Biography of A. C. Johnston, 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.

A. C. Johnston, M. D., physician and surgeon of Mulberry Township, and
a resident of Mulberry, was born in North Carolina, near Rollins,
February 24, 1825, and is the son of Whitmill and Elizabeth (Mercer)
Johnston, both natives of North Carolina. Their native county was
settled by a colony of his ancestors, who located there prior to the
Revolutionary War, and where many of their descendants are now living.
He was a distant relative (third cousin) of Gen. Joseph Johnston. He
was reared on a farm, which occupation he followed all his life. His
son, Dr. A. C. Johnston, reached fifteen years of age in his native
county (Burke), and then moved with his parents to Alabama. In 1859 he
left that State, and settled in Arkansas, where he remained until
1863, when he went to Texas, and after remaining there two years
returned to Arkansas. He then commenced the study of medicine under
John C. Lewis, and afterward attended New Orleans College from which
institution he graduated in 1866. He then commenced the practice of
his profession in White (now Miller) County, Ark., but came to
Franklin County, Ark., in 1868, and has since been engaged in the
constant practice of his profession. After one year in this county he
went to Waldron, Scott Co., Ark., where he remained until 1875, when
he returned to Franklin County. He was married, in 1849, to Miss
Rebecca C. Simmons, a native of Alabama, born in 1829, and they became
the parents of an excellent family. Dr. Johnston is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, a Royal Arch Mason, and is an honest, upright
citizen, and an excellent practitioner.