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Chapter VIII
Men and Women of Medicine
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County Medical Society in 1892. Dr. Johnson died July 25, 1922 in Sparks Hospi-
tal, and is buried in Forest Park Cemetery,
Seb. Co. Death Records
Seb, Co. Phys. Rec,
1887 Ft, Smith Bus. Dir,
JOHNSON, G. W., was examined and licensed by the Sebastian County Medical
Board on June 20, 1883. In a letter concerning her grandfather, Dr. James M.
Barry, Mrs. Hattie (Barry) Watt mentioned Dr. Johnson, saying that he lived
near Miss Grace Dodd on 7th or 8th Street, in Fort Smith, Mrs. Watt said,
"He had a good practice, just a good old time doctor." He was listed in the
1887 Business Directory of Fort Smith,
JOHNSON, H. C., Van Buren, was listed in the 1887 Business Directory as a
physician and druggist. He was examined and licensed by the Sebastian County
Medical Board October 22, 1883,
JOHNSON, Hugh, a brother of Dr. J. E. Johnson, Jr., of Fort Smith, was born
ca 1879 in Polk County, Arkansas, the son of Dr. J. E. Johnson, Sr. and Mary
(Ryan) Johnson, and died January 14, 1951 in Fort Smith. He graduated from
the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in 1906 and had practiced continu-
ously in the Fort Smith area following his graduation. He began practice with
his uncle, Dr. "Dick" Ryan, in Fort Smith, moved to Barling and to Bonanza
for short times, and back to Fort Smith. He was a past president of the Sebastian
County Medical Society, 1941; a former member of the executive staff of St.
Edwards Mercy Hospital; county coroner of Sebastian County for over forty
years; a member of the Masonic bodies, the Kiwanis Club, on the Board of
Directors of the Salvation Army of Fort Smith, and a deacon in the First Baptist
Church. Surviving relatives were: his wife, the former Ruth Redman; two daugh-
ters, Virginia (Mrs. C. B. Rebsaman, Sr.) and Edna Jean (wife of Dr. W. H.
Polk, Optometrist); and two grandchildren, both physicians and graduates of
the University of Arkansas School of Medicine. Dr. C. B. Rebsaman, Jr., is practic-
ing in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. Ruth Key (Polk) McConnon was married to Dr.
Gerald Eugene McConnon who tragically lost his life in an automobile accident
March 21, 1976 and is buried in the National Cemetery in Ft. Smith. Dr. McCon-
non was a graduate of the University of Miami and a 1975 graduate of the
University of Arkansas College of Medicine. He had served as a member of
an Army Special Forces Ranger Team; was a veteran of the Vietnam War; a
member of the SAE fraternity; and was serving his surgical internship at the
University of Texas Medical Center in San Antonio. Survivors included his wife;
his mother, Mrs. Geraldine Clark of Springsboro, Pa.; his father, Eugene McCon-