Polk County Pioneers
Published each spring and fall,
Polk County Pioneers is the newsletter/journal of the Polk County
Genealogical Society. Copies are mailed to all current members. Queries are free
to members and should be submitted by April 1 and September 1, respectively.
Contents of
Back Issues
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1986 |
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March |
President’s
Message New
Genealogical Section at Polk County Library Polk County
Arkansas Marriage Book D Bobbie
Roberts Davis Family Group Sheet Queries
& New Members |
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June |
Mena Star
Excerpt: The first death in Mena Excerpts
from The Mena Star 1930: Uncle Buck Williams, W.T. Whisenhunt, and Uncle Nat Allen Polk County
Marriage Book D (continued) Uncle Frank
Ward Excerpts
from the Mena Star, Early 1900’s Almonrode
Family Group Sheet Queries |
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September |
A Brief
History of Polk County Arkansas Excerpts
from The Mena Star 1930 Little
Stories of Real Life To Honor Hal
E. Grady Retired Mail Carrier Rt. 1, Cove, AR Early Days
in Polk County by George W. Lawrence Henry
Lawrence Deaths taken
from The Mena Star Old Soldiers
Cemetery: A Part of White Oak Cemetery Record of
Last Will and Testament of Daniel J. Lawrence Polk County
Marriage Book D (concluded) Queries |
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December |
Whisenhunt
Family by Edsel Richmond Richmond
Family Group Sheet by Edsel Richmond Polk County
Records on Microfilm at the State Archives Membership
List & Surname File Graves on
Weyerhauser Land NW of Grannis, Arkansas Deaths
Extracted from The Mena Star by Shirley Cannon Record of
Last Will & Testament of Peter B. Allen Queries |
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1987 |
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March |
Towns &
Communities of Early Day Polk County McDaniel –
Ward Family Polk County
Jones Duff Emory
Jones Family Group Sheet Dewey Eeds
Obituary From the
Bible of Ethel Floyd McLain Queries
& New Members |
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June |
The Old
Dallas Road Telling of
Old-Timers at the Old Settlers Reunion Parsons
Bible Records Rocky
Community & Cemetery Thomas
Connally Family Group Sheet Index to
Will Book 1 Last Will
& Testament of Robert R. Suit Queries
& New Members |
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September |
History of
Pleasant Hill Community McDonald
Marriages from Nora Davis’ Bible Oliver Hugh
McDonald Family Group Sheet Captain
McKean was Authority on History 1919 City
Directory, Mena, Arkansas Extractions
from The Mena Star Queries
& New Members |
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December |
Early
Arkansas Travelers The McCauley
Family James Edward
Smith Family Group Sheet Obits from
The Mena Star – Thurs. Sept. 29, 1955 The Rich
Mountain Drive Membership
List & Surname File Samuel D.
Sexton Obit Earliest
Record Pertaining to Rich Mountain School Joshua
Zachary Little Family Group Sheet 1919 Mena
City Directory, continued The Marsh
Family Queries |
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1988 |
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March |
Original Map
of Polk County Arkansas – Township 2, Range 30 Hilton
Family Data Board Camp
Baptist Church Mena City
Directory, continued Queries
& New Members |
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June |
U.S. Patents
& Homesteads, Polk County Arkansas Land Records
in Arkansas Descendants
of William Green 1919 Mena
City Directory, continued Queries
& New Members |
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September |
Deaths taken
from The Mena Star Yarborough
Bible Records Elisha Baker
Timeline Old Soldiers
enjoy Reunion 1919 Mena
City Directory, continued Queries
& New Members |
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December |
Civil War
Veteran William A. Miller’s Grave gets Marker Descendants
of John Miller N.O. Allen “Uncle Nat” on Old Days in Polk
County 1840 Federal
Census Orphan Train
Heritage Society of America Membership
List & Surname Index Bates
Cemetery 1919 Mena
City Directory, continued Queries
& New Members |
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1989 |
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March |
Reed –
Whisenhunt – Gaston A Civil War
Deserter: Thomas P. Harmon of Dallas Harmon
Pictures Queries
& New Members |
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June |
Memories of
the Early Days Polk County Arkansas
Marriages Book D-1 The Richards
Family of Polk County Arkansas Calculating
a Birthdate from Tombstone Information Polk County
Officials, 1844-1958 Queries
& New Members |
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September |
Panther
Springs History of
the McLain Polk County Marriage
