m. Margaret Ann Kennedy-McClure
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Encyclopedia of Arkansas: CHOLERA EPIDEMIC CLOSE TO LEWISBURG IN 1834: Cadron Creek is several miles to the east of Lewisburg. The Arkansas River would have been the culprit that carried the epidemic [by riverboat] and Lewisburg was very close to the river - When the state legislature created Conway County in 1825, Cadron was named the temporary county seat; the post office had already moved upstream to Point Remove (Conway County) in 1824, so Cadron lost out on the political spoils. There were other factors in the town’s decline. The main promoter of Cadron, McElmurry, died in 1827 at the age of sixty-six in Little Rock, and Indian Removal from the state of Arkansas in 1828 cut deeply into the fur trade. During all of this, county business was conducted in a variety of places. For example, though the county circuit court continued to meet in Cadron through 1829, other business was conducted at the residence of Stephen Harris. In 1829, the territorial legislature named Harrisburg, at it was called, the county seat. This resulted in little practical change, and only in 1831 did Conway County gain a real county seat when Lewisburg began to be developed.
In 1834, a large group of Cherokee emigrating to Oklahoma, (perhaps as many as 724) were stranded at Cadron by low water in the Arkansas River. The commanding officer, Lieutenant Joseph W. Harris, mentions camping by a “few tall chimneys — the wreck of a once comfortable tenement.” Apparently, only one storage building remained at Cadron. A cholera epidemic swept through the weakened Indians, and many died. In 1991, a cemetery census by the Faulkner County Historical Society identified forty-four Indian graves and thirty-six unidentifiable graves, but there may have been many more unmarked graves.
John died in this epidemic.
Find A Grave contributor "Bonnie's Daughter" made a suggestion regarding your Find A Grave memorial for John McClure.
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Encyclopedia of Arkansas: CHOLERA EPIDEMIC CLOSE TO LEWISBURG IN 1834: Cadron Creek is several miles to the east of Lewisburg. The Arkansas River would have been the culprit that carried the epidemic [by riverboat] and Lewisburg was very close to the river - When the state legislature created Conway County in 1825, Cadron was named the temporary county seat; the post office had already moved upstream to Point Remove (Conway County) in 1824, so Cadron lost out on the political spoils. There were other factors in the town’s decline. The main promoter of Cadron, McElmurry, died in 1827 at the age of sixty-six in Little Rock, and Indian Removal from the state of Arkansas in 1828 cut deeply into the fur trade. During all of this, county business was conducted in a variety of places. For example, though the county circuit court continued to meet in Cadron through 1829, other business was conducted at the residence of Stephen Harris. In 1829, the territorial legislature named Harrisburg, at it was called, the county seat. This resulted in little practical change, and only in 1831 did Conway County gain a real county seat when Lewisburg began to be developed.
In 1834, a large group of Cherokee emigrating to Oklahoma, (perhaps as many as 724) were stranded at Cadron by low water in the Arkansas River. The commanding officer, Lieutenant Joseph W. Harris, mentions camping by a “few tall chimneys — the wreck of a once comfortable tenement.” Apparently, only one storage building remained at Cadron. A cholera epidemic swept through the weakened Indians, and many died. In 1991, a cemetery census by the Faulkner County Historical Society identified forty-four Indian graves and thirty-six unidentifiable graves, but there may have been many more unmarked graves.
John died in this epidemic.
m. Margaret Ann Kennedy-McClure
Find A Grave contributor "Bonnie's Daughter" made a suggestion regarding your Find A Grave memorial for John McClure.
Their suggestion:
Encyclopedia of Arkansas: CHOLERA EPIDEMIC CLOSE TO LEWISBURG IN 1834: Cadron Creek is several miles to the east of Lewisburg. The Arkansas River would have been the culprit that carried the epidemic [by riverboat] and Lewisburg was very close to the river - When the state legislature created Conway County in 1825, Cadron was named the temporary county seat; the post office had already moved upstream to Point Remove (Conway County) in 1824, so Cadron lost out on the political spoils. There were other factors in the town’s decline. The main promoter of Cadron, McElmurry, died in 1827 at the age of sixty-six in Little Rock, and Indian Removal from the state of Arkansas in 1828 cut deeply into the fur trade. During all of this, county business was conducted in a variety of places. For example, though the county circuit court continued to meet in Cadron through 1829, other business was conducted at the residence of Stephen Harris. In 1829, the territorial legislature named Harrisburg, at it was called, the county seat. This resulted in little practical change, and only in 1831 did Conway County gain a real county seat when Lewisburg began to be developed.
In 1834, a large group of Cherokee emigrating to Oklahoma, (perhaps as many as 724) were stranded at Cadron by low water in the Arkansas River. The commanding officer, Lieutenant Joseph W. Harris, mentions camping by a “few tall chimneys — the wreck of a once comfortable tenement.” Apparently, only one storage building remained at Cadron. A cholera epidemic swept through the weakened Indians, and many died. In 1991, a cemetery census by the Faulkner County Historical Society identified forty-four Indian graves and thirty-six unidentifiable graves, but there may have been many more unmarked graves.
John died in this epidemic.
Find A Grave contributor "Bonnie's Daughter" made a suggestion regarding your Find A Grave memorial for John McClure.
Their suggestion:
Encyclopedia of Arkansas: CHOLERA EPIDEMIC CLOSE TO LEWISBURG IN 1834: Cadron Creek is several miles to the east of Lewisburg. The Arkansas River would have been the culprit that carried the epidemic [by riverboat] and Lewisburg was very close to the river - When the state legislature created Conway County in 1825, Cadron was named the temporary county seat; the post office had already moved upstream to Point Remove (Conway County) in 1824, so Cadron lost out on the political spoils. There were other factors in the town’s decline. The main promoter of Cadron, McElmurry, died in 1827 at the age of sixty-six in Little Rock, and Indian Removal from the state of Arkansas in 1828 cut deeply into the fur trade. During all of this, county business was conducted in a variety of places. For example, though the county circuit court continued to meet in Cadron through 1829, other business was conducted at the residence of Stephen Harris. In 1829, the territorial legislature named Harrisburg, at it was called, the county seat. This resulted in little practical change, and only in 1831 did Conway County gain a real county seat when Lewisburg began to be developed.
In 1834, a large group of Cherokee emigrating to Oklahoma, (perhaps as many as 724) were stranded at Cadron by low water in the Arkansas River. The commanding officer, Lieutenant Joseph W. Harris, mentions camping by a “few tall chimneys — the wreck of a once comfortable tenement.” Apparently, only one storage building remained at Cadron. A cholera epidemic swept through the weakened Indians, and many died. In 1991, a cemetery census by the Faulkner County Historical Society identified forty-four Indian graves and thirty-six unidentifiable graves, but there may have been many more unmarked graves.
John died in this epidemic.
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