Jake was my Uncle. He was a cotton farmer in "the bottoms" near Monette and Lake City, Arkansas. He was born in Tennessee and migrated to Van Buren County with his Father and Step-Mother. He later lived with his Sister in Moorefield Township, Independence County, Arkansas. It was there he met and married my Dad's older Sister, Elsie Belle Walden on 7 Oct 1933. Later they moved to Craighead County, Arkansas where Jake started his cotton farming as a sharecropper. He moved his family back and forth between Independence and Craighead counties; finally settling on some property that backed up to the St. Francis River near Monette. I remember Jake as an easy going man who kidded me and his children regularily. He also was known for giving his children a variety of nicknames. Jake liked to trade things; horses, cars, trucks, etc. The most famous incident I remember, in that regard, was the time in the 1950's when Jake was bringing his family up to a reunion at Grandpa and Grandma Walden's house. He was delayed because he traded vehicles with some man while crossing Black River on the ferry. That was my Uncle Jake!
Jake was my Uncle. He was a cotton farmer in "the bottoms" near Monette and Lake City, Arkansas. He was born in Tennessee and migrated to Van Buren County with his Father and Step-Mother. He later lived with his Sister in Moorefield Township, Independence County, Arkansas. It was there he met and married my Dad's older Sister, Elsie Belle Walden on 7 Oct 1933. Later they moved to Craighead County, Arkansas where Jake started his cotton farming as a sharecropper. He moved his family back and forth between Independence and Craighead counties; finally settling on some property that backed up to the St. Francis River near Monette. I remember Jake as an easy going man who kidded me and his children regularily. He also was known for giving his children a variety of nicknames. Jake liked to trade things; horses, cars, trucks, etc. The most famous incident I remember, in that regard, was the time in the 1950's when Jake was bringing his family up to a reunion at Grandpa and Grandma Walden's house. He was delayed because he traded vehicles with some man while crossing Black River on the ferry. That was my Uncle Jake!
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