Married 25 May 1896 in Hadley Anna Tweed McQueston.
Died at Brattleboro Retreat; date on death certificate is 21 January
Clifton Johnson of Hockanum Dies At Brattleboro
Author, Illustrator, and Farmer was Cofounder of Local Bookstore of Family Name
Hadley, Jan 22 – Clifton Johnson of Hockanum, author and illustrator of several score volumes, and editor of many others died today at a Brattleboro (Vt.) hospital. He would have been 75 Thursday. Cofounder of the Springfield bookstore which bears the family name, he had been a strong influence in its earlier development.
Mr. Johnson’s writings were a natural outgrowth of his art and photographic work, expressing in words the deep interest in Nature and people that was so evident in his pictures. Life in New England was his best-loved subject, and his Hockanum farm and old homestead on the bank of the Connecticut river were always the terminal of travels which covered the whole of the United States and the most of Europe.
Born at Hockanum
Born at Hockanum, January 25, 1865, Mr Johnson was the son of Chester and Jeanette (Reynolds) Johnson. He was a descendant in the fifth generation of Isaac Johnson who came to Hockanum from Connecticut shortly after the Revolution.
Ending his school education at Hopkins academy at the age of 15, Mr Johnson was in the employ of the Bridgman & Lyman bookstore at Northampton for five years. Following up his interest in art, he went to New York to study at the Art Students’ league, developing his talents and at the same time making the acquaintance of many painters who later became famous. He became a close friend of Elbridge Kingsley, widely known painter and engraver and roomed with him during his student days.
In 1890, Mr Johnson bought his first camera, and applied his knowledge of art to the technic of photography. His writing begun as correspondent for the Hampshire Gazette at Northampton and The Republican, was turned to wider fields. His illustrated articles on New England scenes soon commanded attention. In the course of taking pictures to illustrate a series of books on the beauties of New England, he collected a fund of stories from chatting with residents of the countryside, and in
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Clifton Johnson of Hockanum Dies at Brattleboro
1892, they were published in “The New England Country,” his first book.
“I wrote to explain my pictures,” Mr Johnson said. His “explanations drew the attention of several publishers, and his success became assured. Applying the same technic to other sections of the United States and Canada, as well as England, he revealed them in a new beauty and clarity of word and picture.
Nearly all of Mr Johnson’s books, including the many school books and children’s volumes he edited, were approved by the American Library association and as a result may be found in libraries throughout the United States.
Despite his travels and the work involved in his writing and illustrating Mr Johnson remained a true farmer, taking deep pride in his agricultural pursuits on the Hockanum farm. Here he did his literary work, sitting in a comfortable armchair and writing his books in longhand, a wide board across the arms of the chair serving as a desk.
In the course of his active lie, Mr Johnson came into familiar contact with such well-known men as Charles Eliot Norton, William Dean Howells, Mark Twain John Burroughs and Calvin Coolidge. He was especially an admirer of John Burroughs, who was the subject of one of his most interesting books.
In 1893, with his brother Henry R. Johnson, he founded Johnson’s bookstore at Springfield and maintained for years as active interest in the business. In 1895, D. Appleton & Co sent Mr Johnson abroad to make illustrations for a new edition of White’s “Natural History of Selborne.” In the following year Dodd Mead & Co, noting his wor, sent him abroad again to obtain illustrations for Ian MacLaren’s “Bonnie Brier Bush ad Barrie’s “Window in Thrums.” On a third trip to England, the Hockanum photographer illustrated Jane Barlow’s “Irish Idylls” and Dicken’s “Child History of England.” From these travels he collected studies of countryfolk in England, Ireland, Scotland and France, which were published in magazine articles and in his book, “Among English Hedgerows.”
These ventures in foreign fiels were far outnumbered by his works on New England. Among the latter were “What They Say in New England,” “New England and Its Neighbors, “The Farmer’s Boy,” The Country School,” Historic Hampshire in the Connecticut, and many others.
