Father; Chapman Johnson of Virginia
Occupation; farming
Informant; Leon Johnson of Mayview MO.
MO. death cert. # 48-019996
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John Albert Johnson, also known as "Ab" lived most of his life in Lafayette Co., MO. where he was a farmer, except for the period between about 1859 and 1865 when Chapman Johnson and Huldah Ann Hinson Johnson, moved the family to Grayson Co. TX. near Sherman, where they farmed during the Civil War. After the war they returned to Lafayette Co. where Chapman died in 1871.
John Albert married his first cousin, Mary Frances Hinson, 27 Dec 1877. They farmed in Lafayette Co. for a while, but tried moving near Longton, Kansas, where their oldest son, Willie, was killed when a hay frame turned over on him on 1 Dec. 1885. Also at Longton, their fourth child, John Francis Johnson, was born on 22 Feb. 1885. Shortly after Willie's death the family returned to Lafayette Co., MO.. In about 1902 John Albert and his wife purchased a farm of about 116 acres about 3 miles south of Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, on Feb 18, 1903, from the Prudential Insurance Company of America, indicating it might have been a foreclosure sale. They borrowed $3,000, putting a mortgage on the property, and this was paid in full in February 1913. It was there where they remained until their deaths.
His will left the farm to the eight remaining children in ten parts, Leon and Eugenia May receiving two parts each. All of the other brothers and sisters quit-claimed their parts to Leon and Eugenia, except Rosalie, who sold hers to them. Later, Leon and Eugenia sold the farm and moved to Odessa, Missouri.
John Albert Johnson was a very strict disciplinarian. Dallas Albert Johnson, recalls that at the dinner table it was not infrequent that John Albert kept order by tapping the children on their heads with the handle of his dinner knife.
Standing over six feet tall, he always stood ramrod straight, a handsome man. He had a very clear mind and was in very good health up until the time of his death at the age of 95. It is believed he had a heart attack, while walking across the room one day, and died a few days afterward at the family home. He was a strict conservative Baptist and sat on the front row at the Mayview Baptist Church. Although he was believed to be a teetotaler, his wife, Mary Frances, related that when he was young and up until they married he was a "drinking man" but that he promised and did reform after their marriage. Much of the information about the family history was related by John Albert Johnson to his grandson, Dallas Albert Johnson, in about December 1947. At the time of his death, he was the oldest Freemason in Lafayette County. The only one of his sons who joined the Masonic order was Ira Elmo Johnson, who obtained the 32nd degree and belonged to the Scottish Rite.
It is not known that he was ever known as "James", as he is listed in the 1900 Census.
Occupation; farming
Informant; Leon Johnson of Mayview MO.
MO. death cert. # 48-019996
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John Albert Johnson, also known as "Ab" lived most of his life in Lafayette Co., MO. where he was a farmer, except for the period between about 1859 and 1865 when Chapman Johnson and Huldah Ann Hinson Johnson, moved the family to Grayson Co. TX. near Sherman, where they farmed during the Civil War. After the war they returned to Lafayette Co. where Chapman died in 1871.
John Albert married his first cousin, Mary Frances Hinson, 27 Dec 1877. They farmed in Lafayette Co. for a while, but tried moving near Longton, Kansas, where their oldest son, Willie, was killed when a hay frame turned over on him on 1 Dec. 1885. Also at Longton, their fourth child, John Francis Johnson, was born on 22 Feb. 1885. Shortly after Willie's death the family returned to Lafayette Co., MO.. In about 1902 John Albert and his wife purchased a farm of about 116 acres about 3 miles south of Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, on Feb 18, 1903, from the Prudential Insurance Company of America, indicating it might have been a foreclosure sale. They borrowed $3,000, putting a mortgage on the property, and this was paid in full in February 1913. It was there where they remained until their deaths.
His will left the farm to the eight remaining children in ten parts, Leon and Eugenia May receiving two parts each. All of the other brothers and sisters quit-claimed their parts to Leon and Eugenia, except Rosalie, who sold hers to them. Later, Leon and Eugenia sold the farm and moved to Odessa, Missouri.
John Albert Johnson was a very strict disciplinarian. Dallas Albert Johnson, recalls that at the dinner table it was not infrequent that John Albert kept order by tapping the children on their heads with the handle of his dinner knife.
Standing over six feet tall, he always stood ramrod straight, a handsome man. He had a very clear mind and was in very good health up until the time of his death at the age of 95. It is believed he had a heart attack, while walking across the room one day, and died a few days afterward at the family home. He was a strict conservative Baptist and sat on the front row at the Mayview Baptist Church. Although he was believed to be a teetotaler, his wife, Mary Frances, related that when he was young and up until they married he was a "drinking man" but that he promised and did reform after their marriage. Much of the information about the family history was related by John Albert Johnson to his grandson, Dallas Albert Johnson, in about December 1947. At the time of his death, he was the oldest Freemason in Lafayette County. The only one of his sons who joined the Masonic order was Ira Elmo Johnson, who obtained the 32nd degree and belonged to the Scottish Rite.
It is not known that he was ever known as "James", as he is listed in the 1900 Census.
