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The Chapter enjoys a membership of nineteen at the present time, is in good working order, and is presided over by the following officers: J. K. P. Hale, H. P .; J. E. Felts, P .; C. Bowen, S .; C. H. Gaylord, Sec .; W. P. Hale, Treas.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Osceola was organ- ized for benevolent purposes, February 20, 1882, with twenty-six active members, and a large hon- orary membership. The first year of its existence its labors were directed wholly to church work, proving quite successful. This society, in Janu- ary, 1883, was incorporated by the circuit court of Mississippi County, and immediately purchased a lot and entered into contract with Capt. E. M. Ayers, to erect a building 40x60, to cost $1,200. In October, 1883, the hall was formally opened, and from that time on, the entertainments given under the auspices of the society have been promi- nent features of the social life of the community. It is claimed that this was the first corporate body of women in the State of Arkansas.
The Ladies' Aid Society is not denominational,
the following churches being represented in its membership: Episcopal, Methodist, Catholic and Christian; neither is it a "charity " organization, though ever eager to spend and be spent in the service of suffering humanity, whenever occasion requires.
The society has passed successfully into its eighth year, with Miss F. H. Fletcher, president: Mrs. Clara A. Roussan, vice-president; Mrs. R. C. Prewitt, treasurer, and Mrs. Leon Roussan, sec- retary: and with unabated zeal, will, no doubt. continue to do much to dispel the social and mental stagnation consequent upon a long res- idence in a small and isolated community.
Chickasawba Lodge No. 134. A. F. & A. M., of Blythesville, was organized October 12, 1875, with the following charter members: Samuel Thompson, A. J. Bishop, T. H. Robinson, Noah Sawyer, John Long, R. D. Almond, Martin Nor- man, J. F. Ruddle, T. P. Davis, W. W. Mann, R. D. Carr, R. G. Hardin, H. T. Blythe.
This lodge is in good working order, has been constantly growing in strength, and now has a membership of over forty. It is presided over at the present time by the following officers: J. A. Scruggs, W. M .: Reginald Archillion, S. W .; W. R. Simpson, J. W .; B. J. Rook, S. D .; T. E. Hendricks, J. D .; A. Harris, Treas. ; Rollo Arch- illion, Sec .; J. D. Rutledge, Chaplain; J. W. Conley and George W. Miller, stewards; W. W. Morris, tyler.
At the commencement of the Civil War the people of Mississippi County, though loyal and patriotic, finally decided to go with the State, and were a unit in favor of the cause of secession. The war spirit ran high, affecting rich and poor alike. If there was any Union sentiment in the county (and there was at first), it soon succumbed to the influences in favor of a separate Confed- eracy.
Three companies of nearly 100 men each were immediately organized, being commanded by Col. Charles Bowen. Capt. Elliott H. Fletcher, and Capt. Robert Hardin. and were at once placed in active service. Only a few of the men form. ing those companies were alive at the end of the
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war. Of Capt. Fletcher's company, some twelve or fourteen are now living, mostly around Chicka- sawba, and all are men of character and well to-do citizens. One of these, Hon. James F. Ruddle, was representative of the county in the legislature of 1875. Capt. Elliot H. Fletcher and his brother, Thomas, a youth of sixteen years, were killed in the battle of Shiloh. The first lieutenant of this company, William H. Ferring, was badly wounded in the same battle. He survived the war, and was elected county clerk in 1866-68.
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After the battle of Shiloh, Capt. Bowen re- turned to Mississippi County to recruit a new com- pany, but as the Federals had taken possession of the river he found it impossible to cross his men, and from that time on, wrought good service at home clearing the county of lawless bands of rob- bers.
There were no regular battles fought in this county, though it suffered greatly from predatory raids by Federal cavalry from Missouri and Kan- sas. Business of every interest was suspended, and people lived in constant apprehension of being raided, captured and killed.
