Samuel Jasper Crossno
Samuel Jasper 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 (Ritehie).
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 Caulksville,
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.
Contributed by: Tami
Ramsey