b. 20 Oct 1887, Melbourne, Izard Co., AR; d. 15 Nov 1970, Calico Rock, Izard Co., AR.
9. ix. HATTIE ESTES, b. Jun 1889, AR; d. 17 May 1962, AR.
10. x. RALPH E. ESTES, SR., b. 22 Jul 1891, AR; d. 14 Feb 1960.
xi. RUTH ESTES, b. 25 Jan 1895, AR; d. 16 Oct 1896, AR.

More About RUTH ESTES:

Burial: Melbourne, Izard Co., AR -- Combs Cemetery

3. JOHN JASPER12 ESTES (THOMAS NEWTON "TOMMY"11, BURRIS10, BURRIS9, THOMAS8, THOMAS7, SYLVESTER6, ABRAHAM5, SYLVESTER4, ROBERT3, SYLVESTER2, NICHOLAS1) was born 24 Feb 1856 in Wiseman, Izard Co., AR, and died 18 Oct 1931 in Imboden, Lawrence Co., AR. He met (1) SUSAN ANN ELIZABETH "SUSIE" SHORT, daughter of R.J. SHORT and SARAH HALE. She was born 01 Nov 1857, and died 25 Feb 1940. He married (2) AGNES LOUANN HARRIS 29 Jun 1880 in Ash Flat, Sharp Co., AR, daughter of MANNING HARRIS and LOUANN BOATMAN. She was born 16 Jan 1858 in Mountain Grove, Wright Co., MO, and died 13 Jan 1932 in Imboden, Lawrence Co., AR.

More About JOHN JASPER ESTES:

1860 Census: 21 Jun 1860, Independence Co., AR -- Jefferson Twp. -- p. 75
1880 Census: 07 Jun 1880, Sharp Co., AR -- Richwoods Twp. -- p. 84
1900 Census: 09 Jun 1900, Sharp Co., AR -- Richwoods Twp. -- p. 97
(possible) 1900 Census: 01 Jun 1900, Pulaski Co., AR -- State Lunatic Asylum -- p. 323 (steward & census taker)
1910 Census: 15 Apr 1910, Lawrence Co., AR -- Dent Twp. -- p. 116
1920 Census: 03 Jan 1920, Lawrence Co., AR -- Imboden -- p. 286
1930 Census: 14 Apr 1930, Lawrence Co., AR -- Imboden -- p. 111

Burial: Imboden, Lawrence Co., AR -- Hope Cemetery

Notes for SUSAN ANN ELIZABETH "SUSIE" SHORT:

Susan was an orphan and was living with the James Cooper family in Millcreek Twp., Izard Co., AR in the 1870 census. The family of John Jasper Estes was living next door to the Coopers that year.

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More About SUSAN ANN ELIZABETH "SUSIE" SHORT:

1870 Census: 25 Jul 1870, Izard Co., AR -- Mill Creek Twp. -- p. 220
1880 Census: 04 Jun 1880, Izard Co., AR -- Mill Creek Twp. -- p. 401
1920 Census: 03 Jan 1920, Izard Co., AR -- Melbourne -- p. 197
1930 Census: 02 Apr 1930, Izard Co., AR -- Melbourne -- p. 230

Notes for AGNES LOUANN HARRIS:

Agnes' father, Manning Harris, was killed by Union stragglers in his home in Mountain Grove, MO during the Civil War. He was at home taking care of a sick child and hid under the bed with his children when the shooting began. He was killed by a stray bullet which came through the wall of the house. The children escaped through an open window. His wife, Louann Boatman, was killed that day or shortly thereafter. Their children were raised by Louann's sister, Agnes Boatman Day, but later Agnes and her sister, Mary Caroline, ended up in Sharp Co., AR. In the 1880 Sharp Co. census she was living with the George Turner family, and John Jasper Estes was living next door with his widowed grandmother, Elizabeth Johnson, and Elizabeth's daughter and son-in-law, Hannah and Reuben Wilson. John and Agnes would marry that summer in George Turner's home. Mary Caroline married John's brother, Sam.

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More About AGNES LOUANN HARRIS:

1880 Census: 07 Jun 1880, Sharp Co., AR -- Richwoods Twp. -- p. 84

Burial: Imboden, Lawrence Co., AR -- Hope Cemetery

Child of JOHN ESTES and SUSAN SHORT is:

11. i. RUFUS JASPER "R.J."/"RUFE"13 ESTES, b. 04 Feb 1879, Melbourne, Izard Co., AR; d. 07 Aug 1932, Melbourne, Izard Co., AR.

