August 23

Hazel Opal Herdman married Elbert Lyman Grooms 23 August 1916

The Herdman family is related to the Treat branch of our family tree.

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Myra Jo Burford was born 23 August 1949

Myra is the daughter of Joseph Burford. 

Joseph Burford was the son of Raymond Burford (half-brother of my grandfather Lester Burford)

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Nellie Jane Searcy born 23 August 1915

Nellie Jane was the daughter of Edith Burford (sister of Raymond Burford, half-sister of my grandfather Lester Burford)

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William Ralph Solomon died 23 August 1930, age 25.

I don't have a picture of him. He was the husband of Viola Sandefur Solomon. He died two years after they were married. They had one child, a daughter Nora Ellen. Viola never married again.

Viola was a daughter of Nancy Ellen Hicks (sister of my great-grandfather Ulysses Hicks)

PHOTO: Viola Solomon and Lester Burford (my grandfather)

Picture was taken in front of Lester and Cleffie's house in Bald Knob, Arkansas, sometime in the 1970s.

August 22

Alan Kessler (my husband) was born 22 August 1954 in Japan

PHOTO: Alan's passport. His father was in the US military, stationed in Japan. His mother was native Japanese. They moved to the USA when Alan was a baby.

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John Henry Hicks was born 22 August 1844

John Henry Hicks was my great-great-grandfather (father of Ulysses Hicks)

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Melvin Lee Hombs was born 22 August 1919

Mel was the husband of Juanita Burford (sister of my grandfather Lester Burford)

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Randy Jack Anderson was born 1960

Randy is the son of June Barnett Anderson.

June is the daughter of Irene Hicks Barnett (sister of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford)

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Stella Frances Gibson Miller died 22 August 1968, age 80

PHOTO: This is a group photo of the Gibson clan, with Stella marked in red. This is the only picture I have of her. Stella was a sister of my great-grandmother Lora Gibson Burford.

This is a picture of Stella's son Glen Miller.

August 21

Erwin Leslie Wells was born 21 August 1890

Erwin was the husband of Renue Thomas.

Renue was a sister of my grandfather Bill Thomas.

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Fiina Herranen Ford died 21 August 2001, age 96

Fiina was the wife of Otho Simeon Ford.

Otho was the grandson of Charles and Effie Ford. 

Charles Ford was a brother of my great-grandmother Nancy Ford Thomas.

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Gerald Bailey Hayes was born 21 August 1933

Gerald is the son of Arbie Arnold and Bill Hayes.

Arbie was one of "Uncle George's girls" -- Uncle George being the brother of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks.

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Jeffrey Dean Murray was born 21 August 1995

PHOTO: Jason and Jeffrey Dean ("J.D.") Murray

J D is the son of Brandy Thomas Murray. 

Brandy is the daughter of Rick (my brother) and Bella Wisdom Thomas.

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Melanie Jean and Michael Ted Radde were born 21 August 1968

Melanie and Mike are children of Beverly Jones and Ted Radde.

Beverly was the daughter of Evalee Hicks and Charles Jones.

Evalee was a sister of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford.

August 20

Suellen White was born 20 August 1941

Suellen is the daughter of Judy Burford and A. D. White.

Judy was a sister of my grandfather Lester Burford.

PHOTO: Lora Burford with seven of her children

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Oma Dell Barnett was born 20 August 1928

Oma Dell was the daughter of Ruby Hicks and Arvil 'Jack' Barnett.

Ruby was a sister of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford.

PHOTO: Ruby and Cleffie Hicks

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Nina Katherine Naftzger was born 20 August 1895

Nina was the wife of Cecil Myrick Hurlbut.

Cecil's mother was Etta Thomas, sister of my great-grandfather Charles Thomas.

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Sarah E Tamsett died 20 August 1935, age 84

Sarah was the midwife who attended the birth of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford. (You can read about it in my book The Woods is Full of 'Em.)

Sarah was the mother of Amy Tamsett, who married John Carter (brother of my great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold). 

Sarah was also the mother of Jessie Tamsett, who married George Arnold (brother of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks.)

