Biography of John Johnson, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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(PIONEER-1830) The life of Dr. Robert Edward Oliver, who died at the age of
fifty-six, on Nov. 14, 1938, was one of unusual devotion and the highest dignity
in his chosen field of medicine and service to his beloved home community. A
practitioner who gained high honors as a graduate of the University of Tennessee
Medical School, he will be remembered for his highly skilled and blessed with
sympathy for those who suffer. He was born on Nov. 5, 1882, the son of Edward
Palmer and Cordelia Elizabeth (Stout) Oliver of the Newcastle Community. His
great-great-grandfather, was Judge John Johnson, one of the most distinguished
pioneer settlers of Eastern Arkansas since his arrival in 1824. He was
remembered for securing the passage of an act creating St. Francis County.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas