Biography of S. J. Crossno, Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

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.