Bernard "Barney" Johnson

JOHNSON

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson
Date: 1/7/2006 at 12:59:42

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, May 28, 1913
Page 1

Barney Johnson Dies At Hospital

Barney Johnson of Bevington, died Sunday, the 25th, at Mercy hospital in Des Moines. Funeral services were held on Tuesday and burial at St. Patrick's cemetery in Lee township.

The deceased was one of the best known men in Crawford township, and had extensive real estate holdings in both Madison and Warren counties. He was one of the first business men in Bevington, and besides farming, carried on the business of a hardware store and lumber yard.

When we go to Bevington, we shall miss that warm, genial Irish greeting from Barney Johnson. He was generous and big hearted, as are most of the Irish people and there is many a young man in ---- Madison and Warren counties who will gratefully remember that Barney Johnson was a true friend to the young man without money or credit.
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The Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, May 28, 1913
Page 1

Barney Johnson, one of the oldest and among the leading business men of Bevington, died last Sunday morning in the Mercy hospital, Des Moines, from the result of an operation.

Mr. Johnson was born in Ireland in 1850. He came to the United States in 1860 and to Bevington in 1875. He engaged in the grain and lumber business in which he was very successful. He was widely known in both Madison and Warren counties as a kind hearted, jovial and upright business man.

The funeral services were held Tuesday morning in the St. Patrick’s Catholic church and the remains were interred in the church cemetery.
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