Lewis Johnson Family Information


John William Johnson
born: c1783
died:
wife: Levinia Helms
born: c1784 - North Carolina
died: after 1860
1850 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Levina Johnson, age 65, living with her son, Louis]
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Levina Johnson, age 76, living with her son, Lewis]

Children of John William Johnson and Levinia ?:

1. Lewis Johnson
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 1803 - Virginia or North Carolina
died: 27 August 1866 - Johnson County, Arkansas
buried: Garrett Cemetery, Piney, (Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery) - Johnson County, Arkansas
1840 Census - Spadra, Johnson County, Arkansas [Lewis Johnson]
1850 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Louis Johnson, age 47]
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Lewis Johnson, age 57]
married: 19 October 1822 - Mississippi
wife: Penninah Hunter
[daughter of Edward Huntr and Elizabeth "Betsy" King]
born: 17 February 1805 - Tennessee
died: 2 August 1888 - Piney, Johnson County, Arkansas
buried: Garrett Cemetery, Piney, (Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery) - Johnson County, Arkansas
1850 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Penninah Johnson, age 45]
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Peninah Johnson, age 55]
1870 Census -
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Pernina Johnson, age 75, mother-in-law]

Children of Lewis Johnson and Penninah Hunter:

1.1. John Thomas Johnson
born: 20 July 1825 - Tennessee
died: 30 October 1873 - Johnson County, Arkansas
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas
1850 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [John T. Johnson, age 25]
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [John Johnson, age 35]
1870 Census - Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas [John T. Johnson, age 45]
married: 1848
wife: Milly (Sirkle) Porter
born: 1 January 1828 - Kentucky
died: 6 April 1873 - Johnson County, Arkansas
1850 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Milly Johnson, age 22]
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Milly Johnson, age 31]
1870 Census - Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas [Milly Johnson, age 42]

1.2. William G. Johnson
born: 11 February 1827 - Tennessee
died: 7 January 1864 - Johnson County, Arkansas
1850 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [William G. Johnson, age 23]
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [William Johnson, age 33]
wife: Sarah ?
born: c1830 - Tennessee
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Sarah Johnson, age 30]

1.3. George Washington Shelby Johnson
born: 21 October 1832 - Tennessee
died: 12 October 1901 - Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana
buried: Old Winnsboro Cemetery - Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana
1850 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Shelby Johnson, age 18]
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [George Johnson, age 28]
1870 Census - Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas [Shelby Johnson, age 36]
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [G. W. S. Johnson, age 45]
1900 Census - Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana [George W. S. Johnson, age 66]
married: 6 November 1856 - Johnson County, Arkansas
wife: Mary Jane Grantham
[daughter of Nathan Grantham and Sarah Albritton]
born: 13 December 1837 - Livingston Parish, Louisiana
died: 20 January 1918 - Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana
buried: Old Winnsboro Cemetery - Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana
1850 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Mary Jane Grantham, age 12]
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Mary Johnson, age 23]
1870 Census - Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas [Mary J. Johnson, age 32]
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Mary Jane Johnson, age 42]
1900 Census - Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana [Mary J. Johnson, age 62]

Child of George Washington Shelby Johnson and Mary Jane Grantham Johnson:

1.3.1. Mary R. Johnson
married: 16 March 1890 - Johnson County, Arkansas
husband: George David Nesbit

Children of Mary R. Johnson Nesbit and George David Nesbit:

1.3.1.1. Raymond Roy Nesbit

1.3.1.2. John Loyd Nesbit

 

1.4. Lavinia Jane Johnson
born: 7 January 1835 - Mississippi
died:
1850 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Levina Jane Johnson, age 16]
1st husband: Irvin H. Blackard
2nd husband: Dave Robison

Child of Lavinia Jane Johnson Blackard and I. H. Blackard:

1.4.1. Sarah P. Blackard
born: 2 April 1861 - Johnson County, Arkansas
died: 23 April 1861 - Johnson County, Arkansas
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas

 

1.5. Hannah Susan or Suzanna Johnson
born: 7 May 1837 - Arkansas
died: 26 September 1910 - Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas
buried: Rankin Cemetery - Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas
1850 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Hannah S. Johnson, age 13]
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Hannah Farmer, age 23]
1870 Census - New London, Union County, Arkansas [Hannah Farmer, age 33]
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Hannah Farmer, age 43]
1900 Census - Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas [Hannan Farmer, age 62]
married: 1856 - Johnson County, Arkansas
husband: William W. Farmer
[son of Daniel Farmer, Jr. and Margaret Penn]
born: 9 February 1832 - North Carolina
died: 31 December 1908 - Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas
buried: Rankin Cemetery - Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Wm. Farmer, age 28]
1870 Census - New London, Union County, Arkansas [William W. Farmer, age 38
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [William Farmer, age 48]
1900 Census - Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas [William Farmer, age 67]

Children of Hannah Susan Johnson Farmer and William Farmer:

1.5.1. Tennessee "Tennie" Farmer
born: 7 November 1855 - Arkansas
died: 3 October 1858 (Could this be 1868?)- Arkansas
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Tennessee Farmer, age 4]

1.5.2. Ladora Farmer
born: 5 August 1858 - Arkansas
died: 6 November 1858 - Arkansas
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas

1.5.4. Lorenzo Farmer (could this be Lorenzo Theodore?)
born: c1860 - Arkansas
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Lorenzo Farmer, age 4/12]

