CANCELLED - Author Nita Gould - Remembering Ella

The true story of the murder of Ella Barham and the hanging of Odus Davidson.
On Thursday, November 21, 1912, popular and pretty 18-year-old Ella Barham was raped, murdered, and dismembered in broad daylight near her home in rural Boone County, Arkansas. The brutal crime sent shockwaves through the Ozarks and made national news. Authorities swiftly charged a neighbor, Odus Davidson, with the crime. Locals were determined that he be convicted, and threats of mob violence ran so high that he had to be jailed in another county to ensure his safety. But was there enough evidence to prove his guilt? If so, had he acted alone? What was his motive?

Discover the truth as Remembering Ella leads you through the last day of Ella Barham's life, her disappearance and the resulting search, the finding of her body, the suspects' arrests, the inquests, and the indictment.

About the Author:
Nita Gould is Ella Barham's cousin and a direct descendant of the Barhams of Boone County, Arkansas. Her tenacious pursuit to create an authoritative account of the community, the crime, and the subsequent legal battle spanned nearly fifteen years.

An avid student of Ozarks history and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Gould is a preservation enthusiast who successfully nominated several Boone County, Arkansas properties to the National Register of Historic Places, including her own Barham ancestral home.

Gould works in the field of information technology in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she lives with her husband and two cats, but her passion is frolicking in the hills of the Arkansas Ozarks.