Book D-1, continued Daniel
Henderson Holmes Family Bible Daniel
Henderson Holmes Family Group Sheet Queries
& New Members |
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December |
History of
the Lane Family Surname
Index to the 1989 Newsletters Transcription
of the Minutes of Mountain Meadow Masonic Lodge Queries
& New Members |
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1990 |
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March |
Frank
Francis Blaikie Items from
The Mena Star Polk County
Veterans who died in Service for their Country Descendants
of Giles Parker Membership
List & Surname Index Members of the
Mountain Meadow Masonic Lodge # 218 Mixon Bible
Records Queries
& New Members |
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June |
The Wagon
Train that didn’t go to Texas Harrison –
Conn Bible Record Will of
Jason Harrison Descendants
of Jason Harrison Register of
Physicians & Surgeons The Titsworth
Family Obituaries
from The Mena Star Queries
& New Members |
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September |
Fields –
Linville – Lamb Family Histories Index to
Probate Record “F” 1876-1888 Davis -
Gibson and Atteberry – Shirley Family Histories Items from
The Mena Star Queries
& New Members |
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December |
Relatives of
Fred Philpot, Longtime Resident News from
The Mena Star Francis
Marion Wells and Family Supplemental
Index: PCGS Newsletter Volume V Queries
& New Members |
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1991 |
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March |
1991
Membership List & Surname Index Family
Histories: Pipkin – McKinney – Ringgold Funeral
Records 1909-1911 Queries
& New Members |
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June |
Polk County
Jurors Jackson –
Deaver History Chronological
History of Arkansas & Polk County John Brown
Graves 1928
Obituaries Queries
& New Members |
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September |
1830 Sevier
County Census 1846 Polk
County Tax List Confederate
Vets Organized Fort
Delaware Dixie Still
Alive in Brazil The
Confederate Veteran Manuscript
Resources for the Civil War Veterans
Obituaries from The Mena Star Queries |
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December |
William
Henry and Luella (Batson) Sweeten Polk County
1856 Tax List Obituaries
from The Mena Star 1909 1991
Supplemental Surname Index Queries
& New Members |
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1992 |
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March |
Alexander
Patton Obituary Hiram Lebow
and Sarah Bledsoe Family 1910 Obituaries
from The Mena Star PCGS
Membership List and Surname Index PCGS Subject
Index 1986-91 Items from
The Mena Star Queries |
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June |
Green Family
Reunion 1911 1880 Polk
County Census Records not Included on Microfilm Obituaries from
The Mena Star 1910 William J.
and Sarah (Wilson) Mount Obituaries
from The Mena Star Jul-Dec 1981 Queries |
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September |
Items from
The Mena Star Beavers –
Pearce Family History Samuel
Hiliard Varner 1923
Obituaries from The Mena Star Queries |
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December |
J.H. Wallace
and Sarah Amanda Darling Descendants
of William and Betsey Winton Obituaries
from The Mena Star 1924 1992
Supplemental Index 1905
Obituary of G.W. Lochridge Queries |
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1993 |
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March |
Stipe Family
History 1905
Obituaries from The Mena Star 1993
Membership List and Surname Index Queries |
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June |
Arkansas
Branches of the John Bates Family of Virginia Bates Photo
Identification 1911
Obituaries from The Mena Star Obituary of
Civil War Vet Butler B. Castleberry Queries |
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September |
Ellison
Family History 1906 Polk
County Marriages From The
Mena Star: Uncle Tom Bates Report on
the National PGS Conference From The
Mena Star: Obituaries of Civil War Veterans Queries |
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December |
Descendants
of Samuel M. Crawford Obituaries of
Civil War Veterans Supplemental
Surname Index Queries |
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1994 |
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March |
True Son of
Confederate Vet Honored Group to
Preserve History Keeton
Family History 1925
Obituaries from The Mena Star Family Group
Sheets PCGS 1994 Membership
List and Surname Index Queries |
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June |
William
Carroll Reed 1907
Marriages of Polk County Arkansas Family Group
Sheets White Oak
Cemetery Obituaries
