This is a reprint of one those FAMOUS books by the Goodspeed Publishing Company from the late 1800's. This volume is unique in that it covers a portion of Two States, Missouri & Arkansas. This portion of the two states that is known as the Ozark region is located in the Southern part of Missouri and the Northern part of Arkansas. ARKANSAS COUNTIES are: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Crawford, Franklin, Fulton, Garland, Hot Springs, Howard, Izard, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Newton, Pike, Polk, Pope, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, Sevier, Stone, Van Buren, Washington and Yell. MISSOURI COUNTIES are: Barry, Carter, Christian, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Laclede, Iron, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Oregon, Ozark, Phelps, Polk, Pulaski, Reynolds, Ripley, Shannon, Stone, Taney, Texas, Webster and Wright This book is divided into two main sections: the first section is devoted to the general history of the above mentioned counties, while the second section covers the biographical sketches of the various families of the area. There are 660 Biographical Sketches of individuals and Genealogical data to be found on approximately 2,700 other individuals / families.