Lon Jackson Bugg was the husband of Mary Ida Elizabeth Hayes. He was the father of ten children: Reba, Thomas William Jr., Juliett, Madge, Leota, Lon Hayes, Lila Annis, Ruth, John Paul, and Inez. He and his family lived in the community of Maness but relocated to the Barling area after their home place (inherited from wife's parents) was taken to establish Fort Chaffee. The Janet Huckabee Nature Center now sits on land that was formerly theirs.

In Lon Jackson's early years, he farmed growing cotton and a variety of garden vegetables and owned and operated a cotton gin in downtown Barling with his brother Jim. He was a generous man and took great pleasure in sharing his produce with neighbors and extended family. Later on, he was a surveyor and a member of a surveying party that mapped the plains in far western Indian Territory. He eventually became a road and highway construction foreman, helping establish what is now known as U.S. Highway 71. He was well-educated, an avid reader, and a biblical scholar.

Lon Jackson was the son of William Thomas Bugg and Martha "Mattie" Temperance McAllister/McAlester Bugg. He had five siblings. His entire family, with the exception of his daughters, Leota and Inez, are buried at the old family cemetery which was established by his mother and father - Steep Hill Cemetery, in Sebastian County, Arkansas.

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1880 Census - Marion, Sebastian, AR

Thomas W. Bugg 35 - farmer
Martha Bugg 36
Ollie Bugg 10
Juliette Bugg 8
William Bugg 7
Lon Bugg 6 *
James Bugg 3

1900 Census - Berlin, Roger Mills, Oklahoma

L J Bugg - 24 - single - civil engineer residing with other road construction members

1910 Census - Mont Sandels, Sebastian, AR

Lon J Bugg 34 - farmer
Ida Bugg 25
Reba Bugg 4
Juliett Bugg 2
Madge Bugg 0 [8/12]
Edgar Bartlett 28 - farm hand

1920 Census - Central, Sebastian, AR

Lon J Bugg 45 - farmer
Ida Bugg 36
Reba Bugg 14
Juliette Bugg 11
Maye Bugg 10
Leota Bugg 9
Hayes Bugg 9
Inez Bugg 3 [3 1/12]
Ruth Bugg 0 [1 10/12]
Baby Bugg 0 [11/12]

1930 Census - Mont Sandels, Sebastian, AR
Maness Road

Lon J Bugg 55 - farmer
Ida M Bugg 46
Madge E Bugg 20
L Hayes Bugg 17
Lila A Bugg 15
Mary R Bugg 13
John P Bugg 11
Inez Bugg 7
Horace H Carey 34 - road construction engineer

1940 Census - Mont Sandels, Sebastian, AR
Maness Road

Lon J Bugg 65 - road construction foreman
Ida Bugg 56
John Paul Bugg 21
Inez Bugg 17
Carry Womack 41
Leota Womack 29

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