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GEORGE A. JOHNS
Vol 5, p. 1862

George A. Johns is member of the well known law firm of McCrory &
Johns of Okmulgee, and besides a large general practice he is well
and favorable known over the county as former county judge.

He was born in Pekin, Illinois, June 14, 1880, son of J. J. and
Elizabeth (WEBER) Johns. His father was born in Pekin, Illinois, but
his mother was a native of Germany, and came to Illinois when a
child. She is now living in Chicago. The father died at Quincy,
Illinois, in 1896 at the age of forty-six. He was a merchant during
all his active career, and had stores at Pekin and Quincy.

One of five children, George A. Johns, remained in the home of his
mother until 1908. He finished his education in Northwestern
University, where he was graduated in the law department in Chicago
in 1906 with the degree LL. B. He was admitted to the Illinois bar in
1906 and practiced law in that state for a year or so.

It was in 1911 that Mr. Johns was elected county judge of Okmulgee
County and served in that office with admirable efficiency for two
years, one term. In politics he is a republican and Knight Templar
Mason and Shriner. In 1910 he married Florence COLLINS, who was born
in Binghamton, New York, daughter of Daniel Collins. They have one
child, Ellen.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Lee Ann Collins, August 6, 2000.

SOURCE: Thoburn, Joseph B., A Standard History of Oklahoma, An
Authentic Narrative of its Development, 5 v. (Chicago, New York: The
American Historical Society, 1916).