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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

PROCTOR F. JOHNSON.
    Among the well established attorneys at law in Eureka Springs is Proctor F.
Johnson, who not only has a large private practice but is now serving as deputy
prosecuting attorney. He is numbered among the native sons of Arkansas, for his
birth occurred in Newton county on the 16th of December, 1891, a son of Oscar F.
and Nannie (Parris) Johnson. The paternal grandfather, James F. Johnson was born
in Ohio and served throughout the Civil war in the Union army. He was with
Sherman on his famous march to the sea. At the close of the war he came to
Arkansas and he resided in this state for some time, subsequently removing to
Missouri where he was killed in a street car accident in 1912. The maternal
grandparents were Stephen and Elizabeth Parris. He was a native of Texas and
upon the outbreak of the Civil war, his sympathies being with the southern
cause, he enlisted in the Confederate army. His death occurred while in service,
the result of exposure in all kinds of weather and poor clothing and food. Oscar
F. Johnson was born in Ohio and at an early age removed with his parents to
Kansas, in which state he was reared to manhood. Mr. Johnson has followed many
lines of business, having been engaged in the mercantile business for some time
and having traveled for some large concerns on the road. He came to this state
in the '80s and remained here for some time before going to Colorado, where he
resided for two years. At the termination of that time he returned here and he
has since been a resident of this state. He owns four hundred acres of valuable
land in the county and is living retired in Eureka Springs. His wife is also
living. She was born in Texas but came to this state in early life. Their
marriage was celebrated at Harrison. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson four
children have been born, Proctor F., the oldest child, being the only one
living. For many years Mr. Johnson has been identified with the Masons and he is
conceded an exemplary member of the craft. His political allegiance has always
been given to the republican party, he having firm belief in the principles of
that party as factors in good government. Both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are highly
respected citizens of Eureka Springs.

    Proctor F. Johnson received his early education in the common schools of
Carroll county and in due time entered the high school at Eureka Springs. Upon
his graduation from that institution he enrolled as a student in the State
University, with the intention of studying law, but being then only about
seventeen years of age he changed his mind and at the end of the year withdrew
from the university. He made his initial step into the business world as clerk
in a mercantile establishment and then for some time was active in the cleaning
and dyeing business. About that time he again determined to make the legal
profession his life work and he began to study under the direction of F. O.
Butt, a prominent and well known attorney. In 1917 he was admitted to the bar
and immediately opened offices in Eureka Springs for the practice of his
profession. In the early part of the following year, however, the United States
having entered the World war, Mr. Johnson put all personal interests aside and
enlisted for active service. He was sent to Camp Pike for training and on the
15th of October was commissioned second lieutenant. He was then transferred to
Camp Funston, where he remained until the close of the war. Receiving his
honorable discharge from the army he returned to his practice here and has
gained for himself an enviable place among his professional brethren in the
state. In January, 1920, he was appointed deputy prosecuting attorney and he is
now active in that office. Mr. Johnson's clients are representatives of
practically all classes and the attention which he gives to business entrusted
to him and the success which he has before the courts, give him an excellent
standing in the community where he is greatly respected.

    In November, 1919, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Johnson to Miss Bettie
O. Woodruff, a native of Washington county, this state, and a daughter of Jasper
N. Woodruff, and Minnie Bell Woodruff. The paternal grandfather, Jasper N., was
a lieutenant in the Confederate army. The maternal grandfather, John M. Bell,
was likewise a Confederate soldier. Both families were pioneer lumbermen of
Washington county. Mrs. Johnson is prominent in the club and social circles of
Eureka Springs and she is active in all of the undertakings of the Methodist
Episcopal church, of which she is a consistent member.

    Mr. Johnson gives his political adherence to the democratic party and he has
taken an active interest in the promotion of those principles and policies for
which democracy stands. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and he is a
Knight Templar. Mr. Johnson is always interested in matters of progressive
citizenship and is a cooperant factor in many projects for the general good, yet
he regards the practice of law as his real life work, and in his chosen field of
labor he has won continuous advancement through merit and ability which has
placed him with the leading lawyers of Arkansas.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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