Charles Earl Johnson II (1812 - 1876)

Born 15 Mar 1812 in Bandon Plantation, Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Emily Ann (Skinner) Johnson — married 26 Oct 1837 in Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA

Husband of Frances Lenox (Iredell) Johnson — married 10 Apr 1849 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1876 at age 64 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Dr. Charles Earl Johnson^[1]
Dr . Johnson was born to affluence and to a high social position. Gifted with a robust constitution and rare mental endowments, he was from his early years a fine student. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia, and before he had attained the age of twenty-one he had graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. At first he returned to Bertie, his native county, where he practiced until about 1840, when he moved to Raleigh. Shortly after he located at the State capital an epidemic of fever occurred, and Dr. Johnson gained a great reputation for his successful treatment, and as years passed, his reputation in his profession became so extended that he was commonly esteemed as being at the very head of his profession. On the establishment of the North Carolina Insane Asylum, of which he was a zealous advocate, exerting his whole influence to secure the passage of the measure through the General Assembly, he was appointed the first chairman of the Board of Directors of that institution, and he performed his responsible duties to the eminent satisfaction of the State. His reputation as a physician grew as the years passed, and he had repeated offers to remove to New York and associate himself with the famous medical men in the metropolis. Indeed, on one occasion the celebrated Dr. Sayer sent his own son to Raleigh to be treated by Dr. Johnson.

When the war broke out, the Medical Corps of the North Carolina troops was organized by the appointment of Dr. Johnson as the surgeon-general of the State. He immediately went on duty, selecting and recommending surgeons and assistant surgeons for each regiment as it was organized, and was zealously active in obtaining supplies of medicines and surgical instruments. He established and equipped the first North Carolina Hospital in Petersburg, which was opened for patients in October, 1861, under the charge of Surgeon P. E. Hines; and early in 1862 he organized and opened the second North Carolina Hospital in Petersburg, with Surgeon W.C. Warren in charge. Also in the spring of that year he established a North Carolina Hospital in Richmond, with Surgeon O.F. Manson in charge, and he established wayside hospitals at Weldon, Goldsboro, Tarboro, Raleigh, Salisbury and Charlotte. While surgeon—general, Dr. Johnson, with a corps of assistants, visited every battlefield in Virginia, taking with him medicines and supplies of every kind for the sick and wounded soldiers. He was devoted to the care, the relief and welfare of the soldiers during his term of of ice, and his arrangements for their comfort, care and convenience were an example which other States hastened to follow. In September, 1862, North Carolina having turned over all of her troops to the Confederate Government, transferred her hospitals in Virginia and North Carolina also to the Confederate States. After the hospitals had passed from under his control, Dr. Johnson felt so largely relieved of the duties and responsibilities of his position as surgeon-general that he retired, and upon his resignation was succeeded by Surgeon Edward Warren.

Of Dr. Johnson it is to be said that as a man and citizen he was of the highest excellence. In intelligence, learning and capacity he was no less superior than in character, and no man was more highly esteemed for noble qualities and for social virtues. In particular was he remarkable for his benevolence, and even after his fortune had been impaired by the disasters of the war, his charities were limited only by his means. He was a communicant of the Episcopal Church and constant in his attendance on its services, and he was one of the most devoted churchmen of the diocese. Illustrious as he was in descent, by his distinguished career and walk in life he gave to his family an additional title to popular regard.

Notes

FindAGrave - Dr Charles Earl Johnson^[2]

BIRTH: 15 Mar 1812, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA

DEATH: 1 Apr 1876 (aged 64), Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA

BURIAL: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA

Dr. Charles Earl Johnson (1812-1876) was one of the founders of the North Carolina Medical Society and was its president twice.

In 1849, Dr. Charles E. Johnson was appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly to the initial Board of Directors of the Governor Morehead School, then known as the North Carolina Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. In 1857, he served as the interim Superintendent of Dorothea Dix Hospital, then known as the Asylum for the Insane, during a prolonged illness of the Superintendent. He served on the Board of Directors for Dorothea Dix Hospital for many years, ending in 1872.

In May of 1861, he was appointed the first Surgeon General of the North Carolina Troops by Governor Ellis.

