African-American Deaths Abstracted from the Newport Independent, Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas for years 1910-1913 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Mark Williamson <mwillia3@midsouth.rr.com>. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Microfilm of the Newport Daily Independent and Newport Weekly Independent is available at the Arkansas History Commission, One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72201, and at the Billingsley Library, 213 Walnut St., Newport, AR 72112, phone 870-523-2952. During this time period, the Newport Daily Independent was published Monday through Saturday, except for major holidays, and the Newport Weekly Independent was published Fridays. The Newport Weekly Independent published almost all of the same news articles and notes as those found in the preceding week's Daily Independents. Death abstracts were taken from the Newport Daily Independent whenever possible. Issues of the Daily Independent from early March 1911 through mid-August 1911 and from early January 1912 through March 1913 were apparently destroyed before they could be microfilmed, but microfilm of the Weekly Independent exists from those periods. In addition, death entries were checked against the names published by James Logan Morgan in his book "Deaths as Found in the Newport Weekly Independent 1901-1917." Only deaths occurring in Arkansas or with Arkansas connections are presented in this file. Multiple entries of the same death have been identified when additional or conflicting information is given in subsequent entries. Three issues of the Newport Weekly Independent were identified as published but apparently destroyed before they could be microfilmed. These issues were dated: 9-Aug-12, 27-Dec-12, and 21-Mar-13. That means that there exists no Jackson County newspaper microfilm at all of those weeks. In addition, three other Weekly Independent issues appear to be incompletely microfilmed; these issues are dated: 27-Sep-12, 28-Mar-13, and 4-Apr-13. Abbreviations and Explanations of Headings: ------------------------------------------- Type (if not a "formal" obituary): w - this entry was taken from the microfilm of the Newport Weekly Independent of the stated issue date B - this death is entered in James Logan Morgan's book "Deaths as Found in the Newport Weekly Independent 1901-1917," but I was unable to find the mention of the death in the Weekly Independent! N - death mentioned in community notes (aka "local gossip") column S - death mentioned in story (usually a fatal accident or a murder) C - "Card of Thanks", no other mention of death found M - "In memory of", no other mention of death found AF - story of death of active member of Armed Forces * - date on (daily) paper was incorrectly published - the actual paper date is identified here Given Name: may include (maiden name) or (person's title or rank) or (person's sex if unclear) or [previous married name] Died On: when a death is mentioned in community notes, the date of death is often my best guess. Depending on when the community notes were submitted to the newspaper, the actual death may have occurred a week (or more) before or after. Residence: residence if different from place of death Rel / Rel Name: Sp - surviving spouse P - surviving parent(s) (if no surviving spouse) Wd - name of deceased spouse as given in obituary (Only the first name of relative is given when the surname is the same as of the deceased.) Funeral Homes: No funeral homes 'per se' existed and no undertaker records are known to exist from this time period. Drummond's was the principal undertaker in the town of Newport. Occasionally a Masonic order or other group was mentioned as being in charge of the funeral, and these are identified as