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The news reached Vienna shortly after four oclock A. M. November 11, that the armistice between the Entente and Germany had been signed. The bells began to ring, whistles to blow, and fire arms to boom! boom !! In fact, they made a noise with any and everything that came handy. Among the first ones to start out to spread the news were George and John Gray. They soon picked up Prof. Jobe in their car and instead of Sheridan's ride it was the Grays and Jobe heralding the welcome news that war had ceased. Soon the streets were filled with people of the town and surounding country, all eager to satisfy themselves, that the news was true. Some expressed joy in one way, and some in another, but there could be no doubt that every soul was glad and every heart beat high with joy. Uncle Mark Hankins appeared on the scene with his flag and old army shotgun which had been captured from the Rebels in the '60s. He started out, others soon fell in and a parade was formed around the square. A figure of the Kaiser had been prepared and was drawn up on the flag pole. When the procession reached this point, at command, they shot the Kaiser full of holes. when he fell they used their swords on him and he was then placed in the hearse and carted off. The celebration was kept up most of the day. In the afternoon there were addresses made by Judge Lewis of Harrisburg and J. F. Craig of this county. C. J.
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Huffman also spoke in the interest of the United War Workers Campaign.
Questionaires were sent to Mrs. Geo. Mathis of Bloom- field, Mrs. Bertha Martin of Belknap, J. B. Hudgens, of Goreville, H. C. Layborn of Burnside, Miss Laura Mount of Simpson, Mrs. P. W. Rose, of Cypress, after her death to Mrs. Geo. Moak, Mrs. Campbell Allard, Grantsburg, Mrs. Nora Gilliam, Tunnel Hill, Miss Lava Ridenhower, Vienna, Calvin Mathis, Buncombe asking them to get the soldiers of each township to fill out the papers so that there could be a complete record of every man that went from Johnson County into the World War. They were not able to secure all the data requested, consequently, only the names are given which have been collected as carefully as possible. If any name has been omitted it is because no information could be obtained. The following is a copy of the question- aire: Name; Place and date of birth; Name of parents; Rank; Assignment; Place of training; Date and time over seas if any; Wounded or killed, and what battle; Decoration if any ; For what service; Picture if possible.
The following is a list of soldiers who were killed or died during the war: James E. Cummins, son of J. C. and Alice Cummins, was born near Bloomfield, Ill., March 25, 1885. He enlisted in the United States Army, June 25, 1918. He was first sent to Ft. Logan, Colorado, transferred from there to Camp Joseph E. Johnson, Fla. He belonged to the 28th Company, 2nd Officers Training Regiment, died October 11, 1918. Was buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, this county, October 17, 1918.
Lieutenant Herschel C. Tritt, son of Claud S. and Mary Tritt, was born at Newton, Ill., March 23, 1896. He en- listed in the United States Army, January 11, 1917. Sailed for overseas duty August, 1917. He received his training at Ft. Totten, New York and Saumeur, France. He took part in the battles of Chateau Thierry, and the Second Battle of the Marne. He was killed in action at Cherry Chattrereuv, France, August 19, 1918. He was 2nd Lieut. of Battery B. 306 Field Artillery.
Sandy Kelly, son of I. N. and Elizabeth Kelly, enlisted July 29, trained at Camp Taylor. Died in camp, October, 1918.
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Lieut. Lindorf R. Kerley, was the son of Dr. T. B. and Mary E. Kerley. He was born at Simpson, Ill., January 27, 1889. He served as 1st Lieut. in 119 Field Artillery with the A. E. F. Was killed in a railroad accident near Orleans, France, December 5, 1918. He was buried in Fraternal Cemetery, Vienna, Ill., January 21, 1921.
Harvey, Gold, son of C. B. and Mary Gold, was born near Goreville. He belonged to Co. C. 314 Field Signal Battalion. Was wounded at Haumont, France, the day the armistice was signed, November 11, 1918. Died five days later.
Ray E. Nipper, son of M. V. and Effie Nipper, was born at Regent, Johnson County, Ill., March 2, 1892. En- listed in the U. S. Army, April, 1917. Went overseas April, 1918. Died of pneumonia, at Toul, France, Novem- ber 26, 1918. He belonged to Head Quarters Company, 77th Division.
