Johnson, Lewis

JOHNSON, MILLER, CARR

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 6/30/2019 at 19:35:20

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa, (Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), pp. 644-45:

"LEWIS JOHNSON, farmer and stock-raiser, resides on section 19, High Point Township, where he owns 426 acres of land. He was born in Pike County, Illinois, in 1838, son of Lewis and Barbara Johnson, of German descent. They came to Decatur County, Iowa, in 1852. Mr. Johnson was reared on a farm, and has always followed farming. He was married in Decatur County, in 1866, to Sarah A. Miller, daughter of John and Sophia Miller. Their children were -- Hannah E., born in 1868, and Mary E., born in 1872. Mrs. Johnson died in 1872, and in 1876 he was married in Livingston County, Missouri, to May E., daughter of William and Nancy Carr, the former a native of Tennessee, and the latter of Kentucky. She was born in Missouri, in 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have one child -- Lillie A., born in 1883. Mr. Johnson enlisted in 1862, in Company H, Fifth Kansas Infantry, and served one year. He was discharged on account of disability. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party. Post-office, High Point."

(Submitted to the Decatur County GenWeb site by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com)