In 1864 Col. Burris, in command of a regi- ment of Kansas cavalry (Federal), made a dash through this country, taking several prisoners, among whom were Capt. Charles Bowen and Col. Elliot Fletcher. This company was pursued by Capt. Mcveigh, in command of some seventy men, but they escaped to Missouri and no engagement was fought.
This and similar marauding expeditions formed the principal war history of Mississippi County.
The Federal troops stationed at Fort Pillow often came into Mississippi County, and, on one occasion, supplied themselves with material for building barracks at the fort, by taking away the houses of Osceola.
With the general surrender of the Confederate troops, the soldiers returned from the war, and in a short while had resumed the habits of peaceable citizens; but it was a long time before they could shake off the habits of soldiers. It was not un- usual for them to go with pistols buckled on, often to church, and it was not until the law against
carrying pistols began to be rigorously enforced. that the old soldiers found out the true meaning of the terms of the surrender.
In 1868 Mississippi County was under martial law, and a regiment of State militia was quartered upon the people. Upon the withdrawal of the militia, the people again returned to their indus- tries-though large numbers of the best citizens had fled from the county-and again the prospects of the county began to brighten, only to be again disturbed and disorganized by an insurrection of the blacks in 1872.
A rising of the negroes in that year was called the Blackhawk War, and was an event of consid- erable importance in the history of Mississippi County.
The colored people formed into secret societies throughout the county and often marched in armed bands to Osceola and other points, making speeches and causing a great deal of excitement, but there was no collision between them and the whites until fall, when, during a term of court in the county, the negroes, forming quite a formid- able band, were attacked by the whites. under Capt. Charles Bowen, and immediately dispersed. Prior to this Judge Charles Fitzpatrick, who had been appointed by Gov. Clayton as president of the board of registration of Mississippi County, in an altercation with Sheriff Murray, killed the latter in the streets of Osceola.
This caused public sentiment to run high. but Judge Fitzpatrick immediately gave himself up, was bound over to appear at the next term of court, and then released. After the engagement between the whites and blacks Judge Fitzpatrick escaped. There were a good many negroes killed, how many was never known, and a number escaped to adjoining counties.
The first representative of Mississippi County after the admission of Arkansas into the Union, in 1836, was P. H. Swain, from whom Swain Town. ship received its name.
Crittenden and Mississippi Counties were rep. resented in the State senate by W. D. Ferguson in 1836-37-38, and in the session of 1840 he was still in the senate, P. H. Swain being representa-
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tive of this county. In 1842-43 A. G. Greer was the senator and W. M. Finley the representative. In 1844-45 Peter G. Reeves, previously mentioned as a noted hunter, represented Mississippi and Crittenden in the State senate, and Col. William L. Ward was representative. In 1846-48-50-51 G. W. Underhill was senator and Col. Elliot H. Fletcher representative. In 1850-53, Underhill, senator; Thomas J. Blackmore. representative; 1854-55, Thomas B. Craighead, senator; Joseph C. Harding, representative; 1856-57. T. B. Craig- head, senator, Thomas M. Harding, representative; 1858-59, T. B. Craighead, senator and T. B. Craig- head, representative: 1860-62, Craighead, senator, John R. Acree, representative; in the legislature of 1863, the county was not represented. In 1864-65. T. Lamberton, senator, no representa- tive, nor in the special session of that year. In 1866-67, O. R. Lyles, senator, William W. Saw- yers, representative: 1868-69, D. H. Goodman, senator, A. M. Johnson, representative: 1871-72, J. G. Frierson of Cross, senator, L. D. Rozzell, representative.