Children of JOHN ESTES and AGNES HARRIS are:

ii. UNNAMED INFANT13 ESTES, b. 13 Mar 1881, Ash Flat, Sharp Co., AR; d. 13 Mar 1881, Ash Flat, Sharp Co., AR.
iii. EARL ARTHUR ESTES, b. 31 May 1882, Ash Flat, Sharp Co., AR; d. 12 Aug 1884, Ash Flat, Sharp Co., AR.
12. iv. CLARENCE NEWTON ESTES, b. 05 Feb 1884, Ash Flat, Sharp Co., AR; d. 02 Jan 1932, Imboden, Lawrence Co., AR.
v. MARY BEATRICE "BEA" ESTES, b. 10 Feb 1886, Franklin, Izard Co., AR; d. 28 Feb 1979, Walnut Ridge, Lawrence Co., AR; m. WILLIAM ALEXANDER "ALEC" GREENE, 18 Jan 1932, Imboden, Lawrence Co., AR; b. 12 Oct 1888, Murphy, Cherokee Co., NC; d. 11 Nov 1975, Imboden, Lawrence Co., AR.

Notes for MARY BEATRICE "BEA" ESTES:

Bea contracted polio at the age of 16 months which left one leg shortened and badly twisted. She walked with a crutch all her life. It was said that she could defend herself quite well if another child teased her. She'd just whack him with her crutch! Bea was a member of the very first graduating high school class in Lawrence Co., AR when in 1908 she and four other students graduated from the Sloan-Hendrix Academy in Imboden. Bea taught school at Little Rock and later at Sloan-Hendrix. She was a talented painter and did needlework. She "met" her husband, Alec Greene, who was recently widowed and lived in Georgia, through a lonely hearts ad in a magazine. They decided to marry, sight unseen, and he traveled to Imboden for the wedding in January, 1932. Bea's mother died unexpectedly on January 13th, so they postponed the wedding a few days for the funeral. Bea was an avid genealogist and compiled much of the family history which we have today.

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More About MARY BEATRICE "BEA" ESTES:

1930 Census: 09 Apr 1930, Madison Parish, LA -- Tallulah -- p. 200

Burial: Imboden, Lawrence Co., AR -- Hope Cemetery

More About WILLIAM ALEXANDER "ALEC" GREENE:

Burial: Imboden, Lawrence Co., AR -- Hope Cemetery

vi. ELMER ERNEST ESTES, b. 16 Sep 1888, Ash Flat, Sharp Co., AR; d. 15 Nov 1911, Thayer Junction, Sweetwater Co., WY; m. DELLA LAWRENCE, 1911; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

Notes for ELMER ERNEST ESTES:

Sharp County Record
Vol. 11, No. 43 -- 27 Sep 1888

John Estes is tipping his hat to the populace with more dignity than usual. He says it has a regular Eagle scream, accompanied with a Cleveland ring, and in the dim future will count one for democracy. (Must have been a boy.)

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More About ELMER ERNEST ESTES:

Burial: Imboden, Lawrence Co., AR -- Hope Cemetery

Cause of Death: Railroad accident.

Occupation: Brakeman -- Union Pacific Railroad

Residence: Rawlins, Carbon Co., WY

13. vii. OPAL MAE ESTES, b. 20 Oct 1890, Evening Shade, Sharp Co., AR; d. 24 Jun 1970, Marked Tree, Poinsett Co., AR.
14. viii. MAXIE LEE ESTES, b. 25 Dec 1892, Ash Flat, Sharp Co., AR; d. 04 Jan 1982, Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, LA.
ix. SAMUEL KARR "SAM" ESTES, b. 20 Apr 1895, Ash Flat, Sharp Co., AR; d. 16 Oct 1960, Pensacola, Escambia Co., FL; m. (1) ELOISE JOHNSON, Jan 1921, Mountain View, Stone Co., AR; b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. (2) JUANITA PRYOR, 02 Feb 1932, Imboden, Lawrence Co., AR; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

More About SAMUEL KARR "SAM" ESTES:

Burial: Imboden, Lawrence Co., AR -- Hope Cemetery

4. MORDECAI SAMUEL CAWHORNE "SAM"12 ESTES (THOMAS NEWTON "TOMMY"11, BURRIS10, BURRIS9, THOMAS8, THOMAS7, SYLVESTER6, ABRAHAM5, SYLVESTER4, ROBERT3, SYLVESTER2, NICHOLAS1) was born 11 Nov 1858 in Wiseman, Izard Co., AR, and died 20 Apr 1929 in Armona, Kings Co., CA. He married MARY CAROLINE HARRIS 12 Mar 1885 in Ash Flat, Sharp Co., AR, daughter of MANNING HARRIS and LOUANN BOATMAN. She was born 10 Aug 1859 in Mountain Grove, Wright Co., MO, and died 03 Oct 1944 in Auburn, Placer Co., CA.

