Savannah, Ga., March 30 - The body of Capt. Tomlinson Fort Johnson arrived here Saturday afternoon from Pineora, where his death occurred Friday morning, and the funeral services were conducted from the Central of Georgia station, the interment being in Bonaventure cemetery.
He is the son of the late former Governor Herschel V. Johnson. He was born near Milledgeville, and his mother, was Mrs. Mary Polk Johnson, a niece of President Polk.
For years, when a resident of Savannah, he was owner and manager of the Savannah theater and was widely known to theatrical people of the nation for many years. He was 74 years of age. Mrs. Tallulah Horn, of Augusta, was a sister of Capt. Johnson.
- Augusta Chronicle, March 31, 1919
Savannah, Ga., March 30 - The body of Capt. Tomlinson Fort Johnson arrived here Saturday afternoon from Pineora, where his death occurred Friday morning, and the funeral services were conducted from the Central of Georgia station, the interment being in Bonaventure cemetery.
He is the son of the late former Governor Herschel V. Johnson. He was born near Milledgeville, and his mother, was Mrs. Mary Polk Johnson, a niece of President Polk.
For years, when a resident of Savannah, he was owner and manager of the Savannah theater and was widely known to theatrical people of the nation for many years. He was 74 years of age. Mrs. Tallulah Horn, of Augusta, was a sister of Capt. Johnson.
- Augusta Chronicle, March 31, 1919
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