1929/1930 Ben Lomond Arkansas Basketball Team

 

New Church dedication at Ben Lomond, Arkansas ~ 10/14/1951

 

Ben Lomond Arkansas High School Commencement Exercises ~ 1913 & 1921

 De Queen Bee 4/18/1913 

Announcements have been issued for the commencement exercises of the Ben Lomond High School, which takes place Saturday, April 19, at 3:00 o'clock. 

Ben Lomond is located in the southern part of Sevier County, on a high ridge, extending south between Little River and the Saline, and has a population of about 700.  The rich country about Ben Lomond produces vast quantities of corn, cotton, and alfalfa, but the pride of the town is it's high school, of which Claude J Duty is principal.  He is ably assisted by Geo. W. Clingan, Miss Jimmie M Wilson and Miss Llewellyn Bizzell, and the institution has been brought to a high degree of efficiency. 

The following students will graduate next Saturday: Sadie Potts, Essie Fawcett, Earl Polk, Calvin Sutton, Ernest Dulaney, Lowrey Beck, Creel Fawcett.  

The class motto is "On and on and on, sail on!" 

The program for the commencement exercises is as follows: 

Music section. 

Class Oration, by Creel Fawcett. 

Class Prophecy, by Earl Polk. 

Presentation of Diplomas, by Dr Andrew J Clingan, president of the board. 

Educational Address, by Supt. G.A. Sullards of the DeQueen High School 

Class Song: School Days. 

DeQueen Bee 2/4/1921

The Ben Lomond high school announced its graduation exercises Thursday evening, Jan. 27, of the Mid-term Class of 1921 at the auditorium.  The following program was rendered. 

Invocation- R.W. Hubbard 

Salutatory- Alice Spigner 

Song- By class 

Class History- Ethel Polk 

Class prophecy- Stella Gorham

Class Will & Testament- Mae Tabler 

Class Motto Dramatized- by class 

Valedictory- Stella Tabler 

Presentation of Diplomas- Dr A.J. Clingan of Lockesburg 

W.E. Middleton, Principal 

Those graduating from high school were: Ethel Polk, Stella Gorham, Stella Tabler, Mae Tabler and Alice Spigner. 

Those graduating from eighth grade were: Emmett Mize, Alice Mize, Gladys Polk, Ona Tabler. 

Little River Flood ~ 6/18/1904

 

William Isaac Beck ~ Ben Lomond Arkansas

William I. Beck, farmer and stock-raiser, Ben Lomond, Ark. Mr. Beck has had not a little to do toward developing the stock matters of Sevier County, as well as the agricultural affairs of the same, and for this account, if no other, he is accorded a worthy place in this volume. He was born in Itawamba County, Miss., in 1847, was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools. He served in Company F, Twenty-sixth Mississippi Cavalry during the last two years of the war, and operated principally in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. He was in many of the prominent engagements, and was captured at Selma, Ala., but was soon after paroled.

After the war he returned home, and in 1866 was wedded to Miss Nancy A. Lowery, a native of Mississippi and the daughter of John B. and Martha Lowery, natives, respectively, of Georgia and Alabama. Her parents were married in Mississippi, and there both received their final summons in 1879 and 1877, respectively. They were members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Beck lived in Mississippi until 1880, and then came to Sevier County, where he has since resided, near Ben Lomond, and for two years on his present farm of 231 acres, 120 acres under cultivation.

Aside from his farming interest he is quite extensively engaged in stock-raising, and since 1888 he has held the office of justice of the peace. In politics he is a Democrat, and his first presidential vote was for H. Seymour in 1868. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since his majority, and is a demitted member of the Ben Lomond Lodge No. 445, of which he was worshipful master. He has been a member of the Methodist Church since thirteen years of age. His wife is a member of the same church, and of the twelve children born to his union, nine of whom are living, all that are old enough are members of the same church.

--Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis, 1890 

Findagrave Memorial 

Children: Allie, John, Belvie, Eula, Minnie, Claude, Cora, Luther, Wesley & Lowery

Ben Lomond Happenings

 

Daily Arkansas Gazette 

Tue, 6/12/1906

Burglars at Ben Lomond 

Ben Lomond, June 11- Burglars entered the store of BW Fawcett and dynamited the safe.  An envelope containing several notes was the principal loss.  A small amount of money was also taken, how much is not known. 

Daily Arkansas Gazette

10/3/1907

Ben Lomond- Sawmill burned- W.A. Carrol lost his saw mill plant, together with six thousand feet of lumber, by fire at Mill's Ferry near Ben Lomond, recently. The property was uninsured. 

Daily Arkansas Gazette 

2/24/1907

Ben Lomond- Bank Opens

The bank at Ben Lomond opened its doors a few days ago, with Cortez Brewer, formerly of Murfreesboro, as cashier.  The president of the bank is W.C. Mize, and J.M. Sutton is vice president. 

Daily Arkansas Gazette

4/24/1910

Ben Lomond, The citizens of Ben Lomond, Sevier County, at a mass meeting Thursday night subscribed $15,000 to be donated to the first railroad that builds to that town. 

The desire of the people of Ben Lomond is to have railroad connection with De Queen, the county seat of Sevier County, from which several roads are now being projected.  Another meeting will be held Wednesday night, at which is is thought some definite propositions will be submitted and considered. 

Daily Arkansas Gazette

11/10/1920 

Embezzler Gets Year 

Former Postmaster at Ben Lomond Sentenced in Federal Court. 

Special to the Gazette

Texarkana, Nov 9

In the federal court on the Arkansas side today, former Postmaster Brown at Ben Lomond, Arkansas, was convicted on a charge of embezzling post office funds and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas.  The case had been pending for more than a year. 

Beck Family Reunion at Ben Lomond Arkansas- 1907

 

Ben Lomond, Arkansas Store & Post Office

 Interior of  Ben Lomond Post Office & Store 

Ben Lomond Arkansas News 4/16/1917

 

Little River News ~ 12/22/1917

Private Earl Breedlove left Monday for Camp Beauregard after an eight day furlough with home folks.  Earl Came home to attend Private Jesse Breedlove's funeral. 

Mr and Mrs Sydney Mize and Earl Hallman went shopping to Ashdown Tuesday. 

Chet Meredith and Joe Fawcett have received their Ford cars.  

Mr and Mrs Will Kinard, Mrs John Meredith were shopping in Ashdown Tuesday. 

Mrs R L Baskin of Texas has arrived for a visit with Mr and Mrs R W Hubbard. 

Mr and Mrs Claud Dulaney, Mrs Pat Forgus and Mrs Abe Dulaney went shopping in Ashdown Wednesday. 

Will Kinard and Sam Cooper left Friday to spend the Christmas holidays with relatives in Baldwyn, Mississippi. 

Lawson Tabler, Tom Spigner and  George B Milford were in Ashdown this week. 

1903 J.M. Sutton Store ~ Ben Lomond, Arkansas

 

James Miller Sutton was the  son of Calvin Miller & Martha Jane Matthews Sutton.  He was married to Elizabeth Sue Walker in 1889 and they had the following children: Lallie Lena, Calvin Matthew, Hal Hopkins, Bennie, Clyde Davis, James Toland, Bessie, Retta Corine and Helen Ann.  

Link to James Miller Sutton's 

Memorial at Findagrave

 Nashville News 

12/13/1902

Three firms at Ben Lomond are closing out their businesses. They are Beek & Potts, Stanley & Tabler and Rhyne & Cochran. 

This will only leave three firms in business are Ben Lomond, who are Fawcett Brothers, J.M. Sutton & D.M. Cochran. 

