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Source:
The County of Fulton
A History of Fulton County, Ohio
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association
1905
Transcribed by
Sharon Wick
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AMOS JOHNSON
is the owner of a valuable farm in Franklin township, his
place being located one-half mile north of the village of
Elmira, which is in the adjoining township of German, in
which latter township he was born, on the 22d of August,
1851, being a son of William and Margaret (Krantz)
Johnson. His father was born in England, where he
was reared and educated. He came to America as a young
man, in company with his brothers, George and Daniel,
and their sister Mary, who was the wife of
Benjamin Lee, who likewise came with the family.
Daniel died shortly after they had established a home
in the United States, and George die not long
survive. William came to Fulton county and took
up a large tract of land in German township, where he also
erected and equipped a grist-mill, on the banks of Bean
Creek, near the line between German and Franklin townships.
The locality became known as "Johnson's Mills," and this was
one of the early mills in this section, proving a boon to
the settlers. William Johnson operated the mill
a number of years, and he also built a water power saw-mill
and later operated a steam-power mill in the same locality,
and he developed much of this land and was a successful
farmer, continuing resident of German township until his
death. His wife was born in Pennsylvania and came to
Fulton county with her parents when a child. After the
death of her first husband she married Jackson Clingman,
and her death occurred two years later, no children having
been born of her second marriage, but of the first, six were
born: Eliza died in childhood; Maria is
the wife of Isaac Smith and they reside near West
Unity; Maria is the wife of Isaac Smith and
they reside near West Unity, Williams county; Amos
was the next in order of nativity; William, Jr., died
in infancy; George is a prosperous farmer of German
township; and William (2d) resides in the city
of Toledo. Amos Johnson passed his boyhood days
on the home farm which was the place of his birth, and he
was given the best educational advantages to be had in the
schools of this section of the state, having been a student
in the public schools at Waterville, Lucas county, and
Stryker, Williams county. He has made farming his life
vocation, having instituted his independent operations in
the line when twenty-two years of age, when he located on
his present farm, in section 4, Franklin township, where he
has ninety-three acres of excellent land, under effective
cultivation and improved with good buildings and other
accessories. He gives his attention to diversified
farming, also raises excellent grades of live-stock, and he
is known as a reliable and loyal citizen. He was but
eleven years of age when he became doubly orphaned, and he
has departed on his own resources ever since, having lived
in Williams and Lucas counties during his minor years;
having worked early and late, and he did not fail to
insist on a due quota of time for study in the schools of
the respective localities. In view of what he has
accomplished through personal effort his success is the more
pleasing to note.
He has served as school director several times.
He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church at Elmira, of which he is a trustee. Mar. 13,
1873, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss
Mary E. Sheets, who was born and reared in Jefferson
township, Williams county, daughter of the late Isaac
Sheets, and of this union ten children have been born:
Eva is the wife of Parker Greeley, of Franklin
township; Charles resides in the city of Toledo;
Bertha remains at the parental home; Rollin and
Rose are twins, the former being now a resident of
California, and the latter is the wife of Joel
Zoar, of Fayette; Alva is a farmer of German
township; George is associated in the work of the
home farm; Augusta is a wife of Arthur Gigax,
of Elmira; and Harvey and Early are at
the parental home.
Source: The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County,
Ohio - Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical
Association - 1905 - Page 658 |
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ARBY JOHNSON is a
representative of one of the well-known families of Fulton
county, where he has lived from the time of his birth, and
he is numbered among the prosperous farmers and popular and
loyal citizens of Dover township. He was born in Amboy
township, this county, on the 3d of March, 1851, and is a
son of Sullivan and Adelia (Worden) Johnson His
father was born in the State of Vermont, where the family
was early founded, the date of his birth having been July 1,
1814. He came to Ohio as a young man, having received
a good common-school education, and his marriage was
solemnized in Toledo, which was then represented by only
three buildings. He came with his wife to Fulton
county in 1838 and became the owner of a farm of one hundred
and twenty acres, in Amboy township, having reclaimed the
greater portion of the tract from the virgin forest.
He impressed himself deeply upon the civic and public life
of the community, ever holding the unqualified confidence
and regard of his fellow-citizens, and being called upon to
serve in various offices of public trust. He held, at
different intervals, practically all of the township
offices, including that of justice of the peace, of which he
was incumbent about thirty-six years, and he served as
sheriff of the county four years, giving an admirable
administration and one that called forth unqualified popular
approval and commendation. For a number of years prior
to his death he lived retired, in the village of Metamora,
where he died on the 17th of May, 1897, at the venerable age
of eighty-three years. His wife was born in the State
of New York, on the 21st of April, 1818, and died, Aug. 7,
1905. Following is a brief record concerning the eight
children in the family: Falena is the wife of
Thomas Whitney, of Lorain county, Ohio; Roba is
the wife of Myron Richardson, a farmer of Fulton
county; Ann is the wife of Joseph Warren, of
Tedrow; Alice is the wife of Levi Chamberlin,
of Ypsilanti, Mich.; Jennie became the wife of
Alphonso Covill and died in Colorado; Hattie is
the wife of David S. Brown, of Lyons, Fulton county;
George is a successful farmer of Amboy township; and
Arby is the immediate subject of this review.
