Adaline Louisa, daughter of Leonard and Phoebe Jones Coleman, was born in Tyler County, West Virginia in July 1823, and when quite young came with her parents to Vermillion County, Ind., and settled near old Eugene in that county. She was united in marriage with Alexander Ogdon, on May 22, 1845, and there were born of this union four children, two sons Andrew and James Coleman, and 2 daughters, Phoebe A. and Orilla E., the latter dying Oct. 20, 1858 in her eleventh year. The others survived the mother and were present at the funeral heart broken and sad at the great irreparable loss that has come to them in the death of a loving mother. On Nov 4th 1854 she was bereft of her husband and was left with her four small children to face the trials of a widowhood unaided but she was equal to the added responsibilities that the untimely death of her husband imposed upon her managing the affairs of the home and farm so as to provide a comfortable living for the family and prevent its separation. On March 6th 1861 after a widowhood of over six years, Mrs. Ogdon was united in marriage with Dr. Jackson T. Johnson of Douglas county, Ill. and to them one child May Charlotte was born March 29, 1862 and died at LaRoy, Mo. after her parents removed to that state in her fifteenth year. In February following this marriage her husband entered the military service of his country and remaining therein until after the close of the war and during these long and dreary years of separation Mrs Johnson was left to meet the trial and difficulties incident to the arduous duties necessary to provide for the wants of growing up a family. But she, as in the days of her first widowhood, met heroically and cheerfully the demands of the hour. In 1873 Mrs Johnson joined her husband who had preceded her to the state of Missouri and there on March 5th 1887, she was for the second time made a widow by the insatiable hand of the fell destroyer. Shortly after the death of her husband, she returned to her old neighborhood in this vicinity, and has ever since made her home with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs Daniel Atto, until the Master came and called for her at 11 o'clock p.m., April 10th 1905, at the advanced age of 81 years, 9 months and 8 days, after a lingering illness of many months incident to old age, surrounded by all her children each of whom had done all it was possible to do to counteract these infirmities and smooth her pathway to the spirit land, which she had for months of patient waiting had longed for to go over and possess. So to her death had no sting no dread. Mrs. Johnson was in many respects a remarkable woman and in every respect of good one. She was not a member of any church, but her leaning all through her life were towards the teachings of the Universalist church, and never in any manner attempted to interfere with the religious views of others. She was as free from intent to do wrong as a babe and conscience of the rectitude of her own motives. She was slow to impugn the motives of others. So her words never tended to incite discord and confusion among neighbors practicing, as she understood them, the precepts of the golden role, her life was a continual object lesson in pointing to a new and better way. With the impress of such a life upon them as she had gone in and out for so many years, it may be said that her own and her step children as well can rise up and call her blessed. The world has certainly been made better by reason of the influence of her simple unostentatious life. Such a life ever ends well, and it is not to be wondered at therefore that she was not only ready but anxious to depart and be at peace for evermore. Mrs. Johnson was an old citizen of this community her life here extended back and was linked with the day of the sturdy old pioneers, who erected the first rude cabins and first turned over for cultivation the rich virgin soil of these vast prairies, and she lived to see these cabins give place to homes of comforts and many of them homes of wealth and luxury, and these rich pioneers converted from their wild and weird state to fruitful field blossoming as the rose. But few of her class remain and very soon the last ones will have joined the vast majority beyond this fleeting to transitory life. Mrs. Johnson was a true wife and affectionate mother and a kind neighbor. She leaves to mourn her departure besides her children elsewhere named, three step children, twelve grandchildren and ten great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends, who have the unfeigned sympathy of this entire community. R.O.D. [Newman Weekly Independent 14 April 1905]