NEWS ITEMS

NEWS ITEMS

Benton County, Arkansas Genealogy Trails

CARTY VISITS, 1873-1879

CYCLONE HITS AREA, May 5, 1882

JOHN BOYER SHOT BY DAUGHTER, Jan. 28, 1911

EAGLE CORNERS SCHOOL BURNS, Oct 28, 1916

COMMITS SUICIDE, MAY 1930

SKIDDING CAR OVERTURNS, INJURING ROGERS MAN, May 2, 1944

ENVELOPE, 1948

CARTY VISITS TO ILLINOIS, 1873-1879

Rushville, IL.--August 16, 1873, Mr. Charles H. Carty and family of Benton County, Arkansas arrived here to visit relatives.
March, 14, 1874, Miss Frances Carty, who went to Arkansas with her brother, Charles, returned last week.
November 17, 1876, Mr. Charles H. Carty, who has been a resident of Benton County, Arkansas for five years, arrived here to visit his father, William Carty.
September 28, 1877, Mr. William Carty, who has been visiting his son, Charles, in Benton County, Arkansas, returned here a few days ago.
August 22, 1879, Mrs. Francis Sands of Maysville, Arkansas arrived to visit her father, William Carty of this vicinity. (Compiled and transcribed by Sara Hemp from the Rushville (Illinois) Times newspaper.)

CYCLONE HITS AREA

A cyclone hit the area killing 2 people instantly and injuring many others including Porter KESTERSON and his 80 year old mother. Mr Kesterson’s mother (Nancy Cadwell Kesterson) was near the chimney when the storm came in, was knitting and was caught under the falling chimney and lumber but was not thought to be dangerously wounded. Twenty-five houses and barns destroyed. --Source: The Fayetteville Democrat, May 5, 1882 and from the Siloam Dispatch, contributed by Christine Walters.

JOHN BOYER SHOT BY DAUGHTER

Mrs. Nellie Allen, 21 year old daughter of John B. Boyer, a wealthy planter, shot and killed her father at Gravette, Arkansas, after an exchange of several shots with him. She was married only a few weeks ago. (Colfax County Stockman,1911-01-28, transcribed and contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer.

EAGLE CORNERS SCHOOL BURNS

Siloam Springs, Ar.-- The Eagle Corners schoolhouse at Siloam Springs was destroyed by fire. Most of the books and furniture were lost. The insurance expired a few days before. Source- Harrison Times 10/28/1916; transcribed by Tina Easley.

COMMITS SUICIDE
Fayetteville Daily Democrat, 21 March 1930

Rogers, May 30--Mrs. Caroline Hoefer, aged about 60 years, committed suicide here early today by hanging herself to an oak tree near the home of her son, Fred Hoefer, with whom she resided. She arose as usual this morning, dressed, and went to the barn, where she got a rope and sawhorse which she carried to the tree a quarter of a mile from the house. It is said her mind had been affected for some time. She came from North Dakota where the body was sent for burial. (Contributed by Mary Wilson)

SKIDDING CAR OVERTURNS, INJURING ROGERS MAN

Louis Hensel of Rogers , Ark. , suffered a scalp wound when his car ran off an embankment on Range Line road, two miles south of the County Line , at 4:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. He was taken to St. John’s hospital in a Perker-Hunsaker ambulance.
Hensel is employed at the Kansas ordnance plant at Parsons and was en route south on highway 71 to his home. Persons who saw the accident said Hensel had swerved his car to the right to avoid a head on collision with a car approaching from the south. The wheels of his car slipped in the wet clay shoulder of the road, causing the car to skid across the pavement and overturn on a 50 foot embankment at the east side of the road. The car was virtually demolished.
--Joplin Globe, May 2, 1944; transcribed by Linda Rodriguez.

1948 ENVELOPE

Contributed by Erny Long

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This envelope was found in the possessions of Erny Long's mother. We don't know the significance of it, but please notice the postage is three one cent stamps. It was mailed at Rogers, Ark on Jun 17, 1948 to Mr. John W. Waddill from the Burns Burial Society, 4th & Maple, Rogers, Ark.

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