of Some Former Polk Co. Residents Who Died in Texas Queries
& New Members |
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September |
Descendants
of Sampson Knight Family Group
Sheets: Cunningham and May Obituary of
Pole McPhetridge Index to
Geyer-Quillan Funerals 1931-40 and 1941-46 1908
Marriages of Polk County Arkansas Queries
& New Members |
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December |
The Hiram
Stinnett Family Freewill
Baptist Church Records Polk County
Ministers’ Credentials 1909
Marriages Supplemental
Surname Index Queries
& New Members |
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1995 |
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March |
The Goforth
Family Polk County
Ministers Credentials 1995
Membership List and Surname Index 1909 Polk County
Marriages Queries |
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June |
The Gann
Family Mollie Gann
Cemetery Civil War
Veterans: 1932 Obituaries from The Mena Star Miscellaneous
Obituaries Polk County
Family Group Sheets Crawford
Cemetery Queries
& New Members |
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September |
50 Years Ago The Crawford
Family Family Group
Sheets Civil War
Veterans Buried in Polk County Obituaries
of Civil War Veterans 1927-35 PCGS Subject
Index 1988-95 Polk County
Outlaw Connections Queries |
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December |
Society
Makes Changes in By-Laws Ron Bremer
Returns to Mena The McCauley
Family Family Group
Sheets The Mt. Fork
Cumberland Presbyterian Church 1995
Supplemental Surname Index Queries
& New Members |
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1996 |
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March |
Polk County
Schools in 1918 Davis Family
History Vandervoort
Family Histories The Carper
Family of Cove John Towry Index to
Deaths in The Mena Star Jan-Mar 1995 Polk County
Cemeteries Lewis and
Martha Nichols Queries
& New Members |
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June |
Vandervoort
Family Histories Index to
Beasley-Wood Funeral Home Records, 1928-32 1910
Marriage Records From The
Mena Star, 1899 Family Group
Sheets Obituary:
Pet Wood O’Neal Ashworth Queries
& New Members |
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Sept-Dec |
Vandervoort
Family Histories Records of
the Cherry Hill Methodist-Episcopal Church Pirtle
Family History and Photos 1935
Obituaries from The Mena Star Lance Family
History Mena Masonic
Records From The
Mena Star Family Group
Sheets Supplemental
Surname Index Queries
& New Members |
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1997 |
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Mar-Jun |
Copeland,
Morgan and White Families Chronicles
of JoAnn Cook Benedict Beasley-Wood
Funeral Index Ouachita
Baptist Association Clippings
from The Mena Star Church
Records in Polk County, 1940 1936
Obituaries from The Mena Weekly Star Family Group
Sheets The Forest
Park Hotel Queries
& New Members |
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Sep-Dec |
Dutch
Genealogy Family Histories:
James M. Owens/George W. Petty Schlott/Slote Early Mena
Businessmen Polk County
Genealogy Web Page Pioneer
Cemetery Index to
Geyer-Quillin Funeral Records Clippings
from The Mena Star Obituaries
from The Mena Star 1937 Family Group
Sheets The Frederick
Family 1997 Surname
Index Queries
& New Members |
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1998 |
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Mar-Jun |
Biography of
Pleasant Irvin Craig Polk County
Residents Married in Scott County More Civil
War Veterans Buried in Polk County New
Genealogies in the Library Family Group
Sheets Surname
Index to the 1900 Polk County Federal Census Queries
& New Members |
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Sep-Dec |
Descendants
of Andrew Jackson Potter Turner
Family History Obit of
Elsie (Turner) Hughes Obit of
Edith Drucilla (Turner) Armstrong Book Review:
Arkansas Odyssey Records of
the Hatfield Baptist Church, 1901-20 Civil War
Letters 1911 Polk
County Marriages Family Group
Sheets The Joe
Smith Saw Mill Supplemental
Surname Index Queries
& New Members |
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1999 |
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Mar-Jun |
Arthur Hicks
Scoggin and Claude Pirtle Scoggin Duke
Frederick Remembers Growing up in Mena 1912 Polk
County Marriages Happenings
in 1906 1917
Obituaries from The Mena Star Duke
Frederick Book Review Index to
Funeral Home Records Eeds, Goss,
Bates and Sullivan Families Queries
& New Members |
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Sep-Dec |
Obituary of
Harold Gene Parker The Duke
Frederick Collection 1913 Polk
County Marriages Index to
Funeral Home Records Nichols
Bible Records Jettie
Nichols Johnson Polk County
Family Group Sheets 1938 Mena
Star Obituaries Pleasant
