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Rev Neill Johnson

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Rev Neill Johnson

Birth
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
Death
25 Apr 1890 (aged 87)
McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Woodburn, Marion County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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Rev. Neill Johnson was baptized in the Barbecue Pesbyterian Church in North Carolina. Minister and missionary of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, he studied at Cumberland College and was licensed to preach in 1826. After having been a circuit rider, probate judge, and school master in Mississippi Valley states, he came overland with his family in 1851 via the Barlow Road. The family were stranded in the cascade Mts. until help arrived. They located at the edge of French Prairie in a community Johnson named Belpassi (or Belle Passe) meaning "Beautiful Place," near what is now Woodburn. He became prominent in the work of his church. In 1863 he moved his family to Auburn in eastern Oregon, where, to supplement his living as a preacher, he mind and operated a dairy and poultry farm, serving as county judge of Baker County in 1864. He resumed his work in Willamette Valley in 1866, settling in McMinnville where he spent the rest of his life. His wife was Esther Roelofson, whom he married in 1828. They had 10 children.
Rev. Neill Johnson was baptized in the Barbecue Pesbyterian Church in North Carolina. Minister and missionary of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, he studied at Cumberland College and was licensed to preach in 1826. After having been a circuit rider, probate judge, and school master in Mississippi Valley states, he came overland with his family in 1851 via the Barlow Road. The family were stranded in the cascade Mts. until help arrived. They located at the edge of French Prairie in a community Johnson named Belpassi (or Belle Passe) meaning "Beautiful Place," near what is now Woodburn. He became prominent in the work of his church. In 1863 he moved his family to Auburn in eastern Oregon, where, to supplement his living as a preacher, he mind and operated a dairy and poultry farm, serving as county judge of Baker County in 1864. He resumed his work in Willamette Valley in 1866, settling in McMinnville where he spent the rest of his life. His wife was Esther Roelofson, whom he married in 1828. They had 10 children.

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  • Created by: Gerald Jack
  • Added: Oct 30, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6893588/neill-johnson: accessed ), memorial page for Rev Neill Johnson (7 Sep 1802–25 Apr 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6893588, citing Belle Passi Cemetery, Woodburn, Marion County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Gerald Jack (contributor 46555684).