Chester S. Jobe, son of John and Armina Jobe, was born at Tunnel Hill, Ill., September 3, 1895. Enlisted Feb- ruary 22, 1918. Was sent to Camp Taylor, Ky., where he remained about two weeks, when he was sent overseas. He was wounded in action September 29, and died October 30, 1918. He was buried in St Sever Cemetery, near Rouen, France. His body was sent home and buried at Reynolds- burg, 1921. He was a private in 119th Infantry A. E. F.
George R. Murphy, was born near Glendale, February 23, 1894. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cassia Murphy. He enlisted in U. S. Army, May, 1917, going to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. He was transferred from there to El Paso, Texas, then to New York City, from which he sailed, June 17, 1917, with Pershing's Troops, possibly the first Johnson County son to go overseas. He was a Corporal in Head- quarters Company, 15th Infantry, 4th Div. A. E. F. He was wounded in action October 11, 1918. After two months in a French hospital, he was transferred to a New York hospital where he died, February, 1919. The body was brought to Simpson, for interment.
Harry Sullins, son of Lincoln and Elizabeth (Brooks) Sullins, was born at Ozark, Ill., April 3, 1894. Enlisted May 25, 1918. He was a private in Co. G. 58 Infantry, 4th Div. He trained at Camp Gordon, Ga. Went overseas July
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18, 1918. Participated in the battles of St. Mihiel, and Argon Forest. Was wounded in action October, 1918. Died October 28, 1918. His body was sent home.
Curtis Grissom, son of W. M. and Nettie (Farris) Gris- som, was born in this county, January 30, 1895. He trained at Mare Island and Quantico, Va. He was a private in the fifth Marines, 2nd Div. Was killed October 4, 1918 at Mount Blanc, Ridge.
WORLD WAR CONDITIONS
The experiences of the World War have been sad ones for the people of the United States. It took the flower of our manhood, physically speaking, and if they were not killed they were injured mentally, morally or physically. The declaration of this war came very unexpectedly, almost as much so as a peal of thunder out of a clear sky. Many soldiers went into this war half-heartily and they could not be blamed. It was a trying ordeal to take a man from a peaceful pleasant home, a lucrative position or business and send him across the sea to fight with and for people he did not know. True it was for a principle which was right and circumstances came about which justified it. Many in this county as elsewhere, volunteered, but this was decidely a draft war. In most cases those who had positions when they entered the service, found them waiting for them on their return, but there seemed to be a restlessness and dis- content among them that has barely passed away in five years. One thing is certain, those who served on the other side are not free to talk of their experiences. The prevaling idea, was, that war would cease in Europe after the treaty of Versallies. There is still turmoil, strife and hatred. At a glance; it looks as though, those who filled graves in France, and those who will finish lives maimed and dis- abled, have suffered and died in vain. There may come a better day from all this sacrifice, but it has certainly not dawned as yet.
