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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Richland Co., Ohio
Past and Present
Illustrated
Publ: Mansfield by A. A., Graham & Co.
1807 - 1880
City of Mansfield -
D. R. JOHNSON, wholesale and retail druggist; he is a
regularly graduated physician, and practiced
medicine twelve years. He was for several years, as a
physician, connected with the U. P. Mission in Egypt. In
1876, he purchased the Markward Drug Store, below the
Wiler House; he carries a large stock, and does an
extensive business.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 711 |
City of Mansfield -
J. K. JOHNSON, dealer in furniture; he was born Oct. 11,
1850, at Mansfield; is a son of Eleazer Johnston,
who came to Mansfield in 1848, and came to his death in the
army. He engaged with John Skeggs and
learned the carpenter business; in 1873, engaged in the cabinet
business, devoting his whole attention to this branch of trade;
in the spring of 1877, he formed a copartnership with M. P.
Shambs in the furniture business, which continued till
January, 1878; then formed a copartnership with D. H. Earnest;
they still continue. He was married, Oct. 24, 1872, to
Miss Anna M. C. Weatherby; she was born in Mansfield; they
have two children—Margaret A., born May 15, 1874, and
Maud A., Dec. 29, 1878.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 711 |
City of Mansfield -
REV. JAMES JOHNSON, D. D. (deceased); the first minister
of the U. P. Church in Mansfield; he
was born in York Co., Penn., in the year 1786; he was of
Scotch-Irish descent; at the early age of 17 years, he commenced
his ministerial education, in Beaver Co., with his uncle,
David Johnson, and afterward graduated in the regular
course at Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, Penn., and completed
his theological studies in New York City, under the instruction
of Dr. Mason, then a noted divine of the U. P.
denomination resident there; for a number of years, he taught
school in Brownsville, Penn., where he afterward began his
ministerial work. In 1821, he came to Mansfield, and
assisted in laying the foundation of the present building
occupied by that denomination, on the corner of Third and
Mulberry streets. Three years later, when visiting a
brother and sister in Ontario Co., N. Y., he there met Miss
Mary St. Clair McCall, whom he married on the 4th of July,
1825, and who came with him to this city, the whole journey
occupying fifteen days, being made in one of the cumbersome
buggies of that period. He preached, the first Sabbath
after reaching Mansfield, in the then unfinished church, the
congregation bringing chairs and stools with them in lieu of
other accommodations; he continued his ministry without
interruption in this place until his death, which occurred in
1858. He was a man justly beloved by his people and
respected by all for his upright life and conduct; for a number
of years, he had regular congregations and appointments in Troy
and Monroe Townships during his pastorate here. He was the
father of three children, two sons and one daughter; Mathew
St. Clair died in this city, aged 17 years; Robert
William was a soldier in the Mexican war, and died in
Mexico, was brought home and buried; Mary, the only
daughter, died in 1852, aged 21 years.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 711 |
City of Mansfield -
JOHN JOHNSON, deceased; he was born in
York Co., Penn.; when a young man, he removed to Ontario Co., N.
Y., where he purchased- a farm, on which he lived ten years,
then returned to York Co., Penn., and married Miss
Eleanor Duncan in 1811; afterward resided in Ontario
Co., N. Y., until 1824, when he came to Richland Co. and located
on a farm three miles west of Mansfield, where he lived until
1845; he then came to Mansfield, where he resided with his
daughter, Mrs. T. J. Robinson, until his death,
which occurred Mar. 28, 1864, at the advanced age of 80 years.
John Johnson and Eleanor Duncan
Johnson were the parents of one child—Sarah S., born
Nov. 19, 1817; she was married in this county Apr. 11, 1839, to
T. J. Robinson, a prominent business man of this city;
one child by this marriage—Ella J.; she is the wife of
J. P. Vance, of Cincinnati. John Johnson was an
elder brother of the Rev. James Johnson, whose biography
appears elsewhere.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 710-711 |
Sandusky Twp. -
TAYLOR JOHNSON, farmer; P. O. Crestline;
he was born in Madison Township, in 1843; married in 1868, to
Eleanor M. Cole, who was born in Fredericktown, Knox Co., in
1847; they have the following family: Norton T.,
born June 4, 1869; Laverne, Mar. 2, 1871; Johnson L.,
July 15, 1874; Oro Viola, Jan. 14, 1878. Mr.
Taylor came to Sandusky Township in 1872; he owns a
well-improved farm with good buildings; he is one of hte active
and energetic men of the township. He enlisted in the 3d
O. V. C., Co. E; he remained in the service three eyras and one
month, and was honorably discharged.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 875 |
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