Arby Johnson grew to manhood on the home farm and was
accorded the advantages of the common schools, and his
vocation throughout his independent career has been that of
agriculture and stock-growing. In 1895 he took up
residence on his present well-improved farm, which comprises
eighty acres. He gives a stanch allegiance to the
Republican party, and though he has never been ambitious for
office, he served four years as deputy-sheriff under the
regime of his father and two years under that of Sheriff
Alfred F. Shaffer. He is affiliated with the
Tedrow lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
with the Masonic lodge in the village of Lyons. In
1878 Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Effie A.
Sellers, who was born and reared on the farm where she
and her husband now reside, the date of her birth being Aug.
16, 1859. She is a daughter of Elias and Emeretta
Sellers, the former of whom was born July 15, 1834, the
latter in Summit county, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1836, and she was
about twenty years old at the time of coming to Fulton
county, where she met and married Elias Sellers, who
was one of the honored pioneers of Dover township and who
was one of the representative farmers of the county, his
death here occurring on the 17th of May 1904. His wife
now resides in Tedrow. They became the parents of two
daughters, of whom Mrs. Johnson is the elder.
May, born Apr. 27, 1866, is the wife of Frank A.
Potts, and they reside in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mr. Sellers served three years as a soldier in the Civil
war, having enlisted as a member of Company H, One Hundredth
Ohio volunteer infantry, of which he was corporal at the
time of receiving his honorable discharge. Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson have seven children, whose names with
respective dates of birth are as follows: Davis B.,
Dec. 30, 1881; Floy, Dec. 13, 1883; Marvin E.,
Feb. 1, 1885; Otis, Nov. 15, 1887; Sullivan,
Nov. 12, 1891; Ruth, Apr. 19, 1893; and Beulah,
Feb. 19, 1904.
Source: The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton
County, Ohio - Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical
Association - 1905 - Page 404 |
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GEORGE DANIS JOHNSON,
who is one of the representative farmers and stock-dealers
of Amboy township and also the owner of a
finely-equipped carriage and wagon emporium in the village
of Metamora, was born on the old homestead farm where he now
resides, in Section 15, Amboy township, on the 16th of
April, 1853, the date bearing its measure of significance in
that it indicates that his parents must have been early
settlers in this section. He is a son of Sullivan
and Fidelia (Worden) Johnson, natives of the Vermont and
New York, respectively, and both represented families long
identified with the annals of America. Sullivan
Johnson settled in Amboy township in 1844, this section
at that time being a portion of Lucas County, and his
original homestead was the one now owned and occupied by the
subject of this review. The original farm comprised
eighty acres, the most of which was covered with a heavy
growth of native timber, and the father cleared and improved
the property, to which he later added an adjoining forty
acres, developing one of the best farms in this part of the
county. He continued his residence on the homestead
until 1896, when he removed to Metamora, where he lived
retired until his death, which occurred on May 18th of the
following year, at which time he was in his eighty-third
year. His devoted wife passed away Aug. 7, 1905.
They became the parents of eight children, namely:
Philena, wife of Thomas Whitney; Roby, wife of
Marvin D. Richardson, Ann, wife of Joseph B.
Warren; Jennie, deceased wife of Alfonso A. Covell;
Alice, wife of Levi Chamberlin; Hattie, wife
of Davis Brown; Arby, a resident of Fulton county;
and George D., subject of this sketch. For more
than half a century Sullivan Johnson was prominently
identified with the civic and industrial history of Amboy
township, and no man in the township was held in higher
confidence and regard. He held practically every
office of importance in the gift of the people of the
township, including that of justice of the peace, of which
he was incumbent many years, making the office justify the
name and wisely adjudicating difficulties for his friends
and neighbors, who had confidence in his integrity, fairness
and discrimination. He served two terms of two years
each as sheriff of Fulton county, and his record in the
office is recalled as one of the best made in the annals of
the county's history. He was at first a Whig and later
a Republican. George Danis Johnson was reared
to manhood on the home farm, was afforded a good
public-school education, and he was signally favored also in
having the guidance of a loving and intelligent father and
mother. He early began to assume personal
responsibilities in connection with the work of the home
farm, and ever since he was fourteen years of age he has
been engaged in the buying and selling of live-stock, being
one of the best judges of stock in the county and being
still one of the extensive buyers and shippers of this
section. For several years also he was identified with
the wholesale butchering business in Metamora and Toledo.
