CALVIN ACORD was born in 1864 in Friley, Johnson County, Arkansas and died in 1913 in Johnson County, Arkansas. He married Eliza Bench Dec 11^th, 1890 in Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas.  Eliza was born in 1870; death date unknown. They had three children:
Jesse Acord, Ida Acord and Aubrey Acord.

JOHN TURNER ACORD was born  Aug 25^th, 1861 in Friley, Johnson County, Arkansas and died Jan 7^th, 1934 in Friley, Johnson County, Arkansas. He married Sarah Zelmar Kosier on Dec 28^th, 1902, the daughter of James Kosier and Adeline Howard.  Sarah was born Feb 6^th, 1862 in Center Point, Johnson County, Arkansas.
John was well mannered and good natured, he enjoyed telling jokes and telling tales. He was tall, blond and blue eyed and was known for his large frame as were two of his grandsons.  His blond hair turned to a beautiful shiny white. He was a neat and very handsome man, said his niece, Chloe (Weatherby) Johnson. John Turner Acord believed in the teachings of the Bible students known as the “Russelites” of the Jehovah Witnesses.  Of the extended family one grandson, Will Dennis, was to follow these beliefs, so John left him his Bible and Theology Books.
John was a farmer and owned 123 acres of farmland on Little Mulberry in Johnson County, North of Acord Hollow, where most of the Acords lived.
John Turner and Sarah Acord had nine children:
James Acord, Lilly Acord, Mae Acord, Oscar Acord, Arthur Acord, Minnie Acord, Bertha Acord, Sarah Luvada Acord, and John Hebert Acord.

WILLIAM COLUMBUS ACORD was born March 18^th, 1859 in Johnson County, Arkansas and he died June 20^th, 1933 in Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma.  He married Elmina Caroline Whitmore abt 1880 in Hull County, Georgia.  She was born abt 1857 in Georgia and died October 1885 in Mulberry, Johnson County, Arkansas.  They had five children, namely:
Susie Lou Acord, William Oscrow Acord, Nora Jane Griffin Acord, Sarah Caroline Acord, and John Milton Slusher Acord.
William married a second time to Cordelia Douglas Walker, a twin, on Jan 11^th, 1895 in Indian Territory, Oklahoma.  She was
born June 29^th, 1873 in Dallas, Texas and died in Wagoner, Oklahoma.
William and Cordelia Acord had eight children:
Mertie Acord, Vicy Jane Acord ( obviously named after her Aunt Vicy), Clara Lillie Acord, Buddy Acord, Vera Lee Acord, Charles Haskell Acord, and Ruby Jewel Acord.

SARAH CAROLINE ACORD was born Jan 14^th, 1855 in Friley, Johnson County, Arkansas and died May 13^th, 1924 in Littleford, Lamb County, Texas or OK.  She married Nichols Bishop Gray on June 11^th, 1870.  He was born July 11^th, 1845 in Johnson County, Arkansas and died at an unknown date in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. They had 7 children, 4 daughters and three sons..
At the time of the 1870  Johnson County Census they were living with her mother Martha ( Casey) Acord.
Sarah and her husband Nicholas Bishop Gray moved to Healdton, Indian Territoty in Oklahoma ( now Carter County)
Their son Jesse was small and his mother Sarah Caroline covered him with a handkerchief to protect him from the hot sun and wind, this handkerchief became a favorite of this long and dangerous journey.
They moved to Ardmore in Oklahoma and later separated and then divorced.  Sarah bought a small farm south west of Ardmore and raised her children there.  She lived on the farm until her death.  Her granddaughter, Mary Florence, was sleeping with her and tried to wake her up in the morning. Clara (Gray) Flippin discovered her mother had died peacefully in her sleep.  After the divorce, Nicholas Bishop Gray moved to Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas and remarried shortly before his death.  

VICY JANE ACORD was born Jan 8^th, 1857 in Friley, Johnson County, Arkansas, daughter of William G. (1827-1864) and Martha Casey Acord (1828-1903).  She died April 4^th, 1939 in Kuna, Idaho.  She is buried in the Kuna Cemetery in Kuna, Idaho.  She married Miles Henry Ritchie on March 26^th, 1872 in Johnson County, Arkansas.  Miles was born 1849 in Perry County, Kentucky, son of Isom Ritchie and grandson of Alexandr Crocket and Susan Elizabeth Grigsby Ritchie.  Miles died Jan 9^th, 1917 in Yale, Johnson County and is buried in the Yale cemetery.

In 1864 William G. Acord enlisted in the 11th Arkansas Confederate Infantry.  That March of 1864 he returned to Johnson County, AR on leave to check on his family.  His wife, Martha, only told one neighbor that she was expecting him to return to Johnson County, but never named the neighbor.  When he arrived home he found his family practically out of food.  His wife had one small bag of corn.  On March 18 William took the bag of corn and rode the family mule up the creek to his father's gristmill to grind it into meal.  A band of bushwackers had heard of his return and ambushed him in his yard when he arrived home with the meal.  His wife, Martha, and their children retreated to the attic through a trap door and watched from a small window as he was tied to a tree, spread-eagled and used for target practice; his body was riddled with bullet holes.  He was buried in Yale Cemetery in Johnson county.  His old gravestone was broken in two pieces a few years ago.  A new military stone has been placed on his grave.  Martha died in 1899 in Waggoner, OK.  She is buried there in the Choska Cemetery.

Miles and Vicy Ritchie’s children include: Miles Henry Ritchie born July 29^th, 1874 in Arkansas.  He died May 6^th, 1953 and is buried in the Clarksville Cemetery in Arkansas. Sarah Ann Ritchie born April 9^th, 1877 in Arkansas and died March 12^th, 1965.  She is buried in the Kuna Cemetery in Kuna, Idaho.  John William Ritchie born Feb 9^th, 1879 in Arkansas and died May 30^th, 1956.  He is buried in the Clarksville Cemetery in Arkansas.  James Monroe Ritchie born March 13^th, 1809 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas and died April 26^th, 1961 in Meridian, Idaho.  He is buried in the Kuna Cemetery in Kuna, Idaho.   Martha Jane Ritchie was born Oct 15^th, 1883 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas and died in 1968 in Boise, Idaho.  She is buried in the Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise.  Wallace Calvin Ritchie was born Dec 22^nd, 1885 in Arkansas and died Jan 14^th, 1918 in Yale, Johnson County.  He is buried in the Yale Cemetery in Arkansas. Charles Edward Ritchie was born Oct 14^th, 1893 in Madison County, Arkansas.  He died young.   Zederick ( Zed) Porter Ritchie was born Sept 14^th, 1896 in Dutton, Madison County, Arkansas and died Oct 10^th, 1980 in Boise, Idaho.  He is buried in the Kuna Cemetery in Kuna, Idaho.

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