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Acknowledgements |
| I am
thankful for my grandparents who took the time to tell me
about their lives. I would like to recognize Antha,
Amanda, Marvin and Albert of the Holt family for taking
their time to record on tape events of
this book. I am especially grateful to Lorene Potts
of Ola, Arkansas and Lida Maze of Ponca City,
Oklahoma for their encouragement. Thank you to
Lora, Gene and Sophronia Selby for your
help and understanding. I am particurlay
grateful to Mary Frances Harrell for her "Source
Book of Searcy County." To an Unknown Soldier of
the Civil War who left an account of the march my
Grandfather Sweitzner made to Prairie
Grove Battlefield, and to those who took the time to
perpare " The Diary of An Unknown
Soldier." I would like to thank the Ozark
Mountaineer for the article, "In One
Afternoon," because it
recorded an event that had been told to me by my
Grandparents for years. |
| This edition of
"Gilbert" was edited for distribution through
the Internet. Most of the spelling and grammar errors were corrected with
care not to change the intent of the text. It is
this editors intent to publish future editions
containing first edition photographs and additional
photographs, family information and additional
references and resources. |
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