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Note: Occupation:William was a farmer. Name could be spelled Gassaway and could have been born in 1820. Book "�i�Probate Papers Franklin County, AR. 1838-1920 Book by Virginia McPhail 1502 North Hill Blvd Van Buren, AR. 72956" �/i�states Gazaway, William D.F. deceased 1. Left a will that was sworn to as his will on 4 May 1889. 2. His widow, Cynthia, died 25 Feb 1901. 3. After the deaths of W.D.F. and Cynthia Gazaway the heirs wish to have the land partitioned and for the administrator to give the money left to to the clerk to be divided among the heirs. 10 Mar 1903. Heirs are John Gazaway, C.C. Graves, M.E. Bailey, E.L. Graves, M.J. Gazaway, R.C. Burns, Margett Snider, A.J. Gazaway, M.M. Gazaway, Jasper Williams, Emma Honea and Louisa Williams. Information from a book Genealogical History of the Gassaway Family compiled by William Kenneth and Anna Clay (Zimmerman) Rutherford PO Box 85 Lexington, MO. 64067-0085, printed 1990 page 52 and 78.
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Note: (Research):My Dad told me a story about William Fletcher Gazaway. The story tells how Grandpa Gazaway had arrived in Arkansas and began building a house and fences on the property he thought he was homesteading. A man came by and told William that he was on his property. After that William Gazaway disappeared for several years. When he came back he bought a very large farm ( a couple thousand acres) and paid in full with gold. No one knows where the gold came from. Later he disappeared for awhile again and came back with his wife, a couple of kids and his in-laws. Information from Christine Harris Gibson 3699 Doral St. Palm Harbor, FL. 34685. cgibson777@msn.com. Information as of Feb 2005. Oral history I Samuel Weldon have is William and Cyntha and family purchased some land in KS. They left and went to KS. where they found another family proving up on the property so they stayed long enough for Elva Lucinda to be born and they joined their in-laws in Johnson County, OK. Another story I have is during the war between the states William was working in the field and some union soldiers came up looking for a means to cross the AR. River. They threatened William if he did not help them and he agreed to take them to a boat so they could cross the river. Cyntha was bringing William his lunch and she seen what was hapening so she hid and followed them as William took the soldiers to a place on the river where a rowboat was stored. Some of the soldier wanted to kill William but the officer in charge wouldn't let them because William had helped them. After the soldiers rowed across the river William was so upset he couldn't work the rest of the day. These storied was given to me by Williams ggrand son Robert Dale Burns Rt 1 Box 76C Altus, AR. 72821 in 1988. A book �i�"Wills of Franklin County Arkansas 1838-1920" �/i�Will Book B at Ozark 1866-1920 Will Book A at Charleston 1892-1944 Abstracted by Virginia McPhail Gazaway, W.D.F Page 138 1. I appoint my wife Cyntha K Gazaway to be executrix. 2. To my wife I give all my real and personal property during her lifetime. 3. At her death it is to be divided equally between my children: John W. Gazaway, Amanda L. Williams, Elva L. Graves, Margaret A. Snider, Manus Gazaway, Roda C. Burnes, Mariah E. Bailey, Jasper A. Gazaway, Cynthis K. Graves, and Mary J. Gazaway. �tab�30 July 1888�tab��tab��tab��tab�his mark �tab�Sworn to 4 May 1889 as "deceased"
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Note: Burial recorded on page 57 in a Book "�i�Franklin County Arkansas Cemeteries North of the Arkansas River�/i�" recorded and published by Sue Clark and Virginia McPhail 1502 North Hill Blvd, Van Buren, AR. 72956.
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Note: Information from the 1880 US census of Franklin County, AR. page 847, headstones and Paul Helton PO Box 31 Shady Point, OK 74956 and Robert Burns Rt 1 Box 76C Altus, AR. 72821. Information as of Aug. 1988.
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