Category Archives: Duckett

Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 Hits Close to Home*

Posted on November 9, 2014 by lisaclds

* I started writing this last fall, when I was reading about the Spanish influenza pandemic — its genetics were similar to last year’s strain. And, like the Spanish flu (deadliest in people ages 20-40), last year’s flu mostly killed … Continue reading →

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Sorghum Cane Syrup in Arkansas

Posted on January 12, 2014 by lisaclds

In September, we went to the Cane Hill Harvest Festival – partly because I was interested in Cane Hill, the site of Arkansas’ first college to admit women, and partly because I had heard they were making cane syrup from … Continue reading →

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Duckett Township Meeting: Saturday, November 2, 2013

Posted on October 7, 2013 by lisaclds

I think the flyer speaks for itself: Ronnie has lined up interesting guest speakers who have a lot of familiarity with the area, and we also hope to collect more information about the Duckett community, roughly defined as Duckett Township, … Continue reading →

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Sarah (Brock) Duckett’s Land Grant

Posted on June 19, 2013 by lisaclds

Three weeks before Sarah Drusilla (Sallie”) Brock married Allen Turner Duckett (second marriage for each), she and Turner traveled 120 miles to Camden, Arkansas so she could submit paperwork to file for a homestead in Howard County, just south of … Continue reading →

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Land Grants: A Little House (or Two or Three) in the Ouachitas+

Posted on June 13, 2013 by lisaclds

When I was in grade school, I devoured the Little House books. Laura (Ingalls) Wilder lived in Indian Territory, not too far from where I grew up. When she had the fever and ague, Dr. Tanner, who saved her, was … Continue reading →

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Allen Turner Duckett: Was he named for a Methodist circuit rider?

Posted on May 29, 2013 by lisaclds

I am nearly positive that my grandfather’s paternal grandfather Lewellen Moore Childs (1851-1915) was named for a Primitive Baptist preacher. In a surprising twist, I now believe that Orval’s maternal grandfather Allen Turner Duckett (1846-1907) was also named for a preacher, a Methodist … Continue reading →

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Sarah Drusilla (Brock) Duckett’s Burial Location: Witherspoon Cemetery, Vandervoort, Arkansas

Posted on April 27, 2013 by lisaclds

Sarah Drusilla (Brock) Duckett (1866-1933) (“Sallie”) is not buried at Duckett Cemetery, where her husband Allen Turner Duckett (1846-1907) and his first wife Sarah Elizabeth (Bell) Duckett (1852-1893) are buried. In fact, Sallie is the only Duckett known to be buried thirteen miles … Continue reading →

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Sarah Drusilla Brock’s Marriages

Posted on April 23, 2013 by lisaclds

Sarah Drusilla “Sallie” Brock (1866-1933) is Allen Turner Duckett’s second wife. They married on September 11, 1895. What you would never guess from this marriage license and its reference to Miss Sallie Brock, though, is that Sallie had a previous marriage. … Continue reading →

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Decoration Day: Building a Sort of Special Place

Posted on March 9, 2013 by lisaclds

When I think of the Duckett-Childs family, I think of Duckett Decoration and the Childs-Duckett (or it Duckett-Childs?) reunion. Decoration is on the first Sunday in June and the reunion is the preceding Saturday. There is a pleasing rhythm to … Continue reading →

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