Dellinger Family Reunion at Ben Lomond, Arkansas ~ 1990

 

1850-1920 Washington Township, Sevier County Arkansas

1850-1920

Occupations of Inhabitants of

Washington Township, Sevier County, Arkansas

Towns included: Paraclifta, Ben Lomond, Paraloma, Brownstown & 

White Cliffs

While the majority of inhabitants in Washington Township were farmers (a not so wild guess would be about 95%), there were many others who helped towns grow and prosper.  Below is a list of those I have found in the 1850-1920 Arkansas censuses. 

Blacksmiths:

James E Walker 1930 

Vedie Walker 1930 

James M Bledsoe 1900

William T Bledsoe 1900

Jacob Heister 1850 

J. Stout 1880

A. A. Timmons 1880

R. Goforth 1880

W. Barker 1880

Frank Smith 1870

Jacob Ruster 1860 

James Burk 1870

Tipton Gillespie 1870

Abraham Dunesy? 1850 

James Rymond 1860 

W.R. Spear 1910

Winfield B Roberson 1910

Samuel Coble 1860 

William Kolbe1910

James S Ellis 1910

John W Graves 1910

John Whisenhunt 1860

David Julan 1860 

William Tinsley 1860

George Daughery 1860 

James Hollingshead 1860 

Benjamin Hollingshead 1860 

Physicians:

Edward King 1930 

H. J. W. Barker 1900 

Kosenth Coats 1900

I. G. Gorham 1920

Edward King 1920

J. M. Nichols 1880

W.G. Linex 1860 

L. Gilliam1880

E. A. Brunson 1880

James Williams 1850 

N. Coats 1880

R. Whitsworth 1880

James H WIlson 1860 

A. J. Clinghan 1910

E. H. Willson 1880

S.P. Davis 1880

James B Wilson 1870

James A Williams 1870

William F Lowrey 1860 

James N Morgan 1870

James H Wilson 1870

William T. Boyce 1870

Conester Bizzell 1910

J.S. Sturdivant 1910

George Pettigrew 1860 

Andrew J. Clinghan1910

Emmet E Whitaker 1910

James Fears 1860 

Isaac Gordon 1910

Teachers: 

T.L. Ingraham 1930

E W Ingraham 1930 

James H Hopson 1930 

Alice Mize 1930 

Nicholas Dawson 1850 

Gladys Crawford 1930 

Francis A Foran 1850 

Robert A James 1930 

Lillian Pettigrew 1900

Emma Hargrove 1900

Grace Fawcett 1920

Earnest Dulaney 1920

Cecil Dulaney 1920

Myrtle Dulaney 1920

Martha Keating 1850 

Mary Gilliam 1880

J.H. Williams 1860 

R. Davis 1880

W. N. Walters 1910

Malye Halman 1910

George W Lewis 1910

James A Fenton 1910

D Ferguson 1880

Amanda Beckwith 1870

Nancy Floran 1910

Waite Butler 1910

William E Amoss 1910

W. Middleton 1910 

Ada Middleton 1910

Mae Polk 1930 

Lewis Cannon 1860 

Lawyers: 

Paul B Neal 1900

Archibald Hawkins 1910

Thomas G.T. Steele 1910

Isaac N Jackson 1860 

A.D. Hawkins 1860 

Alexander Craycrot 1860 

John R Gratiote 1850 

H.D. Flowers 1860

Benjamin Parker 1860 

Thomas Steel 1860 

Joseph Taaff 1860

Frederick L Ridley 1850  

H.G. Rind 1860 

James Penney 1860 

Hotel Keepers: 

Miles R Hill 1860 

Horselers: 

Emanuel Hinkler 1860 

Merchants: 

