Death of Wesley Johnson
He Passes Away This Morning After An Illness of Several Months.
After an illness of several months duration Wesley Johnson, one of the city's oldest and most respected residents, died this morning. Mr. Johnson had been in declining health for two or three years, but with all his physical infirmities there was no failing of mind which remained bright and unclouded almost to the last. The story of Wesley Johnsons's life is told in graphic manner in Kulp's Families of Wyoming from which we take the following. Wesley Johnson, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county in April 1846, is a native of Old Laurel Run, in Plains township, where he was born December 20, 11819. He was an active businesman in his day, and resided at Laurel Run where he built a mill which he operated successfully for many years. Wesley Johnson was educated a the Laurel Run school house at the Wilkes Barre Academy and Wilkes Barre high school under Prof J.W. Sterling. He studied law and was admitted to the bar of Philadelphia County, January 7, 1846. He has practiced in the United States district courts at Galveston, Texas, and marquette, Wis. From 1842 to 1843 he was United States Inspector of Customs at Philadelphia, and from 1851 to 1852 was clerk of the circuit and county court, of Marquette county, Wisconsin. He afterward became an alderman and auditor and one of the assessors of the city of Wilkes Barre. Mary 12, 1852, Wesley Johnson was married to Cynthia H Green, a daughter of David S. and Mary Green of Bristol, Conn. One son, Frederick C Johnson, M.D, one of the proprietors of the Record of the Times, is the sole surviving issue of this marriage. Few would imagine that in the quiet old gentleman who dispensed justice in the Fourth ward of Wilkes Barre is a lawyer of more than forty years experience, whose professional duties have been performed at points so widely distant from each other and whose career has covered a variety of callings, all, however, bearing a more or less close relationship to the profession of the law. He compiled a very useful volume on the Wyoming centennial and done much other literary work in the same line. He has been a frequent contributor to our journals on all manner of topics and was regarded as an authority on the subject of old Wilkes Barre and old Wilkes Barreans. He was a Democrat of the old school and has done much service for his party for many years on the stump and otherwise. He is one of the best known and most respected of our older citizens. Date: 1892-10-27; Paper: Wilkes-Barre Times
Burial Of Wesley Johnson
The Funeral of Wesley Johnson took place this afternoon. The remains were taken from the late home to St. Stephen's church, on Franklin street, where services were held. Rev. Henry L. Jones officiated. The interment was made in the City cemetery. Lodges 442 and 61 F & A M attended in body, and the burial was made with the ususal masonic honors.
Contributed by Dr. Geo. Urquhart
Lodge No 61 F & A M, loses in the death of Wesley Johnson, a highly esteemed member and the brethren attended his funeral today with the usual ceremony of interment. As a man, his years were crowned with judgement and his memory is endowed with unusual interest among the brethren, for his interest to promote the good of the order. In his official capacity as a justice of the peace, the needy always found in him a ready benefactor, for every element of his nature was responsive to call for sympath and charitable consideration, and while in matters withinhis official range his judgement was reliable, he was strictly just in the minor duties of acquantance and society His life showed the influence of early judicious training, and undoubtly took its direction from impressions received under the parental roof, where he was imbued those fundamental principles and maxims which are the enduring foundations of social preferment. He was unpretentious and in all the relations of life he presented unmistakable evidence of being a worthy and true man. In his person example, and in his association with the Masonic fraternity, we find the best energies of his life devoted to philantrophy, which enters larely into the social features of Masonic life. Date: 1892-10-29; Paper: Wilkes-Barre Times
October deaths:
General debility - Wesley Johnson, Union street, 73 years, Hollenback cemetery. Date: 1892-10-29; Paper: Wilkes-Barre Times
He Passes Away This Morning After An Illness of Several Months.
