James Hodges Council b. 7 Jan 1824 GA d. 21 Jan 1900 Logan Co., AR 1st marriage: 1848 Hamilton, TN 2nd marriage: 28 Dec 1884 Logan Co., AR Father: Howard Sater Council Mother: Lucinda Gallahand (Gallager)
1st Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Rogers b. 14 Jun 1833 Roane, TN d. 2 Dec 1882 Logan Co., AR Father: James A. Rogers Mother: Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" Holloway
2nd Wife: Elizabeth "Betsy" Jane McReynolds b. 9 Jul 1826 TN d. ? Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR 1st marriage: 30 Jan 1881, Logan Co., AR 2nd marriage: 1860 3rd husband: 30 Jan 1881 Logan Co., AR 4th marriage: 27 Dec 1884
Elizabeth McReynolds' 2nd Husband: Thomas Dean
Elizabeth McReynolds' 3rd husband: David Jackson Selph b. 10 May 1812 GA d. Apr 1884 Logan Co., AR Father: Ezekial Selph Mother: Sarah Graves
Elizabeth McReynolds' 4th husband: James Hodges Council
Children Of James Hodges Council & Sarah Elizabeth Rogers
Howard Council b. 1848 TN
Wife: Mary J. X
Cleopatra Council b. 15 May 1850 Ellsworth, Logan Co., AR d. 14 Feb 1928 Booneville, Logan Co., AR Married: 1866 Johnson Co., AR
Husband: Joseph Easterly Bennett b. 20 Jan 1848 Ellsworth, Logan Co., AR d. 12 Aug 1898 Paris, Logan Co., AR Father: John Bennett, Jr. Mother: Harriett Easterly
Candacy Eola Council b. 13 Jan 1854 d. ? Married: 11 Jan 1872 Logan Co., AR
Husband: Francis "Frank" Marion Selph b. 19 Jan 1849 AL d. 26 Nov 1913 Grant, Choctaw Co., OK Buried: Grant, Choctaw Co., OK Father: David Jackson Selph Mother: Sarah Graves
Charley Council
Virginia Lucinda Council b. 9 Mar 1864 d. 15 Nov 1950 Conway Co., AR Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
1st Husband: X Corinth
2nd Husband: George Luther Dean b. 20 Jun 1862 Tennessee d. 19 Jan 1918 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: Thomas Dean Mother: Elizabeth McReynolds
Rufus L. Council b. 1870 d. ? 1st marriage: 10 Jan 1895 Logan Co., AR 2nd marriage: 30 Oct 1898 Logan Co., AR
1st Wife: Sallie White b. 1873 d. 16 Jun 1896 Logan Co., AR Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Asbury Hillsman White Mother: Sarah Malinda Chitwood
2nd Wife: Ada Leftwich, age 28, on marriage date
Ida Dora Council b. 4 Apr 1873 d. 2 Mar 1958 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR 1st Marriage: 9 Jul 1893 Logan Co., AR 2nd marriage: 30 Jun 1907 Shoal Creek, Logan Co., AR
1st Husband: Willie Shelton b. 1873 d. 1906 Father: John Martin Shelton Mother: Lucinda Davis
2nd Husband: Horace Greeley Rollans b. 111 Oct 1872 AR d. 1 Oct 1949 Russellville, Pope Co., AR 1st marriage: 3 Sep 1899 Father: Thomas Jefferson Rollans Mother: Annie Evaline Johnson
Horace Rollans' 1st Wife: Maude M. Brandon b. 1882 d. 1906
James, before leaving Chattanooga, Tennessee to Arkansas, had sold his slaves and had bought cattle. He drove the cattle down the Arkansas River to Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR in 1850. After 1852, he moved to Shoal Creek, Logan Co., AR
James bought 160 acres of land, dug wells, planted orchards, corn, wheat, oats, and cotton.
Thomas Jefferson Rollans b. 1812 Spartanburg, SC. Annie Evaline Johnson b. 1832 TN
Howard S. Council b. 1801 TN d. 1838 Murray Co., GA Married: 10 Mar 1823 Roane Co., TN. Lucinda Gallaher b. 25 Dec 1800 TN d. 1875 Logan Co., AR. Lucinda's 1st Husband: Jacob Ragon.
1850 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Council, James, 25, farmer, TN
Elizabeth, 18, TN
Howard, 2, TN
1860 Federal Census, Shoal Creek Township, Johnson County, AR:
Council, James, 34, TN, Farmer, $1000-$250
Elizabeth, 26, TN
Howard, 11, TN
Cleopatra, 9, AR
Candacia, 6, AR
James, 3, AR
Leona, 1, AR
In 1862, James served in the Confederate Army, Company B, 16th Army Infantry. In the calvary, he was engaged in the Battle of Elkhorn, Corinth (leg wounded), in the Price Raid through Missouri. He was a prisoner of war and retained in Rock Island, IL for 5 months, then transferred to Richmond until evacuation.
Joseph Easterly Bennett served as a Private and a Captain in Company B and C, for the 4th Calvary, Union, at age 26, from Marion Co., TN, Enlisted on the 18th Nov 1863, Dardanelle, AR. Information provied by the pension application from the book by Desmond Walls Allen.
1870 Federal Census, Shoal Creek, Johnson Co., AR:
Council, James, 47, $1000-$752
Elizabeth, 36
Howard, 21
Candicy E., 15
Charles M., 9
Virginia L., 6
Rufus L., 4/12, Jan
Rogers, Rufus, 22
Weerer, Louis, 24
1870 Federal Census, Shoal Creek, Johnson Co., AR:
Shelton, John, 28
Lucinda, 26
1880 Federal Census, Ellsworth Township, Logan Co., AR:
Bennett, Joseph, 32, TN TN TN
Cleopatra, 26, AR TN TN
Mary B., 11, AR TN AR
Willie, 9, son, AR TN AR
Charles, 7, AR TN AR
John M., 3, AR TN AR
Virgie, 1, AR TN AR
1880 Federal Census, Ellsworth Township, Logan Co., AR:
Council, Howard, 30, Grist Mill
Mary J., 25
James L., 6
Sarah P., 3/12
Bennett, James, M., 18
1880 Federal Census, Ellsworth Township, Logan Co., AR:
Council, James H., 55, TN TN TN
Elizabeth, 48, TN TN TN
Charles, 17, AR AR AR
Virginia, 14, AR AR AR
Rufus, 10, AR AR AR
Ida, 7, AR AR AR
D. J. Selph, 64 & Elizabeth Dean, 54, married: 30 Jan 1881 Logan Co., AR.
James was a member of the Pleasant Mound Lodge, AF & AM, and served as treasurer. He was a Presbyterian Church worker and elder.
James Hodges Council's parents were born in Tennessee. His brother, Howard, lived in Sebastian Co., AR and other brother identified, was Benjamin S. Council.
Horace Rollans & Maude M. Brandon's children:
Etta Rollans
Fay Rollans b. 1900
Sarah Elizabeth Rogers was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
George Luther Dean was a school director and Justice of the Peace.
David Jackson Selph & Jane Newman
John Lee & Mary J. Craig
James Henry Shelton & Rosanna Tomlinson
David Jackson Selph & Jane Newman
