Baxter Bulletin from Mountain Home, Arkansas • 5

Saturday, December 23, 2006 THE BAXTER BULLETIN, Mountain Home, Ark. Page 5A Community BAXTER COUNTY BEGINNINGS Catherine "Caty" Wolf Dec. 23, 1817, in Hopkins County, Ky. She was born in 1800 in Rowen County. N.C.

She died Dec. 5, 1873, in Goliad County, Texas. She was the daughter of Michael and Caty (Hendrick) Wolf. Matthew Adams and Caty Wolf Adams were among the first white settlers on the White River. According to this information, he was a member of the Arkansas Territorial Commission and the first Judge of Izard County.

Matthew and Caty's children were: A. John Adams was born in 1818 in Kentucky and died in 1863. He married Charity Woods. B. Albert Greer Adams was born in 1820 in Arkansas and died in Live Oak County, Texas.

He married Lucinda Lafferty, daughter of Henderson Lafferty and Nancy Craig. C. Lucinda Jane Adams was born in 1823 in Arkansas and died in 1854. She married a Mr. Wright in 1842 in Arkansas.

She married James Murray Aug. 8, 185, in Texas. D. Robert Kendall Adams was born Nov. 23, 1826, i in Arkansas and died Dec.

22, 1904, in Bexar County, Texas. He married Mary Elizabeth Irwin Sept. 29, 1849. He later married Sarah Briefs Chyrl Ripple Baxter Bulletin Historian This week, I am printing more answers to questions: James Adams was born in 1740 and died in 1814 in Hopkins County, Ky. He married Agnes Wilson in 1767.

She was born in 1750, died after 1820 in Kentucky. Agnes was the daughter of Matthew and Catherine (Hubbard) Wilson. The children of James and Agnes Adams were; Robert Adams Sr. was born 1770 in Virginia and died in March 1825 in Arkansas Territory in Izard County. Robert Adams married Patience Hall March 19, 1796, in Macon Ky.

Later, he married Elizabeth "Betsy" Ferguson. Robert and Patience Adams had a child, John Adams, who was born in 1797 in Kentucky and died in 1840. John Adams married Mary Ann Wolf in 1821. She was born in 1790 in North Carolina and died 1860. Mary Ann was the daughter of Michael and Mary Catherine (Hendrick) Wolf.

Matthew Adams was born Feb. 20, 1799, in Kentucky, and died May 8, 1889, in Ireland Coryell County, Texas. He married Pryscilla Beta Club donates toys CALICO ROCK The National Beta Club at Izard County Consolidated School donated new toys to Izard County Sheriff's Department for distribution to children for Christmas. Mary Jason, club sponsor, said 45 members gathered toys during December. Sheriff Tate Lawrence and Deputy Cathy Bristow accepted the toys.

Visit www.baxterbulletin.com to see a photo of the Beta Club. Class of '87 seeks members The Mountain Home Class of 1987 is trying to locate members for its 20th class reunion July 6-8. Planned events include an alumni dinner as well as a family get together at Big Creek. For information or to RSVP, e-mail Gwen McFerrin-Hoffman at or call (870) 741-9177. From submitted reports COMMUNITY CALENDAR Today, Dec.

23 post on State Highway 178. Free. Alley-White American Legion Post 52 and Ladies Auxiliary Tuesday, Dec. 26 coffee, 9 a.m. 717 Market St.

424- Twin Lakes Shrine Club, 11 6277. a.m. Baxter Inn. 424-6131. TOPS 131, 9:30 a.m.

Redeemer Van Matre Duplicate Bridge Lutheran Church. 431-8760. Club, 12:30 p.m. Van Matre Senior Current Events Discussion Center. 425-1348.

Group, 11:30 a.m. Chinese Bull Shoals VFD Auxiliary Palace. 424-4243. Board, 1:30 p.m. Bull Shoals Fire Baxter County Library Chil- Station.

dren's Story Time, 1 p.m. Twin Lakes Base U.S. SubmaTwin Lakes Singles Club rine Veterans, noon Elk Club, bowling, 6 p.m. Driftwood Lanes. 491-5083.

