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Below is a sample of a family biography
included in the Biographical and Historical
Memoirs of Lincoln County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed in 1890.
These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing
ancestors or filling in the details in a family tree. Family biographies often
include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.
Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place
of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including
maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if
married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service,
church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often
ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical
record.
James S. Johnson. Truly has it been said, “the good men do,
lives after them,” and the history of a country, State or county must perforce
depend upon the record of the prominent citizens for interest to the general
reader. Everybody is more or less glad to hear of a truly successful career,
and it is to this class of men that the world owes its present commercial
development. Chief among them ranks he whose name heads this sketch. He was
born in Chester District, S. C., December 17, 1837, and is a son of William B.
and Eliza F. (Rowell) Johnson, natives of South Carolina and North Carolina,
respectively. The mother is still living, making her home with her son. She
was born in 1818; the father was born in 1816, and died in this county on
January 29, 1879. They lived in South Carolina until 1856, at which time they
moved to Marshall County, Miss., afterward locating in Lincoln County, then
known as Drew County, Ark. He was a farmer, and later in life took up the
practice of medicine most successfully. They were both members of the
Missionary Baptist Church, and he was in the declining years of his career a
Baptist minister, having been licensed to preach in 1870. He was a Mason,
having taken the Royal Arch degrees; he was, besides, a Democrat. During the
late war he figured prominently in the Confederate troops, and was in the
battle of Bowling Green, Ky. This family is of Irish descent, and trace their
ancestors back through generations of famous men. They were the parents of
nine children, three of whom are living at this date, viz.: James S. (the
subject of the present sketch), Jane McCrady (the wife of D. J. McKinney,
ex-representative of Bradley County), and Thomas J. Y. Mr. Johnson spent his
school days in Chester District, S. C, and came with his parents to
Mississippi in 1856, and in 1860 to this county, where he has continued to
reside, with the exception of a short time. In 1862 he enlisted in Col.
Morgan's regiment in the Confederate army, and fought in many of the chief
battles. Since that time he has, by means of industry and good management,
amassed quite a fortune, and is a highly respected business man. He owns an
estate of 320 acres of valuable land, which is well cultivated. He was elected
justice of the peace in 1884, serving several years. He was married to Miss
Maggie A. Wallace on December 5, 1860. She is a daughter of Thomas and Mary
Wallace, and her birth occurred in Alabama. She received a splendid education
at Ox ford, Miss. To them were born one child, a son, Henry T. Brown, who died
when only ten months old. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Missionary
Baptist Church. He is a Mason of considerable prominence, and is politically a
Democrat. In point of fact, few men have ever been more universally liked and
respected than is the subject of this sketch throughout the entire county in
which he resides.
This family biography is one of 44 biographies
included in the Biographical and
Historical Memoirs of Lincoln County, Arkansas published
in 1890. For the complete description, click here:
Lincoln County Arkansas History,
Genealogy and Maps
View additional Lincoln County,
Arkansas biographies here:
Lincoln County, Arkansas Genealogy
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