The Family of
John S. Howard
of Mountain Home, Arkansas

Judith Frances (Ramey) Sharp
1993
Deletion of living descendants made before posting online on June 28, 2001

Much has been written in newspapers and histories of Baxter county concerning Professor John S. Howard who founded the Mountain Home Male and Female Academy on land provided by his brother-in-law, Orrin Lowry Dodd. However, as far as I can determine, a complete genealogical study has never been attempted. This paper serves as a first attempt to complete such a study. It is my hope that some of the descendants of his children, Lilla Belle, Charles, and Mary Lorena, who are not fully traced will come forward with information enabling the completion of a full genealogy of this man who made such a difference in Mountain Home.

In this paper, all locations refer to towns in Baxter County, Arkansas, unless otherwise identified. If only a town and county are mentioned, the state is Arkansas.

Taken together, these documents revealed the parentage of John S. Howard. On the Grant County marriage record, John's parents were named: Benj. F. and Mary. (This record had not been requested earlier because I have the original marriage certificate. I saw no need for a copy of the county record -- what a mistake!) The marriage record from Pomfret showed the marriage of Benjamin Howard and Mary Watkins, and the town history added information about Mary and her early life, including her maiden name and previous marriages. From these documents, we learned:

Benjamin Howard was said to be "of Pomfret" in Windsor County, Vermont, when he was married to Mary Watkins on 27 October 1829 in Sharon, Windsor County, by Isiah Tinkham, Justice of the Peace. Mary Farr (Honey) Eaton Watkins had two previous marriages: The first, at an unknown date and place, was to Ebenezer Eaton, and the second was to John Watkins. It is not known if there were children of the Eaton marriage -- none appear in the town records -- but Mary had two with her second husband:

"Stephen Decatur Watkins, born 11 March 1821, died 13 August 1868;
Diana Elizabeth Watkins, born c. 1823; married Amos Ayres."

These births are not listed in the Pomfret town records as printed in the cited volume, so it is assumed that they did not occur in Pomfret and were obtained from family members of later generations.

Of the twenty Howard births listed in the Pomfret town records, none are for children of Benjamin and Mary. However, the 1850 census of Hartford Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, reveals that, in addition to John S., there was a child born to Mary and Benjamin shortly after their marriage named Nathan.⁽⁴⁾ That same census also shows that both Benjamin and Mary were born in approximately 1797. Benjamin's birthplace is given as Vermont, and Mary's as New Hampshire.

From John Howard's obituary (which appears later in this paper), we learn that the family moved early to Trumbull County, Ohio, where they remained until at least 1850. In the early 1850's they moved again to Grant County, Wisconsin.⁽⁵⁾ No further record has been found for Benjamin and Mary Howard or Nathan Howard in Grant County. The Grant County Genealogical Society, which has copied the gravestones in most of the cemeteries, has no record of them; and they have not yet been found in the censuses there. Since Nathan was at least nineteen when his parents moved to Wisconsin, it is possible that he remained in Ohio. In addition, it is not at all unlikely that Benjamin and Mary lived in one of the nearby Iowa or Illinois counties; and these records have not yet been searched. (A newly discovered clue is a photograph in an old album which belonged to John's daughter, Lilla Belle. It is a picture of a young girl, identified in handwriting as Ella G. Howard. The photo was taken by "L. N. Howard, Artist, N.E. Cor. Hampshire & Sixth Sts., Quincy, Ill. Surely she will prove to be a relative, if she can be identified.)

1. John S.¹ Howard was born 2 January 1834 in Pomfret, Windsor County, Vermont, and moved with his family to Trumbull County, Ohio, when he was an infant.⁽⁶⁾ In the early 1850's they moved to Grant County, Wisconsin. John wanted very badly to complete his education, but it is likely that he had to support himself and save some money before he could meet that goal. A letter from Mrs. Dorothy Zenz in Potosi, Wisconsin, says that John was in the saddle and harness business, which is confirmed by his obituary. He is also called a "farmer" on his marriage record from Grant County. John was eventually able to attend the Platteville Academy (Platteville, Grant County, Wisconsin). It is not known exactly when he began; but, as shown by a newspaper saved by the family, he finished in March of 1855. He is listed then as being of Hazel Green and giving an "oration" on "America's Danger,"⁽⁷⁾ which was one of two published on the front page of the paper. The paper reported that twelve orations were given, and said that "the orations were well written and delivered, and some of them quite original. In awarding the prize the Committee found some difficulty in deciding between the two pieces which appear on our first page, but awarded the prize to W.H. Sheldon..."

On 19 August 1855⁽⁸⁾ in Jamestown, Grant County, Wisconsin, John was married to Mary Louise Hannum [born 8 December 1833, probably in Sherman or Pavilion Center, New York, the daughter of Warren and Laura (Hamilton) Hannum;⁽⁹⁾ died 12 March 1912 in Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas⁽¹⁰⁾]. It was a double wedding ceremony, for on the same day Mary's twin sister, Mercy Hannum [died 14 September 1907 in Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas⁽¹¹⁾], was married to Orrin Lowry Dodd [born 11 December 1813,⁽¹²⁾ probably in North Carolina,⁽¹³⁾ the son of William and Diadomech Dodd;⁽¹⁴⁾ died 10 December 1898 in Mountain Home]. It is believed that John and Mary remained in Wisconsin for a period of time, and he probably taught school in the Grant County area. Their first children, twin daughters, were born on 6 April 1856.⁽¹⁵⁾ Only one, Lilla Belle, survived. [Lilla Belle later told her great-grandaughter, Nita (Ramey) Jones, that she was so small that she was kept wrapped snugly in a dresser drawer for warmth.] Sometime in 1857 the little family moved to Eureka, Johnston County, North Carolina, and joined Orrin and Mercy Dodd.

It was probably in North Carolina that the plan for the Mountain Home Male and Female Academy was conceived, although this is strictly conjecture. Early Baxter County sources give the date the Academy was founded as 1853-1856; but these dates are too early. No original records have been found which give the actual dates, but an article from The Baxter County Citizen (excerpt below), reprinted in The Baxter Bulletin in 1969 probably is the best secondary source available:⁽¹⁶⁾

That institution was first built near the sight of the present academy. It was begun in the winter of 1858 and finished in 1859. T. B. Goforth, our present county surveyor, was the contractor. It was built by subscriptions as few of our inhabitants then were. [sic] Prof. Howard was the first teacher. It had scholars from Batesville, Jacksonport and many other places and in the country for one hundred miles around. It flourished apace. It increased the value of real estate 300 to 400 per cent. during the short time it was in existence before the war. It was destroyed by fire Dec. 12, 1864. It was rebuilt after the war, principally through the efforts of its former founders...

