John S. and Nancy Flournoy, both born in Washington County, Kentucky, came to Missouri in 1854. Their son John Arthur Flournoy was born in Ray County on April 21, 1864, and went to school at Richmond and at the Kirksville Normal School. He came to St. Joseph in 1889, read law for two years with Col. John Doniphan, and was admitted to the bar in 1891; by 1898 he kept a law office in the First National Bank Building. He married Julia Gann, a daughter of the Buchanan County pioneer Samuel Gann, and in 1898 they had three young children, Martha Victoria, Samuel G. and Midia Josephine. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Buchanan County history.
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Attorney at law, St. Joseph
JOHN ARTHUR FLOURNOY, attorney-at-law, First National Bank- Building, was born in Ray County, Mo., April 21,1864, and is the son of John S. and Nancy Flournoy, both born in Washington County, Ky., and who came to missouri in 1854. Our subject attended school at Richmond, in Ray County, and the Kirksville Normal School. He came to St. Joseph
Midia Josephine, 1 year. Mr. Flournoy is a Democrat and a member of the Christian Church.
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Children of John Arthur and Julia (Gann) Flournoy
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