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John C. Yadon is one of the enterprising farmers of Sebastian County, Ark., and was born in East Tennessee in 1835. His father, Thomas Yadon, was born in Washington County, Va., March 27, 1801, and when a small boy was taken by his parents to East Tennessee, where he met and espoused Nancy Haynes, October 14, 1819, who was born in North Carolina March 1, 1803, and moved with her to Missouri in 1839, and to Sebastian County, Ark., in 1849. Here he entered 160 acres of land and spent the remainder of his days, dying January 18, 1886. He served as justice of the peace for twenty years, and held the office of postmaster for a number of years. The following are his children who are living: M. A. (Long), M. J. (Condran), Minerva A. (Douglas), and John C. The mother of these children died February 14, 1881. Joseph Yadon, the grandfather, was born in County Down, Ireland, December 17, 1856, and during the early part of the Revolutionary War crossed the ocean as a soldier in the British army, and served in Burgoyne’s command until the latter surrendered to Gen. Gates on the 17th of October, 1777. He then took the oath of allegiance to the colonies and joined the American army, fighting for its interests until the close of the war. He was discharged in 1782, at the falls of the Ohio, and went to Virginia where he met and married Mary Pennabaker, and moved to Tennessee in 1805. His death occurred September 8, 1838. The maternal grandfather, John Haynes, was born in North Carolina, and spent his boyhood days in Tennessee and Missouri, and on the 17th of March, 1859, was married to Mary McCarver. He died in 1842 or 1843. John C. Yadon spent his boyhood days in Tennessee and Missouri, and on the 17th of March, 1859, was married to Susan A. Douglas, who was born in East Tennessee August 31, 1836, by whom he became the father of six children, four of whom are living: William Thomas, Margaret L. (Williamson), John P. and Joseph M. Those deceased are Nancy E. and Samuel H. The mother of these children died January 11, 1879. Her parents, William R. and Margaret A. (McConnell) Douglas, were born in East Tennessee, October 24, 1796, and December 22, 1806, respectively. The father died in August, 1864, but the mother is still living, and is a resident of Sebastian County. W. r. Douglas was an old-line Whig, during the Civil War was an uncompromising Union man, and though too old and feeble to be in the service, he gave substantial aid to the Union cause and Union sympathizers. He was a member of the Old School Presbyterian Church, and for a number of years a colporteur for the American Tract Society. Mr. Yadon owns 346 acres of land, 115 of which are under cultivation and well improved. In 1863 he enlisted in Company E, First Arkansas Infantry, United States Army, and served until the cessation of hostilities in 1865. He is a member of the Old School Presbyterian Church, belongs to the Republican party, and cast his first presidential vote for James Buchanan.