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"GLEN FERN" NEAR TUNNEL HILL
SHADY DELL, REBMAN PARK, FERN CLYFFE
SELECTIVE DRAFT PART V.
1st Contingent, Aug. 5, 1917 McCorcle, Charle R., Vienna Harvick, Charles E., Vienna Kerley, Claudie X., Simpson Kerley, Carnie V., Simpson Gore, Everett L. Buncombe 2nd Contingent, Sept. 20, 19.17 Short, Ralph, Belknap Chamness, Lawrence, Goreville Rhodes, Robert, Vienna Brown, Melvin, Cypress Shelton, Alger Lee, Grantsburg Penrod, Wm. Hosea, Buncombe Terry, Moses M., Goreville Harris, Clyde, Vienna Martin, Fred J., Vienna Black, Aron C., Goreville Stout, Wm. Earnest, Tunnel Hill Graham, Fred D., Belknap McGowan, John R., Tunnel Hill Kellar, James Carrol, Buncombe Kerley, Pleas, Simpson Veach, Norman E., Vienna Yandell, Wm., Tunnel Hill Simpson, Arthur G., Tunnel Hill Cavitt, Wm. Aug., Tunnel Hill Burklow, Guy C., Goreville Musgrave, Ervil C., Buncombe Taylor, Roy, Vienna Trout, James E., Reevesville Frizzell, Roy L., Burnside McMichiel, Ben, New Burnside Hogg, Guy W., Vienna Mathis, Alvin, Bloomfield Parish, Will Lee, Goreville Porter, Autie, Foreman Morris, Rosco, Vienna Marberry, Frank Reeseville Nestlerodt, Morris, Cypress Pritchet, Henry, Goreville
Moses, Henry, Cypress Parker, Abram, Vienna Nesslerodt, Harris, Cypress Davis, Ira S., Belknap 3rd Contingent, Oct., 1917 Throgmorton, Josiah N., New Burnside
Hunter, Doc A., Vienna Sullivan, Edgar, Goreville Robertson, Thomas J., Bun- combe
Cavitt, Clyde, Buncombe Shawmeeker, Wm. W., Vienna Miller, James A., Belknap Riley, John R., Belknap Porter, George E., Belknap Lokey, Wm. A., Belknap Sandifer, Henry, Belknap Hunt, Chester R., Vienna Short, Edward B., Cypress Hart, George B., Tunnel Hill Grimes, Cecil C., Tunnel Hill Parish, Edgar, Goreville Kelley, Walter Lewis, Tunnel Hill Johns, Ray, Tunnel Hill Sanders, J. Frank, Vienna 4th Contingent, Feb. 23, 1918 For Camp Zachary Taylor Belcher, Wm. Roscoe, Reeves- ville
Deputy, Clarence, Vienna Gore, Everett, Lee, Buncombe Reeves, George Washington, Reevesville Walker, Cove, Vienna
Fairless, Andrew Jackson, Bloomfield Rikard, Wm. Wesley, Buncombe McCuan, Ado, Vienna
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Taylor, Ottis Franklin, Bloom- field
Crayton, Chesley Mile, Grants. burg
Plater, Clem, Vienna
Hicks, Oscar, Belknap
Nobles, Clarence Redden, Bun- combe
McDaniel, George Allen, Tunnel Hill
Prater, George Franklin, Bun- combe
Plater, Wm. G., Vienna
Comer, Lawrence, Grantsburg Stewart, Ebb Damron, Bun- combe
Mahan, William, Tunnel Hill Stites, Andrew Jackson, New Burnside.
Phillips, John, Bloomfield Garrett, Lewis F., Simpson Cross, Ira, New Burnside Sharp, Chesley, Vienna Comer, Earl, Grantsburg Webb, Perceful Lee, Tunnel Hiil May, Flodie E., Simpson Jobe, Chester, Tunnel Hill 5th Contingent, April 29, 1918 5 Men to Camp Grant, Rockford Kirkland, Lacy, Cypress Pickens, Marvin, Vienna Pickens, Lum, Vienna Pickens, Richard, Vienna Johnson, Marion, Grantsburg 6th Group, April, 1918 To Camp Dix, N. J. Casey, Gomer L., Tunnel Hill Kelly, Ned Austin, Cypress McCoy, James Robinson, Parker Murphey, Jessie, Simpson Tyler, Henry Edward, New Burnside
Threet, Ivy C., Vienna R. F. D.
Dively, Paul Franklin, Tunnel Hill
English, Eber Willis, Vienna Gray, Looney Max, Vienna Russell, Charles, Parker Shelton, Ray, Grantsburg Jobe, James Lewis, Bloomfield Steagall, Roy Osceola, Ozark Modglin, Loyd Wm., Grantsburg Modglin, Joseph Egleston,
