For the descendants of Joseph Griffin Marshall and Laura Bell Woodward Wicker Marshall. A farm couple from Lawrence County, Arkansas.
Who raised 10 children during the Great Depression. Poppy and Mommy Marshall's farm was just outside Sedgewick in Lawrence County, Arkansas. Not far from the Old Military Cementary where they are laid to rest. Around 1956 Joseph and Laura sold their farm and moved to Walnut Ridge, in Lawrence County, Arkansas.
Their house was across the railroad tracks from the old Piggly Wiggly grocery store and the Old Alamo Hotel and Restaurant.
Joseph Griffin Marshall
Born: August 19, 1983 Cherokee Co. Kansas
Married: October 07, 1909 Walnut Ridge, Lawrence Cty. Arkansas
Died: August 01, 1979 Trumann, Arkansas
Buried Old Military Cemetery, Sedgewick, Lawrence Cty. Arkansas
Father: William Riley Marshall
Mother: Ruth Ellen Cook
Laura Bell Woodard(Woodward) Wicker
Born: February 29, 1892 ?
Died: December 11, 1963 Walnut Ridge
Buried Old Militery Cemetery, Sedgewick, Lawrence Cty. Arkansas
Father: Anderson (Mack) Woodward
Mother: Eunice Pilcher Butler
Cousins if you would like to be included, see corrections that need to be made,or know of names and dates that are missing. Send me an email I would love to hear from you.
Please note: That Joseph Griffin Marshall is part of a very large Family tree. He is the son of William Riley Marshall and Ruth Ellen Cook. See the link below for "Ancestry Of William Cook, and a part of their History" written by Nathan W. Cook abt. 1910.
Jeri Helms Fultz and a Family Tree for Joshua Marshall and Tamara Osborn parents of William Riley Marshall. You find it posted on Usgenweb, Lawrence County, Arkansas site. Look under Family Histories for Jeri Helms Allied Families.
My thanks to cousin LaVerne Lamb Kane for all her hard work on our family lines and for providing photos.
The George Washington Buchanan and Eli Putnam Guinn reports are in progress.I posted them in hopes of finding descendants.
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