John was "joined for duty and enrolled" in the Confederate army and entered the service on 11 March 1862. He became a private in Capt. Maxey's Company, First Regiment, McBride's Brigade, Arkansas Infantry. The company later became Company E, 27th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, Confederate, also known as Shaler's Regiment.⁽¹⁷⁾ Family tradition says that he was captured while home on leave, held in prison in Springfield, Missouri, and then released at the behest of northern friends. The family then went "north" to Wisconsin or Iowa until after the war, at which time they returned to Mountain Home. The documentary evidence we have of his service are photocopies of military papers from the National Archives. Notes on these papers show that he was "detailed as Q.M. Clerk June 18, 1862" and "Dismounted July 29, 1862 -- As shown by certificate of mustering officer."

The life of John Howard after the war is well documented in county records and histories, and the material, which is widely available, will not be repeated here. In short, he was a teacher, newspaper owner, and county treasurer (1882-1888). His death occurred on 14 March 1900 in Mountain Home, and he is buried there in the Mountain Home Cemetery. His obituary, which was clipped from a newspaper (probably The Baxter County Citizen) and saved by the family, appears below:

Obituary of John S. Howard

Elder John S. Howard was born January 2, 1834, in Pompfret, Windsor County, Vermont. His parents moved, in his infancy, to Trumbull County, Ohio. When he was 16 years old the entire family moved to the state of Wisconsin, near Platteville, at which place he obeyed the gospel before he was 20 years old. His parents were poor, but honorable. He had an early inspiration for a thorough education. He worked under a severe apprenticeship at the saddlery and harness trade, entered a piece of land, which he sold and completed his education at the Platteville Academy, March 9, 1855. He was married to Miss Mary Hannum August 19, 1855, with whom he has lived happily for near 45 years. After marriage he moved to Bloomington, Wisconsin, remaining there two years. Emigrated to Arkansas in the spring of 1858.

He was a pioneer of education at Mountain Home and in North Arkansas. With Professor A. J. Truman he conducted the Mountain Home Male and Female Academy successfully for many years.

He departed this life on Wednesday, March 14, 1900, at 4 p.m., after a brief illness of one week with pneumonia. He leaves a devoted and pious Christian wife, two daughters - Mrs. Belle Bodenhamer and Mrs. Rena Wilson - and one son Charley, and a number of grandchildren. Among his final words were, that it was his heart's desire that they all might meet him in heaven, and that the legacy he left them was his uniform life of pure Christianity. Truly a great man has fallen in Israel.

Servant of God, well done
Rest from the loved employ;
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter Thy Master's joy.

-- An old-time Comrade and Christian Friend.

2. i. Lilla Belle Howard.
3. ii. Charles O. Howard.
    iii. Preston² Howard (John S.,¹) was born about February 1860. The only record that has been found concerning him is a mention in the 1860 Marion County census for Rapp's Barrens (Mountain Home was then known as Rapp's Barrens; and Baxter County was a part of Marion County until 1873). He was five months old when the census was taken in July. Mrs. Dorothy Zenz in a November 1991 letter to the compiler says that Preston died and was buried in Grant County, Wisconsin, probably in the mid-1860's, but gives no source for that statement.
4. iv. Mary Lorena Howard.

2. Lilla Belle² Howard (John S.,¹ ) was born on 6 April 1856 in Grant County, Wisconsin.⁽¹⁸⁾ When Belle, as she was always known, was an infant, the family moved to Eureka, Johnston County, North Carolina. They lived there until 1858, when they moved to Mountain Home.

On 2 May 1875⁽¹⁹⁾ in Mountain Home, Lilla Belle was married to Benjamin F. W. Bodenhamer [born 13 July 1843 in Greene County, Missouri, the son of Chapman W. and Lucy (Burford) Bodenhamer;⁽²⁰⁾ died 13 June 1918 in Mountain Home]. Ben Bodenhamer was a veteran of the Civil War, having entered as a Private in Company E, 8th Regiment Missouri Cavalry, on 1 July 1862. He was "mustered out" as a Captain on on 20 July 1865 at Little Rock.⁽²¹⁾ After the war, Ben lived in Marshfield, Missouri, until 1871, when he moved to Mountain Home, where he became a businessman and farmer. There is much information available on Captain Bodenhamer in Baxter County records, newspapers, and histories. His obituary from The Baxter Bulletin of 21 June 1918 said:

Captain B. F. Bodenhamer Dead

Captain B. F. Bodenhamer, a pioneer citizen of this county, died at his home here Thursday of last week after a prolonged illness. He is survived by his wife and eight children. Captain Bodenhamer was one of the early settlers in this county, coming here at an early date and entering the mercantile business. He later sold his interests in that and took up farming, being engaged in this up unto the failure of his health a few years ago.

Mr. Bodenhamer was active in Republican politics and took a leading part in the interest of his party in the county for many years. He was a soldier in the Civil War, fighting on the Union side. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon by the Odd Fellows.

Lilla Belle lived until 9 November 1942. She died in Mountain Home and was buried there beside her husband in the Mountain Home Cemetery. Her obituary from The Baxter Bulletin (13 November 1942) is printed below, as published.

Funeral Services for
Mrs. Belle Bodenhamer Held Wednesday

Mrs. Belle Bodenhamer, pioneer resident of this place, died at her home here Monday night at the age of 86 years. Funeral services were held at the Christian Church, of which she was the last surviving charter member, Wednesday afternoon by the Reverend Joe A. Detherage assisted by the pastor, Herbert J. Bass. Mrs. Bodenhamer was the daughter of Professor John S. and Mary Louise Hannum Howard, who came to Mountain Home from Platteville, Wisconsin, in 1854. Professor Howard established the Mountain Home Male and Female Academy, the institution around which Mountain Home was built, and was the first pastor of the Christian Church here.

Mrs. Bodenhamer is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ray Ramey, Sr., of this place, and six sons, Roy and Paul, of this place; Russell and Bob of Eden, Idaho; Howard, of Hazelton, Idaho; and Don, of Mathis, Texas. Her husband, Capt. Benjamin F. Bodenhamer, prominent citizen of Mountain Home, died a number of years ago.