Mr Johnson devoted much time and energy to his home community. He made a number of gifts to the First Congregational church and to the schools here, and presented the town a souvenir volume published in connection with a celebration of the anniversary of the town’s founding. During the many years of his active life, he made many friends in Springfield.
Mr Johnson leaves his widow, Mrs Anna (McQueston) Johnson; two daughters Mrs Walter Rutter of Wakefield and Mrs Hector Kay of Montreal, Can.; three sons, Capt Irving Johnson globe-girdling skipper of the schooner Yankee and hiself an author; Arthur S Johnson of Longmeadow vice-president of Johnson’s bookstore; Roger Johnson of Hockanum; his brother Henry R Johnson of Springfield, president of the bookstore; and a sister, Mrs John F Simons of this city.
The funeral will be held at the First Congregational church Hadley, Wednesday afternoon at 2.30. Private committal services will be held following at Hockanum cemetery.
(The Springfield Daily Republican, Springfield, Mass, Tuesday 23 January 1940, pp1-2)
Died at Brattleboro Retreat; date on death certificate is 21 January
Clifton Johnson of Hockanum Dies At Brattleboro
Author, Illustrator, and Farmer was Cofounder of Local Bookstore of Family Name
Hadley, Jan 22 – Clifton Johnson of Hockanum, author and illustrator of several score volumes, and editor of many others died today at a Brattleboro (Vt.) hospital. He would have been 75 Thursday. Cofounder of the Springfield bookstore which bears the family name, he had been a strong influence in its earlier development.
Mr. Johnson’s writings were a natural outgrowth of his art and photographic work, expressing in words the deep interest in Nature and people that was so evident in his pictures. Life in New England was his best-loved subject, and his Hockanum farm and old homestead on the bank of the Connecticut river were always the terminal of travels which covered the whole of the United States and the most of Europe.
Born at Hockanum
Born at Hockanum, January 25, 1865, Mr Johnson was the son of Chester and Jeanette (Reynolds) Johnson. He was a descendant in the fifth generation of Isaac Johnson who came to Hockanum from Connecticut shortly after the Revolution.
Ending his school education at Hopkins academy at the age of 15, Mr Johnson was in the employ of the Bridgman & Lyman bookstore at Northampton for five years. Following up his interest in art, he went to New York to study at the Art Students’ league, developing his talents and at the same time making the acquaintance of many painters who later became famous. He became a close friend of Elbridge Kingsley, widely known painter and engraver and roomed with him during his student days.
In 1890, Mr Johnson bought his first camera, and applied his knowledge of art to the technic of photography. His writing begun as correspondent for the Hampshire Gazette at Northampton and The Republican, was turned to wider fields. His illustrated articles on New England scenes soon commanded attention. In the course of taking pictures to illustrate a series of books on the beauties of New England, he collected a fund of stories from chatting with residents of the countryside, and in
(Continued on Second Page)
Clifton Johnson of Hockanum Dies at Brattleboro
1892, they were published in “The New England Country,” his first book.
“I wrote to explain my pictures,” Mr Johnson said. His “explanations drew the attention of several publishers, and his success became assured. Applying the same technic to other sections of the United States and Canada, as well as England, he revealed them in a new beauty and clarity of word and picture.
Nearly all of Mr Johnson’s books, including the many school books and children’s volumes he edited, were approved by the American Library association and as a result may be found in libraries throughout the United States.
Despite his travels and the work involved in his writing and illustrating Mr Johnson remained a true farmer, taking deep pride in his agricultural pursuits on the Hockanum farm. Here he did his literary work, sitting in a comfortable armchair and writing his books in longhand, a wide board across the arms of the chair serving as a desk.
In the course of his active lie, Mr Johnson came into familiar contact with such well-known men as Charles Eliot Norton, William Dean Howells, Mark Twain John Burroughs and Calvin Coolidge. He was especially an admirer of John Burroughs, who was the subject of one of his most interesting books.