Grantsburg
Huss, Henry, Belknap Grinnell, B. R., Buncombe Vineyard, Vollie O., Grantsburg Phelps, Jessie Otis, Grantsburg Rosenberg, David, Vienna Johnston, F. Robert, Jr., Vienna Underhill, Charley, Cypress Holmes, Herman E., Buncombe
7th Group, May 10, 1918 Fort Thomas, Ky. Jennings, James A., Simpson Mann, James Calvin, New Burn- side
Corbit, Wm. T., Bloomfield 8th Group, May 24, 1918 Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. West, Raymond Cole, Simpson Ford, John Richard, Tunnel Hill Carter, Arthur, Vienna Kemp, Grover Cleveland, Grantsburg
Johnson, Charley, Grantsburg Cavitt, Wm. Jackson, Tunnel Hill
Oneal, Charles Paul, Ozark Needham, Millard O., Grants- burg
Gray, John Oliver, Vienna Worley, Earl Oliver, Cypress Whiteside, Ulis R., New Burn- side
Gurley, Calvin Andrew, Gore ville
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Wing, Charles E., New Burnside Emmerson, Clelis, Simpson Wise, Claud A., New Burnside Stevens, Franklin J., Goreville Black, Samuel E., Goreville Porter, S. F., Foreman Jobe, Marion Orlan, Tunnel Hill Burnham, John, Belknap
Knupp, Ralph Eli, Cypress Askew, James A., Tunnel Hill Richardson, Guy Loren, Simpson 9th Group, May 25, 1918
To Camp Gordon, Ga. Musgrave, Clifford Raymond, Buncombe
Kilgore, Samuel Emmet, New Burnside Sullens, Harry, Ozark
Porter, George Washington, Bloomfield
Darnell, John Wm., Ozark
Smith, James Thomas, Vienna
Escue, Elbert Edmond, Bun- combe
Stewart, Charles, Tunnel Hill
Pritchet, Jake, Goreville
Walker, Hiram Hubert, Gore- ville
Dunn, Joseph Calvin, Cypress Wymore, Lannes, Vienna
McCabe, Arthur Francis, New Burnside
Hall, Lora C., Goreville Mathis, John Franklin, Cypress Phillips, Harvey, Bloomfield Grace, Fred, Goreville Sharp, Benj. N., Vienna Reynolds, Robert, Simpson Burnett, Fred Gould, Vienna Crowder, Hallie Floyd, Bun- combe Trigg, Bert R., Simpson Ford, Raymond Calvin, Vienna
Comer, Bertis Nathaniel, Grantsburg
Smith, Clay, Creal Springs
Cavitt, Ladd, Ozark
Hood, Chas. Wm., Vienna
Whiteside, Herman Asa, Simp- son
Choat, Earl O., Simpson
Tucker, Raymond Andrew, Cy- · press
Huffman, Francis M., Vienna Sullins, Cecil C., Ozark Rushing, James C., Goreville Hess, Elmer Homer, Vienna Williams, Chas. Marlow, Grants- burg
Martin, Sidney Corlis, Cypress Clayton, Wm. Loss, Bloomfield Trigg, Lon, Ozark
Morris, Charles, New Burnside Burns, Chloa E., Goreville Hunsaker, J. Paul, Vienna Estes, Oscar, Reevesville Gray, Mid, Vienna Morgan, Harry O., Vienna
10th Group, May 28, 1918 To Fort Thomas, Ky. Hood, Coy E., New Burnside Simmons, Arlie, Tunnel Hill Malaer, Murray E., Goreville · Lokey, Ollie E., Belknap
White, Durwood Randall, New Burnside
Craig, Wm. H., Goreville
Cavitt, Robert Ray, Tunnel Hill Cooper, Lewis Wesley, Reevs- ville
George, Alphonso O., Cypress Trigg, Ned, Simpson Boner, Ralph, Tunnel Hill Looney, Joseph Whitehead, Vienna Harris, Samuel H., Belknap
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Murphey, Earl, Ozark Choat, Geo. Groves, Tunnel Hill McGowan, Ralph, Tunnel Hill Kerley, Marshall R., Simpson Moak, Claud Ernest, Cypress Jack, Earnest, Goreville Sharp, James Albert, Simpson Ferrell, Ervin Wesley, Reeves- ville
11th Group, June 14, 1918 Kansas City, Mo.
