Woodruff County AR
-Did you know that Willie and Beulah Anthony met in Woodruff County Arkansas after Beulah's family moved there from Wichita KS? -Did you know that Beulah's brother Mercury Morgan married Willie's cousin, Willie Anthony? Yes they had the same 1st name! Aunt Willie eventually moved to Seattle and if you never had her Top Ramen then you missed out!
Chariton County MO
-Did you know that Beulah's maiden name was Morgan and her father Allen was born here? -Did you know the Morgans supported the start of one of the 1st black schools in the Midwest, the Bartlett Agricultural and Industrial School in 1907? - Did you know school founder Ed Bruce established the school in a log barn on 8 acres of land owned by John Ewing, an ex slave, who like Bruce was born in VA? -Did you know that Beulah's paternal grandmother's mother was named Mattie Ewing?
Georgia, Mississipi, Alabama & Oklahoma
-Did you know the slave owners of the Anthony family lived in Georgia and family members moved to Arkansas taking Willie's grandfather Jack with them? -Did you know Willie's grandmother was born in MS and the family moved to Woodruff Co AR where she met and married George Anthony, Willie's father? -Did you know Beulah's maternal grandparents Benjamin & Rachel Tucker were from Lamar County AL? -Did you know Mattie Ewing and husband William Wright owned over 70 acres of land in Creek County OK in 1910?
