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OTHER BIOGRAPHICAL INDEXES:
BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF VERMILION COUNTY,
ILLINOIS
by H. W. Beckwith
Publ. Chicago: H. H. Hill and Company, Publishers
1879
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Ross Twp. -
JOHN H. JOHNSON,
Bismark, farmer, was born in Jackson county, Ohio, on the 3d
of January, 1821, and is a son of Richard and Milbrey
(Graves) Johnson. He was reared behind the counter of a
dry-goods store. At the age of twenty-six he engaged in
trafficking and farming. His operations have always been
confined to the Wabash Valley. In 1826 his parents removed
and settled at Fort Harrison, Vigo county, Indiana, but,
remaining there only a short time, went to Lafayette, where
his father died on the 30th of August, 1830. Mr.
Johnson has held various township offices; was alderman
of the fourth ward in Danville four years. In 1866 he was
elected secretary of the Wabash General Association of
Detective Companies, which position he has held to the
present time. He was an old-line whig, sealing his fealty to
that party by voting for Henry Clay in 1844.
He has been an odd fellow since 1846. His family now
consists of six living children: Ora C., Mary H.,
Annie, Richard, Edward H., and Barton. He owns
three hundred and twenty acres of land, worth $9,500. His
political views are republican.
Source:
History of Vermilion County, Illinois - H. W. Beckwith -
1879 ~ Page 674 |
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Newell Twp. -
JOSEPH S. JOHNSON, State Line,
farmer and stock-shipper, was born on the 16th of September,
1827, in Hendricks county, Indiana, and is a son of
George and Polly (Walter) Johnson. He was married on the
16th of March, 1854, to Matilda M. Kemper. He was
engaged in mercantile pursuits from 1848 to 1855. He settled
in Newell township in 1864, and has taught school and music,
and has traveled extensively in the middle portion of the
Onion. In Indiana he was county ' commissioner, real estate
appraiser, deputy sheriff and notary public. In Newell
township he has been assessor and collector, and at the
present time is justice of the peace. Besides these, he has
held other offices. He is the father of nine children. He
owns eighty-five acres of land, and is an independent in
politics.
Source: Vermilion County, Illinois - H. W. Beckwith -
1879 ~ Page 967 - Submitted by Mary Paulius |
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Blount Twp. -
G. W. JUSTUS, Danville, farmer and
nurseryman, was born in Montgomery county, Indiana, on the 3d of
May, 1834, and at the age of twenty-two he went into mercantile
business, which he continued for a period of seven years.
He has been three times married; first, to Eliza Smith,
on the 18th of September, 1856. She was born in Fountain
county, Indiana, on the 30th of September, 1841, and died on the
16th of September, 1860. They had two children by this
union: Sarah C. and Clara D., now deceased.
Mr. Justus was then married, on the 4th of August, 1861,
to Margaret Graves, who was born in Kentucky on the 14th
of May, 1829, and died on the 1st of February, 1872. One
child by this marriage: Elizabeth, now deceased. He
was then united with Hannah Cunningham on the 3rd of
September, 1873. She was born in Vermilion county, this
state, on the 3d of September, 1840. They have had four
children by this union, two living: Alla L. and
Bertha; the deceased were William V. and one infant.
Mr. Justus has held the office of constable one year;
justice of the peace, six years; school director, three years;
postmaster, three years, and is deacon and elder in the
Christian church.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois - H. W. Beckwith
- 1879 - Page 902 |
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