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

69 pages including 98 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 42 Izard County communities

An informative and historical overview of Izard County, Arkansas  including two separate books on CD which include 4 historical maps (1855, 1895, 1898, and 1915); plus the full 1889 Goodspeed Publishing Company "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Izard County, Arkansas" book including 98 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 Izard County, Arkansas
Included here are the Northeastern region of Arkansas sections of 4 different historical maps:
A. A rare 1855 map that shows the area of Izard County just 30 years after the county was created. Locations shown include: Athens * Flat Woods * Mt. Olive * North Fork * Richwoods * Rocky Bayou * Sycamore * Wild Haws *

B. A map of 1895 Izard County showing the locations of 16 different settlements including all of the following: Anderson * Barren Fork * Calico Rock * Franklin * Gid * Ham * Iuka * La Crosse * Lunenburg * Melbourne * Newburg * Oxford * Philadelphia * Pineville * Rockford * Wideman *

C. A map of 1898 Izard County showing the locations of 23 different settlements including all of the following: Adler * Anderson * Barren * Byler * Calico Rock * Engle * Franklin * Gid * Gully * Ham * Iuka * Jumbo * La Crosse * Larkin * Lunenburg * Melbourne * Newburg * Oxford * Pineville * Sage * Violet Hill * Wideman * Zion *

D. A map of 1915 Izard County showing the locations of 28 different settlements including all of the following: Adler * Anderson * Barren Fork * Calico Rock * Day * E. Sylamore * Engle * Franklin * Gid * Guion * Hill * Huron * Iuka * Jett * Jumbo * Knob Cr. * Larkin * Lunenburg * Melbourne * Mt. Olive * Myron * Oxford * Pineville * Sage * Stella * Vest * Violethill * Wideman *



Book Two on CD: The complete 1889 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Izard County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (69 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Izard County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Izard County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 98 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• The Pioneer Settlers
• The County Courts
• The Civil War
• County Organized
• County Seat Established
• County Buildings
• County Officials
• Churches
• Cities, Towns, and Villages: Barren Fork * Franklin * Iuka * La Crosse * Melbourne * Newburg * Oxford * Pineville * Violet Hill * Post-Offices
• Schools
• County Boundaries
• County Location
• Rivers and Streams
• Physical Description of County
• Soils
• Minerals
• Timber
• Agriculture
• Livestock
• Real Estate Valuation
• Population
• Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of 98 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): Aikin * Albright * Ayler * Bates * Baxter * Benbrook * Billingsley * Black * Bland * Blevins * Boatman * Bone * Bramblette * Bray * Brown * Brumitt * Byler * Campbell * Cone * Conyers * Craige * Creswell * Croom * Crutchfield * Cypert * Davis * Dillard * Estes * Garner * Goodman * Gray * Grimmett * Hames * Hamilton * Hamm * Hanley * Harris * Hill * Holland * Hooper * Jeffery * Jones * Kennard * Kerr * King * Lacy * Landers * Langston * Lawrence * Lewis * Luther * McCuistion * McNairn * Marchant * Mathews * Morton * Mosier * Mullins * Nail * Patterson * Pearson * Perrin * Powell * Ray * Rector * Richardson * Rodgers * Rogers * Ruminer * Russell * Sanders * Schenck * Sharp * Shaver * Shultz * Sims * Sipe * Smith * Spence * Stroud * Suttle * Vest * Walker * Williamson * Winkle * Woods * Wren *

Izard County is located in Northeastern Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Baxter County, Arkansas * Fulton County, Arkansas * Sharp County, Arkansas * Independence County, Arkansas * and Stone County, Arkansas

Each of the two 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 books on this CD 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 I or higher 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 Izard County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1889.