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Biography of James Derham Johnson
Born MArch 30, 1788, in Hanover, Morris Co., N.J.
Died August 3, 1860 in Morristown, N.J.
He was the son of Richard Johnson and Martha Raynor
Education - Yale, B.A. 1813
He was engaged in the business of instruction from the time of his graduation to near the close of life; never undertaking other employment, except that during a few years he was occupied in collecting funds for the Seamen's Home Society of Norfolk, Va.
After teaching a while in private families in New Jersey, he was in May, 1814, invited to be the Principal of the Morris Academy in his native county, which position he occupied till April 1821.
In December 1821 he accepted an invitation to take charge of Oxford Academy, N.C. where he remained till 1833. In October 1833 he removed to Norfolk, Va, where he taught a select classical school with, much reputation and success for sixteen years, until his health began to be impaired.
After journeying a year or two, he returned to his loved vocation, and in 1850 opened a select high school, which he continued till the year 1855. He then returned to his old homestead in Morristown, and in that place established a select school for ladies which he taught for about two years, when the increasing infirmities of age induced him to retire from a field of labor which he had so long and so well cultivated.
Source - Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College Deceased During the Year Ending, July 1861.
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Contributed by Cate Daley (#48382957).
Biography of James Derham Johnson
Born MArch 30, 1788, in Hanover, Morris Co., N.J.
Died August 3, 1860 in Morristown, N.J.
He was the son of Richard Johnson and Martha Raynor
Education - Yale, B.A. 1813
He was engaged in the business of instruction from the time of his graduation to near the close of life; never undertaking other employment, except that during a few years he was occupied in collecting funds for the Seamen's Home Society of Norfolk, Va.
After teaching a while in private families in New Jersey, he was in May, 1814, invited to be the Principal of the Morris Academy in his native county, which position he occupied till April 1821.
In December 1821 he accepted an invitation to take charge of Oxford Academy, N.C. where he remained till 1833. In October 1833 he removed to Norfolk, Va, where he taught a select classical school with, much reputation and success for sixteen years, until his health began to be impaired.
After journeying a year or two, he returned to his loved vocation, and in 1850 opened a select high school, which he continued till the year 1855. He then returned to his old homestead in Morristown, and in that place established a select school for ladies which he taught for about two years, when the increasing infirmities of age induced him to retire from a field of labor which he had so long and so well cultivated.
Source - Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College Deceased During the Year Ending, July 1861.
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Contributed by Cate Daley (#48382957).
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Biography of James Derham Johnson
Born MArch 30, 1788, in Hanover, Morris Co., N.J.
Died August 3, 1860 in Morristown, N.J.
He was the son of Richard Johnson and Martha Raynor
Education - Yale, B.A. 1813
He was engaged in the business of instruction from the time of his graduation to near the close of life; never undertaking other employment, except that during a few years he was occupied in collecting funds for the Seamen's Home Society of Norfolk, Va.
After teaching a while in private families in New Jersey, he was in May, 1814, invited to be the Principal of the Morris Academy in his native county, which position he occupied till April 1821.
In December 1821 he accepted an invitation to take charge of Oxford Academy, N.C. where he remained till 1833. In October 1833 he removed to Norfolk, Va, where he taught a select classical school with, much reputation and success for sixteen years, until his health began to be impaired.
After journeying a year or two, he returned to his loved vocation, and in 1850 opened a select high school, which he continued till the year 1855. He then returned to his old homestead in Morristown, and in that place established a select school for ladies which he taught for about two years, when the increasing infirmities of age induced him to retire from a field of labor which he had so long and so well cultivated.
Source - Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College Deceased During the Year Ending, July 1861.
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Contributed by Cate Daley (#48382957).
Biography of James Derham Johnson
Born MArch 30, 1788, in Hanover, Morris Co., N.J.
Died August 3, 1860 in Morristown, N.J.
He was the son of Richard Johnson and Martha Raynor
Education - Yale, B.A. 1813
He was engaged in the business of instruction from the time of his graduation to near the close of life; never undertaking other employment, except that during a few years he was occupied in collecting funds for the Seamen's Home Society of Norfolk, Va.
After teaching a while in private families in New Jersey, he was in May, 1814, invited to be the Principal of the Morris Academy in his native county, which position he occupied till April 1821.
In December 1821 he accepted an invitation to take charge of Oxford Academy, N.C. where he remained till 1833. In October 1833 he removed to Norfolk, Va, where he taught a select classical school with, much reputation and success for sixteen years, until his health began to be impaired.
After journeying a year or two, he returned to his loved vocation, and in 1850 opened a select high school, which he continued till the year 1855. He then returned to his old homestead in Morristown, and in that place established a select school for ladies which he taught for about two years, when the increasing infirmities of age induced him to retire from a field of labor which he had so long and so well cultivated.
Source - Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College Deceased During the Year Ending, July 1861.
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Contributed by Cate Daley (#48382957).
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