Pallbearers were: Active, Floyd Baker, Arthur Parks, Brewer Robertson, Enness Shiras, Irl Paul, and Rex Bodenhamer; and honorary, Henry Wayland, Dick Cowan, J. D. Alley, John Byler, Robin Morris, Edgar Morris, Lon Jones, Dr. M. L. Mooney, Tom McClure, Isaac Thomas, Jess Denton, Henry Tipton, Ray Wilks, Tom Shiras, A. A. Wolf, and Don Baker.

Mrs. Bodenhamer was born here April 6, 1856. During the Civil War her father was a Quartermaster in the Confederate Army and had to leave his wife and daughter and son, the late Charles Howard, here. He was captured by the Federals and held in Springfield and his family suffered from raids from the Bushwhackers. When the last of their food was stolen or destroyed, Mrs. Howard decided to take the two small children to Springfield in an ox wagon driven by a 14-year-old neighbor boy. When within 25 miles of Springfield one ox died, and Mrs. Howard had to leave the children in the wagon while she went to hire someone to take them on. Charles, then four years old, was so frightened by the sight of a group of soldiers walking along the road that Belle hid him under her wide skirts and thus waited until her mother came back. Through influential friends, Professor Howard was released and went back to Wisconsin to return here several years later to rebuild the Academy.

Here Mrs. Bodenhamer received her education and later helped teach. Throughout her long, active life she was the example of cultured, courageous womanhood and was loved by all who knew her.

Issue (Dates of birth from Ben Bodenhamer pension papers):

    i. Roy³ Bodenhamer (Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born 9 February 1876. He married Cora Johnson (b. 1874 - d. 1956) in Mountain Home. There were no children of this marriage. Roy died in 1952. They are both buried in the Mountain Home Cemetery.
5. ii. Luna Ada Bodenhamer.
    iii. Howard³ Bodenhamer (Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born 19 February 1880. He moved to Idaho as a young man and married there late in life. There were no children of this marriage.
    iv. Ben³ Bodenhamer (Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born 28 January 1882. He was active in Baxter County, serving as the first Postmaster of Cotter, until moving to Idaho. He was unmarried.
6. v. Don Bodenhamer.
    vi. Lillie³ Bodenhamer (Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born 12 February 1888 and died 26 May 1889. She is buried in the Mountain Home Cemetery.
7. vii. Russell H. Bodenhamer.
    viii. Paul³ Bodenhamer (Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born 12 April 1892. He married late in life and had no issue. He is buried in Mathis, Texas.
    ix. Bob³ Bodenhamer (Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born 21 May 1894. He married late in life and had no issue. He is buried in Idaho.

3. Charles O.² Howard (John S.,¹) was born 19 November 1857 in Eureka, Johnston County, North Carolina.⁽²²⁾ Soon after he was born, his family moved to Mountain Home, where he grew up and lived for the rest of his life. He was a farmer. About 1882,⁽²³⁾ he was married to Mary J. "Mollie" Smith [b. 23 May 1864 in Mountain Home,⁽²⁴⁾ the daughter of Augustus Pinkney and Paulina (Young) Smith;⁽²⁵⁾ died February 1950⁽²⁶⁾]. Charles died in late January 1940,⁽²⁷⁾ and was buried in the Mountain Home Cemetery. His obituary, and that of his wife, are printed below.

From: The Baxter Bulletin, February 2, 1940, Page 1, Col. 4.

Charles O. Howard

Funeral services for Charles O. Howard, 83, pioneer farmer of this county, was held Friday at the home with Rev. Joe Deatherage officiating. Burial was in the cemetery here.

Mr. Howard was a well known farmer of this county for many years. He was born in Eureka, Johnson county, North Carolina, and came to this county with his father, Professor John Howard, in 1854. Professor Howard was one of the prominent early educators of this county.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mollie Howard; a sister, Mrs. Bell Bodenhamer of Mountain Home; three daughters, Mrs. Norman Halbert of Mountain Home; Mrs. Herbert Tillman of Springfield, Mo.; and Mrs. Don Walker of Mountain Home; four sons, Arch and Babe Howard of Eden, Idaho, and Charles, Jr., and John Howard of Mountain Home.

Pallbearers were Cliff Livingston, Nat Dyer, Tony Bacherl, Ralph Morris, Rex Bodenhamer and Rudolph Bodenhamer.

Arrangements were in charge of the McClure Funeral Home.

From: The Baxter Bulletin, February 9, 1950, Page 1, Col. 1.

Mrs. Mollie Howard

Mrs. Mollie Howard, 85, pioneer resident of Baxter county, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Norman Halbert, here Tuesday, following a stroke suffered several days ago.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist Church here with the Rev. Byron McSpadden and Rev. D. W. Stark officiating. Burial was in the Mountain Home cemetery with the Roller-Barber funeral service in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Howard was born May 21, 1864, in Mountain Home, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pink Smith, early settlers in this area.

She was married to Charles Howard in 1880. She was a member of the Methodist Church since early in life.

Survivors include four sons, John Howard and Charles Howard of Mountain Home, Arch Howard and Elmer Howard of Twin Falls, Idaho, and three daughters, Mrs. Don Walker and Mrs. Norman Halbert of Mountain Home and Mrs. Herbert Tillman of Springfield, Mo.

Pallbearers at the funeral were Ralph Morris, Rex Bodenhamer, Jack Hornbuckle, Wylo Dyer, Ben Tilley and Robert Tipton.

