History of Clay County Arkansas

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Clay County, Arkansas
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A
New
72-Page
Booklet
Early days in Clay
County, AR,
are recalled in this spiral bound booklet, comprised of excerpts from the 1889 book, Goodspeed's
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas
.  The 72-page booklet is printed on
8.5" x 11" quality paper
. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover.
The first part of the booklet contains a brief history of the county:
Location, topography, waterways; Agriculture; Railroads; Early settlers; County Organization, Dispute over location of county seat; Officials; Boydsville (original county seat), Corning, Greenway, Knobel, Peach Orchard, Moark, Piggott, Rector, St. Francis, and other communities; Newspapers, Schools, Churches, and other items of interest.
Besides the names mentioned in the first part of the booklet, there are biographies of many county residents of yesteryear. Most are fairly lengthy, and often include ancestors, previous residences, children, in-laws, affiliations, war records, and business activities. In the course of this they often shed light on the early businesses, professions and institutions in the county. The biographies include:
S.W. Alexander, J.H. Allen, Capt. John J. Allen, Joshua Bare, W.F. Barnes, Zachariah T. Bearden, B.B. Biffle, Sylvanus Bishop, James Blackshare, W.S. Blackshare, A.L. Blackshare, Larry Boshers, Giles Bowers, W.D. Bowers, C. Fred. Brennecke, Jacob Brobst, J.W. Brown, Andrew J. Brown, Hiram Calvin, William A. Campbell, William C. Cochran, Robrt L. Coleman, G.W. Cook, Fred W. Cooper, Henry B. Cox, Thomas J. Crews, Z.T. Daniel, Elihu Davis, William M. Davis, William A. Davis, James Deniston, William H. Denny, Jasper W. Dollison, W.S. Downs, Joseph Dudgeon, Edward B. Earle, Frederick Ermert, Watson Forrest, John C. Frew, Pierce Galvin, John T. Gilchrist, A.W. Gills, Marion C. Glasgow, John M. Gleghorn, I.N. Goldsby, G.G. Green, John J. Griffin, W.T. Griffith, Robert L. Hancock, J.W. Harb, John H. Hardin, Robert A. Hawthorne, G.B. Holifield, James R. Hollis, G.H. Hovey, A. Hudgens, Dr. Samuel W. Huston, N.A. Keller, G.W. Kelley, Marcellus Ketchum, Franz Kopp, A.J. Langley, W.S. Liddell, Robert Liddell, Rev. Garland Lively, Loda & Bro. (Eli and Darius), W.R. Looney, Samuel W. McDonald, Thomas Gary McGuire, George M. McNiel, James A. McNiel, Daniel W. McPherson, John S. Magee, J.F. Mahan, W.S. Malone, Patrick Martin, Robert I. Masterson, Joseph Mellert, Stephen C. Michell, J.T. Miller, Harvey W. Moore, John H. Mowls, Jr., J.M. Myers, Bertrand Nicholas, Dr. J. Marshall Orr, W.R. Paty, Boswell
B. Payne Sr., John H. Payne, Dr. Thomas L. Pierce, Willis W. Pollard, Dr. Henry C. Redwine, Isaac Reed, Rouse Springs Sanitarium, E.N. Royall, James R. Scurlock, Joseph F. Schneider, Dr. J.H. Seegraves, B.H. Sellmeyer & Bro., Dr. Edward Silverberg, Dr. G.W. Simmons, Dr. A.R. Simpson, J.B. Smith, William E. Spence, Charles Stokes, Henry Swift, Dr. C.C. Symonds, R.I. Taylor, Daniel D. Throgmorton, John Tisdial, Marion J. Tucker, Dr. Wiley V. Turner, Wright Ward, W.H. Watts, H.J. Weindel, Joseph Whitaker, Elvis B. Whitehorn, H.H. Williams, Francis A. Williams, Wilson Bros. (Charles, Cyrus F. and H.S.), John S. Winstead, Louis M. Wolf, C.W. Woodall, William Wynn, William L. Yancey, and Bustamente Yates.
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