After an illness of several months duration Wesley Johnson, one of the city's oldest and most respected residents, died this morning. Mr. Johnson had been in declining health for two or three years, but with all his physical infirmities there was no failing of mind which remained bright and unclouded almost to the last. The story of Wesley Johnsons's life is told in graphic manner in Kulp's Families of Wyoming from which we take the following. Wesley Johnson, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county in April 1846, is a native of Old Laurel Run, in Plains township, where he was born December 20, 11819. He was an active businesman in his day, and resided at Laurel Run where he built a mill which he operated successfully for many years. Wesley Johnson was educated a the Laurel Run school house at the Wilkes Barre Academy and Wilkes Barre high school under Prof J.W. Sterling. He studied law and was admitted to the bar of Philadelphia County, January 7, 1846. He has practiced in the United States district courts at Galveston, Texas, and marquette, Wis. From 1842 to 1843 he was United States Inspector of Customs at Philadelphia, and from 1851 to 1852 was clerk of the circuit and county court, of Marquette county, Wisconsin. He afterward became an alderman and auditor and one of the assessors of the city of Wilkes Barre. Mary 12, 1852, Wesley Johnson was married to Cynthia H Green, a daughter of David S. and Mary Green of Bristol, Conn. One son, Frederick C Johnson, M.D, one of the proprietors of the Record of the Times, is the sole surviving issue of this marriage. Few would imagine that in the quiet old gentleman who dispensed justice in the Fourth ward of Wilkes Barre is a lawyer of more than forty years experience, whose professional duties have been performed at points so widely distant from each other and whose career has covered a variety of callings, all, however, bearing a more or less close relationship to the profession of the law. He compiled a very useful volume on the Wyoming centennial and done much other literary work in the same line. He has been a frequent contributor to our journals on all manner of topics and was regarded as an authority on the subject of old Wilkes Barre and old Wilkes Barreans. He was a Democrat of the old school and has done much service for his party for many years on the stump and otherwise. He is one of the best known and most respected of our older citizens. Date: 1892-10-27; Paper: Wilkes-Barre Times
Burial Of Wesley Johnson
The Funeral of Wesley Johnson took place this afternoon. The remains were taken from the late home to St. Stephen's church, on Franklin street, where services were held. Rev. Henry L. Jones officiated. The interment was made in the City cemetery. Lodges 442 and 61 F & A M attended in body, and the burial was made with the ususal masonic honors.
Contributed by Dr. Geo. Urquhart
Lodge No 61 F & A M, loses in the death of Wesley Johnson, a highly esteemed member and the brethren attended his funeral today with the usual ceremony of interment. As a man, his years were crowned with judgement and his memory is endowed with unusual interest among the brethren, for his interest to promote the good of the order. In his official capacity as a justice of the peace, the needy always found in him a ready benefactor, for every element of his nature was responsive to call for sympath and charitable consideration, and while in matters withinhis official range his judgement was reliable, he was strictly just in the minor duties of acquantance and society His life showed the influence of early judicious training, and undoubtly took its direction from impressions received under the parental roof, where he was imbued those fundamental principles and maxims which are the enduring foundations of social preferment. He was unpretentious and in all the relations of life he presented unmistakable evidence of being a worthy and true man. In his person example, and in his association with the Masonic fraternity, we find the best energies of his life devoted to philantrophy, which enters larely into the social features of Masonic life. Date: 1892-10-29; Paper: Wilkes-Barre Times
October deaths:
General debility - Wesley Johnson, Union street, 73 years, Hollenback cemetery. Date: 1892-10-29; Paper: Wilkes-Barre Times
Death of Wesley Johnson
He Passes Away This Morning After An Illness of Several Months.
After an illness of several months duration Wesley Johnson, one of the city's oldest and most respected residents, died this morning. Mr. Johnson had been in declining health for two or three years, but with all his physical infirmities there was no failing of mind which remained bright and unclouded almost to the last. The story of Wesley Johnsons's life is told in graphic manner in Kulp's Families of Wyoming from which we take the following. Wesley Johnson, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county in April 1846, is a native of Old Laurel Run, in Plains township, where he was born December 20, 11819. He was an active businesman in his day, and resided at Laurel Run where he built a mill which he operated successfully for many years. Wesley Johnson was educated a the Laurel Run school house at the Wilkes Barre Academy and Wilkes Barre high school under Prof J.W. Sterling. He studied law and was admitted to the bar of Philadelphia County, January 7, 1846. He has practiced in the United States district courts at Galveston, Texas, and marquette, Wis. From 1842 to 1843 he was United States Inspector of Customs at Philadelphia, and from 1851 to 1852 was clerk of the circuit and county court, of Marquette county, Wisconsin. He afterward became an alderman and auditor and one of the assessors of the city of Wilkes Barre. Mary 12, 1852, Wesley Johnson was married to Cynthia H Green, a daughter of David S. and Mary Green of Bristol, Conn. One son, Frederick C Johnson, M.D, one of the proprietors of the Record of the Times, is the sole surviving issue of this marriage. Few would imagine that in the quiet old gentleman who dispensed justice in the Fourth ward of Wilkes Barre is a lawyer of more than forty years experience, whose professional duties have been performed at points so widely distant from each other and whose career has covered a variety of callings, all, however, bearing a more or less close relationship to the profession of the law. He compiled a very useful volume on the Wyoming centennial and done much other literary work in the same line. He has been a frequent contributor to our journals on all manner of topics and was regarded as an authority on the subject of old Wilkes Barre and old Wilkes Barreans. He was a Democrat of the old school and has done much service for his party for many years on the stump and otherwise. He is one of the best known and most respected of our older citizens. Date: 1892-10-27; Paper: Wilkes-Barre Times
Burial Of Wesley Johnson
The Funeral of Wesley Johnson took place this afternoon. The remains were taken from the late home to St. Stephen's church, on Franklin street, where services were held. Rev. Henry L. Jones officiated. The interment was made in the City cemetery. Lodges 442 and 61 F & A M attended in body, and the burial was made with the ususal masonic honors.