More About MORDECAI SAMUEL CAWHORNE "SAM" ESTES:

1860 Census: 21 Jun 1860, Independence Co., AR -- Jefferson Twp. -- p. 75
1880 Census: 01 Jun 1880, Izard Co., AR -- New Hope Twp. -- p. 344
1900 Census: 05 Jun 1900, Fulton Co., AR -- Mammoth Spring -- p. 276
1910 Census: 18 Apr 1910, Fulton Co., AR -- Mammoth Spring -- p. 69
1920 Census: 02 Jan 1920, Fulton Co., AR -- Mammoth Spring -- p. 18

More About MARY CAROLINE HARRIS:

1870 Census: 17 Jun 1870, Macoupin Co., IL -- Palmyra -- p. 301
1930 Census: 08 Apr 1930, Kings Co., CA -- Corcoran City -- p. 41

Child of MORDECAI ESTES and MARY HARRIS is:

15. i. AGNES GLADYS13 ESTES, b. 31 Aug 1895, Mammoth Spring, Fulton Co., AR; d. Dec 1980, Bend, Deschutes Co., OR.

----- Original Message -----
From: Marsha Boles
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Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 4:08 PM
Subject: [ARIZARD] Goodspeed/Estes question


Help - anyone!
It's been kinda quiet on list lately. Soo . . .
Because of recent discussion about GOODSPEED's, I've been trying to add "source" to some older entries and have wrecked some of older files.
So I guess I am asking for clarification on William K. (Karr) Estes.
What I get out of this sketch in GOODSPEED contradicts other on-line sources I have tried to use to reconstruct this file.
I think there are 2 (& possibly 4) William K. Estes in same family.
This is atleast the 2nd file I have missed up trying to use GOODSPEED.
Not even my folks. Should have just left it alone.
Any one else have trouble interpeting GOODSPEED?
I thought I was being careful.
Comments anyone?
Marsha

http://www.couchgenweb.com/arkansas/izard/izardgds.htm
Summary GOODSPEED entry (below)
.-. 1 Unknown Estes – land grant in Henry Co., TN & died there.
.-.-. 2 Burris Estes b. NC (m 1825 in TN) Martha Morris b. NC
.-.-.-. 3 Thomas N. Estes b. TN (m. 1852) Lucy R. Johnson d. 1858
.-.-.-.-. 4 William K. Estes b. 5 Sep 1853 Izard Co., AR
.-.-.-.-. +#1: Lurana E. Wilson b. 3 mar 1855 d. 13 Aug 1886
.-.-.-.-.-. 5 Lucy E. Estes
.-.-.-.-.-. 5 Walter H. Estes
.-.-.-.-.-. 5 Jasper M. Estes
.-.-.-.-.-. 5 Allie M. Estes
.-.-.-.-.-. 5 Ford Wilson Estes
2nd wife of William K. Estes:
.-.-.-.-. +#2: Nancy C. Kitchens m. 30 Jan 1887.
.-.-.-.-.-. 5 Earl T. Estes
.-.-.-.-. 4 John J. Estes
.-.-.-.-. 4 Samuel C. Estes
2nd wife of Thomas N. Estes:
.-.-.-. + #2: m. 1869 Minerva R. Kimmins (prior m. to Unknown Wilson)