In the famous legislature of 1873, which revo- lutionized the State government, relieving the peo- ple from disfranchisement, J. G. Frierson was senator; and the First district, composed of Craig- head, Cross, Jackson and Mississippi Counties, was represented by Roderick Joyner of Poinsett, W. H. Cate, of Craighead, H. M. Mcveigh, of Missis- sippi, and F. W. Lynn, of Jackson. In the ex- traordinary session of 1874, Frierson was senator, and J. F. Davies was elected to fill the unexpired term of H. M. MeVeigh, who had been appointed by the governor prosecuting attorney of the Elev- enth judicial district. In 1874-75, J. T. Hender- son, senator, and J. J. Ruddell of Chickasawba, representative; in 1878, Benjamin Harris, senator, J. H. Williams, representative; in the session of 1879, B. Harris, senator, and J. O. Blackwood. representative; 1881, J. B. Driver of Mississippi, senator, and H. M. Mcveigh, representative; 1883, Driver, senator, and F. G. McGavock, rep- resentative; 1885. John W. Stayton, senator, and Joseph Bradford, representative; 1887. Stayton, senator, and H. T. Blythe. representative; 1889,
Ben Harris, Jr., senator, J. K. Hale, of Osceola. representative.
The men who served the county as representa- tives from the organization in 1833 to 1889 were. in the main, persons of excellent ability, and did much toward shaping the destiny of their State. They were not all men of education; some of them may have been very illiterate; but they were pos sessed of honest hearts and strong, natural sense. Those who were members before the late Civil War experienced none of the difficulties which confronted their successors after that conflict.
Thos. B. Craighead and Col. Elliot H. Fletcher were, perhaps, the two most brilliant of those whom this county sent to the legislative assembly before the war-men qualified by natural ability and scholarly attainments to fill with credit any position in the gift of the people. Craighead was an able lawyer, and a fine orator. Fletcher was a born ruler of men, and the magnetism of his manner, the clearness and elegance of his conver- sation, and his varied knowledge on all subjects. made him a welcome companion in every circle.
The public buildings of Mississippi County consist of a large two-story frame court-house, with the county offices in the lower and the court- room in the upper story, and a frame jail with iron cells, both of which are located on Broadway street, at Osceola, the county seat. The court- house was erected in 1882-84, under the adminis- tration of S. S. Semmes, county judge, and cost all told about $8, 500.
The population of the county in 1840 num- bered 900 whites and 510 slaves; total, 1,410. It then contained 3,042 neat cattle, 76 sheep, 5.022 hogs, and produced 107,615 bushels of corn, 3,908 bushels of potatoes, and 22,500 pounds of cotton. It had one store, and one school with 25 scholars. This was taught by J. W. De Witt, who was county clerk from 1836 to 1840.
From 1840 to 1861 the county growth was slow and gradual. Its population in 1854 was only 2,266, of whom 541 were slaves. In that year were produced 192,200 bushels of corn, and in 1850, 200.250 bushels of corn, 455 bales of cot- ton, and 21,273 pounds of butter.
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The population at the outbreak of the war had not materially increased, being in 1860 only 3,895, and the effects of the Civil War upon the county may be judged from the fact that in the ensuing ten years the population had decreased, being in 1870, 3,633.
But little progress in population and wealth was made until the adoption of the constitution of 1874. From that time all restrictions upon the right of suffrage were removed, and an economic State government, with A. H. Garland as gov- ernor, soon restored public confidence. Then the county began to grow, especially from 1877 to 1881. The census of 1880 showed that the county had doubled its population since 1870. In the year 1877 the temperance wave struck this locality and swept it like a whirlwind, and from Osceola the agitation spread throughout the State. Great and permanent good was effected by the worthy movement in Mississippi County. But very little drunkenness will be observed among the people at this time.
The only serious drawbacks to the county's prosperity in late years were the disastrous floods of 1882-83-84. These floods checked for a while all growth and development hereabouts. Many farms were temporarily abandoned, and new clear- ings were left by those who had settled on the pub- lic lands. The effects of this disaster have passed away, and the people seem to have forgotten them. The county is now in a more prosperous condition than at any previous period in its history. There are almost as many Northern people in the county as those of Southern origin, and they live together upon terms of perfect peace and mutual respect. Ex-Federal and ex-Confederate soldiers may be seen together at almost any time, apparently with- out a thought of the days when they met each other on opposite sides in deadly conflict.
