There was no 1890 census:  They were destroyed in a fire. 

SOME HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT OUR FAMILY

A little of each of their histories follows:

Mary Hattie (called Sis) married Lawrence Williams of Cleveland, Arkansas.  Upon marrying, Sis moved to Cleveland with her husband.  Their children are Richard call Bud (deceased), Mammie (deceased), Alfie (deceased), S.D. (deceased), Lucille (deceased), Cora Mae (deceased), and Doll.

Mary Hattie Fleming Williams "Aunt Sis" was the first born of Greene and Lucinda McDaniel Fleming.  She married Lawrence Williams.  After moving from Abell Community they resided in Cleveland, Arkansas for a while but most of their lives they lived in the Hickory Hill Community, Morrilton, Arkansas.  Aunt Sis was a mid-wife.  She would hook up her wagon, load up her small children and drive for miles to help the sick and deliver babies.
 

Alfred B. (called Bud or Bubba) lived in Texas.  The contributors have no knowledge of him beyond this except that he also died in Texas.

Lula (called Mitt) married Ed Smith of Morrilton and moved to Morrilton upon marrying.  Their children are:  Louise, James Edward (deceased), Ruby Lee (deceased), Gilliam, Niles and Dorothy Mae (deceased).

Harrison married Evelyn McFarlin.  Their children are:  Porter (deceased), Serletha, Alberta and Goldie.  Harrison also has a son, Clyde, who carries his mother's name, Hammons.

Ulyssus married a sister of Lawrence Williams, Hattie's husband.  He died early and they had no children.

William (called Will) married Annie of Bigelow, Arkansas.  They had one child, Katie.  He later married Babe Fowler.  They did not have any children.  Will lived in Menifee, Bigelow, and later Conway.  Uncle Will's daughter, Katie had two Children; a daughter whose name we do not know, and a son, Charles (deceased).  Charles was a administrative judge of the Cleveland, OH Municipal Courts.  Katie, her children and grandchildren live in Cleveland, OH.

John married Clarentine Sullivan.  Their children are:  Dewitt (deceased), Lloyd, Ella Mae, Ruby Jewel, Guy (Afton), Retha Jean (deceased), Fletcher (Louise), and Audrey Levester.  The names which appear in parenthesis are names chosen by these persons.  If you are looking for information on them, you will not find them listed this way in any records.

Lafayette (called Lay) married Dessie Fowler.  They had two sons:  Emerson and Talmadge.  Uncle Lay also has a daughter, J.V. Willis who lives in Kansas City, MO.  He lived in the "Big House."

Carrie (called Sister) had one son, Elihue Gaylord (deceased).  She moved to Morrilton where she lived and worked.  When she visited Mt. Abell, she also lived in the "Big House."

Martha (called Bea) married Jim Hall.  Their children are Christine, Augustine and Willie James.  Aunt Bea married Henry Boserman after Uncle Jim died.

Other families of the Mt. Abell Community were Matthew and Mary McDaniel, John Brown, Douglass Brown, Lee Brown who was married to Lillie Sullivan, sister to Clarentine Fleming, Burl and Kansas McFarlin parents of Evelyn Fleming Canady and Frank Britton married to Alma McFarlin sister, to Evelyn.  Matthew McDaniel (called Math) was a nephew of Grandma's.  Math was the community doctor, dentist, etc.  When anyone got sick, they sent for Math.  His wife Mary was a midwife who brought some of us into this world, I imagine.
The school teachers that we remember were Miss Della Brown and Mrs. Celia Wallace.  The school was a tiny one room building, which burned down early in our lives.  After it burned, school was held in Douglass Brown's house as it was empty.  The next place where classes were held was a brush arbor which was built by the men of the community.  When it rained we would leave the arbor and go to Aunt Evelyn's house which was close by.  The Brush arbor was built by putting forked poles into the ground with three lines and three or four poles in each line.  One line went straight down the center and two lines were on each side.  Then poles were placed across the top and fitted into the forked poles.  Branches with leaves were used to finish off the top.  (If anyone wants to know more about building a brush arbor, I refer you to Mr. W. S. Alexander).  Our seats in the brush arbor were round blocks sawed from trees.  They were set up on their ends and wide boards were laid across them.  It was a nice, clean and cool place for classes.  After John and his family moved away, his house became the school, as well as the gathering place for Sunday School, choir rehearsal, etc.

One by one the families moved away, usually to Solgohacia, and then to the Morrilton area.  But the families always seemed to end up living not too many miles from one another until later years.  Now we are scattered over about ten states.

LET'S KEEP IN TOUCH!!!