The Green Forest tribune., 1911-10-06
HISTORY OF
 CARROLL. COUNTY
Compiled by the Goodspeed Publish jag Go. and Was First Published
 in the Year 839.

William Tabor, of Macoupin county ill.,, became resident oa Dry creek, in Hickory Township, in 1884. He made the journey out in six weeks witt three yoke of oxen. Jonathan Norris was also an early settler in that town ship.
 January 3, 1883, John Baker, with his sons, Aaron and Jonathan, arrived at the present residence of Aaron Bak- CT, in Prairie Township, having left their former home, four miles from Marble Hill, on Crooked Creek, Cape Girardeau, now Bollinger county, Mo, October II, 1882. They passed through Springfield and Fayetteville, and cross ed Kings River on New Years day. John Baker died in Osage Valley in 1862. Aaron Baker, who had then a wife and four children, is still living, the oldest resident of Carroll county.
 In the spring of 1883 Jesse White and William Walker, brothers-in-law, removed from Washington county. The former settled at the mouth of Osage, the latter on Kings River, near the crossing of the upper road to Eureka They lived alternately in Washington county four years. Wesley Walker, John Walker, and several others of the name, came from Tennessee somewhat later.
 Thomos Hall built the fourth house in Prairie Township, in 1885, He had previously lived in Wilkes county, N. C., and near Chattanooga, Tenn. from whence he removed to War Eagle, Madison county.
 John Yocum, from whom Yocum Creek derives it's name, settled near Green Forest about 1883. He built a mill there at an early period in the history of the county,
 Jesse S. 0'Niell, the first constable of Hickory Township, was an early settler on Yocum Creek.
 William Wood, native of Kentucky, removed to Morgan county, H., about 1884, and thence to the vicinity of BerryVille, where he took up land yet owned by his descendants.
 Jacob A. Meek came from Henry county, Tenn, about 1887, and settled on Dry Creek. lie was member of the Methodist Church. His father, Jeremiah, and brothers, William, Jo- seph and Samuel, followed him.
 The Chaney family, William Clancy, Sr., Joseph Clancy md William H. Wilson, his brother-in-,aw, settled Of Gsage, in Liberty Township, in 1884. They were from Overton county, Tenn.
 George Suggs, Isaiah Watkins and Britain Smith settled on Dry Fork prior to 1887. They were the pioneers of Dry Fork Township.
 John Musick, from Huntsville, re- moved to Osage prior to 1840, taking with him 200 cattle, seventy-five horses, and a large flock of sheep.
 Keel Williams, from whom Keel's Creek is named, was a brother to David Williams, previously metioned. Daniel Bromley, of Miller county, Mo, bought his land, and was among the first prominent settlers in that part of the county.
 Charles Whiteley, Baptist preacher from Madison county, settled in the To- cality that bears his name, Whiteley's Prairie, 1887 or 1888. He was a man of public spirit, fair ability as speak CT, and character worthy of his calling He was especially active in his support of free schools. He left the county for Texas at the opening of the Civil War.
 Stephen Holmesley, of Cape Girar- deau county, Mo-, removed to Hinds- vile, Washington county, Ark, and thence to Yocum Creek, upon which he built one of the first mills. His wife was a daughter to Samuel Vaughn, from whom the celebrated Vaughn's Valley, Madison county, is named.
 William and Joel Plumlee, who emi- grated from Tennessee about 1886, were the first settlers upon the site of Berryville.
 Absalom Cornelius, a Missourian, settled on Dry Creek, on the farm now owned by Henry Reeves. He was among the first settlers there.
 ;ol, Jolo |. IL. II barrens are named, located there in 1845. Wilson Butler was one of his first neighbors.
 James Fancher, Thomas Sisco and James M. Kenner were the earliest settlers upon the head-waters of Osage.
 Thomson Ramsay, of Rule Postoffice, and Samuel Meek, of Prairie Township, have been residents of the county since 1885. Hon. Bradley Bunch came in 1888. William Scott, an early settler in the western part of the county, died in 1887, at the age of one hundred and nine. This enumeration might be multiplied indefinitely, but it is believed that the earliest of the first inhabitants of the county have been mentioned
 Several mills came into existence in the county at an early date, and it is difficult to decide the question of priori- ty. The first in the western part was a steel mill, turned by hand, brought by John Baker. People from this sec tion had previously been obliged to go to mill thirty miles away, on War Eagle Creek. William Wood built a small water mill with the assistance of