Modena Parson (Williams) Johnson (1841 - 1930)

Born 12 Mar 1841 in Monroe, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Wife of John Robert Johnson — married 24 Jan 1857 in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1930 at age 89 in Amarillo, Randall, Texas, USA

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Biography

Modena Parson Williams was born in Monroe County, Tennessee on 12 March 1841.^{[1] [2]} She died in Amarillo, Texas on 23 September 1930^[1] and was buried in Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall County, Texas.

Marriages & Children

She married John Robert Johnson on 24 January 1857 in Cherokee County, North Carolina.^[1] Known children (based on 1870 & 1880 census) include:

1. Erwin Johnson, b 1858
2. Joanna Johnson, b 1860
3. John Dryce Johnson, b 1861
4. Roxanna Johnson, b 1864
5. James Martin Johnson, b 1866
6. Leigh M Johnson, b, 1868
7. Louis Napoleon Johnson, b 1570
8. George Johnson, b 1873
9. Lamastin Newton Johnson, b 1875
10. Dixie A Johnson, b 1877
11. Texanna Johnson, b 1879; buried in Johnson Co., Oklahoma.
12. Newton G Johnson, b 1876
13. Martha Indianna Johnson, b 1881

Husband John R. Johnson died 10 August 1881 in Towns County, Georgia.^[1]

Modena married Allen Meadors in 1889; he died prior to 1910. They had no children. In 1910 widow Partha [Parson] M Meador is living with her son Newton G. Johnson in Howard County, Texas.^[3]

On 2 April 1930 Modena Meadors applied for a widows pension based on first husband John R. Johnson's service in the Confederate States Army, Company F, 5th Tennessee Cavalry. Pension was approved on 9 May 1930. Included in the file is her date of death, 23 September 1930.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Austin, Texas; Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975; Collection #: CPA16526; Roll #: 2453; Roll Description: Pension File Nos. 02643 to 49773, Application Years 1874 to 1931. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry Sharing Image
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDP-7YN : 11 November 2020), Modina Johnson in entry for John B Johnson, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M29G-THS : accessed 20 January 2021), Partha M Meador in household of Newton G Johnson, Justice Precinct 1, Howard, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 26B, family 386, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1551; FHL microfilm 1,375,564.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW88-FTK : 18 March 2020), Modena Johnson in entry for John Johnson, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8P9-P6H : 12 November 2020), Mordina Johnson in household of John R. Johnson, Towns, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 174, sheet 475C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,167.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HNT4-XW2 : accessed 20 January 2021), Mother-in-law Madona P Johnson in household of Jim Newby, Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 5A, line 7, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2384; FHL microfilm 2,342,118.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 January 2021), memorial page for Modena Johnson Williams Meadows (1838–1930), Find a Grave Memorial no. 18837450, citing Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Nancy Charlton (contributor 47379126) . Note birth year on gravestone does not match census records. Birth years on census records vary from 1841-1843

See also:

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Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Williams-13139 created through the import of JESSUP-ELDER-WALLACE-ROSS Fami.ged on Oct 23, 2012 by David Jessup.