Arrived in Tulsa, Oklahoma on a horse-drawn covered wagon prior to 1920. Formerly of Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico. Born to John & Nellie (Wafford) Johnson. Spouse of Ella Edith MacDaniel, married 49 years. Two sons/five grandchildren. Third-grade education. World War I draftee, breaking horses for the U.S. Army Cavalry. Tulsa-area steelworker building bridges per the 1920 U.S. Federal Census. Dark hair, high cheekbones, & furrowed skin—features resembling those of Native American Indians.* Aged poorly with loss of physical stature. Suffered tremors attributed to "shell-shock" & Parkinson's disease. Died, 77. --- *NOTE: Brown hair/blue eyes per his 1917 World War I Draft Registration Card.
Arrived in Tulsa, Oklahoma on a horse-drawn covered wagon prior to 1920. Formerly of Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico. Born to John & Nellie (Wafford) Johnson. Spouse of Ella Edith MacDaniel, married 49 years. Two sons/five grandchildren. Third-grade education. World War I draftee, breaking horses for the U.S. Army Cavalry. Tulsa-area steelworker building bridges per the 1920 U.S. Federal Census. Dark hair, high cheekbones, & furrowed skin—features resembling those of Native American Indians.* Aged poorly with loss of physical stature. Suffered tremors attributed to "shell-shock" & Parkinson's disease. Died, 77. --- *NOTE: Brown hair/blue eyes per his 1917 World War I Draft Registration Card.
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BIRTH YEAR ON MILITARY MARKER IS INCORRECT. CORRECT BIRTH YEAR IS 1890 (NOT 1898) PER FAMILY RECORDS, SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX, & WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD.
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