Robert Tipton Johnson Sr (1860 - 1946)

Born 19 Dec 1860 in Carter County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Husband of Josephine Emily (Hyder) Johnson — married 6 Sep 1882 in Carter County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 10 Dec 1946 at age 85 in Carter, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Robert Tipton Johnson was born on December 19, 1860 in Carter County, Tennessee to Thomas C Johnson and Nancy Jane Tipton. Robert married Josie E Hyder on September 7, 1883 in Carter County, Tennessee. Their union gave them three children. William, Beatrice and Robert Jr.

Robert Sr was an Express Agent, Telegraph Operator and also engaged in Merchandising in Elizabethton. Robert Sr was a senior member of Johnson & Waters.

Robert Sr passed away on December 10, 1946 in Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee and is buried at the Highland Cemetery next to his wife Josie.

Sources

• [1] History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present ..., Volume 4, page 1297

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8K-K1G : 17 October 2014), Robert Johnson in household of Thomas Johnson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 2, family 8, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,017.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQ5-LVB : 14 July 2016), Robert Johnson in household of Nancy Johnson, Elizabethtown, Carter, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 11, sheet 308A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1247; FHL microfilm 1,255,247.

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4NL-LR9 : 22 December 2016), Robert T Johnson and Josie E Hyder, 06 Sep 1882; citing Carter, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,117,320.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZB-17Z : accessed 28 February 2017), Cobb Johnson, Civil District 15, Carter, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 139, sheet 7A, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,560.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGX5-YM3 : accessed 23 February 2017), Robert T Johnson, Elizabethton Ward 4, Carter, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 14B, family 249, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1492; FHL microfilm 1,375,505.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN5J-XTT : accessed 25 February 2017), Robert T Johnson, Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 16, sheet 6A, line 6, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1731; FHL microfilm 1,821,731.

• 1930

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K448-HZB : accessed 28 February 2017), Robert Johnson in household of Ina Smith, Elizabethton, Civil District 15, Carter, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-16, sheet 24B, line 69, family 398, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3878.

• "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSZR-5PL : 25 May 2014), Robert Tipton Johnson, 10 Dec 1946; citing Highland Cemetery, Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, cn 25010, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2,137,377.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLD-TTNR : 13 December 2015), R. T. Johnson, 1946; Burial, Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States of America, Highland Cemetery; citing record ID 90489655.