1.5.3. Theodore Farmer
born: c1860 - Arkansas
1870 Census - New London, Union County, Arkansas [Theodore Farmer, age 10]
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Theadore Farmer, age 20]

1.5.4. Emmer Farmer
born: 18 August 1861 - Arkansas
died: 22 August 1861 - Arkansas
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas

1.5.5. Willie Farmer
born: 17 September 1862 - Arkansas
died: 13 December 1889
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Willie, daughter, age 17]

1.5.6. Lanora Farmer
born: c1864 - Arkansas
1870 Census - New London, Union County, Arkansas [Lanora Farmer, age 6]

1.5.7. Ida Farmer
born: c1866 - Arkansas
1870 Census - New London, Union County, Arkansas [Ida Farmer, age 3]
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Ida Farmer, age 14]
husband: ? Battenfield

1.5.8. Ella Farmer
born: c1869 - Arkansas
1870 Census - New London, Union County, Arkansas [Ella Farmer, age 2]
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Ella Farmer, age 11]
husband: Mart Fausett

1.5.9. Thomas E. Farmer
born: 2 February 1870 - Arkansas
died: 28 July 1900
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Thomas Farmer, age 10]
1900 Census - Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas [Thomas Farmer, age 27]

1.5.10. Charles Asgul "Charley" Farmer
born: 4 August 1874 - Johnson County, Arkansas
died: 31 December 1958
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Charley Farmer, age 7]
1900 Census - Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas [Charley Farmer, age 25]
married: 25 December 1906 - Arkansas
wife: Martha Ida Rankin

1.5.11. F. Ervin Farmer
born: 4 November 1874 - Arkansas
died: 1 June 1888 - Arkansas
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Ervin Farmer, age 5]

1.5.12. Louis Daniel Farmer
born: May 1877 - Arkansas
12 April 1925
buried: Rankin Cemetery - Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Daniel Farmer, age 3]
1900 Census - Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas [Daniel Farmer, age 23]
wife: Bertha Lee
born: 20 December 1892
died: 26 July 1985
buried: Rankin Cemetery - Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas

1.5.13. Anna Farmer
born: 1879 - Arkansas
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Anna Farmer, age 9 months]

 

1.6. Albert B. Johnson
born: 18 December 1839

1.7. Sarah M. Johnson
born: 27 December 1839 - Johnson County, Arkansas
died: 22 December 1879
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas
1850 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Sarah M. Johnson, age 11]
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Sarah Johnson, age 20]
1870 Census - Dover, Pope County, Arkansas [Sarah Caruthers, age 30]
married: 12 July 1861
husband: David S. Carothers
born: 29 January 1839 - Arkansas
died: 25 January 1914 - Johnson County, Arkansas
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas
1870 Census - Dover, Pope County, Arkansas [David Caruthers, age 31]
1880 Census - Pittsburg Township, Johnson County, Arkansas [David Corothers, age 41, widower]
1900 Census - Pittsburg Township, Johnson County, Arkansas [David S. Carothers, age 61, he has remarried]
1910 Census - Pittsburg Township, Johnson County, Arkansas [Dave S. Coruthers, age 71]

Child of Sarah M. Johnson Carothers and David C. Carothers:

1.7.1. Eliza J. Carothers
born: 1872 - Johnson County, Arkansas
died: 1955 - Johnson County, Arkansas
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas
1910 Census - Pittsburg Township, Johnson County, Arkansas [Eliza M. Coruthers, age 38]

 

1.8. Samuel Harvey Johnson
born: 14 June 1842 - Arkansas
died: 22 September 1916
buried: Gill Cemetery - Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
1850 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Samuel Johnson, age 8]
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Samuel Johnson, age 18]
1870 Census - Clarksville, Pittsburg Township, Johnson County, Arkansas [Samuel Johnson, age 27
1880 Census - Pittsburg Township, Johnson County, Arkansas [Saml. H. Johnson, age 38]
1900 Census - Pittsburg Township, Johnson County, Arkansas [Samuel H. Johnson, age 57, widowed]
wife: Sarah A. ?
born: c1848 - Arkansas
died: before 1900 census
1870 Census - Clarksville, Pittsburg Township, Johnson County, Arkansas [Sarah Johnson, age 22]
1880 Census - Pittsburg Township, Johnson County, Arkansas [Sarah A. Johnson, age 36]

1.9. Mary Peninah Johnson
born: 12 November 1844 - Johnson County, Arkansas
died: 1 February 1923 - Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas
buried: Oakland Memorial Cemetery - Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas
1850 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Mary P. Johnson, age 5]
1860 Census - Pittsburg, Johnson County, Arkansas [Mary Johnson, age 15]
1870 Census -
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Mary Collier, age 35]
1900 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Mary Collier, age 55]
1910 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Mary P. Collier, age 65]
1920 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [Mary P. Collier, age 75]
married: 1873
husband: William F. Collier
born: 19 January 1847 - Arkansas
died: 3 February 1933
buried: Oakland Memorial Cemetery - Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas
1880 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [William T. Collier, age 33]
1900 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [William T. Collier, age 53]
1910 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [William F. Collier, age 63]
1920 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [William F. Collier, age 72]
1930 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas [William F. Collier, widower, age 83]


Updated March 11, 2015

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