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Note: KILLS TWO DEER WITH ONE SHOT The Spartanburg Herald (Spartanburg, South Carolina), Dec 9, 1935, page 5
Arkadelphia, Ark. Dec. 8.
Seventy years of following the hounds is the record of I.B. Leamons, 80-year-old Clark county hillsman, who can claim the feat twice of having brought down two deer with one shot.
"I have killed two deer with one shot twice in my life," Leamons recalled today, "once in the night with a shotgun, and the other time with a rifle. I shot through one deer and killed another one at the same time."
But the main lure of the chase to him is hearing the "music" of running hounds. "There is something in the sound of the dogs that always thrilled me more than anything else. I love singing as well as anyone, but I had rather hear the hounds in a good fox chase than any other "choir" I ever heard."
Leamons comes by his love for the sport naturally. His father, born in the Indian territory, learned to hunt with the Redskins and hunted to the last days of his life.
"I was with my father when he killed five deer in one night," Leamons declared, "and I helped him butcher seven that he killed in a day."
Doing most of his hunting in Clark county, Leamons admitted he can't claim such a record as that of his father. But he has bagged four deer in one day and three in a night. In his 70 years at the sport, he has brought down as many as 50 or 60 fox and nearly an equal number of bobcats, he recalled today.
Leamons unusual record brought commendation several weeks ago from Governor J. Marion Futrell, who attended the Arkansas Fox Association's annual meeting.
According to his grandaughter, Ena Leamons Selph, Isaac never drank anything stronger than hot water. He was a lay preacher in the local Church of Christ. He didn't like automobiles and would walk the 16 miles from his home outside of Gurdon to Arkadelphia. She remembered an account of how when one of his children was born someone ran to the river and shouted the news to him as he was floating logs downstream to market. Walter Wallace Leamons stayed with the family when he would preach in their church. The last time she saw Wallace was in 1929. Joshua carried Indians from Louisiana out West to Oklahoma. He had a sister in Louisiana that passed away. (From an interview with Ena by Michael Leamons in 1982 on a visit to her home outside of Gurdon.)
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KEEPING TAB ON WASHINGTON Farm Bureau News la B. LEAMONS, 87 years of age, who lives 25 miles from Arkadelphia, Arkansas, was qualified as an official voting delegate at the recent state Farm Bureau convention ... To reach Little Rock where the meeting was held, Mr. Leamons drove 16 miles behind a team to a point where he ...
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1900; Census Place: Anderson, Clark, Arkansas; Roll: T623 53; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 3.
June 9, 1900.
Lemons IB Head WM May 1855 45 marr 20yr Ark Ind Terr Ga Farmer
FM Wife WF Dec 1858 41 marr 20yr Ark Ark Ark 7child, 7living
Maud Dau WF Sept 1887 18 sing Ark Ark Ark CJ Son WM Nov 1883 16 sing Ark Ark Ark Farm labor
AS Son WM Oct 1885 14 sing Ark Ark Ark Farm labor
JA Son WM Dec 1887 12 sing Ark Ark Ark Farm labor
Nona Dau WF Nov 1890 9 sing Ark Ark Ark Ada Dau WF Aug 1892 7 sing Ark Ark Ark EE Son WM Jan 1897 3 sing Ark Ark Ark All children but EE with 5 mos of school for year to date. All can read and write except EE.
1910; Census Place: Anderson, Clark, Arkansas; Roll: T624_45; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 44; Image: 1028.
May 2, 1910, page 58.
Leamons Isaic B Head MW 54 marr1 30yrs La Ok Ala Farmer Can read & write.
Fannie M Wife FW 51 marr1 30yrs Ark Tn Ga 7child, 6living Can read & write.
Auther Son MW 24 sing Ark La Ark Works on home farm. Can read & write
Jessie A Son MW 22 sing Ark La Ark Working out of house. Can read & write.
Ada Dau FW 18 sing Ark La Ark Attended school. Can read & write.
Earnest E Son MW 13 sing Ark La Ark Laborer on hm farm. Can read & write.
Household of son Claude J immediately follows of daughter Nona preceeds.
Households of Norman and Forcht, into which Jesse married are listed on the same page.
Year: 1920;Census Place: Anderson, Clark, Arkansas; Roll: T625_56; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 56; Image: 685.
March 18, 1920.
Leamons Isaac B Head MW 64 marr Can read and write. La La Ark Farmer
Fannie Wife FW 59 marr Can read and write. Ark Ark Ark Ernest E Son MW 23 marr Can read and write. Ark La Ark Laborer at the sawmill.
Nellie D-n-L FW 23 marr Can read and write. Ark Ark Ark Forrest E GSon MW 2/12 Ark Ark Ark
The Claude J Leamons family preceeds this by a few listings.
1930; Census Place: Anderson, Clark, Arkansas; Roll: 67; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 4; Image: 555.0.
April 5, 1930.
Leamons Isaac B Head Owns MW 74 mar at 25 Can rd & write. La Ok Ala Farmer
Fannie M Wife FW 71 mar at 21 Can rd & write. Ark Tn Ga
Leamons Ernest E Hd Rnt $2/mo MW 33 mar at 22 Can rd & write. Ark La Ark Salesman Raliegh
Nellie J Wife FW 33 mar at 22 Can rd & write. Ark Ark Ark
Forrest E Son MW 10 Att sch. Can rd & write. Ark Ark Ark Farm laborer.
Glen E Son MW 9 Att sch. Ark Ark Ark Farm laborer.
Doyle E Son MW 6 Att sch. Ark Ark Ark
Paul E Son MW 2 Att sch. On the same page with several other households related to Isaac B. Leamons.
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