Issue:

    i. John Pink³ Howard (Charles O.,² John S.,¹) was born 30 April 1883⁽²⁸⁾ in Mountain Home and died there on 19 Dec 1960.⁽²⁹⁾ He was a farmer and a member of the Church of Christ. On 18 January 1907⁽³⁰⁾ he married Bertha V. Lance [b. 4 September 1890⁽³¹⁾ at Mountain Home, the daughter of Tom and Missouri (Tyler) Lance;⁽³²⁾ d. 10 June 1970 in Mountain Home⁽³³⁾]. There were no children born of this marriage.
8. ii. Charles O. Howard.
9. iii. Maud Howard.
    iv. Arch³ Howard (Charles O.,² John S.,¹) was born in January 1890,⁽³⁴⁾ and died after 1968,⁽³⁵⁾ possibly in Idaho. On 17 August 1913⁽³⁶⁾ he was married to Fay Stinnett (b.c. 1896).⁽³⁷⁾ The only known child of this couple was a daughter, name unknown, born 2 January 1915.⁽³⁸⁾
    v. Orren³ Howard (Charles O.,² John S.,¹) was born 24 August 1894 and died 12 November 1897.⁽³⁹⁾
    vi. Elmer³ "Babe" Howard (Charles O.,² John S.,¹) was born in December 1895,⁽⁴⁰⁾ and died before 1968,⁽⁴¹⁾ probably in Idaho. On 27 January 1918⁽⁴²⁾ he married Willie Stinnett (b.c. 1900).⁽⁴³⁾ No dates of death are known for this couple, and it is not known if there was issue of this marriage.
    vii. Ruby³ Howard (Charles O.,² John S.,¹) was born 8 July 1899 and died 16 July 1909.⁽⁴⁴⁾
    viii. Ruth³ Howard (Charles O.,² John S.,¹) was born 27 November 1902.⁽⁴⁵⁾ She was married to Herbert Tillman and lived in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. The dates of her marriage and death, as well as the names of any children, are unknown.
10. ix. Rena Howard.

4. Mary Lorena² "Rena" Howard (John S.,¹) was born 13 November 1865 in Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin.⁽⁴⁶⁾ She returned to Mountain Home with her family at the close of the Civil War and grew up there. John Q. Wolf writing in the first county history⁽⁴⁷⁾ says that she was one of the young people "constituting the social set of Mountain Home," along with Lee Paul, Randolph Paul, Tommie Paul, Dave Bodenhamer, W.L. (Toad) Dodd, Mollie Dodd, and Maude Allen. (I mention only these because they are in some way tied to the Howard family.) About 1884⁽⁴⁸⁾ Rena was married to Dr. Robert Smith Wilson [born 5 February 1853 at Ray Springs, Tennessee; died 23 December 1932, probably in Cotter⁽⁴⁹⁾], probably in Mountain Home. (The marriage records for that year and others are no longer in existance.) Rena (Howard) Wilson died in late January or early February 1906 at her home in Lithia Springs,⁽⁵⁰⁾ and was buried in the Mountain Home Cemetery. (No marker has been found for her, but she is probably in the Howard plot.)

Issue (All birth dates are from the 1900 census unless otherwise noted):⁽⁵¹⁾

    i. Paul Howard³ Wilson (Mary Lorena,² John S.,¹) was born 12 September 1885 and died 15 July 1886.⁽⁵²⁾ He is buried in a marked grave in the Mountain Home Cemetery.
    ii. Mabelle³ Wilson (Mary Lorena,² John S.,¹) was born in May 1887. On 26 March 1920 she was married in Cotter, Arkansas to Wayne A. Kelley (said to be "of Hibbing, Minnesota").⁽⁵³⁾ In her father's obituary, she was said to be "of Corpus Christi, Texas." It is not known if there were children of this marriage.
    iii. Ernest³ Wilson (Mary Lorena,² John S.,¹) was born in December 1889. In his father's obituary, he was said to be "of Portland Oregon." Nothing is known of a marriage, children, or his death date and place.
    iv. Elizabeth³ "Bess" Wilson (Mary Lorena,² John S.,¹) was born in July 1899. On 11 June 1921, probably in Cotter, she was married to Stanley J. Garbacz [b.c. 1896].⁽⁵⁴⁾

5. Luna Ada³ Bodenhamer (Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born on 6 March 1878 in Mountain Home in the Bodenhamer house at the end of Main Street (across from what is now the Guy Berry Intermediate School), which is still standing today. She attended the Mountain Home Male and Female Academy and the Mountain Home Baptist College and became an elocution teacher. On 25 December 1897⁽⁵⁵⁾ in Mountain Home, she was married to Ray Raymond Ramey [b. 27 June 1875 in Wyoming County, West Virginia,⁽⁵⁶⁾ the son of Dr. John Henderson and Elizabeth Ellen (Hartsock) Ramey;⁽⁵⁷⁾ died 30 August 1956⁽⁵⁸⁾ in Mountain Home]. Their marriage announcement appeared in The Baxter County Citizen:

Rather Romantic

On Christmas evening, R. R. Ramey, of Lone Rock, and Miss Luna Bodenhamer, of Mountain Home, were quietly married at the residence of John T. Baker, Judge Love officiating. The courtship of these two young people has been carried on for some time between third parties, Miss Luna's father objecting to her keeping company with him. But last Wednesday, Mr. Ramey came to town and from that time till Christmas night was very restless, seeking the opportune time to have the ceremony performed, which occurred just before dark Christmas evening. The marriage was witnessed by a few friends who got an intimation that such a thing was going to take place, among whom was a Citizen reporter. No one seemed to be scared except the Judge. Mr. Ramey is a very bright young teacher of our county and has been extraordinary successful in all his undertakings. He is among the brainiest young men of our county. Miss Luna is the charming and highly accomplished daughter of Capt. and Mrs. B. F. Bodenhamer of this place.

They left Sunday for Izard County, where Mr. Ramey is engaged in teaching.

The Citizen will visit weekly and keep them happy.

In the early years of their marriage, the family moved around a great deal, living at various places in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and, for a number of years, in Oxford, Mississippi. After Ray quit teaching, he was a businessman, sometimes wholesale but usually retail. In 1936 the family returned to Baxter County to stay. Ray first opened a variety store in Cotter, but in 1937 a building in Mountain Home came on the market. Ray purchased it and opened The Ramey Company, on the south side of the courthouse square. It was to be a fixture of the town for thirty years. Ray, Jr., joined his father on 1 November 1937 and helped him run the store. In 1945, Ray, Sr., and Jack opened a hardware store a few doors away. Ray, Jr., took over The Ramey Company and later opened a Ben Franklin store on the southwest corner of the square. It remained a thriving business until his retirement in 1978.

About 1950, Ray, Sr., opened The Ozark Gift Shop on the northwest corner of the square. It was here, in the last of his many businesses, that he suffered a fatal stroke on 30 August 1956. His obituary appeared in The Baxter Bulletin on 6 September 1956.

Ray R. Ramey, Sr.

Funeral services for Ray R. Ramey, Sr., 81, alderman and civic leader of Mountain Home, who died last Thursday night at a local hospital, were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the First Methodist Church with Reverend Benjamin C. Few officiating.

Mr. Ramey, who was the senior member of the city council, representing Ward 3, was past District Governor of Rotary International and was a former president of the Chamber of Commerce here. He was a former member of the Baxter County Board of Education.

