02.28.2020 – Retha Williams reached out to me after I left a message for her on Ancestry.com and introduced my to Alicyne Roth another descendant who lives in Walker County. Both women descend through Arba’s sister, Parthena Shaw Whittle (1863-1937)  was born on July 11, 1863 – the same day that Arba himself returned home on a furlough being sick with what was likely dysentery.

Arba’s sister – Parthena Shaw Whittle