Hard, Emmet, Reevesville
Taylor, Joseph Edward, Gan- town
Simmons, Wiley, Vienna Burris, Albert, Vienna
Buford, Joseph Clyde, Cypress Ragsdale, Olaff, Grantsburg Shelton, Ira, Grantsburg Heaton, Wm. Herman, New Burnside
Graves, Barney, Goreville Hancock, Ernest M., Goreville Robertson, Loyd B., Buncombe McCall, Oliver Kenneth, Bun- combe
Parks, Ward, Tunnel Hill
12th Group, June 14, 1918 To Bradley Tech., Peoria, III. Burnett, Lewis Earl, Vienna Downing, Earl Ernest, Bloom- field
Taylor, Elbert, Bloomfield
13th Contingent, June 14, 1918 To Valparaiso, Ind. Veach, Clifford, Vienna Cavitt, George W., Buncombe
14th Contingent, June 27, 1918 For Camp Taylor
Taylor, Henry, Bloomfield Wright, James D., Tunnel Hill May, Lowell, Ozark
Gouge, Ray, Simpson Pea, Malrey W., Reevesville Emmerson, Lester Dow, Vienna Scott, James Roy, Simpson Ford, Willie, Vienna Johnson, Noah, Tunnel Hill Crockett, Glenn, Reevesville Rikard, Harrison, Buncombe Whiteside, Coy Valentine,
Bloomfield
Jones, David, Jr., Vienna Gurley, Floyd Allen, Cypress Hooker, Homer, Vienna Cook, Lester, New Burnside Verhines, Wm. Otto, Vienna Nelson, Horrace Greely, Grants-
burg
McHugh, Joe, Tunnel Hill Wallace, Moody C., Vienna Bundren, Jefferson B., Ozark Harris, Herman, Vienna
Vaugn, Chas. H., Vienna Murphy, Arthur, Ozark
Oneal, Thomas Oscar, Goreville Simpson, John, Ozark Vaughn, Claud, Tunnel Hill Caraker, Curtis, Boles Hudgin, S. Elmer, Cypress Sharp, Ned, Simpson Fort, Roy, Simpson Willyard, Fred, Buncombe Corzine, William H., Cypress Simmons, Guy, Tunnel Hill Robinson, Adolphus, Simpson Rendleman, John, Goreville Chapman, J. C., Vienna Holloway, Ira Burgess, Grants- burg
Cox, Ben Harrison, Tunnel Hill Beach, Ivy, Vienna Stout, Gail, Buncombe Mills, Logan W., Vienna
Cole, Herman, Goreville Perry, Ira, Goreville
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Richerson, Curtis H., Simpson Harner, Chas. Elmer, Bloomfield Jones, Leo. Everett, Buncombe Thomas, Wm. Franklin, Bun- combe
Kincanon, John Preston, Bloomfield
Dively, James Blain, Tunnel Hill
Harris, James Bradley, Vienna
Mathis, Jesse Edward, Grants- burg
Haden, Joseph Robert, Bloom- field
Walker, Oscar Lavango, Gore- ville
Colbroth, Alvin, Tunnel Hill
Lawrence, Samuel Ray, Ozark Taylor, Omer H., Bloomfield
Hunter, Virgil, Vienna
15th Contingent, July 30, 1918 To Syracuse, N. Y.
Shawmeker, Everett, Vienna
Hunter, Doc A., Vienna
Reeves, Geo. W., Reevesville Brancecum, Chas. A., Bloom- field Graig, Wm., Goreville
16th Contingent, Aug. 1, 1918 To Camp Taylor, Ky.
Phelps, Chas. Newton, Grants- burg
Beach, Edwin O., Vienna
Harris, Eugene B., Vienna
Boner, Oscar, Tunnel Hill
Harner, Frank Audie, Bloom- field
Blades, Chancy E., Simpson
Farr, General, Cypress
Kelly, Sandy H., Goreville
Barnwell, Alvin, Ozark
17th Contingent, Aug. 3, 1918 Camp Dodge, lowa Jackson, Curtis, Vienna Latham, Ed., Vienna Williams, Lige, Cypress Graves, Luther Milton, Cypress 18th Contingent, Aug. 31, 1918 Allen, Barney, Belknap
Hogg, Ray, Vienna
To Camp Grant, Limited Service 19th Contingent, Sept. 3, 1918 Chicago Tech.
