Fordyce family papers : business and personal records, genealogical material, 1400s-1992.

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Fordyce family papers : business and personal records, genealogical material, 1400s-1992.

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Collection includes business records of the Fordyce Bath House (1913-1985), clippings about various family members and their activities, correspondence, journals, and much genealogical material. Some of the itmes pertain to families linked to the Fordyce family by marriage. Of particular note are a Civil War diary (1862-1865) kept by Mary Jane (Mrs. W.D.) Chadick, mother in-law of Samuel Wesley Fordyce; a typescript of an overland journey diary (1853-1854) kept by David Sloan Stanley, whose son David Sheridan married Jane Fordyce (daughter of Samuel Wesley Fordyce); and a collection of handwritten sermons (1868-1875) by A.W. Winfield, the maternal grandfather of Lillian Powell (Mrs. John Rison) Fordyce.

5.5 linear ft., 1 microfilm reel.

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7371250

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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Fordyce, Samuel Wesley, 1840-1919

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Capitalist. Samuel Wesley Fordyce was a businessman who spearheaded efforts to build thousands of miles of railway in the South and Southwest during the late nineteenth century, including the Cotton Belt route that crossed Arkansas. He also was a major force behind the transformation of Hot Springs, Ark., from a small village to major health resort. His son, John Rison Fordyce (1869-1939), was an engineer, inventor, amateur historian, and archaeologist, and candidate for...

Fordyce, Clifton Powell, 1901-1982.

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Fordyce, Lillian Powell.

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Stanley, David Sloan, 1828-1902.

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Chadick, Mary Jane Cook

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Fordyce, John R. (John Rison), 1869-1939

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John Rison Fordyce was born on 7 Nov. 1869 at Huntsville, Ala. His father, Samuel W. Fordyce, was a union officer in the Civil War. After moving his family to Arkansas in 1874, S. W. Fordyce became prominent in several industries, most notably the railroad business. John Fordyce settled in Little Rock around 1900 as a partner in the Thomas-Fordyce Manufacturing Co. In Apr. 1917, Fordyce was commissioned a major in the Engineers Reserve Corps of the Army. His first assignment was as construction ...

Fordyce Bath House (Hot Springs, Ark.)

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Fordyce family

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