story told by Margaret Lavonia Johnson
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Margaret married James Floyd Glenn on June 11, 1922 in Siloam Spring Ark by the Justice of the Peace. there was no wittiness , They lived with his folks for a year in the union community on a ranch called crazy creek and have stayed in the area the rest of their lives, They had two children Earl Lee Glenn born may 31 1923 died Oct 2 1981 buried at oak hill cemetery Siloam Springs Ark and Wanda Lorene borne Oct 29 1924 died Jan 19 1925, She was a blue baby..


Margaret attended Duckworth school what is now Dawn hill, then Hico where Gates Rubber company is now located , then to Sequah finishing at Prairie View, which was the 8th grade-"Since I didn't have nothing else to do I went threw the 8th grade again, I Stayed at home until I married Floyd".

In about 1919 or 1920 there was a flu epidemic all the Schools closed, Lots of people died, 3 in one family who were our neighbors, The next winter we had the flue, The neighbors who lost 3 brought food to us but they'd set it on the porch , Afraid to come in..

During the depression Floyd and Margaret moved to the Keller Ranch on the Flint creek, Margaret took care of the Cabins, there must have been 6 to 8 or maybe 9 of them and Floyd went to work for Delaware county running the road grader at the same time was a Deputy for Delaware co. for 6 years , he recalls one incident during those , it was the capture of one of eleven escaped convicts that broke out of the Federal Penitentiary at Lansing Kansas. He and Ed Bruce were putting a blade on the grader, 3/4 miles east of Dripping Springs , this man walked passed them to a house where Andy bill Lived and asked Mrs. Bill for breakfast, The Lady of the house not knowing he was an escapee, supposed he was a jobless itenerant, she fixed him a nice breakfast, He was real nice to her, He got up and looked out window where Floyd and Ed were working on the grader asking who they were, She told him their names and said they worked for the county, In the meantime Floyd was suspicious telling Ed " That one of those convicts, Explaining the man behavior as he walked past he didn't look at Floyd or Ed nor speak, Instead of going down the HI way as a hitch hiker would, he crossed over the HI way and took a county road, Floyd knew everyone in the part of the country. He'd looked him over pretty good and knew he was a stranger. they knew the city Marshal of Siloam Springs had them on the run a couple days earlier and got some shots off at them when the three of them ran their car off in a ditch and took off on foot , then these 3 convicts had tried to hold up a truck shooting into it four times, they had split up and this one was circling around trying to get back with the other two, He left the house not eating all his breakfast going around the opposite side of the house avoiding Floyd and Ed, Floyd caught up with him after he'd got out of the yard gate, Walking up real close taking hold of him at the same time saying "Mister what did you say your name was? by this time had him searched, then said " Mr. I am a Deputy Sheriff and you are under arrest , Floyd was unarmed and Luckily so was the convict and gave no resistance'.. On many occasions when an arrest was made Floyd would take the prisoners by his home for Margaret to feed before taking them on to Jail. pay for a Deputy was 1 Dollar per job and 10 cents a mile whether it was to serve some papers or an arrest. some other things Floyd did was trucking and was a board member on the R.E.A for 28 years most of the time as a voting Delegate. These meeting took him to or across almost all the united states. .



Margaret Lavona Johnson
2nd cousin 1x removed
Birth 25 Feb 1905 in Siloam Springs, Benton, Arkansas
Death 31 Oct 1988 in 74338 Colcord, Delaware, Oklahoma, United States of America
Parents Edmond Norvel Johnson
1875 – 1949. Mollie Elisabeth Payne
1877 – 1966 Children, James Floyd Glenn 1904 – 1995
son Earl Lee Glenn 1923 – 1981

The Glenn family first lived in Marion County, Ark., but later moved to Searcy Co., where Jacob Glenn received a land grant. It was here that George A. Glenn grew up in the small community located on upper Clear Creek, just north of Pindall, Ark. This community soon became known as "Glenco" named for the Glenn family. Nearby neighbors were the Hemohills, Roses, Duggers, Meads etc.

James Basil Glenn, Took his family to, Siloam Springs, Benton, Arkansas. Where his son ,James Floyd Glenn married Margaret Lavona Johnson. 11 Jun 1922,in
Benton County, Arkansas, USA.

Margaret Lavona Johnson.Parents, are Edmond Norvel Johnson and Mollie Elisabeth Payne .

Grandparents..Benjamin Franklin Johnson and Mary Levona Yarbrough

Children
1831 – 1913
William James Jimmy Johnson
1859 – 1876
John Bourgard Bud Johnson
1860 – 1933
Marguerette Lucrecia Johnson
1863 – 1952
Francis Lucinda Babe Johnson
1866 – 1892
Artie Blancahe Artilla Johnson
1869 – 1957
Martha Mattie Elizabeth Johnson
1871 – 1941
Edmond Norvel Johnson
1875 – 1949
Virginia Emaline Jennie Johnson
1876 – 1976
Mary Ann Johnson
1878 – 1992
Charles Robert Johnson
1880 – 1954
Margaret Lavonia Johnson