In 1878 Eveline wed Joseph L Johnson and began a family of her own. Family was always very important to Eveline and she named several of her children after her own family. Two of her daughters were named after her sisters...Mosel and Laura Jane. One son was named after her father James J Hall, and another son shared the name of her brother, Henry. Joseph's family wasn't left out though---they named daughter Lucy in honor of Joseph's sister Lucy, son Roan after Joseph's brother and grandfather and William Benjamin after Joseph's own father. The name Beneta or Neta is repeated in the generations also after Joseph's mother Benetta Sherrod.
My grandmother, Laura Jane said her mother Eveline used to smoke a pipe. She could recall her sitting on the porch and smoking the pipe. Her Daddy, Joseph, would set folks straight if they tried to call Eveline anything else...not Evelyn, but Eveline, he would admonish.
In 1878 Eveline wed Joseph L Johnson and began a family of her own. Family was always very important to Eveline and she named several of her children after her own family. Two of her daughters were named after her sisters...Mosel and Laura Jane. One son was named after her father James J Hall, and another son shared the name of her brother, Henry. Joseph's family wasn't left out though---they named daughter Lucy in honor of Joseph's sister Lucy, son Roan after Joseph's brother and grandfather and William Benjamin after Joseph's own father. The name Beneta or Neta is repeated in the generations also after Joseph's mother Benetta Sherrod.
My grandmother, Laura Jane said her mother Eveline used to smoke a pipe. She could recall her sitting on the porch and smoking the pipe. Her Daddy, Joseph, would set folks straight if they tried to call Eveline anything else...not Evelyn, but Eveline, he would admonish.
Family Members
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William Benjamin Johnson
1879–1918
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Lucy Johnson Joiner
1880–1949
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James Jay Johnson
1882–1927
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Rowan Lanier Johnson
1884–1968
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Roxie Annie Johnson Meadows
1886–1971
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Mosel "Zellie" Johnson
1888–1898
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Neta Johnson
1890–1892
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Joseph Henry Johnson
1893–1961
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John Robert Johnson
1895–1967
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Mattie Lee Johnson Weathers
1898–1987
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Laura Jane Johnson Barbee Bradshaw
1900–1984
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Carrie Mae Johnson Lovins
1903–1942
