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William H. JOHNSON

William H. JOHNSON

Male 1840 -

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  • Name William H. JOHNSON 
    Born Sep 1840  Hancock Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1880  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 3
    Person ID I56542  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2015 

    Father Amos JOHNSON,   b. Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary ___ 
    Family ID F16360  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy ASH,   b. Oct 1849,   d. 20 Jan 1929, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Married 12 Aug 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated in June 1880:
      William H. Johnston, 39, b. Indiana, farmer; wife Nancy, 28, b. Va, unable to read or write; son Amos D, 8, b. WVa; dau Martha I, 6, b. WVa; son Thomas J, 4; son Perry V, 2.

      1900 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Jun 15 1900:
      William Johnson, 59, b. Sep 1840 in Indiana (both parents b. Pennsylvania), farmer, married 29 yrs; wife Nancy, 50, b. Oct 1849 in WVa (both parents b. WVa), married 29 yrs, mother of 8 children (5 still living); dau Marry R, 15, b. Jun 1884; son Perry, 22, b. Nov 1877; adopted son Nelson Dotson, 10, b. Apr 1890 in WVa.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 21 1910:
      William H. Johnson, 39, b. Indiana (father b. Pa, mother b. WVa), farmer, married 39 yrs; wife Nancy, 60, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), married 39 yrs, mother of 8 children (3 still living); son Perry V, 33, farmer, single. [5]
    Children 
     1. Amos Delbert JOHNSON,   b. 25 Jul 1871, Elk Lick, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1957, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. Martha JOHNSON,   b. 26 Mar 1873, Bunnells Run, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1905  (Age 31 years)
     3. Perry Virgil JOHNSON,   b. 14 Nov 1877, Elk Lick, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1956, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F23423  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2136] 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    3. [S2011] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    4. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as William H. Johnston (sic), 30, b. Hancock Co Indiana, res. Doddridge Co, son of Amos & Mary; and Nancy Ash, 20, of Doddridge Co, dau of Thomas & Rebecca. Married Aug 12 1870.

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.