Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers. "An Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties") Spokane, WA: Western Historical Publishing Co., 1905. p. 768. B. F. JOHNSON is holding the important position of assessor of Crook county. He resides at Prineville and is one of the best known men throughout the county. He was born on the ranch about twelve miles east from Prineville, on November 5, 1872, being one of the first white children born in Crook county. His father, E. Johnson, was an early pioneer to Oregon and settled east of the Cascades in 1867. Our subject was educated in Crook and Sherman counties and has spent the major portion of his life in Crook county. He has seen the country develop from the wilds to its present condition and has assisted materially in bringing about this good end. Mr. Johnson well remembers the days of the "vigilance committee" and also one morning that he saw two horse thieves dangling from a tree where they had been left by these executors of the law. As soon as he was able, he was more or less in the saddle and has been identified with the stock industry from the earliest days until the present time. He owns a ranch of two hundred acres of fine deeded land on Mill creek and has ninety head of cattle, besides horses and improvements for the place. In June, 1902, Mr. Johnson was elected to the office of county assessor on the Republican ticket but has refused renomination. In this office he has given entire satisfaction and displays a conscientiousness and skill very befitting. On May 5, 1898, at Burns, Oregon, Mr. Johnson married Jennie McPheeters, who was born in Missouri, on September 21, 1873. Her father, C. M. McPherson, a physician and surgeon, came to Oregon in 1886 and died on June 22, 1901, Our subject has three brothers, W. J., a rancher and stockman in Crook county; J. J., a cattle man in Malheur county; and J. E., a sheep raiser in Harney county. Mr. Johnson is a good active Republican, belongs to the Masons, is a member of the K. P., the W. W. and the circle. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in August 2011 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.