Amanuensis Monday: Stout Canning Company Letter

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July 1, 1949

Stout Canning Company
Kingston
Arkansas

Gentlemen:

We are about to get a canners finance company set up and in this connection would like for you to meet the writer at the Mountain Inn Hotel in Feyetteville, Wednesday night, July 8th at which time we will have dinner together. The present idea is that each canner can establish a line of credit up to the amount of twenty times their stock so that it is proposed that we start off by each canner paying 10 per cent of the amount of stock he wishes to take. This is one of the preliminary matters we would like to get out of the way Wednesday night.

It is impossible for the writer to see every canner individually so we are trying to get groups together and get this all done next week. This is very important so please arrange without fail to be there at that time.

Yours truly,

Canners Exchange, Inc.

 

 

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An Amanuensis is a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. Amanuensis Monday is a daily blogging theme which encourages the family historian to transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. Not only do the documents contain genealogical information, the words breathe life into kin – some we never met – others we see a time in their life before we knew them. A fuller explanation can be found here.

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Sunday’s Obituary: William Isaac Armes, Kingston Farmer

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Heart Attack Fatal to William Armes, Kingston Farmer

William I. Armes, 72, died Saturday afternoon, April 26, after having suffered a heart attack on the previous Monday. Mr. Armes was doing his evening chores when he suffered the attack from which he did not recover.

Mr. Armes was a life-time resident of Kingston having been born there July 20, 1879 the son of James N. and Ruth Brown Armes. He married in life Miss Dusky Kesner. The deceased was not a member of any church but was Christian and had lived a devoted Christian life for many years.

Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Ernest, of Springdale and four daughters, Effie and Merle of the home, and Elma Stout of Springdale and Delma Clark of Oak Grove, Mo., and six grandchildren, all of whom were able to attend the funeral except for one, Kenneth, who is in the service in California, and one brother, Joel Armes of Springdale.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 o’clock at the Baptist church at Kingston by Reverends Vivan Rhodes and Den Montgomery. Interment was in the Kingston cemetery under the direction of the Brashears Funeral home.

Pallbearers were Lloyd Kesner, Fred Smelley, Hugh White, Lorin Smelley, Noel Armes, and Clebert Armes.

 

Sunday’s Obituary is a daily blogging prompt used by many genealogy bloggers to help them post content on their sites.

To participate in Sunday’s Obituary, post obituaries along with other information about that person. This is an ongoing series developed by Leslie Ann at Ancestors Live Here.

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Research Updates – Jan 6 2012

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I have been doing some research today!  I am back into the genealogy groove for the new year.  Since last week, I have added 73 images to my research database!  I just seem to get more done when I use TMG and I find it easier to display with the Second Site software.

My current project statistics are below.  To put these statistics in perspective, I was at about 2050 people in my database when I switched back to TMG a couple of weeks ago.  I now have 2128 people!

TMG Project Information Jan 6 2012

TMG Project Information Jan 6 2012

I will be updating the online genealogy information later this weekend.

I have added the following cemetery photos:

Alco Cemetery – 1.jpg
Alco Cemetery.jpg
Drakes Creek Cemetery.jpg
Dutch Mills Cemetery.jpg
Elmwood Cemetery.jpg
Flatwoods Cemetery – 1.jpg
Flatwoods Cemetery.jpg
Freeman Cemetery.jpg
Landis Cemetery.jpg
Memorial Park Cemetery.jpg
Visalia Public Cemetery.jpg
 

I added the following images of FindaGrave Memorial Pages along with the addition of the information from those pages:

Barnes – Dollie Barnes – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Barnes – Ethel Sutterfield Barnes – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Barnes – George Wayne Barnes – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Barnes – James Orville Barnes – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Barnes – John Corbett Barnes – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Barnes – Samuel Corbin Barnes – FindaGrave Memorial Page.jpg
Barnes – Semantha Minick Barnes – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Carter – Fannie Reynolds Carter – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Carter – John Leasel Carter – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Faddis – Squire B Faddis – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Harrison – Betty Lou Maggard Harrison – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Keck – Andrew Jess Keck – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Keck – Nancy Ann Richardson Keck – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Keck – Orval L Keck – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Keck – Parmelia Keck – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Keck – Rebecca LaVerna Carter Keck – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Lawrence – Asa Bennett Lawrence – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Lawrence – Asa Ervin Lawrence – FindaGrave Memorial Page – 1.JPG
Lawrence – Asa Ervin Lawrence – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Lawrence – Bennett Silas Lawrence – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Lawrence – Harriett Sarah Balentine Lawrence – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Lawrence – Orvil Lawrence – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Lawrence – Richard Bennett Lawrence – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Little – Clyde Rector Little – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Little – Montana Keck Little – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Maggard – Henry Maggard – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Reynolds – Almeda Jane Keck Reynolds – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Reynolds – Thomas Franklin Reynolds – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Reynolds – Viola Burgess Reynolds – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Seabourne – Minnie Barnes Seabourn – FindaGrave Memorial Page.jpg
Seabourne – Minnie Seabourn – FindaGrave Memorial Page.jpg
Seabourne – Virgil Bernard Seabourne – FindaGrave Memorial Page.jpg
Stout – Claude James Stout – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Stout – Elsie Reynolds Stout – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Thompson – CH Thompson – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG
Thompson – Gwendolyn Stout Thompson – FindaGrave Memorial Page.jpg
Treat – Stephen Henry Treat – FindaGrave Memorial Page.JPG

