The Baxter Bulletin, July 29, 1921
Bud Mansfield Dies
Body found by Pearl Fishers between Buffalo and Cartney. Bud Mansfield, who owns and operates the ferry at Cartney, was found dead on a gravel ar by a Pearl Fishers Saturday, having in some uncountable way drowned. The day before Mansfield made a trip up the river to Buffalo, a distance of six miles, in a boat. It is presumed that the boat upset with him coming over some rough water, and that he struck a rock or otherwise injured himself. He leaves a wife and family.
Esquire Sturgeon married Sarah Tommie Hudson 9 Jan 1898 in Baxter County, Arkansas. They had nine children. Robert Lee, Claud Eugene, Mammie, Cal, Kate, Rhea, Buelah, Willard, Mary Bernice. All children were born in Cartney, Baxter County, Arkansas. The family changed the surname around 1919 from Sturgeon to Mansfield. Reason unknown. He went by the name of Bud Mansfield at least three years prior to his death. His death notice in the Baxter Bulletin was under Bud Mansfield. He died by drowning in the White River. Per his death certificate his His mother was Caroline Ragan father Squire Sturgeon. His wife and children also changed from Sturgeon to Mansfield. He was tall, fair complexion, red hair and blue eyes. He was a farmer and the owner operator of a local ferry.
Bud Mansfield Dies
Body found by Pearl Fishers between Buffalo and Cartney. Bud Mansfield, who owns and operates the ferry at Cartney, was found dead on a gravel ar by a Pearl Fishers Saturday, having in some uncountable way drowned. The day before Mansfield made a trip up the river to Buffalo, a distance of six miles, in a boat. It is presumed that the boat upset with him coming over some rough water, and that he struck a rock or otherwise injured himself. He leaves a wife and family.
Esquire Sturgeon married Sarah Tommie Hudson 9 Jan 1898 in Baxter County, Arkansas. They had nine children. Robert Lee, Claud Eugene, Mammie, Cal, Kate, Rhea, Buelah, Willard, Mary Bernice. All children were born in Cartney, Baxter County, Arkansas. The family changed the surname around 1919 from Sturgeon to Mansfield. Reason unknown. He went by the name of Bud Mansfield at least three years prior to his death. His death notice in the Baxter Bulletin was under Bud Mansfield. He died by drowning in the White River. Per his death certificate his His mother was Caroline Ragan father Squire Sturgeon. His wife and children also changed from Sturgeon to Mansfield. He was tall, fair complexion, red hair and blue eyes. He was a farmer and the owner operator of a local ferry.
The Baxter Bulletin, July 29, 1921
Bud Mansfield Dies
Body found by Pearl Fishers between Buffalo and Cartney. Bud Mansfield, who owns and operates the ferry at Cartney, was found dead on a gravel ar by a Pearl Fishers Saturday, having in some uncountable way drowned. The day before Mansfield made a trip up the river to Buffalo, a distance of six miles, in a boat. It is presumed that the boat upset with him coming over some rough water, and that he struck a rock or otherwise injured himself. He leaves a wife and family.
Esquire Sturgeon married Sarah Tommie Hudson 9 Jan 1898 in Baxter County, Arkansas. They had nine children. Robert Lee, Claud Eugene, Mammie, Cal, Kate, Rhea, Buelah, Willard, Mary Bernice. All children were born in Cartney, Baxter County, Arkansas. The family changed the surname around 1919 from Sturgeon to Mansfield. Reason unknown. He went by the name of Bud Mansfield at least three years prior to his death. His death notice in the Baxter Bulletin was under Bud Mansfield. He died by drowning in the White River. Per his death certificate his His mother was Caroline Ragan father Squire Sturgeon. His wife and children also changed from Sturgeon to Mansfield. He was tall, fair complexion, red hair and blue eyes. He was a farmer and the owner operator of a local ferry.
Bud Mansfield Dies
Body found by Pearl Fishers between Buffalo and Cartney. Bud Mansfield, who owns and operates the ferry at Cartney, was found dead on a gravel ar by a Pearl Fishers Saturday, having in some uncountable way drowned. The day before Mansfield made a trip up the river to Buffalo, a distance of six miles, in a boat. It is presumed that the boat upset with him coming over some rough water, and that he struck a rock or otherwise injured himself. He leaves a wife and family.
Esquire Sturgeon married Sarah Tommie Hudson 9 Jan 1898 in Baxter County, Arkansas. They had nine children. Robert Lee, Claud Eugene, Mammie, Cal, Kate, Rhea, Buelah, Willard, Mary Bernice. All children were born in Cartney, Baxter County, Arkansas. The family changed the surname around 1919 from Sturgeon to Mansfield. Reason unknown. He went by the name of Bud Mansfield at least three years prior to his death. His death notice in the Baxter Bulletin was under Bud Mansfield. He died by drowning in the White River. Per his death certificate his His mother was Caroline Ragan father Squire Sturgeon. His wife and children also changed from Sturgeon to Mansfield. He was tall, fair complexion, red hair and blue eyes. He was a farmer and the owner operator of a local ferry.
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