William M ARNETT {M} = Mary Pauline HOWARD {F}

Married 9 August 1887, Floyd Co, KY

William M ARNETT:

Alias Wile ARNETT
Born 4 November 1869
Died 27 October 1941
Buried Royalton, Magoffin Co, KY at Harris Arnett Cemetery
William M. Arnett was a farmer and a Baptist preacher and would hold services for his family in his home. Later in life he divided the farm for his sons. After his death, his son Dona Arnett bought up much of the original farm. Dona was a storekeeper, a farmer, and High Sherrif of Magoffin County. After his murder during an intentional hit and run in 1959 while Sherrif of Magoffin County, the land was divided again between his four children. His daughter Edith took over the grocery store located on The Narrows, and later his daughter Gladys became postmistress of Swampton. Most of the land owned by Dona Arnett is still held by his decendants. The family graveyard (known as Arnett Cemetery) contains the remains of William, Polly, and many of their decendants.
Burial: According to an email from GKGasper@aol.com, Arnett is buried at his farm which when he was living was called The Narrows in Swampton rather than in Royalton.


Mary Pauline HOWARD:

Alias Poppy HOWARD
Born 12 April 1872, Floyd Co, KY
Died 2 October 1921, Magoffin Co, KY

Dona ARNETT {M} = Unknown {F} > Family

Pauline ARNETT {F}

Gracie ARNETT {F}

Born 1892

Menifee ARNETT¹ {M} = Ora Ella Wireman {F} > Family

Married 30 March 1913, Magoffin Co, KY

Menifee ARNETT:

Alias M F ARNETT
Born 12 July 1894
Died 28 July 1974
Ella & M F Arnett were married in 1913 Magoffin Co, KY, moving to a little home on Rough & Tough Creek of Floyd Co, KY above the home of M F's parents. They later lived for a time in Oklahoma before moving back to Kentucky where they lived on Little Whitely Creek, Trace Fork of Licking (at the old home place of Morgan Wireman) and Big Whitely Creek. There they ran a general store and farmed. The house on Whitely is still standing and is where Ramey and Dorothy Wireman live today. (1983) Here is where the family lived when son Arvel married Mae Shepherd They lived with M F and Ella about a year and a half along with their first child Connie, then moved to a farm near the Howard's Branch on Licking. The Whitely farm was a very pleasant place to visit. The house had all sorts of interesting things to see, including a trap door on the back porch that led down into a cellar full of canned goods and garden produce. Then there was the shop building, the barn and of course, the store where the huge sticks of peppermint candy where. After the children had all gone from home M F & Ella moved to the farm on Licking River where Arvel had once lived. Here they built a store and a home where they were to spend the rest of their lives. Ella was also postmistress of the Arthurmabel Post Office in addition to continuing with the store. Son John T also built his home here and now he and his family run the store.


Ora Ella Wireman:

Born 26 May 1894
Died 8 August 1975
Buried Royalton, Magoffin Co, KY at Arnett Cemetery
Burial: This Arnett Cemetery is located in the South Quadrangle - 2 miles south of Royalton on KY 7 near Swampton on the right.

Minerva ARNETT {F} = Henderson ENGLAND {M} > Family

Celia ARNETT {F}

William ARNETT {M}

Daniel Boone ARNETT {M}

1 : "MCGS, The Wireman Family of Eastern KY"; Page Vol 2, p 454