Thornton, Everett C., Goreville Royster, John J., Tunnel Hill Lentz, Ray E., Cypress
Chicago Tech. 20th Contingent, Sept. 6, 1918 For Camp Custer, Mich. Smith, John Wm., Tunnel Hill Lawrence, Thomas, New Burn- side
Short, Harry O., Belknap
Choate, Claude Harper, Tunnel Hill
Phelps, Roy Olive, Grantsburg
Carter, Homer, Cypress
Webb, Wm. Barton, Tunnel Hill
Kennedy, Frank M., Simpson
Colbroth, Walter Monroe, Tun- nel Hill
Hester, Marion Tulles, Vienna
Stout, Frank, Buncombe
Sharp, Walter, Simpson
Trigg, Spencer, Simpson
Murrie, Walter W., Simpson
Walker, Sam Ward, Goreville Pearce, Albert Jacob, Buncombe Cox, Harvey Louie, Goreville Edwards, Herman Elmer, Bel- knap Underwood, Guy Morris, New Burnside Thomason, J. F., New Burnside
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Howard, Stephen Allen, Gore- ville
Rentfro, Chas. Wesley, Grants- burg Whiteside, Chas. Alonzo, Bloom- field
Brooks, Ivor, Tunnel Hill
Corzine, Cletis, Belknap
Martin, John Clinton, Cypress
Trigg, Joseph, Simpson
Gurley, Jesse, Buncombe
Comer, Charles, Grantsburg
Lowe, Auty, Belknap
Grisham, Fred, Goreville Burnham, Paul A., Belknap Haneline, Norman Ivy, Vienna Blakely, Arthur Elmer, Bun- combe
21st Contingent Six men Chicago U Mathis, Ward, Vienna Turley, Marion, Vienna
Dunn, Herschel, Bloomfield
Sanders, Raymond, Vienna Axley, Billie, Vienna Jones, Tanner, Hobart
VOLUNTEERS OF WORLD WAR
Abenathy, Maple, Belknap Albright, Uriel, Vienna Allen, Orville, Belknap Ausbrooks, Noel, Vienna Bean, Thomas, Belknap Benson, Eugene C., Vienna Benson, Daniel, Vienna Brown, Harry, Belknap Caldwell, Harry, New Burnside
Carleton, Buel, Vienna
Carter, W. N., Vienna
Cochran, Harry, Vienna Coleman, Ray, Goreville Chapman, Joe L., Vienna Chapman, D. W., Vienna Chapman, Ralph, Vienne Chapman, Oliver, Vienna Chapman, P. T., Jr., Vienna Cunningham, Chas. E., Vienna Clymore, Maurice, Vienna Casey, Vernie, Tunnel Hill Davis, Raymond, Buncombe Davies, Lloyd, Vienna Daniels, Elijah, Vienna Elkins, I. N., Vienna Edmons, Paul, Vienna
Estes, Oscar, Reevesville Evers, Louie, Belknap Ferrell, Edgar, Parker Fleming, Clyde, Vienna Francis, James I., Goreville Frizzell, Herman, Vienna Ford, Loyd, Vienna Gibson, Ray, Goreville Glassford, George, Vienna Gray, Loyd, Vienna Grissom, Curtis, Vienna Griffith, Simpson, Vienna Hard, Henry, Reevesville Hard, James, Reevesville Hurst, Basil P., Reevesville Hight, Frank P., Vienna Hammond, John, Belknap Hudgens, Claud, Goreville Howell, William, Vienna Hartline, Jesse, Cypress Harvick, Elvin, Vienna Hester, Fred, Vienna Hundley, Robert, Vienna Hudleson, Frank, Vienna Hobbs, Orville, Parker Hess, Urban, Vienna
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House, Earl C., Belknap Harris, Melvin, Vienna Hess, Samuel, Vienna Hilburn, Earl, Vienna Holt, Wiley, Cypress Hart, Morris, Vienna Hood, Ray C., Goreville Judson, C. O. Belknap Kerley, Olin, Simpson Marshall, William, Belknap Looney, Harold, Vienna Mahl, Chas. A., Vienna Mason, Leo., Belknap Maze, Herschel, Goreville Marberry, Dr. Jason, Reeves- ville
Mount, Wayne, Cypress McCall, Dr. T. E., Vienna McCorcle, Don, Vienna Mulkey, Ernest, Cypress McCormack, Earl N., Goreville Morgan, Lester, Vienna Marberry, Ward, Reevesville Martin, Walter, Belknap Morford, David, Belknap Nobles, Harry, Buncombe Nobles, Orin, Buncombe Peterson, Thomas, Goreville Parks, Carl H., Vienna Parks, Herbert, Vienna Parker, Donald, Vienna Payne, William, Belknap Phillips, Auty, Goreville Phillips, Arthur, Vienna Plater, Wade, Vienna Rosenbarger, Hal, Vienna Rushing, Lantha, Ozark Ragsdale, Olif, Grantsburg Rhodes, Herbert, Vienna Richardson, Floyd, Belknap Roberts, Hollis, New Burnside Robertson, Dr. Wayne D., Bun combe
Ridenhower, Aron, Buncombe Rose, Claud, Buncombe Rose, Waldo, New Burnside Shaffer, Artie, Belknap Simpson, Arthur, Tunnel Hill Smith, Henry, Vienna Smith, Homer, Vienna
Smith, Benjamin, Vienna Spieldoch, Sidney, Vienna Stanley, Mark, Goreville Stanley, Elmer C., New Burn- side Stites, Enoch, New Burnside Stewart, Otto, Buncombe Tate, Rodney, Belknap Thacker, Americus, Vienna
Threet, Ivy C., Simpson Tapley, Rollo, Belknap
Thompson, Dr. Wm., Belknap
Thacker, Chas., Vienna
Tritt, Herschel, Vienna Turley, Jacob, Vienna Underwood, H. H., Goreville Watson, Ray, Vienna Waters, Clarence L., Bloomfield Whiteaker, Dr. Hall, Vienna Whiteside, J. G., Bloomfield Whittenberg, D. W., Vienna Whitehead, Frank A., Tunnel Hill
Webb, Clifford, Tunnel Hill Webb, Cecil, Tunnel Hill Wiggins, Rollo, Goreville Wise, Claud, New Burnside
