Crittenden County, Arkansas: Biographies, History, and Historical Maps

69 pages including 82 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 55 Crittenden County, Arkansas communities

An informative and historical overview of Crittenden County, Arkansas including two separate books on one CD which include 4 historical maps (1855, 1895, 1898, and 1915); plus the full 1890 Goodspeed Publishing Company "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Crittenden County, Arkansas" book including 82 family biographies.

This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in two separate books, ALL on one CD:

Book One on CD: Maps of Crittenden County, Arkansas
Included here are the Northeast region of Arkansas sections of 4 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1855 map that shows the Crittenden County, Arkansas area just 30 years after Crittenden County was created.  Locations shown: Allens Ferry * Bladsoes Lan. * Grayson * Green Plains * Marion * Mound City * Oldham *

B. A map of 1895 Crittenden County showing the locations of 24 different settlements including all of the following: Almont * Ashford * Clarketon * Crawfordsville * Earl * Ebony * Edmondson * Fritz * Gavin * Gilmore * Hopefield * Hulbert * Jericho * Lansing * Marion * Mound * Pinckney * Proctor * Riceville * Seyppel * Sibley * Turrell * Vincent * West Memphis

C. A map of 1898 Crittenden County showing the locations of 28 different settlements including all of the following: Almont * Big Creek * Blanton * Clarketon * Crawfordville * Earl * Edmondson * Fritz * Gavin * Gilmore * Grayson * Hulbert * James Mill * Jericho * Julious * Lakes * Lambethville * Lansing * Marion * McLaughlin * Mound * Poindexter * Riceville * Seyppel * Sibley * St. Clair (St. Claire) * Vincent * West Memphis *

D. A map of 1915 Crittenden County showing the locations of 38 different settlements including all of the following: Blanton * Bledsoe * Bruins * Clarkedale * Crawfordville * Crittenden * Democrat * Earl * Edmondson * Felco * Fogleman * Gavin * Gilmore * Grassy * Hanover * Happy * Harvard * Hopefield * Hulbert * Ivoton * Jeanette * Jericho * Kate * Lake * Lambethville * Lansing * Marion * Neuhardt * Pinckney * Proctor * Riceville * Scanlon *Seyppel * Shell Lake * Turrell * Vincent * West Memphis * Wildcat * 



Book Two on CD: The complete 1890 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Crittenden County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (69 pages in all) book has a large amount of information about Crittenden County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1890. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Crittenden County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 82 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Partial Contents
• Crittenden County Organized
• Early Land Entries in Crittenden County
• Early Settlers and Settlement in Crittenden County
• Greenock, Arkansas - First Crittenden County Seat
• Selection of Permanent Crittenden County Seat at Marion, Arkansas
• Erection of Crittenden County Court House
• Climate
• Lands
• Agricultural Resources
• Crops
• Timber
• Crittenden County Boundaries
• The Civil War and Crittenden County
• Crittenden County Officials
• The Memphis to Little Rock Highway
• Railroads in Crittenden County
• Schools
• Churches
• Crittenden County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices: Crawfordsville * Greenock * Marion * Mound City * West Memphis
• Crittenden County Biographical Sketches (47 pages in this section)

Included is a total of 82 Crittenden County family biographies including each of the following surnames: (Some surnames have multiple biographies) (hundreds of other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies):  Apperson * Barton * Bassett * Bigham * Blann * Boon * Brooks * Brown * Campbell * Cashion * Clement * Cocks * Collins * Combs * Crump * Daniels * Daugherty * Davis * Ferguson * Fogleman * Gilmore * Hackler * Hardin * Hathaway * Hodges * Holloway * Holmes * Hood * Jeffries * Johnson * Jordan * Keel * Koser * Lambeth * Lewis * Lloyd * Louder * Lyles * Mann * May * McConnell * Morris * Phillips * Pickett * Rhodes * Richards * Sands * Scott * Sebree * Seyppel * Sinclair * Smith * Stewart * Strong * Stull * Swepston * Swoope * Throgmorton * Tolleson * Vance * Wallace * Walter * West * Williams * Williamson * Williford * Young *

Crittenden County is located in Northeast Arkansas and is bordered by the following counties: Lee County, Arkansas * St. Francis County, Arkansas * Cross County, Arkansas * Poinsett County, Arkansas * Mississippi County, Arkansas * Shelby County, Tennessee * DeSoto County, Mississippi * and Tunica County, Mississippi 

Each of the 2 books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and requires the free Acrobat Reader program to view. You probably already have this program on your computer but if not, a free copy of the program is included on the CD. Each of the ebooks is designed to look just like a regular book and is bookmarked to move easily and quickly from one section another. This CD will operate on any Pentium or equivilent computer with a CD drive.

The cost for this CD containing both books described above is only $6.95 plus shipping! A large amount of information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Crittenden County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1890.