431-8972. VFW Ozark Post 3246 karaoke, Gamaliel Fire Department 5 p.m. 214 W. Seventh St. games, 6:30 p.m.

firehouse. 467- Mountain Home Optimist 5199 or 467-5182. Club, 6 p.m. Brent's Rib House. 405-9946.

a Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Twin Lakes Composite Fraternal Order of Eagles Squadron, Civil Air Patrol breakfast, 8-11 a.m. Midway. $4. cadets, 7 p.m.

Ozark Regional Air481-5200. port terminal, Midway. (870) 445- 4919 or 424-5131. Christmas Day, Dec. 25 Mountain Home Elks 1714, 7 Hoevel-Barnett VFW Post p.m.

Elks Lodge, Highway 62 1341 Christmas dinner, 2 p.m. East. Includes initiation. 425-0813. The Baxter Bulletin www.baxterbulletin.com Burnes and someone named Katie, whose last name is unknown.

E. Margaret Adams was born Jan. 20, 1830, in Arkansas and died Dec. 1, 1905, in Bandera County, Texas. She married Henry Ward Stevans in 1845 in Marion County.

F. Henderson Adams was born in 1834 and married Nancy (last name unknown), who was born in 1834 in Mississippi. G. Sarah "Sally" Adams was born in 1836. H.

William Adams was born in 1837 in Arkansas and married Oreline (last name unknown), who was born in 1838 in Mississippi. I. Richard Adams was born in 1839 in Arkansas. He married Mary Adams, daughter of Ervin and Ann Jane (McFelch) Adams. They moved to Coryell County in 1867 and later to Hays County, Texas.

J. Mary Ann Adams was born in 1841 i in Arkansas. K. George Adams was born in 1844 in Arkansas. This information was submitted to answer questions which have been asked in the past.

I would like to have a series on the Adams families. I don't always agree with the information printed in this column as far as genealogy but that's how I get the right answers. Please let me know if information is incorrect or give suggestions. And if you have questions, feel free to submit them. I don't publish all questions as space prevents me doing so.

I pass many question to people who know the answers. Here are a few more answers: Jane Lafferty, daughter of Lorenzo Dow Lafferty and Elvira Criswell, married Samuel Rufas Harvey and had children Mary Harvey and Robert Glenn Harvey. William Robert Martin was born in 1856 in Tennessee. He married Sarah Lucinda Lafferty, who was born in 1865 in Texas. Sarah Lucinda Lafferty Martin was the daughter of John Annis Lafferty and Mary Hannah Lafferty.

They lived in Parker County, Texas, and later in Uvalde County in Texas. Merry Christmas to all of you and many thanks to everyone who helps out with this column and who are readily available to help all of our readers. We'll have one more column in this great year but thank you many times over, and haven't we all had a great 2006? It's been a year to remember. Kids opt for gift cards over-consumerism among kids," she says. Gift cards are practical for teens who "don't want you picking out a Christmas sweater for them." But for the Elmo and Dora set, they represent a "tyranny of choice that robs kids of innocence.

Where is that magical moment of opening a present?" Which is the other part of the problem, critics say: Those under 7 or 8 don't understand economic empowerment or "delayed gratification," says Dan Horne, a marketing professor at Providence College. If all a child receives is a stack of plastic, "I can see a kid being very disappointed." Retailers are trying to rectify the concerns by packaging gift cards with tangibles. This season, for example, Target offers an inflatable Santa, plush elephant and plastic Hello Kitty purse. By OLIVIA BARKER slightly depressing trend of USA TODAY Sure, they may not know the value of a penny, let alone a dollar. And, yes, they probably need Mom to drive them to the store.

But that's not stopping kids from getting the power to stock their own toy boxes from aunts and grandparents in the form of gift cards. This year's KidzEyes holiday survey found 30 percent of 6- to 8-year-olds preferred gift cards to traditional wrapped presents. It's a small proportion compared with their older siblings: 46 percent of those ages 9-11 and 68 percent of teens 15-17 opted for gift cards. Still, "it tells you how much kids want to have a say in what they're playing with," says Paul Metz of Research, the company that conducted the survey. (But parents police the ultimate decision: Last Christmas, Metz nixed his 6-year-old's desire to trade her Target gift card for Bratz dolls.) It scares moms such as Pilar Guzman, editor in chief of Cookie, the style-conscious parenting magazine.

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