Johnson County, Arkansas

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Many worthy and highly esteemed persons have doubtless not been given a proper place in this book, but the facts have been gathered. A bit here and a bit there, covering a space of several years, and I assure you, any omission was from lack of knowledge. Especially have I endeavored to deal with persons and events as much as possible u'p to the yea'r 1880, and their relationship to the present Biographies have been my principal stumbling block. Sometimes I almost weakened in that endeavor, lest they should not be accurate in every detail. Yet, to posterity, nothing in this little volume Will be more interesting, nor of more value I could only give these themes in part, nothing more was at hand. They were taken from old sketches given by the settlers themselves, to some publication, or from booster editions of newspapers, or from verbal speech from some mem ber of the families. From necessit'y, some facts herein have been taken from other volumes, but not without privilege first being obtained from those concerned.