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About Littleton Meeks Veazey (DNA3)
Littleton was 15 years old when he migrated with his father to what is now Grant County, AR to land that now lives within the city limits of Sheridan. In 1889, this land was described as including one hundred 'cleared' acres, large building, and an expensive orchard. A monument in the Sheridan Cemetery was dedicated July 18, 1992. Ann Veazey Whitledge gave me an article printed in the "Grassroots-Journal of the Grant County Museum" August 1992 that describes L M Veazey and his impact on Grant County, AR:
"The bill to create Grant County was approved by the Arkansas Legislature on January 4, 1869. the recently appointed Site Commissioners located the Grant County seat, Sheridan, on forty acres of land given by Littleton Meek(s) Veazey and eighty acres given by A N Harris. It was on this land that the present city developed and it was Veazey's gift, in part, which made it possible.
L M Veazey, the son of John (b. 1795) and Nancy King Veazey, was born March 9, 1830, in Shelby County, Alabama. Nancy Veazey died in 1833 the year of birth of her daughter, Nancy Jane and, in November of 1845, John and their children immigrated to Arkansas where they settled in what is now Grant County. The children of this family were: Elzey, Louisa, Caroline, Lovey, William, Martha, Nancy Jane, and Littleton, who was fifteen years old when he arrived in Arkansas.
On December 11, 1856, I M Veazey married Mary Elizabeth Clark, the daughter of William Clark, a native Irishman and Elizabeth Whitehead of French descent. According to Goodspeeds Biographical History of Arkansas, L M Veazey had settled on land within the present city limits of Sheridan earlier in 1854. The house he built is said to have been located near the present intersection of Oak and Vine Streets in Sheridan and it is here that he probably brought his new bride in 1856. In 1889 this land was described as including one hundred "cleared" acres, large buildings, and an extensive orchard.
In 1857 John Veazey, age 66, L M Veazey's father, remarried to Rebecca Hubbert, age 65. John Veazey continued to live on his family farm until his death in 1866. In 1858, L M Veazey's first child, Leondus Houston was born.
In 1862 Veazey enlisted in Company H, 18th Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States of America. One of the colonels of this Saline County Regiment was Robert Crockett, said to be the son of Davy Crockett, Company H, took part in the Battle of Corinth, and at Port Hudson, Louisiana in 1863. This was where L M Veazey engaged for forty-eight days in continual fighting. Veazey was captured at Port Hudson and held as a prisoner for three days at which time he was paroled. The company also took part in the Battle of Marks Miles and Jenkins Ferry in 1864.
In September 1864, Veazey's first son, Leondus, died. In November, that same year, his fourth child, William Thomas was born. Two years later in 1866, Veazey was appointed Justice of the Peace in Merry Green Township, then a part of Saline County. In this year, 1866, a fifth child, John Shelby was born, followed two years later in 1868 by a sixth child, Nancy Jane, who later married Walter Griffin and then William Burton Patterson. William Thomas Veazey married Alice Dorough and John Shelby Veazey married Concada Victoria Evans.
Printed records sate that on February 3, 1867, Lafayette Veazey, the third child, then 7 years, 6 months, and 7 days old was lost in the woods. The Arkansas Gazette reported the incident this way: "strayed off from the residence of Brother L M Veazey. The child started to drive off a stray yearling about one hour by sun and moon dark. He was seen by a youth, about three miles from home, going the contrary way. The neighborhood being alerted, men, women, and children turned out for many days and nights hunting for the lost one. But alas, all hope seems gone. He was a sprightly boy and ade air for long and useful life."
Records show that the remains of the boy were found the following December about one mile from his home. The tragic death of Layfayette Veazey was followed by the birth of six other children: Lloyd Councel, born 1870, Littleton Miles, born 1872, Mary Ellen, born 1874; Edward Bolton, born 1876; and Orlando Bell, born 1878. A baby girl died at birth in 1880.
Mary Ellen Veazey married Marion Atchley and had 13 children. Edward Bolton married Julai Musgrove and Orlando Bell married Emma Russell. Mary Elizabeth Clark Veazey, L M Veazey's wife, is believed to have died on April 11, 1887 at the age of 47. Following the death of his wife, L M Veazey married Melissa Jackson Atchley, a widow, and daughter of Thomas and Delpha Jackson. L M Veazey spent his life as a farmer primarily within the present city limits of Sheridan, the county seat, established on land he homesteaded before the Civil War. He served as a member of the Saline and rant County Quorum Courts from 1866 through the 1890s and was Treasurer of the Sheridan Masonic Lodge and a member of the Baptist Church. L M Veazey died on May 4, 1896 at the age of 66 and was buried in the Sheridan Cemetery. Many of his descendants remained in Sheridan, serving in various political, educational, and civic organizations relating to the growth and development of Sheridan. His son, William Thomas was among those who signed the incorporation petition for the city of Sheridan in 1887.
