Name: Elijah Johnson
Born: 22 Aug 181184 144
Place: Fayette Co., PA
Died: 14 Apr 188984 144
Place: Caldwell Twp, Appanoose Co IA
Buried:
Place: Zoar Cemetery, Appanoose County, Iowa
Married: 6 Nov 1832
Place: Probably Fayette County, Pennsylvania84 144
Elijah John and Anna Jane Foster had the following children.
| John F Johnson |
1833- |
John was born 24 Oct 1833, probably Pennsylvania. |
| William Paul Johnson |
1836-1880 |
Born 27 Apr 1836 in Fayette county PA and m1 Minerva Maring m2 Louisa Maring. He died 2 Jun 1880 in Exline, Appanoose county, Iowa |
| Wesley Philip Johnson |
1839-1917 |
Married Susan Isabel Fisk. |
| Mary E Johnson |
c1841- |
Born in Ohio. |
| Alfred Johnson |
1845- |
Born 4 Jan 1845, Belmont county, Ohio. |
| Thomas Johnson |
c1849- |
Born in Ohio. |
| George W Johnson |
c1850- |
Born in Ohio. |
| Phinius P Johnson |
c1852- |
Born in Ohio. |
| Vinnie Johnson |
c1855 |
Born in Ohio. |
Obituary
Elijah's obit as transcribed in "Descendants of Elijah H. Johnson"
by Stephanie Ernst.
Appanoose Iowegian - April 18, 1889
Volume 7, #4
Elijah Johnson of Caldwell Twp. died at the home of his daughter-in-law
on Sunday morning. We have not the particulars but understand his death was
the result of old age and a general breaking down of the system. Mr. Johnson
was an old settler of this county and a man highly respected by all who knew
him.
We have been acquainted with him for over 20 years and have never heard
aught but good spoken of him in that length of time. He leaves a large
family of children and grandchildren to mourn his loss.
Census Records
Johnson is, of course, a difficult name to research. It would probably be
meaningless, for instance, to list all Johnsons from the 1840 Belmont
County, Ohio census. I need to be very specific in the research. To that
end, Elijah was living in Mead township in that year (series M704, roll
378):
Males Females
28 Christian Johnson 0002000000000 000120010010
29 Margaret Johnson 0102100000000 020001000000
31 Martin Johnson 1100010000000 110001000000
33 Elijah Johnson 2000100000000 000010000000
33 Thomas Johnson 2220001000000 100101000000
Thomas is the eldest male Johnson found in the township. It may be
significant that he's listed only two entries below Elijah. Since son Wesley
was born Oct 19, 1939 in Pennsylvania, it's a pretty safe bet that Elijah
had just recently emigrated. However, there was already a Thomas Johnston in
Mead township by the 1820 census (page 290).
The 1850 census for York twp, Belmont county, OH (series M432, roll 661,
page 50) lists the following household. Could the 85 year-old, Ruth Johnson,
have been Elijah's mother?
Elija Johnson 37 m Farmer Penn
Ann " 37 f Penn
Ruth " 85 f Virginia
William " 14 m Penn
Westley " 10 m Penn
Mary " 8 f O
Alfred " 6 m O
Thomas " 3 m O
George " 5/12 m O
"Elizah" Johnson appears on the 1860 census in Caldwell township,
Apanoose county, IA, page 685 and on the 1870 census, same place, as "Elisha
Johnson", page 373.
Elijah is found living with his son, Thomas, in Appanoose county, Iowa in
1880. 134 His father is listed
as being born in Pennsylvania and his mother listed as being born in
Maryland. (Note, however, that there is a Ruth Johnson, born ca 1765 in
Virginia, living with Elijah in 1850.) 136
Two Johnsons (although there were a lot of Johnstons) and one Foster are
listed on the 1800 census for Fayette county, Pennsylvania. 135
|Free White Males |Free White Females
| 10 16 26 | 10 16 26
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD |to to to to 45 |to to to to 45
PG# LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME |10 16 26 45 up |10 16 26 45 up
================================================================================
561 14 JOHNSON Humphrey 1 . . . 1 4 3 . 1 .
594 22 FOSTER John 2 . . 1 . 2 . . 1 .
597 12 JOHNSON William . . 1 . . 1 . 1 . .
John Foster and William Johnson were living in Springhill Township.
Humphrey Johnson was living in Luzerne Township. (It's worth noting that
Elijah's eldest known son was named John F. and the next son was named
William.)
Four Johnstons are found enumerated on the 1800 census for Dunbar township.
1800 > PENNSYLVANIA > FAYETTE > DUNBAR TWP
Series: M32 Roll: 38 Page: 514
Jesse Johnston 00100 00100
Ephraim Johnston 10010 10100
William Johnston 01201 00201
Elija Johnston 12101 31001
The 1810 census for Fayette county has 16 Johnsons and 15 Johnstons,
including an Elijah Johnson in Dunbar township.
1810 > PENNSYLVANIA > FAYETTE > DUNBAR TWP
Series: M252 Roll: 54 Page: 219
Elijah Johnson 00201 01001
Ruth Brown 11000 00010
William Foster and Elijah Johnson Jr are found on the same page in 1820.
Both men were presumably 26-45.
1820 > PENNSYLVANIA > FAYETTE
Series: M33 Roll: 103 Page: 135
*
p135 Henry Ferry 000100 10100 Dunbar twp
William Foster 410010 22110
Elijah Johnson 000010 10100
p159 John F Foster 100010 00200 Georges twp
p189 Thomas Foster 200010 30010 German twp
John Foster 010010 10010
James Cosgray 210010 00100
Charles Foster 200100 01100
p190 Elespay Foster 100000 11101
This post found on the Johnson-L archive may be worth pursuing.
From: Dallas Johnson
Subject: Re: JOHNSONS OF FAYETTE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA 1810
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 1997 21:31:01 EST
Have you read or seen the book TENMILE COUNTRY, which has some history of
the JOHNSON's of both FAyette and Greene Co PA. Elisha is my line and was bn
1794 MD md a Elizabeth/Catherine Kennady/Cannady bn ca 1802 PA He was the
son of Simon and Sarah JOHNSON and she was d/o John W. (Wiliam??) Kennedy of
PA These families were in MOnongalia Co by 1820 which before that was part
of PA\WV
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