In 1893, with his brother Henry R. Johnson, he founded Johnson’s bookstore at Springfield and maintained for years as active interest in the business. In 1895, D. Appleton & Co sent Mr Johnson abroad to make illustrations for a new edition of White’s “Natural History of Selborne.” In the following year Dodd Mead & Co, noting his wor, sent him abroad again to obtain illustrations for Ian MacLaren’s “Bonnie Brier Bush ad Barrie’s “Window in Thrums.” On a third trip to England, the Hockanum photographer illustrated Jane Barlow’s “Irish Idylls” and Dicken’s “Child History of England.” From these travels he collected studies of countryfolk in England, Ireland, Scotland and France, which were published in magazine articles and in his book, “Among English Hedgerows.”
These ventures in foreign fiels were far outnumbered by his works on New England. Among the latter were “What They Say in New England,” “New England and Its Neighbors, “The Farmer’s Boy,” The Country School,” Historic Hampshire in the Connecticut, and many others.
Mr Johnson devoted much time and energy to his home community. He made a number of gifts to the First Congregational church and to the schools here, and presented the town a souvenir volume published in connection with a celebration of the anniversary of the town’s founding. During the many years of his active life, he made many friends in Springfield.
Mr Johnson leaves his widow, Mrs Anna (McQueston) Johnson; two daughters Mrs Walter Rutter of Wakefield and Mrs Hector Kay of Montreal, Can.; three sons, Capt Irving Johnson globe-girdling skipper of the schooner Yankee and hiself an author; Arthur S Johnson of Longmeadow vice-president of Johnson’s bookstore; Roger Johnson of Hockanum; his brother Henry R Johnson of Springfield, president of the bookstore; and a sister, Mrs John F Simons of this city.
The funeral will be held at the First Congregational church Hadley, Wednesday afternoon at 2.30. Private committal services will be held following at Hockanum cemetery.
(The Springfield Daily Republican, Springfield, Mass, Tuesday 23 January 1940, pp1-2)
Married 25 May 1896 in Hadley Anna Tweed McQueston.
Died at Brattleboro Retreat; date on death certificate is 21 January
Clifton Johnson of Hockanum Dies At Brattleboro
Author, Illustrator, and Farmer was Cofounder of Local Bookstore of Family Name
Hadley, Jan 22 – Clifton Johnson of Hockanum, author and illustrator of several score volumes, and editor of many others died today at a Brattleboro (Vt.) hospital. He would have been 75 Thursday. Cofounder of the Springfield bookstore which bears the family name, he had been a strong influence in its earlier development.
Mr. Johnson’s writings were a natural outgrowth of his art and photographic work, expressing in words the deep interest in Nature and people that was so evident in his pictures. Life in New England was his best-loved subject, and his Hockanum farm and old homestead on the bank of the Connecticut river were always the terminal of travels which covered the whole of the United States and the most of Europe.
Born at Hockanum
Born at Hockanum, January 25, 1865, Mr Johnson was the son of Chester and Jeanette (Reynolds) Johnson. He was a descendant in the fifth generation of Isaac Johnson who came to Hockanum from Connecticut shortly after the Revolution.
Ending his school education at Hopkins academy at the age of 15, Mr Johnson was in the employ of the Bridgman & Lyman bookstore at Northampton for five years. Following up his interest in art, he went to New York to study at the Art Students’ league, developing his talents and at the same time making the acquaintance of many painters who later became famous. He became a close friend of Elbridge Kingsley, widely known painter and engraver and roomed with him during his student days.
In 1890, Mr Johnson bought his first camera, and applied his knowledge of art to the technic of photography. His writing begun as correspondent for the Hampshire Gazette at Northampton and The Republican, was turned to wider fields. His illustrated articles on New England scenes soon commanded attention. In the course of taking pictures to illustrate a series of books on the beauties of New England, he collected a fund of stories from chatting with residents of the countryside, and in
(Continued on Second Page)
Clifton Johnson of Hockanum Dies at Brattleboro
1892, they were published in “The New England Country,” his first book.