He was an honorary member of the First Methodist Church Board of Stewards, was active in church affairs, and was a Mason and a Shriner. He previously taught in several rural schools of north Arkansas, and lived in Conway, Cotter, Searcy, and Kensett. In the latter town, he was engaged in the wholesale grocery business. He operated a gift and variety store here at the time of his death. He suffered a stroke at his store on the square Thursday morning and died around 5:30 p.m.

Mr. Ramey was born in Scott County, Virginia, on June 27, 1875, and his family moved to Lone Rock in south Baxter County when he was seven years of age. His parents were the late Dr. and Mrs. John Henderson Ramey. His father was physician for the Iron Mountain Railroad. On December 25, 1897, he was married to Miss Luna Bodenhamer.

Among his survivors are his widow, of the home; three sons, Paul Ramey, of Kansas City, Kansas; Jack Ramey, of Kingsport, Tennessee; and Ray Ramey, Jr., of Mountain Home; a daughter, Mrs. Nita Allbright, of Little Rock; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Denton, of Berryville; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

After Ray's death, Luna moved from the old Bodenhamer house, where she had lived on and off for her whole life, to a house on First Street, next door to her son, Ray, Jr. In the early 1960's she staked a claim to a front corner of The Ramey Company and opened a shop within the store that sold crafts on consignment. Many of the older ladies of the community who had known her for decades brought in their crocheting, quilting, and other handicrafts; and she sold much of it to tourists.

Luna died on 2 March 1966. Her obituary appeared in the 10 March 1966 issue of The Baxter Bulletin.

Rites Held for Mrs. Ramey

Mrs. Luna Ada Ramey, 87, a member of a pioneer Baxter County family and widow of Ray Ramey, Sr., well-known merchant and civic leader of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, March 2, at her residence at 105 East First St., Mountain Home.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at the First Methodist Church of Mountain Home, of which she was a long-time member. Rev. William Womack, pastor, was the officiating minister. Interment was in the Mountain Home Cemetery, under the direction of the McClure Service.

Pallbearers were Jewell Cooper, Hal Bodenhamer, Ralph Grigg, W. A. Thompson, Earle W. Johnson and Clyde Rogers. Honorary pallbearers were John Fleming, Wayne Fleming and Orville D. Pendergrass.

Mrs. Ramey was born March 6, 1878, at Mountain Home, the daughter of Captain Ben F. Bodenhamer and Lillabelle Howard Bodenhamer. She was the granddaughter of Prof. John S. Howard, who before the Civil War established the Mountain Home Male and Female Academy, a prominent educational institution of that time. The academy was located on the grounds now occupied by the Mountain Home Junior High School, and the Bodenhamer family for a number of years made their home on South Main Street, near the present school site.

Mrs. Ramey was graduated from Mountain Home Baptist College and taught elocution in the Salem Public Schools before marrying Mr. Ramey in 1897. She and Mr. Ramey made their home in Oklahoma and Mississippi, and at Cushman and Cotter before returning to Mountain Home in 1937.

Mr. Ramey died in 1957.

Survivors include three sons, Paul, of Kansas City, Mo., Jack of Kingsport, Tenn., and Ray Ramey Jr., of Mountain Home; a daughter, Mrs. Nita Allbright of Little Rock; 11 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Paul Bodenhamer, of Route 1, Natalia, Tex. Another brother, Russell Bodenhamer, of Eden Ida., died on Feb. 21.

Issue (All data from family members):

    i. Vinita⁴ Ramey (Luna Ada,³ Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born 30 November 1899 in Bethesda, Independence County. On 29 June 1923 she was married in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Brice Fount Allbright [b. 23 October 1893 in Valley Springs, Boone County, the son of Thomas Finley and Sarah Anne (Gilliam) Allbright; d. 26 September 1985, Little Rock, Pulaski County]. Their children were:

          (1). Bryce Fount⁵ Allbright (Vinita,⁴ Luna Ada,³ Lilla Belle,² John,¹) was born 4 June 1927 in Oxford, Mississippi. He married Thelma Elizabeth Powell [b. 26 November 1930 in Newport, the daughter of Louise Emily (Oden) and Jeff Andrew Powell] on 27 February 1953 in Little Rock. They had three children.
          (2). Son. Living. 
          (3). Daughter. Living. 

    ii. Howard Vaughn⁴ Ramey (Luna Ada,³ Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born 2 December 1901 in Bethesda, Independence County, and died 22 February 1922 in Crawfordsville, Crittenden County. He is buried in Oxford, Mississippi.
    iii. Burton Allen⁴ "Jack" Ramey (Luna Ada,³ Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born 23 January 1905 in Cushman, Independence County. On 8 November 1925 in Oxford, Mississippi, he was married to Marguerite Eulelah Wallace [b. 28 August 1907 in Oxford, the daughter of Lucy Leona (Beard) and Robert Franklin Wallace; died 16 September 1989 in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont]. His second marriage, in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, about 1945, was to "Tommie" Williamson (born 31 July 1919). His third marriage, in Kingsport, Tennessee, on 2 April 1954 was to Pauline Estell (Bain) Carpenter (born 18 May 1907 in Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee, the widow of Clark Carpenter). "Jack" died on 17 November 1988 in Mountain Home. His three daughters are living.
     iv. Paul Adams⁴ Ramey (Luna Ada,³ Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born 23 January 1905 in Cushman, Independence County. On 20 June 1929 in Oxford, Mississippi, he was married to Myra Elizabeth Patton [b. 15 February 1907 in Oxford, the daughter of Iona Doyle (Furr) and Freddie Brooks Patton]. Paul died 10 December 1985 in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. Their three children are living.
    v. Ray Raymond⁴ Ramey (Luna Ada,³ Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born 23 February 1911 in Cushman, Independence County. On 27 February 1942 in Mountain Home he was married to Ellen Posey Shiras [b. 8 July 1919 in Mountain Home, the daughter of Francesca (Posey) and Enness Barr Shiras]. Their two daughters are living.

6. Don³ Bodenhamer (Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born 3 September 1885⁽⁵⁹⁾ in Mountain Home. On 15 January 1914⁽⁶⁰⁾ in Mountain Home he was married to Maude Alley [b.c. 1888,⁽⁶¹⁾ the daughter of Sarah O. (Hayden) and William Henry Alley],⁽⁶²⁾ and they later moved to Mathis, Texas.