S. A. T. C.
Mathis, Ernest Mathis, Frank Nally, Ernest
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ELECTION DISTRICTS
The July court of 1827, laid off the county into what was called election districts. The boundaries were to be about the same as the militia company boundaries were at that time. The first district was the same as Captain An- drew Morton's Co. Captain Barnabus Smith's with a sec- tion of Morton's formed the second district. Captain Wm. Simpson's Company made the third district and the fourth was that part of Captain Harvick's Company, lying north of the ponds and including Vienna, and that part of his company lying south of said ponds formed the fifth district. In 1826, that part of the county lying between the ponds and the Ohio River had been made a separate precinct, known as Massac, and the election was ordered held at William Parker's for that year. At this time the section of Morton's Company lying west of Big Bay was added to Barnabus Smith's Company to form the second district. In 1827 the place for the election for the fifth district was to be held at Moses Cochran's on the Ohio River. The other elections were held at the places appointed for the militia muster.
POLITICAL SITUATION BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
Sympathy in this county before the Civil War was very much in favor of the Southern cause. Most of the residents were Democrats, the others Whigs, as the Repub- lican Party had just been born. The following is an account of the first Republican Convention held in Johnson County :
FIRST REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
The proceedings of the first Republican Convention held in Johnson County was published first in the Johnson County Inquirer, April 6, 1860 and was republished in "The Johnson County Journal, 1883, as follows : The Republicans of Johnson County, assembled in convention March 31 1860, at the court house in Vienna, for the purpose of ap- pointing delegates to the state convention, with a respect- able and enthusiastic attendance. The house being called to order, motion was made that T. D. Scott act as chairman. A. Mather as secretary. Motion was then made that the chairman appoint a committee to draft resolution express- ing the sense of the convention. Messrs H. M. Riden- hower, Sr., W. T. Whitemore and G. A. Stanton were ap-
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pointed said committee. Motion was then made that G. W. Terrell address the convention; which he did setting forth the principles of the party in their true light in an able and eloquent manner, occupying about one and one half hours. The resolutions were then brought in by the committee for adoption which were as follows: "the Republicans of John- son County, in convention assembled, who are opposed to the policy of the present administration, to the extention of slavery into territory now free, to the agitation of the slave question in favor of equal rights and of Union of these states and of restoring the Republic to the principles of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Clay, do Resolve that we affirm our adherence to the Philadelphia platform as em- bodying the true principles of the Republican party. Re- solved that we have no sympathy whatever with Abolition- ists, that the Harper's Ferry raid was an exhibition of the most reckless madness; and that the prepetrators received their richly merited reward, and that the disunion senti- ment so frequently avowed of late in Congress is the basest of treason. Resolved, that believing with Jefferson that the negro and white races equally free cannot live in the same government, we cordially and heartily support all efforts at colonization of free negroes and that with a host of able Republicans, we hold it to be the duty of Congress to purchase new or contiguous territory and to remove all free blacks thereto: Resolved that we cordially indorse the course of the Hon. G. Grow and other eminent Republicans vigorously urging upon Congress the necessity of granting every actual settler 160 acres of the public domain: Re- solved, that the course of Lyman Trumbull, our senator meets our approval." The aforesaid resolutions were adopted by the convention. Motion was then made to ap- point delegates to the state convention. H. M. Ridenhower, J. W. Terrel and A. W. McGee were appointed. J. W. Ter- rell made a motion that in case there was but one present at the State convention, that he be permitted to cast the vote for all, which was adopted. W. T. Whitemore moved a vote of thanks be tendered Mr. Terrell for entertaining the convention which motion was adopted: after which the motion was made to adjourn. A. A. Mather Secretary."
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