Henry and Charlotte Burroughs, natives of Tennessee emigrated to Arkansas and settled in Cargile township in the south part of Van Buren County. As to the size of the familiy we do not know, but among them was a son by the name of 'Nimph' and his young wife. Some years after their arrival here the latter passed away and Nyimph married (Nov. 1866 V.B.C.) Miss Julia Goff of near Heber Springs. To their union 12 children were born. J. A. Burroughs a son of Nymphs furnished this information. He said as a small boy he could remember seeing as many as 40 to 50 deer in a single place. Turkeys, he says, were about as common as blackbirds in a freshly plowed field in the spring time. Many wild hogs abounded in the woods, furnishing all the meat the settlers needed. There was much other wildlife such as foxes, wolves, mink, beavers, squirrels, and rabbits. Henry, Charlotte, Nymphas, and Mary are on the 1860 census in Van Buren County in Cadron twp. We know Nymphas went to war in 1862 Co. H. 32 Vol. He served until 1865. After Nimp came back from the war, we believe he found that his wife and father had both died. Nymph married Julia A. Goff in Nov. 1866 in VBC. It is recorded.
The last child to be born was George Franklin born June 29, 1889 just two months before Nymph died. Nymph had been admitted to a hospital in Little Rock a few months prior to his birth. George died Jan. 11, 1979. Nymph died August 1, 1889 in a Little Rock Hospital. He was only 59 years old. It was about three months before the family recieved word that he had died. The staff at the Hospital had buried him on the grounds. He had been admitted to the hospital suffering from depression. We don't know exactly what he died from. He was only in the hospital about four months when he died.
Julia filed a pension on Nymp in 1909 and drew a 100 dollars a year until her death in 1924. She died Oct. 23, 1924 and is buried at Pine Mt. Cemetary. Her death certificate list her death as T.B. of the lungs.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arvanbur/LettStor/Burroughshis.htmlA family story that has come down is that Nymph met Jesse and Frank James during the war. Nymp and Julia's house and land sit right on the Batesville to Little Rock road. It was used by everyone. There was only a few roads in those days. Jesse and his gang would travel the road and when he needed to rest for a few days, Nymph would hide his horses under the bluffs along the creek and Julia would fix them food to eat. One time when Jesse left he is supposely left five thousand dollars in gold coins for Nymph and Julia. Nymph put the money in a eel skin purse and left the house, telling Julia he was going to bury it for save keeping. He was gone only about 30 minutes, so he couldn't have gone to far. Later, he went back to get his money and he couldn't find it. He spent the rest of his life until they finally had to put him in the hospital looking for his gold. That is what finally ran him crazy. People spent years looking for it, but it has never been found.
