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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Grant 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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Robert G. Johnson, though numbered among the younger men of this locality, is rapidly coming to the front and gaining an enviable reputation. He is a merchant of Sheridan and was born in Darysaw Township, Grant County, Ark., December 23, 1864, being the son of Daniel Johnson [whose biography appears in this work]. He was reared and educated in Sheridan, and in 1884 was taken in partnership by his father and brother. Mr. Johnson and his brother (now deceased) built one of the finest business blocks in Sheridan, in which the present store is located. He was married in Sheridan in May, 1889, to Miss Nancy E. Dorough, an estimable young lady and daughter of the popular sheriff of this county [mentioned elsewhere in these pages]. Mr. Johnson is a young man with plenty of ambition and energy, and will undoubtedly make his way in the world.
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