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SR and Malissa in De Kalb Co AL on census dated 12-12-1850
1 CONT Tombstone - see photo
1 CONT Moved to AR between December 1850 and 1852 determined by census and then when first child was born in AR.
1 CONT Note: Below has at least one error. Malissa married Stephen Stafford not Andrew Jackson Stafford.
Notes written around 1980 by Emerson Grady Bagwell (1909-1993). So far, I?ve not
made any connection to my Bagwell line, but perhaps someone else will.
1 CONT Andrew Jackson Stafford and wife Malissa came to Ark. before the civil war
and settled in the Monkey Run area (Baxter Co.). They were the parents of
seven children: Jim, Will, Mandy, Lou, Mary, Martha, and Andrew Jackson
Stafford II.
1 CONT Andrew Jackson Stafford I was killed in the early part of the civil war and
later his widow Malissa married Allen Bagwell who had a son by a former
marriage. The name of his son by the previous marriage was Wylie Bagwell,
born Aug. 17, 1842, died 1923.
1 CONT Malissa and Allen Bagwell were the parents of one son, George Bagwell, who was
born Sept 8, 1864 and died Oct. 21, 1950.
1 CONT Allen Bagwell was killed South of the White River by persons unknown. Wylie,
his son, was with him but escaped to safety and lived to the age of 81 and
died while visiting or living with his half brother, George Bagwell. Wylie is
buried in Pilgrims Rest cemetery with stone lettered ?W. Bagwell.?
1 CONT Wylie Bagwell had a son named Louie, but it is not known at present who
Wylie?s wife was or where she is buried. Neither is it known what happened to
Louie.
1 CONT George Bagwell (b. Sept 8, 1864, d. Oct. 21, 1950) married Alice Smith (b.
Sept 20, 1861, d. Nov. 14, 1934). Their children were:
Cora, b. June 1884, d. Aug. 14, 1885, Cooper Cemetery
Nora Ann, b. Feb. 22, 1886, d. Dec. 2, 1963, Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
Dora, b. Nov. 30, 1888, d. June 11, 1901, Cooper Cemetery
Mary L., b. July 12, 1891, d. Mar. 6, 1966, Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
Maude Ellen, b. 1894, d. 1968, Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
Florence, b. _________, d. 1978 or 1979.
1 CONT Florence Bagwell married Jesse Crownover. They had one son, Durand Leffel
Crownover. They lived in Wichita, Ks. Florence and her son died in 1978 or
1979. Jesse died in 1979.
1 CONT Florence was the last daughter of George Bagwell.?
1 CONT In addition, Grady Bagwell mentioned in his notes another Baxter Co. AR
Bagwell family: Allen H. Bagwell of the Bufford area. Allen H. Bagwell had
three sons: John, Bill and Allen H. Jr.
1 CONT Allen, Jr. had a daughter Pearl Bagwell Hogan, who was 92 at the time these
notes were written. She lived in North Little Rock Ar.
1 CONT The Monkey Run Bagwells did not know the Bufford Bagwells.

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There is a John Childers in the 1809 Census of Madison Co., AL who has 4 males under 21, 3 males over 21, 1 female under 21, and 2 females over 21. Perhaps father????
1 CONT No Cain or Cowans in the 1816 Madison Co, AL tax records. Many Childers (David, James Jessee, John, John, John F. Thomas, William). Same with 1812 census but only 3 Childers/Childress James Childers and a Jessee and John Childress
1 CONT CAN'T FIND IN 1820 OR 1830
1 CONT 1820 Wayne Co, TN doesn't appear to be this John because there are 2 males under ten and ours have none. Also had two females 10-16 and there should be none.
1 CONT 1820 Perry Co., TN had male under 10 and also female over 10 which doesn't fit.
1 CONT No 1820 AL census on ancestry.com
1 CONT 1830 not one in Pickens Co, AL, not Cocke Co, TN, not Phillips Co, AR, not Independence Co, AR, not Jackson Co, AR, not Jefferson Co, AR, not Tuscaloosa Co, AL, not Hardin TN, not Madison Co, TN, not Knox Co, TN, not McMinn Co, TN, not Sullivan Co, TN, not Anderson Co, TN, not Dyer, TN, not Rutherford, TN,

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D HUNTER-ACTS OF THE COUNTY BOARD-COUNTY SEAT AND
BUILDINGS-OFFICERS-POLITICAL OUTLOOK-LEGAL MATTERS-MILITARY
AFFAIRS-MUNICIPALITIES-SCHOOLS-CHURCHES-BIOGRAPHY
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Burrel M. Childers, a well-known and popular farmer and stock raiser, was born in Madison County, Ala., October 9, 1821. His father, John Childers, was a native of Georgia, who moved to the State of Alabama when a young man,
and was there married to Miss Rutha Cown. The parents remained in Alabama until the year 1824, and then settled in Tennessee, where they resided up to 1838, when they selected Arkansas as their future home, and located in
Lawrence County. The elder Childers had an eventful history in his younger days, and was a soldier in the Black Hawk War. He reared a family of eleven children, five sons and six danghters, of whom Burrel M. Childers is the only survivor. Burrel remained with his father until he was of mature age, and then enlisted in the Mexican War of 1846. After the war was over and the
treaty had been made, he received his discharge, and returned to Lawrence County. He settled on his present place in 1849, when this portion of Arkansas was nothing more than a wilderness, and has lived to see it grow up [p.780] into a populous and thriving community. Mr. Childers has since then cleared up about seventy-five acres, and put them under cultivation, besides
owning 160 acres adjoining. He did, at one time, own over 1,000 acres, but has divided up with his children. When war was announced between the North and South he gave his services to the Confederacy, and joined Col. Shaver's regiment. He was elected lieutenant, and held that rank until the close of hostilities. During that time he took part in the fights at Pilot Knob,
Independence, Kansas City, Big Blue and Miner's Creek, where Gen. Marmaduke was taken prisoner. After the war he returned to Lawrence County, and has since then been occupied in farming. His first marriage was to Miss Narcissa
Beavers, of Illinois, who died in 1856. This wife left two children, who grew to maturity, were married, and left children of their own. Mr. Childers next married, in this county, Mrs. HOPKINS, a widow lady, of Indiana, who died in 1883. There are three children living by this wife, whose names are: C. F., wife of Joseph Lollar; Julis, widow of A. B. Hogard, and Hezekiah.
His present wife was united to him in 1884, her former name being Aveline Grider, a daughter of Martin Grider, one of the pioneers of Randolph County. There are three children by this marriage: Maxie, Stonewall Jackson and Chaldon. Mr. Childers is a member of the Masonic order, and is a Royal Arch Mason, belonging to the Eastern Star. He attends the Christian Church, while his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and also of the Eastern Star. In the early days of his settlement in Arkansas, Mr. Childers was a hunter of no mean pretences. He made a regular business of hunting for ten years, and together with his brother, killed thirty-six bears, six panthers and a great number of wild cats, in one spring, besides a quantity
of deer. He has a record of killing eleven deer in one day, while a companion of his, a Frenchman, killed eleven deer and two bears the same day. Mr. Childers is a genial and active gentleman, though well advanced in life, and is very much thought of by his neighbors. He is full of anecdote, and it is a pleasure to listen to the reminiscences of his early days, which
none can tell so well as an old settler.