Issue:

     i. Maxine⁴ Bodenhamer (Don,³ Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) married Ray Thomas. They had one son.
     ii. Don⁴ Bodenhamer (Don,³ Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) married Lois (?), and had five children.
     iii. Bobbi⁴ Bodenhamer married Cedric Hill and lived in Spring, Texas.

7. Russell H.³ Bodenhamer (Lilla Belle,² John S.,¹) was born 31 March 1890 in Mountain Home. On 12 June 1911⁽⁶³⁾ in Mountain Home he married Ethel Rebecca Tracy [b.c. 1892,⁽⁶⁴⁾ the daughter of Betty Frances (Douglass) and James Terrell Tracy; died 29 June 1977 in Twin Falls, Idaho].⁽⁶⁵⁾ Russell died 21 February 1966 in Twin Falls, Idaho. They had four children.

8. Charles O.³ Howard (Charles O.,² John S.,¹)was born 23 January 1886⁽⁶⁷⁾ in Baxter County. On 16 February 1908⁽⁶⁸⁾ he was married to Bertha Walker (b.c. 1894).⁽⁶⁹⁾ Charles served as Baxter County Assessor from 1933-1936 and 1957-1960 and as Treasurer in 1937-1938.⁽⁷⁰⁾ He died 27 October 1968.⁽⁷¹⁾ His obituary from The Baxter Bulletin (cited previously) appears below:

Charlie Howard, Former Assessor

Charlie Howard, Jr., 83, of Highway 62 East, Mountain Home, a farmer and former Baxter County assessor, died Sunday at a local hospital. He was a lifetime resident of the county and a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bertha Howard of the home; a son, Leonard, and a daughter, Mrs. Jean Bryant, both of Mountain Home; a brother, Arch Howard, of Twin Falls, Ida.; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Tillman and Mrs. Rena Halbert, both of Springfield, Mo., three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Mr. Howard was born near Mountain Home on January 23, 1885, and was the son of Charles Howard, Sr., and Mollie Smith Howard. He was married to the former Bertha Walker in February 1908. He lived on farms in the Walker and Pigeon communities, and moved to the farm home on U.S. Highway 62 East about 45 years ago. He served as Baxter County assessor for about 25 years, retiring in the early 1950s. He also served as county treasurer for four years following his first two terms as assessor.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at the McClure Chapel by Bro. Bill Richardson, minister of the First Church of Christ of Mountain Home. Interment was in the Walker Cemetery, north of here, with the McClure Service directing arrangements.

Pallbearers were: Randolph Bryant, A.W. Huddleston, Roy Parton, Waldo Treat, Doyle Hammack, and Verlin Huett.

The only two children known of this marriage are Leonard⁴ Howard and Jean⁴ Howard, mentioned in the above obituary, and Gene⁴ Howard, who appears in the 1920 Baxter County census as a five-year-old. (It is possible that this census is in error and that "Gene, son" should be "Jean, daughter."

9. Maud³ Howard (Charles O.,² John S.,¹) was born in August 1888.⁽⁷²⁾ On 4 April 1909⁽⁷³⁾ she was married to Don Walker (b.c. 1890).⁽⁷⁴⁾ Dates of death for both are unknown.

Issue (from the 1920 Baxter County Census, Pigeon Township, #251/266):

     i. Edgar⁴ Walker (Maud,³ Charles O.,² John S.,¹) was born about 1912. On 9 July 1938, he was married to Helen Lamb (b.c. 1919).⁽⁷⁵⁾
     ii. Eva⁴ Walker (Charles O.,² John S.,¹) was born about 1915. There is no further information on her.

10. Rena³ Howard (Charles O.,² John S.,¹) was born about 1905.⁽⁷⁶⁾ On 13 June 1923⁽⁷⁷⁾ she was married to Norman Halbert (b.c. 1901,⁽⁷⁸⁾ the son of Baxter S. and "Pink" Halbert⁽⁷⁹⁾).

Issue:

i. Howard Bruce⁴ Halbert (Rena,³ Charles O.,² John S.,¹) is the only child known of this marriage. He currently lives in Mountain Home.

This little self-published booklet is being posted in the hope that it will convince you to provide further information on this Howard line if it relates to your family. It is my belief that a full genealogy of John S. Howard is a worthwhile project in light of his contribution to the history of Mountain Home and Baxter County. By providing this information, you will never be obligated to purchase anything. A copy of the finished product will be deposited in the Baxter County Library and with the Baxter County Historical Society, and my permission to copy all or any of it is hereby granted.

Please help by contributing the following information on each person: Full birth name, date and place of birth, date and place of death, date and place of marriage, spouse's full birth name, spouse's parents, date and place of birth of spouse, date and place of death of spouse, any additional biographical information you can provide. 

If you wish further information on the ancestors of Mary Louise (Hannum) Howard and Mercy (Hannum) Dodd (a particularly interesting old New England line dating from the 1630's), Benjamin Bodenhamer, Brice Fount Allbright, Ray Ramey, or Ellen Posey Shiras, please contact the compiler or see The Ramey and Bodenhamer Families of Mountain Home, Arkansas, and Related Lines (Marietta, GA: Self-published by Judith Ramey Sharp, 1993). A copy of this has been deposited in the Baxter County Library and with the Baxter County Historical Society. 

This ongoing study will attempt to document all descendants of John S. Howard. If you know of descendants of Professor Howard who bear the surnames Bodenhamer, Howard, Halbert, Tillman, Walker, Kelley, Wilson, Garbacz, or any other surname, or if you have any other information on this family, please contact the compiler: Judith (Ramey) Sharp, P.O. Box 1508, Mountain Home, AR 72654,  judi@thehistorybook.com.

1. Marriage record, Pomfret, Windsor County, Vermont; Book 1, page 131. Copy sent by Town Clerk.

2. Henry Hobart Vail, Emma Chandler White, Editor, Pomfret, Vermont, (Boston: Cockayne), Vol. II, p. 596 and 597. On page 596, John Watkins is identified as as the son of John and Mary (Scarborough) Watkins and a descendant of Nathan Watkins, "a citizen of Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1686." (I find it interesting that the NSDAR chapter in Mountain Home is named in honor of a Capt. Nathan Watkins.) The entry on page 597 says "Watkins, John, born 20 Feb. 1778, died 1828, married 31 Dec. 1820, Mary Farr Honey, widow of Ebenezer Eaton, who, after Mr. Watkins's death, married (2) [sic] Benjamin Howard."

