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Below is a family biography from the book,  The History of Franklin County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of 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.

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S. J. Crossno was born in Tishomingo County, Miss., in 1842, and is a son of Isaac and Betsy Crossno, natives of Tennessee. After their marriage the parents removed to Mississippi, where they lived until 1847, when they went to Franklin County, Ark., and the father entered 200 acres of land, which he improved, and carried on a large farm. He served in the late war under Col. Brewster, and after the war he returned to his home, and resumed farming; he died March 27, 1876, his wife having died in Mississippi in 1846. They had four children, all now living, viz.: Priscilla A. F. (wife of John Rider), Samuel J., Sarah C. and James K. P. After the death of his first wife Isaac Crossno married Anna Eliza Kindle, a native of Wayne County, Tenn., who died in 1882, the mother of thirteen children, of whom nine are now living, viz.: Mary, William, Rebecca J., Charity, Thomas Jeff D., Susan (Ritchie), Edward and Robert H. John died in 1887. Samuel J. Crossno was but five years of age when his parents located in Franklin County, where he was reared and educated. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army, in Col. Rieff’s regiment, as Price’s body guard, and was in the battles of Oak Hill, Pea Ridge and others, receiving a slight wound in the side from a spent ball in the battle of Prairie Grove. After the war he spent a short time in Texas, when he returned to Franklin County, and resumed farming. He now has a fine farm of 200 acres under cultivation. In 1881 he erected a mill at Corksville, which he conducts as a saw and grist-mill with marked success. February 24, 1867, he married May E. Kuykendall, who was born in 1848. Mr. and Mrs. Crossno have three children, viz.: James H., Willie A. and Louisa. Mrs. Crossno is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Crossno has served his county as school director and sheriff, as well as commissioner, and is an active member of the Democratic party.

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This family biography is one of 163 biographies included in The History of Franklin County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Franklin County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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