Grove Church Records Supplemental
Surname Index Queries
& New Members |
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2000 |
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Mar-Jun |
Philpot
Family History Philpot
Descendant Chart 1914 Polk
County Marriages Surname
Index to the 1910 Polk County Federal Census Queries
& New Members |
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Sep-Dec |
History of
the McDaniel Family Family Group
Sheets Fact or
Faction—Ethan Allen Ewing
Letters 1915 Polk
County Marriages Man with 83
Grandchildren PCGS
Membership List & Surname Index Supplemental
Surname Index Queries |
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2001 |
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Mar-Jun |
History of
First Christian Church Getting
Married in Polk County in 1915 J.I. Philpot
Obituary 1916 Polk
County Marriages Index to
1920 Polk County Census Local
Genealogist and Former Member dies in Mena Queries
& New Members |
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Sep-Dec |
Descendants of
Thomas & Nancy Mills Index to
Delayed Birth Certificates Index to
Will Book 2 1917 Polk
County Marriages Dallas—Polk
County Seat Supplemental
Surname Index Queries
& New Members |
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2002 |
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Mar-Jun |
Introduction
to Church Records Hatfield Methodist
Church Records Richardson
Family History Imoe Family
History 1918 Polk
County Marriages Queries
& New Members |
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Sep-Dec |
1919 Polk
County Marriages 1884
Mountain Signal Newspaper James Jerome
Holbird Family History Owens Chapel/Acorn
Methodist Church Brief
History of Acorn School Supplemental
Surname Index Queries
& New Members |
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2003 |
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Mar-Jun |
Life Stories
of Polk County Pioneers Visited Poor
Farm Tonier Hays Obits from
The Mena Star 1939 1920 Polk
County Marriages Family Group
Sheets Shaver and
Quantrell |
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Sep-Dec |
In Memory of
Sondra Wood A Look at The
Bain Family Mena Star
Deaths Vol. 1 Index Gleanings
from The Mena Star Polk County
Marriages 1921 Newsworthy
Items from the Mena Star Supplemental
Surname Index |
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2004 |
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Mar-Jun |
Descendants
of William Watkins History of
Hatfield Church of Christ 1918
Membership List of Church of Christ Ike &
Tom Pipkin of Polk County 1922 Polk
County Marriages Newsworthy
Items from The Mena Star Hogan Family
Reunion |
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Sep-Dec |
A Polk County Arkansas Family, From the Book “These Hogans went West”. Centennial
Celebration 1923 Polk
County Marriages A Great
Railway System Loss of a
Charter Member 1940 Obits
from The Mena Star |
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2005 |
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Mar-Jun |
Witherspoon Genealogy 1924 Polk County Marriages Index to 1940 Obituaries from The Mena Star Index to Probate Court Record B, 1889-1905 |
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Sep-Dec |
Descendants of Joseph A. Latch Polk County Marriage Records 1925 Old Timer Writes Some More About Early Days of Dallas Register of Members, Dallas Methodist Church Index to Probate Court Records |
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2006 |
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Mar-Jun |
Descendants of Richard Cheek, Sr. 1926 Polk County Marriages New Mexican War Records Happenings in 1906 Index to probate Court Record B, 1889-1905 Norman Historic Preservation Program |
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Sep-Dec |
Our Twenty Year Anniversary Descendants of Isom Perry Polk County Marriage Records 1927 Happenings in 1906, Part 2 Index to Probate Court Records |
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2007 |
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Mar-Jun |
Descendants of Thomas Dunman A Community Sadly Troubled Polk County Marriage Records 1928 Descendants of John Johnson Big Blaze at Hatfield |
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Sep-Dec |
From the Eulogy of Leslie Cottman Furr Family An Aged Man’s Errand of Love 1929 Polk County Marriages Directory of Members of Mena High School |
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2008 |
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Mar-Jun |
Descendants of Michael Bickle Bickle Public School Directory of Polk County Polk County Marriages 1930 From The Mena Weekly Star 1922-1923 |
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Sep-Dec |
The Martin Saga Pleasant Hill School Polk County Marriages 1931 School Consolidation |