Biography of John C Yadon, Sebastian 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.
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John C. Yadon is one of the enterprising farmers of Sebastian County, Ark., and
was born in East Tennessee in  1835. His father, Thomas Yadon, was born in
Washington County, Va., March 27, 1801, and when a small boy  was taken by his
parents to East Tennessee, where he met and espoused Nancy Haynes, October 14,
1819, who  was born in North Carolina March 1, 1803, and moved with her to
Missouri in 1839, and to Sebastian County,  Ark., in 1849. Here he entered 160
acres of land and spent the remainder of his days, dying January 18, 1886.  He
served as justice of the peace for twenty years, and held the office of
postmaster for a number of years. The  following are his children who are
living: M. A. (Long), M. J. (Condran), Minerva A. (Douglas) and John C.  The
mother of these children died February 14, 1881. Joseph Yadon, the grandfather,
was born in County  Down, Ireland, December 17, 1856, and during the early,
part of the Revolutionary War crossed the ocean as a  soldier in the British
army, and served in Burgoyne's command until the latter surrendered to Gen.
Gates on the 17th of October, 1777. He then took the oath of allegiance to the
colonies and joined the American army,  fighting for its interests until the
close of the war. He was discharged in 1782, at the falls of the Ohio, and went
to Virginia, where hemet and married Mary Pennabaker, and moved to Tennessee in
1805. His death occurred  September 8, 1838. The maternal grandfather, John
Haynes, was born in North Carolina, and was married to Mary McCarver. He died
in 1842 or 1843. John C. Yadon spent his boyhood days in Tennessee and
Missouri,  and on the 17th of March, 1859, was married to Susan A. Douglas, who
was born in East Tennessee August 31,  1836, by whom he became the father of
six children, four of whom are living: William Thomas, Margaret L.
(Williamson), John P. and Joseph M. Those deceased are Nancy E. and Samuel H.
The mother of these children  died January 11, 1879. Her parents, William R.
and Margaret A. (McConnell) Douglas, were born in East  Tennessee, October 24,
1796, and December 22, 1806, respectively. The father died in August, 1864, but
the  mother is still living, and is a resident of Sebastian County. W. R.
Douglas was an old-line Whig, during the  Civil War was an uncompromising Union
man, and though too old and feeble to be in the service, he gave  substantial
aid to the Union cause and Union sympathizers. He was a member of the Old
School Presbyterian  Church, and for a number of years a colporteur for the
American Tract Society. Mr. Yadon owns 346 acres of  land, 115 of which are
under cultivation and well improved. In 1863 he enlisted in company E, First
Arkansas  Infantry, United States Army, and served until the cessation of
hostilites in 1865. He is a member of the Old  School Presbyterian Church,
belongs to the Republican party, and cast his first presidential vote for James
Buchanan.