"...St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, May 16, 1902, Illinois Items. At Collinsville Mrs. Jemima A. Johnson celebrated her ninetieth birthday anniversary in the house where she has lived for seventy-four years. ...was married to Stephen Johnson, who had come west from Worcester, Mass, in 1813... Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, all of whom are living and were present at the celebration. They are: Sumner, aged seventh-two years; Edward, aged seventy; Frederick, aged sixty-seven; Matilda (Mrs. A.F. Johnson of Walshville), aged sixty-four; and Walter, aged sixty-one."
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"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85C-L4R : 19 December 2020), Walter Johnson in household of Stephen Johnson, Madison, Madison, Illinois, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9L-Q5PS : 19 February 2021), Walter Johnson and Mary E Weathers, 30 Nov 1865; citing Madison, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,306,457.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXVG-GPC : 19 February 2021), Walter Johnson, Collinsville, Madison, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 28, sheet 440C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,233.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4F-LF6 : accessed 29 April 2021), Walter Johnson, Collinsville Township Collinsville city Ward 2-3, Madison, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45, sheet 14B, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,326.
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