William K. Estes, county and circuit clerk, Melbourne, Ark. In his present position as clerk
of the county and circuit court of this county, Mr. Estes is proving himself to be efficient
and popular, and the manner in which he has acquitted himself has justly won him the
name of being possessed of more than ordinary business ability. He is a native-born citizen
of this county, his birth occurring on the 5th of September, 1853, and he is the son of
Thomas N. and Lucy R. (Johnson) Estes, and the grandson of Burris and Martha (Morris)
Estes, natives of North Carolina. The grandfather came to Tennessee at an early day, and
was there married about 1825. He was a leading agriculturist, and died near the close of
the late war, leaving considerable property in land and slaves. He was a member of the
Baptist Church, as was also his wife, who died shortly after his death. The paternal great-
grandfather of William K. Estes was an officer in the war for independence, and had in the
same army with himself eleven cousins of the same name and some of one father. He drew
from the government 600 acres of land, and located his claim in Henry County, Tenn.,
where he passed his last days. Thomas N. Estes was born in Tennessee, but moved to
this State in 1852, and was married that year to Miss Lucy R. Johnson, who bore him three
children: W. K., John J. (who is a bookkeeper at Evening Shade, Sharp County), and
Samuel C. (who is clerking in a dry goods store, at Ash Flat, Ark.) The mother of these
children died in 1858. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Estes was married the
second time, in 1869, to Mrs. Minerva R. Wilson, nee Kimmins; both are members of the
Baptist Church. The same year they moved to Izard County, where Mr. Estes has a fine
farm of 200 acres, with thirty or forty under cultivation, and on which are good buildings,
etc. In 1849 he crossed the plains to California, and after suffering untold hardships and
after being on the road over six months, reached that State. He then followed mining until
1852, met with tea. reasonable success and returned to Arkansas in the above mentioned
year. He was county clerk of Fulton County from 1862 to 1864, and also served in the
Confederate army. William K. Estes' early life was divided between assisting on the farm
and in attending the common schools of his county. At the age of twenty years he started
out for himself by continuing the pursuit to which he had been reared, and followed this
occupation uninterruptedly for a long time. In 1879 he moved to the city, and served as
deputy clerk from that time until 1884, when he was elected county clerk, though he had
first been deputy clerk in November, 1876. He filled this office in such a capable and
efficient manner, and so popular did he become, that he was complimented by being re-
elected in 1886, serving until 1888. He has been twice married; first, in 1873, to Miss
Lurana E. Wilson, by whom he had five children: Lucy E., Walter H., Jasper M., Allie M.
and Ford W. Mrs. Estes was born on the 3d of March, 1855, and died on the 13th of
August, 1886. She was a member of the Baptist [p.942] Church. Mr. Estes' second
marriage was to Miss Nancy C. Kitchens, on the 30th of January, 1887. They have one
child, Earl T. Mr. and Mrs. Estes are both church members, she of the Christian
denomination and he of the Baptist. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and R. A. M., and
also a member of the Subordinate Lodge and the Encampment of Odd Fellows. In politics
he is Democratic.

Also: from prior sources (LaMyra Morton, Dale Marr, Jim Estes, sevearl census, and several internet sites, some unknown).
Burris Estes - father of Thomas Newton Estes: some list him as a Jr. making his father Burris Estes, Sr.& GF Thomas Estes; others list Burris as Archibald Burris Estes & his father is another William K. Estes.
Minerva R. Kimmins = Minerva Rucker Kimmons Wilson Estes; her daughter by Unknown Wilson (Lurana E. Wilson) married William Karr Estes
Walter H. Estes = Walter Hill Estes, MD b. 21 Mar 1877
Lucy E. Estes = Lucy Elizabeth Estes b.20 Nov 1834
Thomas N. Estes = Thomas Newton Estes
William K. Estes b. 5 Sep 1853 = William Karr Estes
William Karr 'Bill' Estes b. 26 Oct 1905 some list as another son of Thomas N. Estes.
Lucy R. Johnson = Lucy Rucker Johnson Estes
Samuel C. Estes = Samuel Cawthorne Estes b. 11 Nov 1858
Then a couple of these Estes men seem to have had affairs that were listed some places
as second marriages, but theses womens names didn't change to Estes on the next
census (women's son's listed as Estes however on census)
John J. Estes = John Jasper 'JJ' Estes b. 24 Feb 1856
1880 Izard Co, Ark, Mill Creek twp, Melbourne, p. 406
Estes, William K. - 26 Ark, farmer (b. 05 Sep 1853)
. . . . Lurana E. - 25 Ark (Laurena Elizabeth Wilson b. 03 Mar 1855)
. . . . Lucy E. (daug) - 5 Ark (Lucy Elizabeth Estes b. 28 Sep 1874)
. . . . Walter H. (son) - 3 Ark (Walter Hill b. 21 Mar 1877)
. . . . Jasper M. (son) - 1 Ark

"In 1849 he crossed the plains to California" - who went to CA???
Above Wm. K wasn't born yet. Is this a mis-print in GOODSPEED?
Somewhere else says "he" went with brother Archie.
And some one else names Archbald Burris Estes (no Sr. or Jr. mentioned).

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