3. Grant County, Wisconsin, Marriage Records, Vol. 2, p. 142.

4. 1850 United States Census, Microcopy 432, Roll 733, p. 422. Gives the following information: Benjamin Howard, age 53, a farmer who owned no real estate, born in Vermont; Mary Howard, age 53, born in New Hampshire; Nathan O. Howard, age 19, a farmer born in Vermont who had attended school within the last year; and John S. Howard, age 16, also a farmer born in Vermont who had attended school within the last year.

5. "Obituary of John S. Howard," presumably clipped from a Baxter County, Arkansas, newspaper (probably the Baxter County Citizen). The clipping was saved by Luna Ada (Bodenhamer) Ramey, his granddaughter. It is now in the possession of his great-grandson, Ray R. Ramey, Jr.

6. Ibid.

7. Independent American, 16 March 1855, Platteville, Wisconsin, p. 1.

8. The original marriage certificate still exists and is in the possession of this compiler. Names and dates are confirmed by the marriage records of Grant County, Wisconsin, Vol. 2, p. 142.

9. Rev. William Hamilton Hannum, "William Hannum of New England and Some of His Descendants," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 90, p. 351 (October 1936). Hereafter, "Hannum, NEHGR."

10. Her tombstone in the Mountain Home Cemetery, Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas, gives the date of death. Her obituary, "Mrs. Mary Howard,"appeared in The Baxter Bulletin (Mountain Home, Arkansas), 15 March 1912.

11. This date from her tombstone in the Mountain Home Cemetery, Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas.

12. The funeral notice for Orrin Lowry DODD gives his dates of birth and death.

13. Orrin Dodd is something of a mystery man. Different censuses give different states for his birth -- North Carolina, Tennessee, and Indiana. His parents are listed on his marriage certificate, but that is the only place that any record of their names has been found. Several things have recently been learned about "Col." Dodd through correspondence with Mrs. Avlyn Dodd Conley of Glen Burnie, Maryland. In 1838 he was postmaster at West Point, Lee County, Iowa Territory; and he was married in Lee County to Sarah Ritchey on 16 September 1842. In 1850 he is listed in the Johnston County, North Carolina, census (page 91) as a 35-year-old Indiana-born farmer living in the household of Josiah O. Watson, a very wealthy 60-year-old landowner. (Also in the household are Susa Shaw, age 61, born in France, and George W. Watson, a 22-year-old student.) In 1855 Dodd, who is called a "plasterer" in the marriage records, married Mercy Hannum in Grant County, Wisconsin, and they soon moved to Johnston County, North Carolina. Mrs. Conley also sent a copy of a report of a law suit brought before the North Carolina Supreme Count in the June term, 1858, in which the will of Dr. Josiah O. Watson is a factor, his heirs in part being "my half nephew Orren Lowry Dodd," his brother Dr. Warren Dodd (probably Dr. Joseph W. Dodd who appears in early Baxter County records), J.W.B. Watson (no relationship listed), and George W. Watson, among others. While this man does not directly impact the family line under discussion, he is particularly interesting because of the impact he had on the history of Mountain Home.

14. The Grant County marriage records give his parents names.

15. From Civil War pension papers of B.F. Bodenhamer obtained from the National Archives (#1,131,453). These papers also included copies of the application for a widow's pension of Lilla Belle (Howard) Bodenhamer. Hereafter, "Bodenhamer Pension Papers."

16. From "Report of Committee on History to the Old Settlers Meeting of Baxter County on July 4th 1891", The Baxter County Citizen, 16 July 1891 (Vol. XI, No. 40, page 1), reprinted in The Baxter Bulletin, Thursday, 10 July 1969 (page 6A). The authors of the report were O.L. Dodd, A. J. Truman, and Z. M. Horton. The paper is owned by Rex and Neva Paul of Cotter, Arkansas, and a copy of the page was given to this compiler.

17. From papers obtained from the National Archives and the Arkansas History Commission.

18. Bodenhamer Pension Papers give the date. The exact place is listed differently in several sources: Bloomington, Tafton, or Lancaster.

19. Marriage Records 1873-1875, Baxter County Courthouse, Mountain Home, Arkansas, p 37.

20. Bodenhamer Pension Papers as well as Lois Ione (Hotchkiss) Heuss, Christian Bodenhamer of Rowan County, North Carolina, and his Deacendants (Charlotte, North Carolina: Herb Eaton, Inc., 1979), p. 183. Mrs. Heuss's data comes from the family pages of the Bodenhamer family Bible; a photocopy of these pages is in the possession of this compiler. Hereafter, "Heuss, Bodenhamer."

21. Bodenhamer Pension Papers.

22. Frances H. Shiras, History of Baxter County From the Beginnings to 1939 (Mountain Home, Arkansas: J.W. Daniel and Shiras Brothers Printing Company, 1940), p. 120. Hereafter, "Shiras, Baxter County." This source gives the year of his birth as 1858, but the 1900 Baxter County census gives his year of birth as 1857. His obituary gives his age in February of 1940 as 83. Given the information about the date of the building of the Academy, I believe that 1857 is most likely correct.

23. The 1900 Baxter County census indicates that he had been married 18 years.

24. From her obituary in The Baxter Bulletin, 9 February 1950, page 1, column 1.

25. Shiras, Baxter County, p. 141 says: "Augustus Pinkney Smith was born at Salem, Forymth [sic] county, North Carolina on October 9, 1822, came to this county in 1856. He homesteaded land on the knob west of Mountain Home which now bears his name -- Pink Smith. In 1860 he married Paulina Young, who was born in Tennessee April 2, 1841 and moved to Mountain Home with her parents in 1848. They were the parents of two sons, John and Manley, and three daughters, Mrs. Charles Howard, Mrs. Robert Russell, and Mrs. Andrew Webber. During the Civil war Mr. Smith served in the Confederate army. The family was Methodist. Mr. Smith died here May 31, 1904 and Mrs. Smith January 3, 1910."

26. From her obituary, cited above.

27. His obituary appeared in The Baxter Bulletin, 2 February 1940, page 1, column 4.

28. From his obituary in The Baxter Bulletin, 22 December 1960, p. 8, col. 1.

29. From his tombstone in the Mountain Home Cemetery.

30. From Baxter County Marriage Book 4.

31. From her tombstone in the Mountain Home Cemetery and her obituary in The Baxter Bulletin, 18 June 1970, p. 6A, col. 1.

