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

174 pages including 125 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 60 Mississippi County communities

An informative and historical overview of Mississippi 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 Mississippi County, Arkansas" book including 125 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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi County just 22 years after its formation. Locations shown include: Bufords L. * Mill Bayou * Oceola * Pecan Point *

B. A map of 1895 Mississippi County showing the locations of 26 different settlements including all of the following: Athelstan * Barfield * Biglake * Blytheville * Boynton * Carson * Chelford * Chickasawba * Clearlake * Dell * Driver * Evadale * Golden Lake * Grider * Hubbards * Leach V. * Luxora * Moores Landing * Nodena * Osceola * Paepcke * Shawnee * St. Thomas * Tomato * Wardell * Wilson *

C. A map of 1898 Mississippi County showing the locations of 26 different settlements including all of the following: Armorel * Bardstown * Barfield * Blytheville * Butler * Chickasawba * Cinda * Clearlake * Dell * Hickman * Huffman * Golden Lake * Grider * Leachville * Liveoak * Luxora * McGavock * Nodena * Osceola * Pecan Point * Rosa * Sans Souci * Shady Grove * Shawnee * Tomato * Tomlinson *

D. A map of 1915 Mississippi County showing the locations of 47 different settlements including all of the following: Archillion * Armorel * Athelstan * Bardstown * Barfield * Bassett * Biglake * Blytheville * Boynton * Buckeye * Burdette * Burdette Jc. * Butler * Carson * Chickasawba Dell * Etowah * Evadale * Evadale Jc. * Gary * Grider * Hickman * Huffman * Joiner * Keiser * Leachville * Luxora * Manila * Marie * Midway * Moores Landing * Nodena * Orr * Osceola * Paepoke * Pecan Point * Rockey * Rosa * Ross * Roy * Shawnee * Tomato * Tomlinson * Tyronzo * Wardell * Wilson * Wolverton * Yarbro



Book Two on CD: The complete 1889 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (174 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Mississippi County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Mississippi County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 125 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Location and Boundary
• Expedition of DeSoto
• The Pioneer Settlers
• Cities, Towns, and Villages: Osceola * Blythesville * Cooktown * Hickman Bend * Barfield * Elmot * Nodena * Golden Lake * Pecan Point * Frenchman's Bayou
• Lodges and Societies
• The Civil War
• The Blackhawk War
• State Representatives
• County Buildings
• Population
• County Organized
• County Officials
• River Levee Constructed
• Schools
• Churches
• Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of 125 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): Archillion * Ashburn * Avery * Ayres * Bacchus * Baldock * Barton * Biship * Blythe * Boney * Borum * Bowen * Boyles * Bragg * Brewer * Brickey * Brisendine * Buckner * Bugg * Bush * Butler * Carleton * Carloss * Carr * Cartwright * Cissell * Conley * Craighead * Crawford * Davis * Dean * Driver * Dunavant * Evans * Felts * Ferguson * Fletcher * Fonville * Friend * Freeman * Gabel * Gaylord * Gilles * Glasgow * Goodin * Goodrich * Goshorn * Gosnell * Greene * Grider * Hale * Harden * Hardin * Harrington * Harris * Harrison * Hayes * Hearn * Hickman * Hicks * Hill * Holt * Jernigan * Joiner * Jones * Joyner * King * Lafont * Lanier * Leatherwood * Liston * Long * Lovewell * Lynch * McFadden * McGavock * McVeigh * Mann * Marks * Matthews * Maxwell * Morris * Mosley * Musgrave * Musick * Myers * Neel * Oglesby * Perkins * Powell * Pratt * Prewitt * Pullen * Quarles * Quinn * Rainey * Reed * Rhea * Rhodes * Roussan * Rozell * Rounsaville * Rucker * Ruddell * Sawyer * Scarboro * Semmes * Sisk * Smith * Starling * Stewart * Tansil * Thomason * Tomlinson * Triplett * Turner * Uzzell * Walker * Ward * West * Wigley * Williams * Williamson * Wilson * Young *



Mississippi County is located in Northeastern Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Crittenden County, Arkansas * Poinsett County, Arkansas * Craighead County, Arkansas * Dunklin County, Missouri * Pemiscot County, Missouri * Dyer County, Tennessee * Lauderdale County, Tennessee and Tipton County, Tennessee .

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 $9.95 plus shipping! A large amount of information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Mississippi County, Arkansas from its first settlement to the late 1890's.