I have added the following obituaries:

Seabourne – Minnie Barnes Seabourn Obituary – 1.jpg
Seabourne – Minnie Barnes Seabourn Obituary.jpg
Seabourne – Virgil Bernard Seabourne Obituary.jpg
Thompson – Gwendolyn Stout Thompson – Madison County Record Obituary.jpg
 

I have also added the following tombstone photos (most of these are from FindaGrave):

Barnes – James Orville Barnes Tombstone.jpg
Barnes – Samuel and Ethel Barnes Tombstone.jpg
Carter – John Leasel Carter and Fannie Reynolds Carter Tombstone.jpg
Keck – Andrew Jess Keck Tombstone.jpg
Keck – Orval L and Ardath Keck Tombstone.jpg
Keck – Parmelia Keck Tombstone.jpg
Keck – Rebecca LaVerna Carter Keck and Floyd Keck Tombstone.jpg
Lawrence – Asa Bennett Lawrence Tombstone.jpg
Lawrence – Asa Ervin Lawrence Tombstone.jpg
Lawrence – Bennett Silas Lawrence Tombstone.jpg
Lawrence – Harriett Balentine Lawrence Tombstone.jpg
Lawrence – Orvil Lawrence Tombstone.jpg
Lawrence – Richard Lawrence Tombstone.jpg
Little – Clyde Rector Little and Montana Keck Little Tombstone.jpg
Little – Clyde Rector Little Military Tombstone.jpg
Maggard – Henry Maggard Tombstone.jpg
Reynolds – TF and Viola Reynolds Tombstone.jpg
Seabourne – Minnie Barnes Seabourn Tombstone.jpg
Seabourne – Minnie Seabourn Tombstone.jpg

Finally, I added the following photos (both of these are from FindaGrave):

Maggard – Henry Maggard.jpg
Treat – Stephen Henry Treat.jpg

Note: since most of the current updates are from FindaGrave, most of this information will be included in the update I will publish this weekend.

Kellie

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Research Updates

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I have added several new items to my genealogy data in the past couple of days. The updates have included the 1900 and 1910 census records for the Asa Bennett Lawrence Family, the 1850 census for the Bennett Silas Lawrence family, FindaGrave Memorial pages and tombstone photos for both Vada Barnes Lawrence and William Littleton Lawrence, some military records for Bennett Silas Lawrence, a couple of new marriage sources for Ruth Lawrence and Sherman Treat, and finally a couple of public records indexes for Ruth Lawrence Treat.

The following people have had added or updated information in the past couple of days:
2 January 2012
Baker, Sarah Elizabeth b. 22 Jul 1832, d. 24 May 1908
Lawrence, Bennett Silas b. 7 Aug 1827, d. 20 Dec 1861
Lawrence, Virgil b. Mar 1850
1 January 2012
Balentine, Harriett b. Nov 1865, d. bt 10 Jun 1900 – 1 Apr 1910
Barnes, Vada b. 26 May 1894, d. 20 Oct 1980
Lawrence, Asa Bennett b. Jan 1858
Lawrence, George b. Mar 1881
Lawrence, Mary Eoma b. Apr 1898
Lawrence, Richard Benjamin b. Mar 1900
Lawrence, Ruth Janie Harriet b. 26 Jan 1919, d. 4 Feb 1990
Lawrence, Saphrona L b. Feb 1884
Lawrence, Sarah Caldonia b. Apr 1895
Lawrence, William Littleton b. 1895, d. 19 May 1950
Licer, Mary J b. 1858
Stout, Gwendolyn b. 2 Nov 1925
Thompson, Crawford Herman “CH” b. 29 Apr 1927, d. 19 May 1997
Treat, Sherman b. 5 Sep 1916, d. 8 Nov 2004

If you click on the Family History Link above and then click on What’s New you will always be directed to the latest list of updated/new people on my family history pages.

