Hopkins County Genealogical Society will hold their monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov.21 at the HCGS Library, 611 North Davis St. in Sulphur Springs. Guest speaker Kenneth Sivard will present “How The Civil War Affected the Choctaw Nation & Texas’ Involvement In It.” Sivard is a seventh generation resident of McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Currently, he is the president of the McCurtain County Historical Society and serves on the board of directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the board of directors of the Friends of Honey Springs Historic Battlefield. Sivard was formerly a history writer for the Oklahoma Edge Magazine and has written history articles for the McCurtain Gazette newspaper for over 10 years. He makes his home in Idabel, Oklahoma with his wife, Marvelle, and their four children.
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