Elizabeth A (Pike) Johnson (abt. 1840 - 1885)

Born about 1840 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Russell Johnson — married 18 Mar 1858 (to Mar 1885) in Sumner County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1885 at about age 45 in Leora, Stoddard, Missouri, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Pike Name Study.

Elizabeth A. Pike was the second child of John Pike and Susan Ragan. She was born about 1840 in Tennessee, probably in Sumner County. Elizabeth had 6 siblings:

1. Thomas 1837
2. James W.1843
3. Harriet 1845
4. Lottie 1847
5. John 1850
6. Preston 1858.

She married Thomas Russell Johnson in 16 March 1858 in Sumner and was the mother of William J. Johnson. Their children were;

1. William
2. Susan
3. John
4. Jennie
5. Thomas
6. Dura
7. Charly

There is a photo of Elizabeth as a young bride, not a beauty but fair, trim, fashionably coiffed, and dressed in then current style. Her whole life ahead of her, she and Tom are tentatively touching hands. A later photo shows a heavier, severe, looking woman-- sun-burned, hair pulled into a tight knot and dressed in a once nice skirt and bodice, seated next to husband Tom outside of their home. What her life was like,is hard to imagine. A good bet is that she wasn't happy or satisfied with her lot in life. She was about 45 when she died 18 March 1885.& She hasn't been located in FindaGrave but she's probably buried in Puxico, Missouri, where she died. Juedeman-1

Sources

• Tennessee marriages 1780-2002, TR Johnson and Elizabeth Pike, 16 March 1858.
• 1850 Census, District 20, Davidson, Tennessee family #112.
• 1880 Census, Stoddard, Missouri
• on-line familytrees, unsourced