Welcome to my webpage! This site is dedicated to the genealogy research I have done on the ancestors of my maternal grandparents. Little did I know when I decided to write down the things my grandmother told me about her family when I was fourteen years old that it would become this fantastic hobby (obsession...) and take me on a journey over two thousand years in time. I hope that you can find any information you are needing here. Feel free to e-mail me if you have questions or additions or if you are a long-lost relative!
I am especially interested in learning more about the Phillips and Province families who have lived in the Clay and Greene County areas of Arkansas since at least the mid-1800's.
Also, I have done research on my father's side of the family (Cross, Cupp, Davis, Jones, Linheart, Sellers, and several others) and my maternal grandmother's side (Wilson, Evett, Dunning, Duvall, Coffman, and a few others), but it got to be too much information for one sight. However, I have added my complete family tree on to the bottom, so check there for the rest of the information.
So, hello to all of you out there who share my fascination with family history. Good luck in your research!
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- The Wayne Phillips Family (489 KB)
Wayne Phillips, his wife Dora "Irene" Hampton Phillips, and their three children: Dewaughn "Hoss", Billy Joe, and Sandra Jean. The picture was taken (one of many) at a family gathering sometime bet. 1947-1949 (based on the children's ages). It was taken on the old Earl Charles White place.
- Eastep School, 1906, Greene County, Arkansas (1295 KB)
This is a picture that ran in the Paragould (AR) Daily Press. My great-great-grandfather is the tall boy in the left-hand corner, West Hampton (William David Wesley Hampton). His brothers(Ezra, Ebb, Irby, Pressley)are also in the picture, as well as his aunt Nora Hampton and uncles (although younger than him) Dolphie and Alvie Hampton. Also note Icie Eastep Hampton; she will be mentioned in later photos.
- Hoss and Billy Phillips (158 KB)
Dewaughn "Hoss" and Bill Phillips, ages 7 and 4, April 1942. They are the sons of Wayne and Irene Hampton Phillips. Billy Joe Phillips is my grandfather.
- Noah Wesley and Elzedie Stanfill Dortch Hampton (83 KB)
Noah Hampton and his second wife Elzedie. She had also been married before, to a Dortch. This picture was taken in 1910. They had three children together, Nora, Thomas Dolpha "Dolphie, and Alvie. This photo ran in the Paragrould (AR)Daily Press on March 31, 1993, alongside a photo made the same year of Noah's son Haywood from his first marriage.I t was submitted by Kenneth Hampton.
- Louis D. Dortch (290 KB)
Louis D. Dortch was my great-great-great grandfather. He died in 1959, so this picture was probably taken in the mid 1950's.
- The Haywood Hampton Family (1102 KB)
James Haywood Hampton and his wife Mary Catherine Freeman Hampton. On his knees are Floyd H. (right) and Reolia (Farmer). She is holding Estelle Lucinda (Shelton). Standing behind are Nunnry, Vessie (Farmer), Will, Ivan, and Amzie.
- Dora "Irene" Hampton, age 16 (18 KB)
Dora "Irene" Hampton had her picture made at the age of 16. (It seems to be a family tradition--I have a good picture of one of her sisters at about the same age).
- Tokio School, 1928-29 Clay County, Arkansas (561 KB)
My great-grandmother Irene Hampton is on the front row. Her brother Enos Hampton and sister Marie Hampton (Huckaby) are also in the picture.
- Dora "Irene" Hampton, age 16 (2) (455 KB)
Dora "Irene" Hampton, age 16, had professional picture made. (1932)
- Ma and Pa Hampton (Wes and Annie) (159 KB)
William David Wesley Hampton and Letha Ann Dortch, also known and Wes and Annie and Ma and Pa. This is a first of a series of picture of them and their daughters. They were taken in 1936, probably at the corner of their son Enos's house. I have no picture of Enos and his wife Verneal; it might have been lost over the years. Ma and Pa are in their late 40's in this picture.
- William and Candice Province (6 KB)
My grandparents had this picture hanging in their living room when I was a child (They are my grandfather's great-grandparents). However, it was destroyed when their house burned in 1993. I blew this copy up from the background of another picture, so the quality is not great, but at least the picture isn't completely lost.
- Nora and Purcell Fultz (198 KB)
Nora Willie Hampton and Purcell Fultz in 1936. The picture was taken next to her brother Enos's house.
- Wayne and Irene Phillips and son Dewaughn (516 KB)
Wayne Estes Phillips and Dora Irene Hampton, and their son Dewaughn Estes "Hoss" Phillips, taken in 1936 next to her brother Enos's house.
- Marie Hampton and dog Teddy (132 KB)
Marie Hampton wasn't married yet, so she posed with her dog Teddy in a round of family picture in 1936. The picture was taken next to her brother Enos's house.
- Willodene Hampton (117 KB)
Willodene Hampton (age 16) in 1936. The picture was one of a round of family pictures taken next to her brother Enos's house.
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