The Contributors

This page is dedicated to all the wonderful people out there who have so generously and kindly helped me with this research by sharing their work, making corrections to my work, writing books, posting to the internet, responding to my many genforum queries, sent pictures and countless other ways.  A work like this is never completed alone and I am so grateful for the many wonderful people I have met in this endeavor.  If any of you would like your email contact included here, please let me know.

The State of Arkansas - in the early 1980s, the State of Arkansas wanted to widen a road and discovered an old family cemetery that had been lost for years.  The contacted the descendents, one of whom was my mother.  Her mother had frequently spoken of the little family cemetery.  They took a trip and wondered around the little town of Judsonia, Arkansas.  That little jaunt sparked my mother's interest in her family's history.  She came back with a folder full of documents she collected on that trip and was hooked.  Dad, of course had to get in on the action and he knew his cousin had done a lot of work on their common ancestors.

Ann Daberko - pug4u@netzero.net  Our cousin.  Dad was right, Annie had been working for some years on their shared lines.  She was a wealth of information.  Annie and Daddy continued to work together for the remainder of his life and shared many wonderful genealogy excursions.  Annie has been a godsend to me.  Surnames:  Steward, Boatner, Garrett, Cain, Stratton, Wines, Simmons, Stice, Seely, Darby, Smart, Huddleston and more. 

Flossie Barnhill - who send many documents on the Radford Family.

Kathy Foster - Kathy sent me a huge packet of information on the Fosters and related families. 

Bill & Eva Foster - For so much help with the William J. Foster family and descendents

Jo Watson Turner - who has helped me research the little town of Stewards Mill on my visits there and connected me with other descendents. 

Mike Bonner - who has been so helpful with the history of Steward's Mill.

Andy Bonner - who gave me a thrill by letting me wander though the old store built by our ancestors in Stewards Mill.

Bill Adams - who has been generous with his 20+ year research of the Burt Family.

Linda Talkington - my angel who has donated much time to looking up things for me.   

Abraham Farrington - who was so kind to help with the Farrington line. 

Chuck Kelly - who has helped me find lost photos. 

Kathy Fisher - who has helped me with the Dodd and Fisher Families. 

Claudia Tillman - who has helped with the Fisher Family.

Kim Hendrix - who helped with the Wheeler Family

Margaret Radford Footit - who has helped with the Radford Family.

Kathy Longhurst - who diligently keeps a website of the Stewart/Steward families  and has been a long-time correspondent

J. A. Hammonds - for help with the Strattan family

James Richardson - who has helped with the Radford family.

Margarete Graves Nichols - who worked extensively with my father on the Graves Family.

There are many others, particularly in the beginning when I was not so good about keeping sources of information.  To all of you that I have not mentioned by name, I am ever grateful for the community of researchers who has been so generous and helpful to me.