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LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THE WALLS FERRY ON THE WHITE RIVER, THE WALLS FERRY TOWN (SETTLEMENT) WALLS FERRY POST OFFICE OPENED 7/1903.
THE WALL FAMILY PATRIACH GRANDISON MOSES WALL BORN 9-1821 IN LINCOLN COUNTY, TENN., LEFT TENNESSE WITH SISTER GEORGIA ANN WALL AND MOVED TO THE BATESVILLE-ST. JAMES AREA IN 1852.
HOMESTEADED 160 ACRES ALONG THE WHITE RIVER AND PURCHASED ANOTHER 180 ACRES.
HE STARTED THE WALLS FERRY ABT. 1852 AND IT OPERATED UNTIL 1908. GRANDSION DIED 1901 AND MARY DIED 1906.
GRANDISON AND MARY ALSO DONATED THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE MISSOURI-PACIFIC RAILROAD THROUGH THEIR LAND TO HELP THE PROGRESS OF THAT ARKANSAS AREA.
GRANDISON MOSES WALL WAS THE SON OF MAJOR WALL BORN 1785- HALIFAX COUNTY, VA. & SPOUSE MARY JAMES WALL...
MOST OF THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GRANDISON MOSES MOVED TO ARKANSAS FROM TENNESSEE.
SOME SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR AS DID GRANDISON.
GRANDISON MOSES MARRIED MARY ADELAIDE SIMPSON IN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY IN 1858.
MARY WAS THE DAUGHTER OF PROMINENT LAND OWNER HENSON SIMPSON AND WIFE CAROLINE BLADEN-SIMPSON. THE SIMPSON'S HAD
A SON TOWNSEND & A DAUGHTER EVELINE WHO WAS THE BROTHER & SISTER OF MARY ADELAIDE SIMPSON-WALL.
I AM LOOKING FOR ANY AND ALL INFORMATION ON WALLS FERRY--
THE WALL FAMILY.. SIMPSON FAMILY OR ANYONE WITH CONNECTIONS TO THIS FAMILY.. AS THE WM. ARTHUR KING FAMILY-- THE SEATON FAMILY. THE SIMPSON'S.. SURE WOULD APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU... ELISA
E-MAIL ME AT HOME PLEASE-- B29WENDOVER@WMCONNECT.COM
THANKS..............................................
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