This collection contains the genealogical history of the Avra and Ogletree family. James Alexander Ogletree married Julia Anne Avra sometime after the Civil War. They moved to Hamburg, Arkansas shortly after they married and later they moved to Fordyce in Dallas County Arkansas. James fought in the Civil War with Company B of the Third Infantry Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers and in 1915 he started to receive a pension. In the years 1867 to 1881 the couple gave birth to Alice, Hugh, Huston, Charles Beecher, Grace, Stanley, and Claud. James Ogletree died in 1919 and Julia died in 1932 in Fordyce Arkansas. This collection was donated by Mrs. Sarah Fishburne.
Box 1
File 1 – Alexander and Ellender Dill Avera’s Children (Born 1806 – 1834)
File 2 – Family History of James Alexander Ogletree and Julia Anne Avra
File 3 – Will and Transcription of Alexander Avera (Probated November 5, 1859 and Recorded March 5, 1860)
File 4 – James Ogletree Family Pension Applications
File 5 – Family Photographs
Envelope 1 – Julia Avra Ogletree’s home with large family Fordyce, Arkansas c1890
Envelope 2 – Hugh Ogletree
Envelope 3 – Roxie Ogletree, Hugh Ogletree 1st Wife
Envelope 4 – Hugh Ogletree Son
Envelope 5 – Houston Ogletree’s children
Envelope 6 – Charles Beecher Ogletree
Envelope 7 – Photographs of Beecher’s babies including a picture of Forrest Ogletree c1900
Envelope 8 – Eva Rhodes Daughter of Grace Ogletree Rhodes
Envelope 9 – Stanley Ogletree c1890
Envelope 10 – Mattie Ogletree the wife of Claud Ogletree c1900
Envelope 11 – Claud Ogletree’s child c1905
File 6 – Photographs of unidentified family members
Envelope 1 – photograph of a young in a World War II uniform and another photograph on the same porch but of an older man
Envelope 2 – Three women standing outside of a home
Envelope 3 – Unidentified women in front of house
Envelope 4 – Adults, children, wagon and horses in front of store
Envelope 5 – Unidentified adults, children and horses in front of building
Envelope 6 – Children and teachers outside a school
Envelope 7 – Unidentified Little girl
Envelope 8 – one photograph of a baby and two photographs of the same baby and an older child
Envelope 9 – Mother and child outdoors
Envelope 10 – Students and teacher in a wooded area
Envelope 11 – Two men and children with houses in front of building
Envelope 12 – Two boys in a field
Envelope 13 – Men working on a house
Envelope 14 – Construction workers
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