PHOTO: Ulysses and Annie Arnold Hicks, George and Jessie Tamsett Arnold

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Sarah Lovada Carter Tatum died 20 August 1948, age 37

PHOTO: Earl Tatum and Lovada Carter Tatum

Vada was a daughter of John Carter and Amy Tamsett Carter.

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Sophia Alexis Burford married John Paul Dozier 20 August 1994

Sophia is a daughter of David Raymond Burford, Jr.

David is the son of David Raymond Burford, Sr.

David was the son of Raymond Burford.

Raymond was the first child of my great-grandfather Alexander Oscar Burford and his first wife Helen Virginia Lockard.

PHOTO: Alexander and Helen Virginia Burford with their children Raymond, Edith, and Hazel

August 18

Beverly Jean Jones married Theodore Louis Radde 18 August 1962

Beverly was the daughter of Evalee Hicks Jones (sister of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford)

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Carrie Leeth was born 18 August 1881

PHOTO: Leslie Leeth (I'm pretty sure this is him. There's nothing written on the back of the photo, but it looks like him from another photo...)

Carrie was his 2nd wife, after his first wife died. His first wife was Beckie Parker, sister of my great-grandmother Massie Parker Treat.

I don't have a picture of Carrie

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Cleo William Ford was born 18 August 1894

Cleo was the son of Charles and Effie Ford

PHOTO L-R: Charles, Cleo, Otho Simeon, Otho Horace, Effie (Otho Simeon was the son of Otho Horace)

Charles Ford was a brother of my great-grandmother Nancy Ford Thomas

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Mildred Arnold married James Everett Garrett 18 August 1939

Mildred was a daughter of George Arnold (brother of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks)

I don't have a picture of Everett Garrett

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Montillion Boston Dunn was born 18 August 1878

PHOTO: John Carter and Boston Dunn

I'm not absolutely certain which is which, but I'm pretty sure Boston is on the right. Here is a picture of the two of them when they were older...

In this photo John is on the right and Boston on the left. Judging from the concave shape of the face and chin, I'm pretty sure it's John on the left in the earlier photo.

Boston Dunn was a son of Mary Elizabeth Carter Dunn (sister of my great-great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold)

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Noma Edra Dye Staggs died 18 August 2019, age 83

Noma was the daughter of Sylvia Arnold and Delbert Dye.

Sylvia was a daughter of Marlie Arnold (brother of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks)

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Russell Connor Herdman was born 18 August 1904

The Herdman family is related to the Treat branch of our family by the marriage of Belle Treat to Ulysses Grant Herdman. 

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Stephen Ford married Dora Carpenter 18 August 1883

PHOTO: Kate and Stephen Ford

I don't have a picture of Dora.

Kate and Stephen were sister and brother of my great-grandmother Nancy Ford Thomas.

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Todd Richard Hombs was born 18 August 1962

Jim Hombs is a son of Juanita Burford and Mel Hombs

Juanita was a sister of my grandfather Lester Burford.

August 17

John David Thomas was born 17 August 1964

John is my baby brother. (Don't y'all tell him I said that.)

Happy birthday, John.

August 16

Arbie Delcie Arnold Hayes died 16 August 1999, age 85

Arbie was one of "Uncle George's girls" -- daughters of George Ned Arnold

George was a brother of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks

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Moses Joseph Parker died 16 August 1889, age 78

Moses was the grandfather of my great-grandmother Massie Parker Treat

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Dallas Miftlin 'Dale' Miller died 16 August 1903, age 51

Dale was the husband of Alice Ford

Alice was a sister of my great-grandmother Nancy Ford Thomas

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Otho Simeon Ford died 16 August 1980, age 73

Otho was the grandson of Charles McMillan Ford

Charles was a brother of my great-grandmother Nancy Ford Thomas

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Kevin Mark Siggins was born 16 August 1973

PHOTO: Katie and Kevin Siggins

Kevin is a son of Effie Ford Siggins

Effie and her sister Della are daughters of Otho Simeon (above) and Fiina Ford