Mississippi County was organized in accordance with an act of the legislature of Arkansas, ap- proved November 1, 1833; and the following is a list of the names of the county and legislative of- ficers, with the dates of their terms of service an- nexed, from the organization to the present:
Judges: Edwin Jones, 1833-35: Nathan Ross,
1835-36; John Troy, 1836-38; Fred Miller. 1838-40; Nathan Ross, 1840-42; H. A. Phillips, 1842-44; W. L. Ward, 1844-46; H. A. Phillips. 1846-48; E. M. Daniel, 1848-56; J. H. Williams. 1856-58; J. H. Mckinney, 1858-60; J. W. Alris. 1864-66; J. H. Mckinney, 1866-68; C. L. Moore. 1868-72; L. M. Carrigan, 1874-76; Charles Bowen. 1876-78; J. E. Felts, 1878-80; E. A. Garlick. 1880-82; S. S. Semmes, 1882-84; E. Bevel, 1884- 86; L. D. Rozzell, present incumbent, first elected in 1886.
Clerks: J. W. Whitworth, 1833-36; J. W. DeWitt, 1836-40; J. P. Edrington, 1840-44; A. G. Blackmore, 1844-50; H. A. Phillips, 1850-54; D. D. Dickson, 1854-58; M. W. Nanney, 1858-62: M. W. Nanney, 1864-66; W. A. Ferring, 1866- 68; J. B. Best, 1868-74; J. K. P. Hale, 1874-80: B. H. Bacchus, 1880-84; Hugh R. Mcveigh. 1884-88; J. B. Driver, present incumbent. elected in 1888.
Sheriffs: E. F. Lloyd, 1833-36; J. C. Bowen. 1836-48; Charles Bowen, 1848-62; Charles Bowen. 1864-66; John Long, 1866-68; J. B. Murray, 1868-72; J. B. Driver, 1872-78; W. B. Haskins. 1878-86; W. S. Hayes, present incumbent, first elected in 1886.
Treasurers: Uriah Russell, 1836-38: T. L. Daniel. 1838-42; Jobn Gibson, 1842-50: W. C. Dillehay, 1850-54; C. W. Bush, 1854-56; D. Matthews, 1856-58; C. W. Burk. 1858-60; D. Matthews, 1860-62; H. C. Edrington, 1864-66: D. Matthews, 1866-68; J. H. Edrington. 1868- 72; J. H. Sheddon, 1872 to August, 1874; J. L. Driver, August, 1874-78: J. W. Uzzell, 1878 to January, 1884; G. F. Stowell, from January, 1884; James Liston, 1884-88; C. H. Gaylord, present incumbent, elected in 1888.
Coroners: S. McLung. 1833-36; T. L. Daniel. 1836-38; J. Williams, 1838-40; Thomas Sears. 1840-42; Richard Pearson, 1846-48; J. Cunning- ham, 1848-50; T. Williamson, 1850-52; E. O. Cromwell, 1852-54; J. V. Lynch, 1854-56; W. D. W. Bond, 1858-60: L. W. D. Bond. 1860-62: D. Matthews, 1864-66; John Pedigo, 1866-68: H. C. Rosa, 1872-74; A. W. Lucas, 1874-78; G. E. Pettey, 1878-80; J. M. Lawrence, present incum-
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bent, first elected in 1880, and has served contin - uously since.
