The Mena weekly star., 1907-09-12
AN AGED MANS
 ERRAND OF LOVE
Isom P. Langley, Whose Mother Was Buried Near Mena 64 Years Ago, Returns and Finds Grave Af-
 ter Absence of s Years.

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 for more than 56 years, came te
 Meua for the purpose of locating CT the grave of his mother, who y died and was buried near here 1T V lS43.
 s Considering that MT. Langley se left his home in this section 1T
 1844, and that he has never beer
 back since until this time, 1t Is lg somewhat remarkable that ht .u should be, as he was, entirely . . successful in his quest. He found " the ole home location, the spring is from which water was obtained, ln an old walnut tree that had
 weathered the storms of more . than half century-and the last at resting place of his mother. With h this accomplished, he returned tc re his home iu Clark county, where 5 he will arrange for the placing "a of monument at the grave.
 The story told by MT. Langley
 to representative of The Star "a is full of interest, dealing as ii 'e S does with events covering a ], period of time longer than the 
 " usual span of life.
 h lsom F. Langley was born in ,. Clark county, Arkansas, in 1928,
 and was one of six brothers, all
 of whom are DOW dead save the
 youngest, Isom being one of twSg ,-:. thsse. W '"o oi
 h ls4o 'heir mother an q hrotherS tefs Clark coursy other brothers is 'ead), and (tteir fatlier beibg -ch for came to this section iff sea, -e :, new home. At that sn~ what IS now Poik county was q |,art of Sevier county. which was composed ot large part of this section of the state. The, came one year ahead of the rest in or der to clear ground and raise crop for the snsteuance of the
 family when it came.
 l Locating on creek in Vailey
 about five miles west ui where o,a Dallas was later built, they !, lcleafed the ground and built Ilog hs1se.. The following year
 the balancg Sf the family came.
 Peter Bear willis family of six
 children located near, ssa when
 Mrs. Bear died. Peter Bear aud
 Mrs. Langley were married ID . Ethe Langley home. Soon there aftet, in 1s43, the aecoud Mrs. ! Bear tMfs: Langley died and was Hbuffcd 0H tfIe Paes as before re- Hated.
 One year lsfef the Langley l family and Peter Bear and his ]. children returned to Clark codnty, | just pulling up and leaving their . homes here. In 1851 Isom Lang a lev married Nancy, the youngest r child and only daughter of his [. step-father, Peter Bear, and 1t was she who accompanied him
 ou his trp to Mena.
 Mir. Langley said that while he is was hefe the springs now called ). Bethesda Springs. attracted his e attention oti account of the differ J euce in temperature and taste Of {, the waters therefrom. He says to at that time thefe was not even a 2, blazed.ont road through the pr country between his place and
 Eagle Gap, aud no trail save
 those made by wild animals. in The government had not made .y any surveys of the region. 'n Before Mir. Langley came tc O. Mena on his errand, he had ;;s heard of the old log house ir IT. Janssen park, and thought per IT, haps that was his old home, but
 on his arrival sad he soon saw i
 was not. He secured the aid O s. M. Imoe, and set out on hi 's 's' search, giving Mir. lmoe goo' n descriptions of the creeks ant th general landmarks as he remem IS, bered them. They soon got tn oi general locality, and found $. L V White lived closest to the ol he place, and his assistance was als 1y. obtained, The creek that Mi
 Langley believed was the on E. that passed the old place wa lso located, and he told where tt