Contributed by Dr. Geo. Urquhart
Lodge No 61 F & A M, loses in the death of Wesley Johnson, a highly esteemed member and the brethren attended his funeral today with the usual ceremony of interment. As a man, his years were crowned with judgement and his memory is endowed with unusual interest among the brethren, for his interest to promote the good of the order. In his official capacity as a justice of the peace, the needy always found in him a ready benefactor, for every element of his nature was responsive to call for sympath and charitable consideration, and while in matters withinhis official range his judgement was reliable, he was strictly just in the minor duties of acquantance and society His life showed the influence of early judicious training, and undoubtly took its direction from impressions received under the parental roof, where he was imbued those fundamental principles and maxims which are the enduring foundations of social preferment. He was unpretentious and in all the relations of life he presented unmistakable evidence of being a worthy and true man. In his person example, and in his association with the Masonic fraternity, we find the best energies of his life devoted to philantrophy, which enters larely into the social features of Masonic life. Date: 1892-10-29; Paper: Wilkes-Barre Times
October deaths:
General debility - Wesley Johnson, Union street, 73 years, Hollenback cemetery. Date: 1892-10-29; Paper: Wilkes-Barre Times
He Passes Away This Morning After An Illness of Several Months.
After an illness of several months duration Wesley Johnson, one of the city's oldest and most respected residents, died this morning. Mr. Johnson had been in declining health for two or three years, but with all his physical infirmities there was no failing of mind which remained bright and unclouded almost to the last. The story of Wesley Johnsons's life is told in graphic manner in Kulp's Families of Wyoming from which we take the following. Wesley Johnson, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county in April 1846, is a native of Old Laurel Run, in Plains township, where he was born December 20, 11819. He was an active businesman in his day, and resided at Laurel Run where he built a mill which he operated successfully for many years. Wesley Johnson was educated a the Laurel Run school house at the Wilkes Barre Academy and Wilkes Barre high school under Prof J.W. Sterling. He studied law and was admitted to the bar of Philadelphia County, January 7, 1846. He has practiced in the United States district courts at Galveston, Texas, and marquette, Wis. From 1842 to 1843 he was United States Inspector of Customs at Philadelphia, and from 1851 to 1852 was clerk of the circuit and county court, of Marquette county, Wisconsin. He afterward became an alderman and auditor and one of the assessors of the city of Wilkes Barre. Mary 12, 1852, Wesley Johnson was married to Cynthia H Green, a daughter of David S. and Mary Green of Bristol, Conn. One son, Frederick C Johnson, M.D, one of the proprietors of the Record of the Times, is the sole surviving issue of this marriage. Few would imagine that in the quiet old gentleman who dispensed justice in the Fourth ward of Wilkes Barre is a lawyer of more than forty years experience, whose professional duties have been performed at points so widely distant from each other and whose career has covered a variety of callings, all, however, bearing a more or less close relationship to the profession of the law. He compiled a very useful volume on the Wyoming centennial and done much other literary work in the same line. He has been a frequent contributor to our journals on all manner of topics and was regarded as an authority on the subject of old Wilkes Barre and old Wilkes Barreans. He was a Democrat of the old school and has done much service for his party for many years on the stump and otherwise. He is one of the best known and most respected of our older citizens. Date: 1892-10-27; Paper: Wilkes-Barre Times
Burial Of Wesley Johnson
The Funeral of Wesley Johnson took place this afternoon. The remains were taken from the late home to St. Stephen's church, on Franklin street, where services were held. Rev. Henry L. Jones officiated. The interment was made in the City cemetery. Lodges 442 and 61 F & A M attended in body, and the burial was made with the ususal masonic honors.
Contributed by Dr. Geo. Urquhart
Lodge No 61 F & A M, loses in the death of Wesley Johnson, a highly esteemed member and the brethren attended his funeral today with the usual ceremony of interment. As a man, his years were crowned with judgement and his memory is endowed with unusual interest among the brethren, for his interest to promote the good of the order. In his official capacity as a justice of the peace, the needy always found in him a ready benefactor, for every element of his nature was responsive to call for sympath and charitable consideration, and while in matters withinhis official range his judgement was reliable, he was strictly just in the minor duties of acquantance and society His life showed the influence of early judicious training, and undoubtly took its direction from impressions received under the parental roof, where he was imbued those fundamental principles and maxims which are the enduring foundations of social preferment. He was unpretentious and in all the relations of life he presented unmistakable evidence of being a worthy and true man. In his person example, and in his association with the Masonic fraternity, we find the best energies of his life devoted to philantrophy, which enters larely into the social features of Masonic life. Date: 1892-10-29; Paper: Wilkes-Barre Times
October deaths:
General debility - Wesley Johnson, Union street, 73 years, Hollenback cemetery. Date: 1892-10-29; Paper: Wilkes-Barre Times
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