Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-05-11

A' t., came here in the forties. IT
 iooo MT stephens Was elected count, judge. None of his immediate fami1,
 are !lYlng, but two of his grand
 odughtefs' Mrs. Bedel and Mrs
 Huhter Knox reside in the city Ot
 VI S. Iiesdale's family, only one is !iv.
 Ing Mrs. Mollie Van Valkenburg bu,
 there are numerous grand-childret
 to revere her memory. The home al
 J1coD Lmberger and family was on
 the half block of ground now occu-
 pled by The Elks Theatre and other
 business houses, and his grandson
 ln9nlas Hill, the lessee of the The
 atre is the only one of his descend
 ants living here. Mrs Limberger
 now nonagenarian visited here las; summer.
 Adam Wander Werker, the father of
 Mrs. Ellen Lec-Bell came to Pine
 Bluff in the forties, bought property on Pullen street north of the court square and opened a grocery store
 lie died in 1S49, leaving widow ana two children, who went to her parents in Mississippi, remaining there until 1856, when she and her daughter Ellen returned to Pine i Bluff. At the time of his brothers death John Wander Worker came to Pine Bluff and in 1851 married a widow Mrs. Carolina Barnes and died in 1852.
 Mr and Mrs. Drew White came here ill 1S39 They had three sons and two daughters, Jane. the older daughter married John J. Hammett, Frances, the younger, married Dr. Ran Brunson in 1860 it being the first marriage ceremony performed in Pine Bluff by the Rev. R w. Trim ble, rector of the Episcopal Mission just established.
 Drew White is a grandson and namesake of Brew White of pioneer days
 White Tavern was famous in it's day and held undisputed sway until Peter Fennerty built hotel at the corner of Barraque and State Sts., in 1SS7 which ho nerty House The silver and other appointments were considered gor- geous and caused much comment. Many elegant parties, as dances were then called were given in the spa- located on the land which was the Brew White plantation; next to it was the plantation of the late Sterl' ing R. Cockrill who was large land owner in Arkansas for many years prior to the civil war, but resided with his family in Tennessee. After the war his family came to Pine Bluff and lived on the plantation ad- joining town; they were ever noted for generous hospitality and Col. Ccckrill's Woodstock plantation is one of the very few still in posses sion of ante bellum owners, being the present home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Barrow and family The Jenkins and ,Derrisseaux plantations were on the river below the Cockrill place. Mir. Nathan Jenkins was a pioneer resi- dent of this viciniyt. He had three sons, Hazen, Dr. Jenkins and Nathan The two older sons had families, and a son of Hagen with his grand fath- CTS name, Nathan Jenkins, resides in the city. Nathan, the youngest son entered the Southern army in '61-Mrs. Willo Williams a grand- daughter of Mir Jenkins lives in Pine Bluff
 Mir. Derrisseaux's widow and daughter, Mrs. Mary Portis' live in the city, their home being one of the landmark. Mr. and Mrs. HardWick were among the early citizens of Pine Bluff. She was a sister of Na- than Jenkins. Tie citizens Erug Store is on the site of the Hardwick home and their plantation is now known as the Trimble place. Their daughter Robenia was the first wife of Martin Doris, his second wife was Mary Roane, daughter of Judge s. c. Roane. Garland Doris, the grandson of Mr and Mrs. Hardwick, Epps Wright, the grand daughter of Dr. Wood Tucker in 1851. It was a notable wedding. Garland's sister, Miss Maggie Doris, died in 1860: her funeral services were the first at which the Rev. R. w. Trim ble officiated after he came to Pine Bluff.
 Other planters of note who settled