I am off to a much better start for my research for this year!   :-D

Kellie

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New Year’s Day: Genealogy Updates

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Well another year has begun and I am starting off the new year with a new genealogy setup!

I am using TMG and the second site software for my website.  I have used this setup before but I got worried about the long-term viability of the TMG software and tried out the competition.  I tried them all including Rootsmagic, FTM 2012, and Legacy Family Tree.  I also tried some of the other software out there!  While all of the software packages have their advantages and disadvantages, and any of the ones I have mentioned would be good software for anyone to use for their genealogy, they just don’t suit my methods of research.  It seems to take me much longer to get anything added to them and I can’t get the outputs to be as I want.  I want multiple photos for each person and I want photos for events added to the website and reports.  Second Site is the only website software that will give me that level of output control.

2011 was a year of just mainly trying out new software and I didn’t seem to get much actual research done.  This year I am going back to the setup that was allowing me to actually make progress on my research!

I have re-opened the old file that I was using on TMG with the last updates being back in September.    I apparently made several changes to the file throughout the year in between trying out the other software packages.  I also have some cleanup work to do on the website for the wording of the sentences for the events of family members – the births, deaths and marriages of family members.  It currently says that the focus person witnessed the event.  Well, they may not have actually been there to “witness” the event, I am working on a sentence that just indicates that they were the daughter/son or sister/brother or mother/father of the person being born, getting married, or dying.

Hopefully, I will have these changes completed in the next few days!

By the way, I have my software set to exclude any data on living people from displaying on my website.  I have it set so that unless I have specific information that a person who was born less than 110 years ago, my software will not show any information on that person.  There is an exception though:  if the person was mentioned in a newspaper article or other public record for a deceased person, then the information from the newspaper article or public record may show for a living person.

I also exclude any information from the website that I feel may be embarrassing to my family members  or that I don’t otherwise feel should be displayed publicly.  This is my decision exclusively but I don’t have any wishes to embarrass any of my family with this website.

Happy New Year!

Kellie

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ADVICE – 52 WEEKS OF PERSONAL GENEALOGY & HISTORY

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My advice to future generations, including my niece and nephews, is to live each day as if it were your last!  Not to be afraid to take chances but instead to embrace the challenges that life throws our way.

Life is a series of choices.  Try to make each choice considering what you think will make you happy with the knowledge you have at the time and not spend time looking back rethinking each choice later.  You can only do the best you can do and go on with your life.  Don’t waste our precious time on earth with regrets and worry.  I know this will come as shock to those who know me because they will know that I tend to worry about everything but I am trying to stop that and to follow my own advice!   That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t reconsider things but don’t waste time on the regrets and rethinking.  Make a choice to change things with the knowledge you have now and move on again!

I try to live my life with this prayer in mind each day:

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference!  That last part is often the hardest part – determining what can and cannot be changed but I ask each day for God’s guidance!

I also remember often my favorite quote:

And I, I took the road less traveled by … and that has made all the difference.  Robert Frost

My life may not have taken the path I thought it would when I was a little girl but it has taken my life path.   I try each day to thank the Lord for the blessings of my life and not waste time on the what ifs..  Because if I had chosen one of the what ifs then I wouldn’t have the blessings I now have!  I may not know the reason’s for my life’s path but I know who chose the path for me and that there is a reason for that path.  Someday I will know the answers when I meet the one who designs the paths.

And just a thought or two for any interested in genealogy research, as far as I know now, we aren’t closely related to any kings, queens, royalty, or other public or wealthy people.  We apparently come from a long line of farmers, ministers, and ordinary people who live their lives in very ordinary ways:  occasionally serving their country in the military, serving God in the church, and providing love, food, and shelter to their families.

Week #52 – Advice

Week 52. Advice. Do you have any advice for future generations who may be researching your family? For example, was there a name change or a significant relocation in your past? This is intended to be a very flexible question. Answer it any way you wish.

This challenge runs from Saturday, December 24, 2011 through Friday, December 30, 2011.

52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History by Amy Coffin is a series of weekly blogging prompts (one for each week of 2011) that invite genealogists and others to record memories and insights about their own lives for future descendants. You do not have to be a blogger to participate. If you do not have a genealogy blog, write down your memories on your computer, or simply record them on paper and keep them with your files.