Inscription: "At Evening Time it Shall Be Light".

"The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register"^[3]

pg 167 THE EDENTON TEA PARTY.

Dr. Chas. E . Johnson md. 1st Emily Skinner (daughter of Charles Worth Skinner and wife Mary Creecy,) her grand-father was Joshua Skinner md. Martha Ann Blount daughter of Charles Worth Blount born 1721, md. 1744 Mary Clayton. Chas. Worth Blount was the son of John Blount md. 1695 Elizabeth Davis (daughter of John and Mary Davis and grand-daughter of John Burton, died 1687, of Henrico Co., Va., John Blount was the son of James Blount, who came into Chowan Co., from Isle of Wight Co., Va., in 1669 and settled at Mulberry Hill on the Albemarle Sound, about six miles from Edenton, N.C.).

Issue

(1) Mary Johnson md. Campbell T. Iredell.

(2) Elizabeth Earl Johnson md. William Jones, Att’ y-at-Law, Asheville, N.C..

(3) Emily Skinner Johnson md. Capt. Cadwallader Jones, of Greensboro, Ala.

Children of Frances Lenox Iredell md Apl. 10, 1849, Dr. Charles Earl Johnson, Surgeon General of N.C., during the Civil War (son of Charles E. Johnson, of Chowan Co., N.C., and wife Ann Taylor of Franklin Co., N.C., and grand-son of Charles John son and wife Elizabeth Earl, daughter of Rev. Daniel Earl and wife Charity - - - They lived at Bandon in Chowan Co., on the Chowan River, at one of the loveliest and most attractive situations in Eastern North Carolina) .

1. Frances Iredell Johnson born Mch. 11, 1850, md. Dec. 5, 1882, Dr. Peter E . Hines, of Raleigh, N.C., (son of Richard Hines and wife Ann E . Spruell.)

2. Charles Earl Johnson born Aug. 13 , 1851,1d. Dec. 7, 1876 , Mary Ellis Wilson (daughter of (Joseph) Harvey Wilson, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, N.C.). Issue,

(a) Mary Wilson Johnson born Nov. 22, 1877,

(b) Charles Earl Johnson born Aug. 10, 1878, died Aug. 9, 1880,

(c) Frances Lenox Johnson born Oct. 27, 1880, died Dec.14, 1881,

(d) Charles Earl Johnson born Sept. 22, 1883,

(e) Josephine Harvey Johnson born Oct. 23, 1882, died June 8, 1884,

(f) Fanny Hines Johnson born Dec. 25 , 1887.

3. James Iredell Johnson, born Nov. 2, 1854, md. Jan. 11, 1885, Rebecca Murray; issue,

(a) James Iredell Johnson born Nov. 1, 1887,

(b) Carson Murray Johnson born Feb’ y 11, 1890, died Aug. 11, 1892,

(c) Elizabeth Murray Johnson born Oct. 13, 1893 ,

(d) Lenox Johnson born Aug. 31, 1895,

(e) Earl Johnson born Nov. 23, 1897.

4. Helen Blair Johnson born Oct. 11, 1956 , md. James I. Mc Ree (son of Griffith McRee). Issue,

(a) Frances Johnson McRee born Feb. 15, 1889,

(b) James Iredell McRee born Oct. 2, 1890,

(c) Fergus McRee born Aug. 30, 1892,

(d) Charles Earl Johnson McRee born Mch. 7, 1894, died Febʼy 6, 1895,

(e) Johnson McRee born Oct. 30 , 1895,

(f) William McRee born Aug. 6 , 1897,

(g) Griffith John McRee born Aug. 2 , 1899.

5. Samuel Iredell Johnson born March 30, 1869.

Sources

1. ↑ Biography of "CHARLES EARL JOHNSON", "Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present", Vol. II, by Ashe, Samuel A., Editor. Charles L. Van Noppen, Publ., Greensboro, NC. 1905, pg 203-211.
2. ↑ FindAGrave - Dr Charles Earl Johnson. Accessed 14 Nov 2020.
3. ↑ Hathaway, James Robert Bent, Editor. "The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register", Volume 2, 1901, Edenton, North Carolina

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