Surveyors: G. C. Barfield, 1833-36; J. G. Davis, 1836-38; A. G. Blackmore, 1840-44; J. D. B. Sherman, 1846-48; G. Pendleton, 1848-50; William Dillingham, 1850-52; E. G. Sugg, 1852- 54; W. B. Wood, 1854-56; A. H. Fisher, 1856- 58; A. Faucette, 1858-60; William Femsite, 1860-62; J. W. Uzzell, 1864-66; W. H. Craig- head, 1866-68; J. W. Uzzell, 1868-72; F. L. James, 1872-74; J. H. Rainey, 1874-76; James Anthony, 1876-77; J. T. Burns, 1877-78; B. H. Bacchus, 1878-80; George Benton, 1880-82; J. H. Caruthers, 1882-84; T. H. Musgrave, 1884-86; R. H. Clay, 1886-88; Reginald Archillion, present incumbent, elected in 1888.
Assessors: H. C. Edrington, 1868-72; P. Mitchell, 1872-73; John Rainey, 1873-74; L. Ward, 1874-76; D. D. Dickson, 1876-78; W. M. Speed, 1878-80; J. A. Lovewell, 1880-82; J. R. Riggins, 1882-86; B. L. Hill, 1886-88; T. W. Davis, present incumbent, elected in 1888.
In 1887 the National government, constructed a strong and massive levee, from Bear Bayou to Craighead Point, covering a distance of about twenty miles, and protecting the finest section of farming country in the county. The county has now in contemplation the continuation of this levee to its northern limit, which will immediately make available for cultivation hundreds of thous- ands of acres of rich and fertile lands; it will in- crease the taxable property of the county, and open up large areas for settlement. Thus, with the completion of this levee system to the southern limit of the county (which will probably be done during the next few years), Mississippi will be thoroughly protected from the river floods, and may then expect to see the opening of an era of prosperity to which it is justly entitled.
The enumeration of school children of Missis- sippi County in 1886, showed the presence of 2, 582 children of school age; in 1887, 2,809. There are twenty-nine school districts in the county, and the present enumeration would probably exceed 3,000 children of school age.
The county schools are generally in good con-
dition, and the directors have ample money to secure good teachers. Mr. Leon Roussan, the present county examiner, is exerting himself to raise the grade of both teachers and schools.
There is a high school in Osceola which ranks among the substantial institutions of the State. At Blythesville the directors are about to build a new school building, and then hope to raise the grade to a point that the people of Chickasawba need.
School service, however, throughout the county can only be spoken of in terms of praise, as there seems to be a feeling among the directors that the people will only be satisfied with the best, and as they have recently voted high taxation for school purposes, this county may be expected to take a leading place in educational matters.
The first Baptist Church of Mississippi County was organized in Osceola, about 1870, by Elder H. H. Richardson, of Clear Creek Association, Illinois, acting as missionary, and was composed of the following constituted members: J. K. P. Hale and wife, Melissa A. Hale, Charles G. Evans and wife, Martha Evans, Mrs. Rhoda Housman, John E. Felts and wife, Eliza Felts, all of whom exhibited their church letters from regular Baptist churches, and in regular form. In 1880 they built a substantial and ornamental building. and now have a membership of about sixty.
There are Baptist churches at Chickasawba and other places in Mississippi County.
The Methodists have an organization at Osce- ola, several churches in the southern part of the county, and four in Chickasawba Township. Blythe's Chapel, Shady Grove, New Hope and Clear Lake.
There are four organizations of the Presbyter- ian denomination in Mississippi County, all grow- ing in strength, membership and importance. These are located at Osceola, Nodena, Pecan Point and Frenchman's Bayou. The present pastors are Revs. Boggs and Lloyd.
The colored people have numerous organiza- tions of various denominations throughout the county.
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church of this denomination in Mississippi County, was built in 1879. It is a frame building, 44x24 feet, weatherboarded outside and sealed inside; it is sixteen feet to the top of ceiling and sixty- four feet to the top of the cross; and cost, seated, $2,000. It was built with the proceeds of a fair and by private subscription, raised through the. exertion of a committee of ladies. The congrega- tion numbers about thirty-five communicants, who depend upon the transient visits of a priest to ad- minister to their wants.
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