George Washington Johnson (1852 - 1936)

Born 2 Jan 1852 in Owensville, Gibson County, Indiana, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Marovia Johnson — married 21 Jan 1877 in Gibson County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 23 Feb 1936 at age 84 in Owensville, Gibson County, Indiana, USA

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Biography

George Washington ("Wash") Johnson, the third child of Levi Johnson and Louisa Smith, was born 2 Jan 1852,^[1] two miles west of Owensville, Indiana. Of George Johnson, Gil Stormont wrote, in 1914:^[2]

George W. Johnson grew to maturity in Montgomery township on his father's farm. Here he lived the life of the average farmer boy, going to school in the winter seasons and working on the farm in the summer. ... Upon becoming twenty-one years of age, his father gave him forty acres of land, and within a year he bought an additional forty acres, just west of Owensville, and by strict attention to his business and by thrift and frugality, he gradually increased his holdings until he is now the owner of two hundred and forty acres of fine land, and in addition to this he has bought land which he has given to his daughter.

As a young man George W. Johnson attended Asbury University, now DePauw, at Greencastle, and after leaving the university he taught school for a number of years. ... All of the family are loyal members of the General Baptist church at Owensville. Mr. Johnson has been a member of the Free and Accepted Masons for thirty years, and has always taken an active interest in the affairs of that fraternal organization.

In 1877, George W. Johnson married Marovia Johnson,^[3] and they had two children, a daughter and a son, the son dying in infancy.

1. Laura Ella (Johnson) Emerson (1877-1961)
2. Levi Johnson (1879)

Wash Johnson died in 1936 and is buried with his wife and other members of the family at Maumee Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana.

Research Notes

1. ↑ Jan 1852 is the date found in the 1900 census and inscribed on the headstone. Cleek (1957, p. 278) gives the date as 2 Jun 1852.
2. ↑ Stormont, 1914, p. 835.
3. ↑ Wash and Marovia were second cousins once removed, both descended from Arthur Johnson.

Sources

• Cleek, George W. Early Western Augusta Pioneers, Including the families of Cleek, Gwin, Lightner and Warwick. Staunton, VA: Published by the author, 1957.
• Emerson, John W. An Em(m)erson History: A journey through Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. Self-published, Warrensburg, MO, 2003.
• FamilySearch Details page for George Washington Johnson (1852-1936).
• Find A Grave: Memorial #25324149 for George Washington Johnson (1852-1936).
• Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, Gibson County Marriage Record, Vol. 5 (1877-1880), p. 162 (image 109). Marriage of George W. Johnson and Morovia Johnson, 21 Jan 1877. Officiator, S. S. Reed. (License, 20 Jan 1877).
• INGenWeb Project, Maumee Cemetery.
• Montgomery, David B. A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their descendants. Owensville, IN: J. P. Cox, Publisher, 1903.
• Stormont, Gil R. History of Gibson County, Indiana: Her people, industries and institutions. Indianapolis, IN: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1914.
• Turman, Robert E. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman. (Ed. by Bettie Anne Cummings Cook). Evansville, IN: Tri-State Genealogical Society and Willard Library, 1981.
• US Census, Indiana. FamilySearch database with images.
  • 1860, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp, p. 767 (image 17), family 51, lines 27-34. (NARA M653 roll 260). Household members: Levi Johnson (35 IN, farmer), Louisa (30 IN), J. W. (10 IN), George W. (8 IN), Martha (6 IN), Ema A. (1 IN), Austin Ruter (16 IN, farmhand), Joel Aldridge (60 SC, "no residense").
  • 1870, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp, p. 287-B (image 78), family 553, lines 11-17. (NARA M593 roll 316). Household members: Levy Johnson [transcr. "Lewy"] (45 IN, farmer), Louisa (42 IN), John (20 IN), George (18 IN), Martha (15 IN), Emma (11 IN), Warrie [transcr. "Marnie"] (5 IN), Isaac Divine (23 IN).
  • 1880, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp, ED 110, sheet 279-B (image 10), family 78, lines 9-12. (NARA T9 roll 279). Household members: Geo W Johnson (28 IN), Marovia (22 IN), Ella (2 IN), John F. Montgomery (26 IN, laborer).
  • 1900, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp, ED 8, sheet 121-A (image 24), family 281, lines 45-49. (NARA T623 roll 372). Household members: George W Johnson (48-Jan52), Morovia (42-May58), John W Johnson (26-Sep73, brother-in-law), Woodford McIntire (19-Apr81, hand), Lizzie Couch (16-Nov83, niece-in-law).
  • 1910, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp, ED-10, sheet 111-A (image 1), family 10, lines 37-39. (NARA T624 roll 350). Household members: George W Johnson (58 IN, farmer), Marovia (52 IN), John W Johnson (36 IN, brother-in-law).
  • 1920, Gibson County, Montgomery Two, ED 13, sheet 108-A (image 17), family 194, lines 13-15. (NARA T625 roll 433). Household members: Geo W Johnson (68 IN, farmer), Marovia (62 IN), Martha (65 IN, sister).
  • 1930, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp, ED 26-17, sheet 131-A (image 7), family 74, lines 2-3. (NARA T626 roll 588). Household members: George W. Johnson (78 IN, farmer), Marovia (73 IN).