W. S. JOHNSON

JOHNSON, GIBSON

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 6/5/2009 at 20:20:42

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

W. S. JOHNSON, lawyer; born in Union Co., Ind. in 1835; married Miss Sarah B. Gibson, in 1855; she was born in Putnam Co., Ind., in 1836; they have five children - James H.A., Willie E., Pleasant Lee, Mary E. and Ida B. Members of the M.E. Church; he is a Republican. He owns his residence and other property, valued at about $6,000. He is senior member of the first of Johnson & Calvert, clothing and furnishing goods; Mr. J. built the first storehouse, was the first merchant and Postmaster in the town of Cincinnati; served as Clerk of the Courts three terms. Served three years and a half as private and officer of the 6th and 36th I.V.I.