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NEWS ARTICLES Union County Arkansas Genealogy Trails
THE ARKANSAS WHIG, August 28, 1851--The Postmaster General has established a new Post Office at Reform, Union County. Contributed by Frances Cooley. Smith, J. Guy, New London, Ark.—Has a record as an organizer. Beginning in his State while the Union was in its infancy, he was one of the first to enlist in the work. He joined the third Union organized in Arkansas, and took the field as organizer at once. He organized eighteen counties in his State; was sent from there to Louisiana, where he organized two parishes. He was then given one of the two districts in Arkansas. He was appointed State Organizer for Florida, and remained there till the State was organized. From Florida he went to Kentucky, where he organized till the fall of 1908. From Kentucky, he went to Tennessee in the capacity of an organizer. But few men have organized as many local Unions as Smith. (Source: The History and Times of the Farmers Union, 1909; transcribed by Tina Easley.) Census facts: Record gain: Smackover, Arkansas from less than 100 in 1920 to 2544 in 1930. Cause: oil. Source: Census Facts, TIME Magazine, Sept. 26, 1927.
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