Joseph Greenberry Johnson (1850 - 1922)

Born 1 Jul 1850 in Lafayette, Mississippi, United States

Husband of Martha Luvanda (Brasher) Johnson — married before 1873 in Calhoun, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1922 at age 72 in Calhoun, Mississippi, United States

Joseph Johnson is buried in Collums Cemetery.

Biography

Joseph was born in 1850 or 1851. He was the son of Benjamin Johnson and Elizabeth Grisham. While a family tree on Ancestry.com identifies his birthdate as 1 July 1850 ^[1] , the 1850 census which was taken in October 1850, does not show a baby Joseph Johnson in the household. ^[2] Joseph married Martha Louvanda Brasher in sometime before 1873 when their eldest child was born. ^{[3] [4]} Joe passed away in 1922.

Sources

1. ↑ kris_mathgoddess, "Collums/Ford Family Tree" (internet database), at rootsweb.ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/64116768/person/46473492519/facts : accessed 20 Jun 2017).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L8-2PX : 9 November 2014), Benj Johnson, Lafayette county, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4G9-QRD : 11 August 2016), J G Johnson, Beat 2, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 14, sheet 563A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0642; FHL microfilm 1,254,642.
4. ↑ kris_mathgoddess, "Collums/Ford Family Tree" (internet database), at rootsweb.ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/64116768/person/46473492519/facts : accessed 20 Jun 2017) (Identifying eldest child, but also giving apparently erroneous marriage date of 1898.).