“I wrote to explain my pictures,” Mr Johnson said. His “explanations drew the attention of several publishers, and his success became assured. Applying the same technic to other sections of the United States and Canada, as well as England, he revealed them in a new beauty and clarity of word and picture.
Nearly all of Mr Johnson’s books, including the many school books and children’s volumes he edited, were approved by the American Library association and as a result may be found in libraries throughout the United States.
Despite his travels and the work involved in his writing and illustrating Mr Johnson remained a true farmer, taking deep pride in his agricultural pursuits on the Hockanum farm. Here he did his literary work, sitting in a comfortable armchair and writing his books in longhand, a wide board across the arms of the chair serving as a desk.
In the course of his active lie, Mr Johnson came into familiar contact with such well-known men as Charles Eliot Norton, William Dean Howells, Mark Twain John Burroughs and Calvin Coolidge. He was especially an admirer of John Burroughs, who was the subject of one of his most interesting books.
In 1893, with his brother Henry R. Johnson, he founded Johnson’s bookstore at Springfield and maintained for years as active interest in the business. In 1895, D. Appleton & Co sent Mr Johnson abroad to make illustrations for a new edition of White’s “Natural History of Selborne.” In the following year Dodd Mead & Co, noting his wor, sent him abroad again to obtain illustrations for Ian MacLaren’s “Bonnie Brier Bush ad Barrie’s “Window in Thrums.” On a third trip to England, the Hockanum photographer illustrated Jane Barlow’s “Irish Idylls” and Dicken’s “Child History of England.” From these travels he collected studies of countryfolk in England, Ireland, Scotland and France, which were published in magazine articles and in his book, “Among English Hedgerows.”
These ventures in foreign fiels were far outnumbered by his works on New England. Among the latter were “What They Say in New England,” “New England and Its Neighbors, “The Farmer’s Boy,” The Country School,” Historic Hampshire in the Connecticut, and many others.
Mr Johnson devoted much time and energy to his home community. He made a number of gifts to the First Congregational church and to the schools here, and presented the town a souvenir volume published in connection with a celebration of the anniversary of the town’s founding. During the many years of his active life, he made many friends in Springfield.
Mr Johnson leaves his widow, Mrs Anna (McQueston) Johnson; two daughters Mrs Walter Rutter of Wakefield and Mrs Hector Kay of Montreal, Can.; three sons, Capt Irving Johnson globe-girdling skipper of the schooner Yankee and hiself an author; Arthur S Johnson of Longmeadow vice-president of Johnson’s bookstore; Roger Johnson of Hockanum; his brother Henry R Johnson of Springfield, president of the bookstore; and a sister, Mrs John F Simons of this city.
The funeral will be held at the First Congregational church Hadley, Wednesday afternoon at 2.30. Private committal services will be held following at Hockanum cemetery.
(The Springfield Daily Republican, Springfield, Mass, Tuesday 23 January 1940, pp1-2)
Died at Brattleboro Retreat; date on death certificate is 21 January
Clifton Johnson of Hockanum Dies At Brattleboro
Author, Illustrator, and Farmer was Cofounder of Local Bookstore of Family Name
Hadley, Jan 22 – Clifton Johnson of Hockanum, author and illustrator of several score volumes, and editor of many others died today at a Brattleboro (Vt.) hospital. He would have been 75 Thursday. Cofounder of the Springfield bookstore which bears the family name, he had been a strong influence in its earlier development.
Mr. Johnson’s writings were a natural outgrowth of his art and photographic work, expressing in words the deep interest in Nature and people that was so evident in his pictures. Life in New England was his best-loved subject, and his Hockanum farm and old homestead on the bank of the Connecticut river were always the terminal of travels which covered the whole of the United States and the most of Europe.
Born at Hockanum
Born at Hockanum, January 25, 1865, Mr Johnson was the son of Chester and Jeanette (Reynolds) Johnson. He was a descendant in the fifth generation of Isaac Johnson who came to Hockanum from Connecticut shortly after the Revolution.