given. ************************************************************************ Paper Date Type Last Name Given Name Age Died On Place of Death Residence Rel Rel Name Buried At Funeral Home ---------- ---- ------------ ------------------------- ---- ------------- -------------------- ------------------ --- ----------------------- --------------------------- --------------------- 18-Oct-10 S Adams Earl 18-Oct-10 near Campbell Poplar Bluff, MO 04-Oct-12 wS Alexander Fanny 45 30-Sep-12 Brinkley 03-Jan-13 wS Aubrey Ode 28-Dec-12 Hope 27-May-10 S Austen (m) 25-May-10 Wesson 19-Mar-10 S Austin Bob 18-Mar-10 Marion 08-Sep-13 S Barnes Billy 07-Sep-13 near Auvergne Sp Mollie 22-Mar-12 wS Bateman Sherwood 17-Mar-12 Newport 06-Jun-10 S Benson Jim 05-Jun-10 Newport 19-Jan-12 wS Boston Jim 15-Jan-12 Cow Lake Twp. 12-May-13 N Brooks 'Uncle' 11-May-13 Newport 13-Dec-12 wS Brown Dave 05-Dec-12 Newport 26-Jul-12 wS Brown J. B. Little Rock 20-Aug-13 S Conley Mrs. 19-Aug-13 Littleton comm. Sp Ed 21-Aug-13 S Conley Mrs. China 19-Aug-13 Village Twp. Sp Henry 22-Aug-13 N Daniels Emaline 22-Aug-13 Newport 11-Sep-11 S Dean Arthur 22 09-Sep-11 Augusta 19-Aug-11 S Dillingham Nolan 18-Aug-11 near Newark 06-Dec-12 wS Dodson Will ~23 28-Nov-12 N of Newport near Newport Shiloh 01-Apr-10 S Dove Charles Hope 03-Oct-10 S Eatton Charles Sweet Home 16-Feb-12 wS Evants Cleave 09-Feb-12 Newport 07-Jul-11 wS Garrett boy 03-Jul-11 Jefferson Twp. Sp Mr. 02-Jun-11 wS Gould George 26-May-11 Diaz 04-Nov-13 S Hall boy 2 04-Nov-13 Newport P Mr. & Mrs. John 14-Nov-13 wN Harrison (m) 18 09-Nov-13 near Johnstown P Mr. Henry 23-Mar-10 S Haten Buck 21-Mar-10 Cotton Plant 12-Dec-13 N Hawthorne 'Aunt' Josie 09-Dec-13 Diaz 14-Oct-13 S Head Jim 11-Oct-13 Newport Diaz at Diaz 01-Jul-10 S Hixon Simon ~12 30-Jun-10 near Newport 25-Oct-12 wS Johnson Bird 21-Oct-12 near Modoc 08-Apr-10 wN Jones Alex Jacksonport 05-Jan-12 wS Jones Anthony ~60 31-Dec-11 East Newport 23-Aug-12 wS Jones Dee 17-Aug-12 Jacksonport 07-Mar-13 wS Jones Frank 03-Mar-13 near Newport 01-Jul-13 N Jones Jesse 01-Jul-13 Newport 26-Mar-10 S Jones 'Judge' 26 25-Mar-10 Pine Bluff 04-Sep-13 N Lax Adam 03-Sep-13 E of Newport 06-Sep-13 N Lax Robert 06-Sep-13 near Newport 04-Jun-10 S Lyttle Pleas 16 01-Jun-10 Walnut Ridge 17-Nov-10 S McClure Lizzie 16-Nov-10 Newport 14-Feb-13 wS Neely Vernie 10-Feb-13 Newport Austin 25-Oct-10 S Nelson Ed 19-Sep-10 11-Aug-11 wS Overton Lee 05-Aug-11 near Higginson Lee Co. 27-Sep-12 w Owens Bailey 25-Sep-12 Newport 02-Sep-10 S Poe Harry 02-Sep-10 Hot Springs 08-Jul-10 S Powell Sam 06-Jul-10 Huttig 19-Mar-10 S Richardson Charles 18-Mar-10 Marion 23-Feb-12 wS Richardson Nannie 13 17-Feb-12 Hickory Grove comm. 21-May-10 N Scott Richard 20-May-10 near Remmel 11-Oct-12 wS Sheppard James 05-Oct-12 Little Rock 24-Nov-13 S Sink Solomon 107 07-Nov-13 Grubbs Twp. 07-Nov-10 S Smith Mr. 06-Nov-10 Newport 'by county' 04-Oct-12 wS Spinks Amos 55 27-Sep-12 Little Rock Wd 12-Sep-13 N Stuart 'Aunt' Maria 06-Sep-13 near Oakland 20-Feb-11 S Thomas Paul 19-Feb-11 near Des Arc 21-Feb-13 wS Vance Albert 16-Feb-13 Newport 11-Apr-10 S Watson Chet 10-Apr-10 near Jacksonport Jacksonport 21-Feb-13 wS Wilks Charley 19-Feb-13 Newport 20-Feb-11 S Williams Brakeman 11-Feb-11 Carlisle 18-Jul-10 S Wilson Henry 22 17-Jul-10 Batesville 28-Jul-11 wS Wooley Oscar 'Bud' Poplar Bluff, MO Paper Date Type Description of Person Age Died On Place of Death Residence Rel Rel Name Buried At Funeral Home ---------- ---- --------------------------------- ---- ------------ -------------------- ------------------ --- ----------------------- --------------------------- --------------------- 25-Jan-10 N 'old negro' 121 21-Jan-10 Island comm. 07-May-10 S unid Negro man fnr 06-May-10 Newport Little Rock 'by county' 28-Jul-11 wN unid Negro man 20-Jul-11 Des Arc 26-Jul-12 wS 5 Negroes drown 20-Jul-12 near Elmo