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From: "Phyllis Campbell" <>
Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] longevity!
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 23:54:46 -0400
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OH NO! Duh! I thought I was sending a private email. :o(

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phyllis Campbell" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] longevity!


> THAT'S ME! Still living in Cow Pie Holler, WV and longing to move
anywhere,
> anytime. :o)
>
> Phyllis
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Sanders" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 11:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] longevity!
>
>
> > Dear Phyllis, <>
> > Are you the girl who is living on the backside of the moon?
> > If you are I have missed you something awful.
> > Say something, please.
> > Best wishes,
> > Ed
> >
> > Phyllis Campbell wrote:
> >
> > >You have the wrong person. I live in WV. Nice to meet you anyway. :o)
> > >
> > >Phyllis
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Betty Mutton" <>
> > >To: <>
> > >Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 7:37 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] longevity!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>Hello Phyllis,
> > >>I was wondering about you as it had been a while since I had heard
from
> > >>
> > >>
> > >you.
> > >
> > >
> > >>Are you still in Tx. or are you back at Avon? My Mother had 11
children,
> 8
> > >>boys & 3 Girls, theres 3 of us living & I'm the youngest of the 3 of
> us.
> > >>We will all 3 meet Friday in Ar. for our reunion. It will be great
> seeing
> > >>them again.
> > >>Hope to be at the Morrell's Reunion the 3rd of Aug.
> > >>More Later
> > >>Betty
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>----- Original Message -----
> > >>From: "Phyllis Campbell" <>
> > >>To: <>
> > >>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 5:16 AM
> > >>Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] longevity!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>I came across a woman in Conway County who had 19 youngens. She had 5
@
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>one
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>time in the 1800s. Glad she wasn't in my direct line, I hear natural
> > >>>multiple births are hereditary. :o(
> > >>>
> > >>>Phyllis
> > >>>
> > >>>----- Original Message -----
> > >>>From: "Ed Sanders" <>
> > >>>To: <>
> > >>>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 1:45 AM
> > >>>Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] longevity!
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Let's not take these old timers too lightly.
> > >>>>They were made of stern stuff.
> > >>>>My grandmother bore 15--9 boys and 6 girls.
> > >>>>The first child, a little girl, fell into the fire at the washpot at
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >age
> > >
> > >
> > >>>>3 and died from her burns.
> > >>>>All the others survived to marry, and all but one of those had
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >children;
> > >
> > >
> > >>>>one of the older girls had 10 and raised them all.
> > >>>>At my grandmother's funeral, there were 104 persons present
descended
> > >>>>from her body.
> > >>>>Best wishes,
> > >>>>Ed
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Toni wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>AH-ha! ;-)
> > >>>>>I have this man beat! (well not me directly, but an ancestor!) And
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >the
> > >
> > >
> > >>>proof
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>is in the Shiloh Museum in Springdale!
> > >>>>>ggg-grandfather Peter Mankins Sr. 1770-1881, buried outside of
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>Fayetteville
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>(I still don't know who owns the cemetery land, but it's kept up
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>nicely).
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>His photograph hangs in the museum, plus they have a small file on
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >him.
> > >
> > >
> > >>>>>You know how you discover an ancestor that you would like to meet
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>during
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>their day...he's the one! With one wife, he fathered 11 children!
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>hello!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>LOL - that poor woman. I just can't fathom bearing 11
children...and
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>keeping
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>up with them! Of course, my mother is 91 and carries on that hardy
> > >>>>>longevity line, and she raised plenty of children and grandchildren
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>through
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>her younger years. Heck, she had me at age 50, then adopted
triplets
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>four
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>years later....
> > >>>>>The stories I have are quite colorful!(on Peter Sr.)
> > >>>>>And Fran, thank you for sharing this information. I love reading
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >these
> > >
> > >
> > >>>>>things and think that one day I will be able to be inspired to
write
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>some
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>wild western novel!
> > >>>>>Toni-Marie
> > >>>>>----- Original Message -----
> > >>>>>From: "Fran Warren" <>
> > >>>>>To: <>
> > >>>>>Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 12:46 PM
> > >>>>>Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] August 1, 1906 Van Buren Argus
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>>August 1, 1906 Van Buren Argus
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>OLDEST MAN IN ARKANSAS
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>Grandfather Jake Crabtree, colored, of Lavaca, is in the city on
his
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>annual visit to his son-in-law, Jerry Norwood. He bears the
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >distinction
> > >
> > >
> > >>>of
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>being the oldest man in Western Arkansas or the Indian Territory
and
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >is
> > >
> > >
> > >>>now
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>in his 106th year. His hair is as white as the cotton he has worked
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >in
> > >
> > >
> > >>>for
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>practically a century, yet he is active, has good eyesight, and
with
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>the
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>exception of being slightly deaf does not appear to be more than 75

> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>years
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>old.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>>He is a quarter blood Indian, and to this fact he attributes his
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >long
> > >
> > >
> > >>>life
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>and he believes the Lord will spare his life many years yet. He
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >talking
> > >
> > >
> > >>>>>interestingly of his life and the many stirring incidents connected
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>with
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>it.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>His life has been largely spent in Arkansas and the Indian
Territory,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>and
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>he
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>shows a wonderful memory, especially in matters of 80 or 90 years
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >ago.
> > >
> > >
> > >>He
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>admits he always liked his toddy, and says that he has used tobacco
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >for
> > >
> > >
> > >>>>>fully 100 years, but he is thinking seriously of giving up the
habit,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>for
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>about the close of the war of 1812 some one told him that tobacco
was
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>very
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>injurious to one’s health, and that he has been thinking about that
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>ever
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>since, and is of the opinion that he ought to quit before the habit
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>grows
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>too strong for him.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>>Fran Alverson Warren
> > >>>>>>e-mail:
> > >>>>>>479-369-2703
> > >>>>>>http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ====
> > >>>>>List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren.
> > >>>>> Thanks, Fran!!
> > >>>>>
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> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>records,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>go to:
> > >>>
> > >>>
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> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ====
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> > >>>> Thanks, Fran!!
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