T.J. Baughman 1930 

Robert C Gilliam 1860 

James Pettus 1850 

Lawson Tabler 1930 

James F Johnson 1850 

Lewis B Dowd 1850 

Franklin Sard 1860 

James H Smith 1860 

A.C. Pawly 1860 

W.C. Mize 1910 

Sidney Mize 1910 

Joseph Weight 1850 

B.H. Kinsworthy 1860 

Babel Baggerly 1860 

S.S. Donivan 1860 

W.C. Sutton 1910 

Jim Sutton 1910 

Edward Hopkins 1860 

Robert A Lancaster 1860

Daniel R Briggs 1860 

Odo Cobb 1900 

CC Garrison 1900 

Joseph E Smith 1900

William Wallis 1860 

Jim M Sutton 1900

John Hudson 1860 

Daniel R Fawcett 1900

W.C. Mize 1920

Allie Rhyne 1920

William Polk 1920

H. L. Tabler 1920 

Joe Walker 1920

S. H. Norwood 1880

A. M. Blevins 1880

W.O. Simmons 1880

J. Hudson 1880

Earnest Roberts 1920

John S Walker 1870

John Hudson 1870

Alexander Luther 1870

Edmund Smith 1910

Lewis Norwood 1910

William M Wallis 1910

John Daggett 1910

Benjamin W Fawcett 1910 

T.M. Beck 1910

Mrs Allie Rhyne 1910 

John D Ross 1870

Walter Herndon 1870

Alonzo H Tundall 1870

Felix Stephens 1870

Pascal Smith 1860 

D.W. Fawcett 1910

Melborn M Lagron 1910

James L Potts 1910

John Davis 1910 

William L Choate 1910

William Shirmer 1910

Alexander Land 1860

Ezekial Polk 1860

J.F. Bell 1860

Samuel Stancil 1860

F.F. Coffee 1860

Joseph Edwards 1860 

Traders:

George Haze 1860 

Wheelwrights:

S.T. Anderson 1860 

Ministers: 

Edwin Carr 1900 

T. Dulaney 1880

Rev Thomas Dulaney 1910 

Archieley Turrentin 1910 

William Boren 1910

B. Abernathy 1860

John Kesterson 1860 

William Browning 1860 

W.B. Austin 1860 

Henry G Rind 1850 

Thomas W Fuquay 1850

Druggists: 

William M Sherman 1900

F.G. Brown 1920 

Henry Hallman 1920

J.E. Smith 1880 

Jimmie Wilson 1910 

Mail Rider/Post Office:

David Walker 1900

John Fargus 1910 

Thomas Elliott 1910 

A.D. Dulaney

Ransom H Ellis 1870

Benjamin Fawcett 1930 

Saddlers: 

WW Wilkson 1860

Thomas Fawcett 1860 

Mechanics:

Henry F Choate 1900

Robert C Gillian 1850 

W Needham 1880

L. S Rhyne 1880

S.M. Yarbrough 1860 

James Humphreys 1860 

Lawner B Griffin 1850 

R.W. Williams 1860 

G.L. Cox 1860 

John King 1860 

H.N. Davidson 1860

Leroy Johnson 1860 

F.C. Falls 1860 

W.W. Sharp 1860 

David Pittman 1860 

Thomas Leslie 1860 

William Johnson 1860 

William C Harp 1860 

Thomas THompson 1860 

Elliott Miodliton 1850 

Statistical Agent: 

John L Hargrove 1900

Ferryman: 

John Crossland 1900 

Stove Mill Employees: 

Mack Gafford 1910 

Edd T Johnson 1910 

Jack Page 1910 

William J Graves 1870

Hamp Smallen 1870

Julius C Harkey 1870

Grover Graves 1870

Gas Station Owners:

Will S Davis 1930 

Henry B Cobble 1930 

Justice of the Peace/County officials:

G.B. Milford 1910 

George B Milford 1920

Hugh H Cleary 1870

Jehu B Smith (sheriff) 1910 

Archibald C Steel (dep Sheriff) 1910 

Matthew W Locke (tax assessor) 1910 

Joseph H Danson (Dept Clerk) 1910 

Burton H Kinsworthy (court clerk)  1850 

Joseph Buzzard 1850 

James Penney (sheriff) 1850 

Millers: 