Ending his school education at Hopkins academy at the age of 15, Mr Johnson was in the employ of the Bridgman & Lyman bookstore at Northampton for five years. Following up his interest in art, he went to New York to study at the Art Students’ league, developing his talents and at the same time making the acquaintance of many painters who later became famous. He became a close friend of Elbridge Kingsley, widely known painter and engraver and roomed with him during his student days.
In 1890, Mr Johnson bought his first camera, and applied his knowledge of art to the technic of photography. His writing begun as correspondent for the Hampshire Gazette at Northampton and The Republican, was turned to wider fields. His illustrated articles on New England scenes soon commanded attention. In the course of taking pictures to illustrate a series of books on the beauties of New England, he collected a fund of stories from chatting with residents of the countryside, and in
(Continued on Second Page)
Clifton Johnson of Hockanum Dies at Brattleboro
1892, they were published in “The New England Country,” his first book.
“I wrote to explain my pictures,” Mr Johnson said. His “explanations drew the attention of several publishers, and his success became assured. Applying the same technic to other sections of the United States and Canada, as well as England, he revealed them in a new beauty and clarity of word and picture.
Nearly all of Mr Johnson’s books, including the many school books and children’s volumes he edited, were approved by the American Library association and as a result may be found in libraries throughout the United States.
Despite his travels and the work involved in his writing and illustrating Mr Johnson remained a true farmer, taking deep pride in his agricultural pursuits on the Hockanum farm. Here he did his literary work, sitting in a comfortable armchair and writing his books in longhand, a wide board across the arms of the chair serving as a desk.
In the course of his active lie, Mr Johnson came into familiar contact with such well-known men as Charles Eliot Norton, William Dean Howells, Mark Twain John Burroughs and Calvin Coolidge. He was especially an admirer of John Burroughs, who was the subject of one of his most interesting books.
In 1893, with his brother Henry R. Johnson, he founded Johnson’s bookstore at Springfield and maintained for years as active interest in the business. In 1895, D. Appleton & Co sent Mr Johnson abroad to make illustrations for a new edition of White’s “Natural History of Selborne.” In the following year Dodd Mead & Co, noting his wor, sent him abroad again to obtain illustrations for Ian MacLaren’s “Bonnie Brier Bush ad Barrie’s “Window in Thrums.” On a third trip to England, the Hockanum photographer illustrated Jane Barlow’s “Irish Idylls” and Dicken’s “Child History of England.” From these travels he collected studies of countryfolk in England, Ireland, Scotland and France, which were published in magazine articles and in his book, “Among English Hedgerows.”
These ventures in foreign fiels were far outnumbered by his works on New England. Among the latter were “What They Say in New England,” “New England and Its Neighbors, “The Farmer’s Boy,” The Country School,” Historic Hampshire in the Connecticut, and many others.
Mr Johnson devoted much time and energy to his home community. He made a number of gifts to the First Congregational church and to the schools here, and presented the town a souvenir volume published in connection with a celebration of the anniversary of the town’s founding. During the many years of his active life, he made many friends in Springfield.
Mr Johnson leaves his widow, Mrs Anna (McQueston) Johnson; two daughters Mrs Walter Rutter of Wakefield and Mrs Hector Kay of Montreal, Can.; three sons, Capt Irving Johnson globe-girdling skipper of the schooner Yankee and hiself an author; Arthur S Johnson of Longmeadow vice-president of Johnson’s bookstore; Roger Johnson of Hockanum; his brother Henry R Johnson of Springfield, president of the bookstore; and a sister, Mrs John F Simons of this city.
The funeral will be held at the First Congregational church Hadley, Wednesday afternoon at 2.30. Private committal services will be held following at Hockanum cemetery.
(The Springfield Daily Republican, Springfield, Mass, Tuesday 23 January 1940, pp1-2)
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