In 1873, four years after L M Veazey presented his gift of land, Sheridan had a courthouse, a grocery store, a hotel, and four houses. An Arkansas Gazette article of that year reported that "our future prospects were very flattering and that we would soon be on the high road to distinction!" The population of the city in 1887 was less than 200 people. At the time of L M Veazey's death, the population numbered about 300 and as early as 1901, only about 27 families then lived within the city limits. Today the population is estimated at 3,098. (Today, in 1992, Sheridan's growth continues, and as in 1873 our prospects are still "very flattering.")
L M Veazey would be proud but probably not surprised to see the extent to which the city has developed since his arrival here in the 1850s. He had confidence then in what the city could have become and it was his gift of land that helped to make this possible. We are forever indebted to him for his faith in our future.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ar/grant/cemeteries/sheridan.txt
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Birth: Mar. 9, 1831 Shelby County Alabama, USA Death: May 4, 1896 Sheridan Grant County Arkansas, USA
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Edward Bolton Veazey (1879 - 1964)*
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Burial: Sheridan Cemetery Sheridan Grant County Arkansas, USA
Created by: Gail Fisher Walker Record added: Jul 11, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 93455224 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=veazey&GSfn=l...
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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Grant County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Lyttleton M. Veazey, farmer and justice of the peace of Sheridan, Merry Green Township, Grant County, Ark., is a native of Alabama, and was born in Shelby County, March 9, 1830. He is the son of John Veazey and Nancy (King) Veazey. Mr. Veazey moved from Alabama to Arkansas in 1845, arriving here in November of that year, and settling in what is now Grant County, on a farm near Sheridan, where he resided until his death in 1866. His wife dying in Alabama, in 1833, left a family of three sons and five daughters, three of whom (our subject and two sisters) only are living. Lyttleton M. was a boy of fifteen when he came to Arkansas with his father. In 1854 he settled on the farm on which he now resides, near Sheridan, and now has about 100 acres cleared, with large buildings, besides an extensive orchard. He enlisted in the Confederate service in 1862, in the Eighteenth Arkansas Infantry, in which he served until taken prisoner, July 9, 1863, being held three days as prisoner, when he was paroled. He was in the battle of Port Hudson, and was engaged for forty-eight days in continual fighting, also in a number of skirmishes. After the war Mr. Veazey returned to his farm and was appointed justice of the peace, in 1866, after which he was elected to the office, and has served in that capacity nearly ever since, except one or two terms, filling the office with great credit. Mr. Veazey married Miss Mary Elizabeth Clark, a native of Tennessee, in (now) Grant County, in 1856. By that marriage he was the father of nine children: Eugenie (wife of Benj. F. Hill), W. F., John S., Nancy J. (wife of Walter Griffin), Lloyd C., Lyttleton M., Mary E., Edward B. and Orlando B.; also three children who died in childhood, one of whom, Lafayette F., when at the age of seven years, was lost in the woods, on February 3, 1867. His remains were not found until the following December, about one mile from home. In December, 1887, Mr. Veazey was married to Mrs. Melissa (Jackson) Atchley, a daughter of Thomas and Delpha Jackson, a widow, and a native of Alabama, who came to Arkansas when only six years old. Mr. and Mrs. Veazey belong to the Baptist Church. Mr. Veazey is a member of the Masonic order, and has served both as Tyler and Treasurer; the last office he has held for the past thirteen years.
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This family biography is one of 68 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Grant County, Arkansas published in 1889. For the complete description, click here: Grant County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps
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Littleton Meeks Veazey (DNA3)'s Timeline
| 1831 |
March 9, 1831
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Shelby, Alabama, United States
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| 1858 |
January 23, 1858
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Saline, Arkansas, United States
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| 1859 |
December 30, 1859
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Saline, Arkansas, United States
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| 1861 |
July 29, 1861
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Saline, Arkansas, United States
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| 1865 |
November 11, 1865
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Saline, Arkansas, United States
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| 1866 |
July 23, 1866
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Saline, Arkansas, United States
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| 1868 |
May 24, 1868
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Saline, Arkansas, United States
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| 1870 |
May 17, 1870
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Sheridan, Grant, Arkansas, United States
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| 1872 |
May 17, 1872
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Sheridan, Grant, Arkansas, United States
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