John McKeller 1880 

P. Caldwell 1880

W.E. Kinsworthy 1880

L. McWaters 1880

Samuel B Milliver 1910 

Artists: 

C.C. Garrison 

Dentists: 

T.A. Vestal 1860 

Sculpture: 

James Falls 1880

Carpenters & Painters: 

Harrison Herndon 1880

William Ward 1850 

Joel Canion 1870

William Sharp 1870

Jesse Barnett 1860 

W.L. Griffing 1860 

Lewis P Trops 1860 

Charley S Beasly 1860 

John Adair 1910 

Earnest Rhynders 1870

James R Thornton 1910 

L.C. Cannon 1860

Pettus B Jones 1860

John King 1860

Daniel Bares 1860

W.F. Hargis 1860 

Railroads: 

W. M. Caler 1930 

Gilford Nunnley 1910 

Prince Miles 1870

Gus McGee 1870

James Hurning 1870

Charlie Kelly 1870

Buckner Lemon 1870

Robert Nunnley 1870

Elmo Hopkins 1870

Ollie Nunnley 1870

Scotland Smith 1870

Rufus Dillard 1870

Edgar Gentry 1910 

Steamboat Engineers: 

James B Stroud 1870

Telegraph Operators:

Monroe Erwin 1870

Thomas E Corbell 1910 

Loggers:

William Talen 1920 

John Meredith 1910 

Taylor Wheeler 1910 

WJ Allen 1920 

Martin Dyaer 1920 

Coopers: 

R A Clifton 1880

Brick Masons: 

J.C Smedley 1880

Gunsmiths:

Jasper N Stout 1910 

Barbers: 

Albert Hill 1910 

James Garrett 1930 

Engineers: 

S.C. Pyeatt 1880

M.R. Arnett 1930 

David Tremble 1860 

Dressmakers: 

Ella Wilson 1920 

Printer/Newspapers: 

William H Williams 1870

Laurie Tabler 1930 

Thomas A Scott 1860 

Bridge Builders: 

Hayden Hill 1930 

Bank Cashiers: 

John D Moore 1870

Garage Owners: 

Hicks Jones 1930 

Restaurant Owners 

John Ritcherson 1930 

Janitors:

George Hallman 1930 

Cotton Gins: 

John R Horton 1930 

Hatters: 

A. Carroll 1860

Shoemakers: 

Fredric Luther 1860 

John Devers 1860 

Ginwrights:

John W. Bowen 1860 

William Russell 1850

Wagonwrights: 

Samuel W Calain 1860 

Ben Lomond, Arkansas Citizens Uprising

De Queen Bee 

March 22, 1901

{Inland Visitor was a Wilton, Ar Newspaper}

Ben Lomond Arkansas School Photo 1920

 

Ben Lomond Arkansas School Photo 1930's

 

Cumberland Presbyterian Church- Ben Lomond, Arkansas

Pastors of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Organized on April 10, 1898 by W.E. Norris

Ben Lomond, Sevier County, Arkansas

  

M.D. Williams 1898

 M.B. Epperson 1903

 

D.J. Sossamon 1904

 

J.W. Shinn 1904-1905

 

J.A. Knight 1906-1929

 

J.M. Jackson  1928-1929

 

H.W. Inzer 1930

 

Billie Crow 1941

 

D.J. Francis 1942

 

Homer Gentry 1944-1952

Sam Jorden 1952

 

H.W. Inzer 1954

 

Thomas Ray 1955-1956

 

Fircis Walker 1956-1957

 

Geo E. Butler 1958

 

P.F. Meador  1960 &

1965-1971

 

Randy King 1971-1973

 

Joel (Buddy) Mills III 1973-1983

 

Leo Smith 1985-1987

 

Wade Fisk

 

Donald A. Bowman 1999-2004         

 

Randy King 2005

 

Josh Anders 2006

 

Herman Welch 2008  

Billy Hatridge current 

1912-1913 Ben Lomond Arkansas High School Annual