In 1904 he engaged in the retail carriage and wagon business
in Metamora, as a member of the Johnson & Scheuer,
and in March, 1905, he became the sole owner of the
business. He purchased the old homestead of his father
in the year 1896, and has made the place his home from the
time of his birth. In politics Mr. Johnson is a
loyal and uncompromising advocate of the principles and
policies of the Republican party, and he served two terms as
trustee of Amboy township. He is affiliated with
Royalton Union Lodge, No. 434, Free and Accepted Masons;
Lyons Chapter, No. 75, Royal Arch Masons; and Toledo
Commandery, No. 7, Knights Templar, taking deep interest in
and showing marked appreciation of the time-honored
Masonic fraternity. Mr. Johnson has been twice
married. Nov. 2, 1879, he wedded Miss Margaret
Biehl, daughter of Conrad and Catherine Biehl of
Amboy township, the parents having been born in Germany and
having come to Fulton county in an early day. Mrs.
Johnson was summoned into eternal rest on he 31st of
July, 1901, having borne six children, of whom one survives,
Carma, who still remains at her parental home.
Feb. 12, 1903, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to
Miss Cora Jones, daughter of John and Arabella
Jones, of Hillsdale county, Mich, where she was born and
reared.
Source: The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County,
Ohio - Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical
Association - 1905 - Page 406 |
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JOHN HOWARD JOHNSON,
a prominent and highly-successful physician and surgeon of
Wauseon, was born in Springfield, O. He is the son of
W. S. Johnson, who makes his home with him. The
subject of this sketch received his literary education in
the Cleveland, O., schools where he made and enviable record
as a brilliant student. He was one of a class of
ninety-one to graduate from the medical department of the
University of Cleveland in 1897. For one year he
practiced his profession in the city of Cleveland, when he
removed to Wauseon, where he has built up a large and
lucrative, his practice calling him to all parts of Fulton
county. Doctor Johnson has always taken an
active interest in public affairs. At present he is
serving as president of the board of education, having been
elected first to the board in 1900. The same year he
was appointed to the office of coroner of Fulton county,
to which office he was elected in 1901 and re-elected in
1904. In politics he is identified with the Republican
party and is now serving as a member of the county executive
committee. In 1901 he was appointed surgeon for the
Montpelier division of the Wabash railway, a position which
he still holds. In fraternal matters he is identified
with the Masonic fraternity. His repeated election to
office and his appointment to such an important office as
that of division surgeon of a great railway system speaks
volumes for the push and energy of the subject of this
sketch. He holds these important positions because he
merits them, and not because of the influence of prominent
and influential friends. By his rapid advancement he
has shown clearly what a young man can accomplish if he will
but apply himself and strive with all his might to succeed
in anything he may undertake. He married Miss
Christine Bollmeyer, the daughter of John C.
Bollmeyer, deceased, who at the time of his death was
editor of the Democratic Expositor. During the second
administration of Grover Cleveland, Mr. Bollmeyer was
postmaster of Wauseon. He was prominent for many
years, not only in Wauseon but also in Fulton county.
The subject of this sketch and wife have two children,
John Gordon Johnson and Howard B. Johnson by
name. Surely Dr. Johnson deserves to be proud
of the record he has made, and it is to be hoped that his
rise in the profession will continue until his death.
Source 4: The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County,
Ohio - Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical
Association - 1905 - Page 407 |
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S. M. JONES, local
representative of the general produce firm of The Smith &
Jones Company of Cleveland, O., at Wauseon, was born in
Cleveland. He was educated in the public schools of
that city and afterwards thoroughly trained for the business
he is now engaged in. The firm which Mr. Jones
represents established a branch office at Wauseon on July
21, 1904, locating opposite to the depot of the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern railway, a very desirable place for
that line of business. In the brief period of six
months the Wauseon branch did a business of fifty thousands
dollars. The subject of this sketch, a brother of one
of the members of the firm, has removed to Wauseon with his
wife and intends to make it his permanent home. His
ability as a business man is recognized by the members of
the firm for which he operates, and so thoroughly does he
enjoy their confidence that he is given full control of the
Wauseon branch. His judgment is accurate and he makes
no mistakes in his dealings with his customers, all of whom
respect him both as a man and a business man. To stand
so high in the estimation both of his employers and his
customers means much to him and he has just cause to be
proud of the enviable record he has made. Certainly no
mistake has been made in the matter of entrusting the
business of this branch entirely to him. The main
office of the firm of The Smith & Jones Company is at No.
100 Broadway, Cleveland, O. The commercial rating of
this firm is highly satisfactory, showing that it has met
with success in its operations. It deals in everything
that the farmer has to sell, paying the highest market
prices. Mr. Smith, the senior member of the
firm, is recognized as one of the oldest and best known
produce merchants in fifty years. Mr. Jones,
the subject of this sketch, has had a large experience in
the business of buying and selling produce, and prior to
coming to Wauseon was for many years connected with the main
office. During the coming year he hopes to do a
business of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars for
his firm, and nothing short of that amount will satisfy him.
All produce is shipped directly to New York City, Boston,
Philadelphia, Newark and Cleveland. The farmers of
Fulton county now have an opportunity to dispose of their
produce at the highest market price in cash, and they, no
doubt, cordially welcome the establishment of a branch of
the firm at Wauseon.
Source: The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton
County, Ohio - Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical
Association - 1905 - Page 408 |
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