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Thomas J. Junkins Mr. Junkins united with the Baptist Church when a young man while living at York Corners, Maine. A short time afterward he came west and located in Kansas, where he resided until the death angel summoned him home in heaven. After comming to this county he united with the Christian Church at Pea Ridge 1873 and remained a faithful servant of this master until death. He will be greatly missed by his family, his friends and the community in which he lived. He was a kind father, excellent neighbor, and a worthy citizen. If his life were imitated by our citizens the quality of the community's manhood would be improved. It pleased him to see his children advance in life with quality of the community's manhood would be improved. It pleased him to see his children advance in life with a Godly walk and his instructions to them was always in keeping with Holy Writ. His remains were entered in the Benton Branch Cemetery. He leaves to mourn his death, a wife and eight children and a host of friends, and to whom we would say: "Weep not for him who won the race, and through true faith rests Thomas J. Junkins." He fought in the Civil War from Kansas, was a Sharpshooter. Henlisted August 14, 1862 as a private in Company B, 12th Missouri and also ran a Wagon Train from Missouri to California. (Note: Many of the Junkins from York became surveyers, school teachers and attorneys)
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