John Henry Johnson, son of Henry and Elizabeth Johnson, was born on the 18th of July 1805 in Hamilton, Ohio, just north of Cincinnati. Prior to his arrival in Washington, he lived in Schuyler County, Illinois. He became a successful pioneer farmer in the Washington, Illinois area and purchased on December 1, 1830, two eighty-acre farms: the first, the eastern half of the Southeast Quarter of Section Five in Township 24 N, Range 4W and the second, the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section Eight of the same township. He married Martha Olivia McCorkle, the eldest daughter of Rev. Richard Blythe McCorkle, the minister of the Christian Church of Washington, Illinois, and his wife Isabella C. [Campbell] McCorkle, on the 29th of December 1831. He was a charter member and elder of the Christian Church of Washington, Illinois. He was the father of eight children, seven of whom grew to adulthood. Three of his sons became noted ministers of the Christian Church. He passed away on September 30, 1887 at the age of eighty-two years.
John Henry Johnson, son of Henry and Elizabeth Johnson, was born on the 18th of July 1805 in Hamilton, Ohio, just north of Cincinnati. Prior to his arrival in Washington, he lived in Schuyler County, Illinois. He became a successful pioneer farmer in the Washington, Illinois area and purchased on December 1, 1830, two eighty-acre farms: the first, the eastern half of the Southeast Quarter of Section Five in Township 24 N, Range 4W and the second, the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section Eight of the same township. He married Martha Olivia McCorkle, the eldest daughter of Rev. Richard Blythe McCorkle, the minister of the Christian Church of Washington, Illinois, and his wife Isabella C. [Campbell] McCorkle, on the 29th of December 1831. He was a charter member and elder of the Christian Church of Washington, Illinois. He was the father of eight children, seven of whom grew to adulthood. Three of his sons became noted ministers of the Christian Church. He passed away on September 30, 1887 at the age of eighty-two years.
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