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Robert Stephen Johnson

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Robert Stephen Johnson Veteran

Birth
Bedfordshire, England
Death
30 Oct 1908 (aged 73)
Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA
Burial
Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.9787102, Longitude: -121.2867737
Plot
Block 13
Memorial ID
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Civil War: Company K, 1st California Cavalry

ROBERT S. JOHNSON was born in England on April 10, 1835; is a merchant and livery-stable keeper. Enlisted, and was commissioned captain in Company K, 1st California Cavalry, February 18, 1863; was engaged entirely in Indian warfare; was honorably discharged February 28, 1865; is a city councilman of Stockton, California. Comrade Johnson is a member of Rawlins Post, G.A.R., of Stockton; has been department inspector, senior vice-commander, and is now commander of the post; attended the 20th national encampment.
(Ward, William H. Records of Members of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a Complete Account of the Twentieth National Encampment. San Francisco, 1886; pg 538)

Robert had three children with Mary Philomela Shaw Johnson: William Russell was born in Racine, Wisconsin on March 26, 1858; Charles Robert was born in Illinois about December 1859; and Eva Louise was born in Stockton on October 27, 1861.
After the death of his first wife, he married Mary Louise Chittenden on April 19, 1870. They had two children: Jean Mary/Ida May on January 28, 1871, and Roy Steven on November 14, 1879.
Contributor: k simpson (49555327)
Civil War: Company K, 1st California Cavalry

ROBERT S. JOHNSON was born in England on April 10, 1835; is a merchant and livery-stable keeper. Enlisted, and was commissioned captain in Company K, 1st California Cavalry, February 18, 1863; was engaged entirely in Indian warfare; was honorably discharged February 28, 1865; is a city councilman of Stockton, California. Comrade Johnson is a member of Rawlins Post, G.A.R., of Stockton; has been department inspector, senior vice-commander, and is now commander of the post; attended the 20th national encampment.
(Ward, William H. Records of Members of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a Complete Account of the Twentieth National Encampment. San Francisco, 1886; pg 538)

Robert had three children with Mary Philomela Shaw Johnson: William Russell was born in Racine, Wisconsin on March 26, 1858; Charles Robert was born in Illinois about December 1859; and Eva Louise was born in Stockton on October 27, 1861.
After the death of his first wife, he married Mary Louise Chittenden on April 19, 1870. They had two children: Jean Mary/Ida May on January 28, 1871, and Roy Steven on November 14, 1879.
Contributor: k simpson (49555327)


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