32. From her obituary, cited above.

33. From her tombstone.

34. From the 1900 Baxter County census.

35. He is mentioned as a survivor in the obituary of his brother, Charles, in 1968.

36. Baxter County Marriage Book 5, p. 443.

37. Her marriage license gives her age as 17.

38. From the index of The Baxter Bulletin compiled by Margie Garr. Shows this birth entry in the 8 January 1915 issue. This index was located at the Baxter County Library, Mountain Home, Arkansas.

39. From his tombstone in the Mountain Home Cemetery.

40. From the 1900 Baxter County census.

41. He is not mentioned in the obituary of his brother, Charles, in that year.

42. From Baxter County Marriage Book 6, p. 267. Elmer was "of Eden, Minidoka County, Idaho."

43. Her age is given as 18 in her marriage license.

44. The year of birth given on her tombstone was 1900, however, the 1900 census gives her birth as July 1899 and shows her age as 11/12.

45. The month and year of her birth are given in the 1900 Baxter County census; the day of her birth comes from Margie Garr's index to The Baxter Bulletin, the issue of 5 December 1902.

46. Shiras, Baxter County, page 120.

47. Shiras, Baxter County, p. 41.

48. Their first child was born 12 September 1885.

49. His full name, birth and death information comes from his obituary in The Cotter Record, 30 December 1932, page 1. A copy was saved by Luna Ada (Bodenhamer) Ramey and is in the possession of Ray R. Ramey, Jr. An obituary also ran in The Baxter Bulletin on 30 December 1932, p. 1, col. 6, which stated that he was buried in the Cotter cemetery. I have searched the cemetery but could find no marker, and none is listed in the inventory of Baxter County cemeteries done by the Arkansas Home Demonstration Clubs in 1968.

50. The Baxter Bulletin, 9 February 1906.

51. In the obituary of Dr. Robert Wilson from The Cotter Record, it was said that he was "survived by three children...three children are dead." There are obviously two (at least) missing from this list.

52. Dates of birth and death are from his tombstone.

53. Baxter County Marriage Records, Book 6, p. 503.

54. Baxter County Marriage Records, Book 6, p. 610.

55. Baxter County Marriage Records, Book B, p. 264.

56. This date found on a 1917 insurance policy in his papers after his death. Also, from his obituary in The Baxter Bulletin, 6 September 1956, and his tombstone in the Mountain Home Cemetery, Mountain Home, Arkansas.

57. Various sources, including his mother's obituary and Shiras, Baxter County, p. 136, and family knowledge.

58. From his obituary, cited above, and his tombstone.

59. Bodenhamer pension papers.

60. Baxter County Marriage Records, Book 5, p. 495.

61. Her age is given as 26 on her 1914 marriage license.

62. Messick, Baxter County, p. 353-354.

63. Baxter County Marriage Records, Book 5, p. 171.

64. From the 1910 Baxter County census: her age is given as 18.

65. Heuss, Bodenhamer, p. 270, and Shiras, Baxter County, p. 117 and 153. Betty Frances (Douglass) Tracy was the sister of George Franklin Douglas. George's wife was Nellie Grant Ramey, the half-sister of Ray Raymond Ramey who married Luna Ada Bodenhamer (#6). Of the Tracy family, Shiras says: "Nathaniel H. and Polly Henry Tracy came to Baxter county from South Carolina in 1851 and settled on the Northfork river. Here they laid out a large farm and also opened a store. At the outbreak of the Civil war, two sons, Nathaniel G. and Harry joined the Confederate army, both becoming officers. Nathaniel married Martha Ann Gray of Georgia and after her death married Georgia Ann Hand of this county. He was a member of the A.F. & A. M. J. T. Tracy, for many years in the mercantile business in Mountain Home married Miss Betty Douglass." Of the Douglass family, Shiras says: "W. A. and Abbie Jane Dickerson Douglass came to Mountain Home in 1881 from Texas, to which place they had migrated from Missouri. Mrs. Douglass was a native of Paynie, Illinois, and Mr. Douglass came from Nashville, Tenn. They settled in Baxter county on the McCubbin place, east of Mountain Home and engaged in farming and stock raising. They were the parents of the following children: James Burton, George Franklin, Tennessee (Mrs. Jim Robertson), Betty Frances (Mrs. J.T. Tracy), William Oliver, John Albert, Charles Walter, deceased, Mamie (Mrs. Henry Cox), Mettie Mae (Mrs. Lum Hicks), deceased, Malinda Jane (Mrs. Charles Doak), Bob and Laurie (Mrs. Claude Smith). Sallie, Mr. Douglass' daughter by a former marriage, who also moved here with the family, married Henry Tracy."

66. All data on these children is from Heuss, Bodenhamer, pp. 379-380.

67. Obituary printed in The Baxter Bulletin on 31 October 1968, page 7a, col. 1.

68. Baxter County Marriage Records, Book 4, p. 345.

69. Her age is given as 16 in her marriage record.

70. Mary Ann Messick, History of Baxter County - Centennial Edition, 1873-1973 (Mountain Home: Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce, 1973), p. 36-37.

71. Date of death from the listing for Walker Cemetery in the Survey of Cemeteries by the Arkansas Home Demonstration Clubs done in 1968, located at the Baxter County Library.

72. 1900 Baxter County census, Pigeon Township, p. 47B.

73. Baxter County Marriage Records, Book 4, p. 444.

74. His age is given as 19 on the marriage license.

75. Her age is given as 19 on her marriage license.

76. Her age in her marriage license, see below, is given as 18 in 1923.

77. From Baxter County Marriage Book 7, p. 173.

78. His age is given as 22 on his marriage license, and the 1910 census shows his age as 9.

79. Baxter S. and "Pink" are shown in the 1910 Baxter County census (his age is given as 45 and hers as 36). The Arkansas Home Demonstration Clubs' "Inventory of Baxter County Cemeteries," located in the Baxter County Library, shows the following entries for HALBERT in the Mountain Home Cemetery: B.S. Halbert (b. 17 June 1865 - d. 27 June 1938); Katherine Halbert (b. 27 January 1872 - d. 18 December 1939); J.F. Halbert (b. 9 Nov. 1838 - d. 5 November 1902); and M.R. Halbert (b. 25 March 1836 - d. 12 February 1921). I believe it likely that "Pink" was Katherine's nickname.