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Dr. George Ben Johnston was born in the town of Tazewell, then Jeffersonville, on July 25th, 1853, and died
in Richmond, Virginia, December 20th, 1916. He was descended from hardy pioneers, who were prominent as daring
soldiers and distinguished citizens—the Bowens, Prostons, Floyds, and Johnstons—and who helped to propare Southwest
Virginia as an ideal home for American freemen. And he is recorded as the most noted professional man who was a
native son of Tazewell. His great skill as a surgeon placed him In the front rank of his profession. He was so
highly esteemed by his fellows that he was elected, without opposition, President of the “American Surgical Association,”
the highest and most coveted honor to which an American surgeon can aspire. His devotion to Tazewell was so intense
that he kept on the mantel of his private office a bottle of rich soil procured from the old Floyd estate in Burke’s
Garden, which he told his friends was to be deposited in his grave when he was burled. I have been informed by
his sister that his wishes were complied with,
FROM:
History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia
By: Wm. C. Pendleton
W. C. Hill Printong Company
Richmond, Va. 1920
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