Father; Chapman Johnson of Virginia
Occupation; farming
Informant; Leon Johnson of Mayview MO.
MO. death cert. # 48-019996
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John Albert Johnson, also known as "Ab" lived most of his life in Lafayette Co., MO. where he was a farmer, except for the period between about 1859 and 1865 when Chapman Johnson and Huldah Ann Hinson Johnson, moved the family to Grayson Co. TX. near Sherman, where they farmed during the Civil War. After the war they returned to Lafayette Co. where Chapman died in 1871.
John Albert married his first cousin, Mary Frances Hinson, 27 Dec 1877. They farmed in Lafayette Co. for a while, but tried moving near Longton, Kansas, where their oldest son, Willie, was killed when a hay frame turned over on him on 1 Dec. 1885. Also at Longton, their fourth child, John Francis Johnson, was born on 22 Feb. 1885. Shortly after Willie's death the family returned to Lafayette Co., MO.. In about 1902 John Albert and his wife purchased a farm of about 116 acres about 3 miles south of Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, on Feb 18, 1903, from the Prudential Insurance Company of America, indicating it might have been a foreclosure sale. They borrowed $3,000, putting a mortgage on the property, and this was paid in full in February 1913. It was there where they remained until their deaths.
His will left the farm to the eight remaining children in ten parts, Leon and Eugenia May receiving two parts each. All of the other brothers and sisters quit-claimed their parts to Leon and Eugenia, except Rosalie, who sold hers to them. Later, Leon and Eugenia sold the farm and moved to Odessa, Missouri.
John Albert Johnson was a very strict disciplinarian. Dallas Albert Johnson, recalls that at the dinner table it was not infrequent that John Albert kept order by tapping the children on their heads with the handle of his dinner knife.
Standing over six feet tall, he always stood ramrod straight, a handsome man. He had a very clear mind and was in very good health up until the time of his death at the age of 95. It is believed he had a heart attack, while walking across the room one day, and died a few days afterward at the family home. He was a strict conservative Baptist and sat on the front row at the Mayview Baptist Church. Although he was believed to be a teetotaler, his wife, Mary Frances, related that when he was young and up until they married he was a "drinking man" but that he promised and did reform after their marriage. Much of the information about the family history was related by John Albert Johnson to his grandson, Dallas Albert Johnson, in about December 1947. At the time of his death, he was the oldest Freemason in Lafayette County. The only one of his sons who joined the Masonic order was Ira Elmo Johnson, who obtained the 32nd degree and belonged to the Scottish Rite.
It is not known that he was ever known as "James", as he is listed in the 1900 Census.
Occupation; farming
Informant; Leon Johnson of Mayview MO.
MO. death cert. # 48-019996
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John Albert Johnson, also known as "Ab" lived most of his life in Lafayette Co., MO. where he was a farmer, except for the period between about 1859 and 1865 when Chapman Johnson and Huldah Ann Hinson Johnson, moved the family to Grayson Co. TX. near Sherman, where they farmed during the Civil War. After the war they returned to Lafayette Co. where Chapman died in 1871.
John Albert married his first cousin, Mary Frances Hinson, 27 Dec 1877. They farmed in Lafayette Co. for a while, but tried moving near Longton, Kansas, where their oldest son, Willie, was killed when a hay frame turned over on him on 1 Dec. 1885. Also at Longton, their fourth child, John Francis Johnson, was born on 22 Feb. 1885. Shortly after Willie's death the family returned to Lafayette Co., MO.. In about 1902 John Albert and his wife purchased a farm of about 116 acres about 3 miles south of Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, on Feb 18, 1903, from the Prudential Insurance Company of America, indicating it might have been a foreclosure sale. They borrowed $3,000, putting a mortgage on the property, and this was paid in full in February 1913. It was there where they remained until their deaths.
His will left the farm to the eight remaining children in ten parts, Leon and Eugenia May receiving two parts each. All of the other brothers and sisters quit-claimed their parts to Leon and Eugenia, except Rosalie, who sold hers to them. Later, Leon and Eugenia sold the farm and moved to Odessa, Missouri.
John Albert Johnson was a very strict disciplinarian. Dallas Albert Johnson, recalls that at the dinner table it was not infrequent that John Albert kept order by tapping the children on their heads with the handle of his dinner knife.
Standing over six feet tall, he always stood ramrod straight, a handsome man. He had a very clear mind and was in very good health up until the time of his death at the age of 95. It is believed he had a heart attack, while walking across the room one day, and died a few days afterward at the family home. He was a strict conservative Baptist and sat on the front row at the Mayview Baptist Church. Although he was believed to be a teetotaler, his wife, Mary Frances, related that when he was young and up until they married he was a "drinking man" but that he promised and did reform after their marriage. Much of the information about the family history was related by John Albert Johnson to his grandson, Dallas Albert Johnson, in about December 1947. At the time of his death, he was the oldest Freemason in Lafayette County. The only one of his sons who joined the Masonic order was Ira Elmo Johnson, who obtained the 32nd degree and belonged to the Scottish Rite.
It is not known that he was ever known as "James", as he is listed in the 1900 Census.
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