| 1. Mary Gertrude Arthur, b. July 15, 1908 | See Robert Montgomery & Mary Gertrude Arthur |
| 2. Edward Arthur, b. April 24, 1904 | |
| 3. Frances Emma Arthur, b. September 14, 1910 | See Maurice Coffyn Holmes & Frances Emma Arthur OR Malcolm McLeod & Frances Emma Arthur |
Source: delayed Mississippi birth certificate of Frances Arthur
Married Emma Coone, 23 Apr 1903
Source: Arthur Family Bible. The Bible was lost in a fire, but on June 22, 1918, it was copied and the copy notarized!
Appears in 1910 Census with wife Mary, age 25
son, Edward, age 6
daughter Mary, age 1
X, age 0/12 (would be Frances, not yet born)
They are in Quitman, Mississippi
Will Arthur wrote this poem in memory of his wife in 1954.
Twenty four years ago I stood on that spot,
Many friends stood by, most of whom I've forgot.
But not her whose body they left there that day,
Just a body from which she had gone away.
Today, once again, I stood on that spot.
And Thought, foew of those frends now think of this lot;
For the know, in their hears, she is not there,
Just a granite slab and a nameplate where
The shates of two stately oaks overlap
On a sloping sward, where one could take a nap.
But I thought I could sleep just as well elsewhere;
An empty cocoon, why should anyone care?
And any who might, erelong will be gone,
To strangers twould be just another headstone.
Source: Delayed birth certificate of Frances Arthur.