Above birthdate is from a Bible record; he was born at his father's farm near Waldron in Platte County, Missouri. Alternate birthdate of 13 November 1871 (old unknown family source) conforms with the 1880 census. Tombstone says he was born in 1869.
On 21 October 1894 he married Bessie Nancy Conger and they had two sons, Emmet Lee Johnson and Stanley Conger Johnson, and later were divorced.
Myron Ernest Johnson (1892-1968) had this recollection about his uncle in his autobiography (written c. 1956-1962): "Lawn was educated as a doctor. One night when Uncle Lawn was practicing medicine, he was called to the Mexican quarters and some Mexicans jumped him and seriously injured him, though no one knew why. Soon after that he quit the practice of medicine and it was thought that his experience with the Mexicans had much to do with it. He worked for several years for the Kansas City Post [newspaper] and I recall going there as a young man and asking him for a job with the Post. I did not know it at the time, but I was not fit for any job that the Post might have available because of a lack of training and education. Uncle Lawn was a pressman and lost an arm while working about the presses. It is said that Uncle Lawn drank pretty heavily and it is possible that this might have contributed to the accident that caused him to lose his arm."
Joseph Alonzo Johnson died at the Pressmen's Home in Rogersville, Hawkins Co., Tennessee and was buried at the cemetery there.
His obituary appeared in The Knoxville Journal, June 9, 1934:
Dr. J. A. Johnson.
Rogersville, June 8. -- Funeral services will be held in Memorial chapel at Pressman's [sic] Home here Sunday at 2 p.m. for Dr. J. A. Johnson, 62, for the past 14 years assistant medical director at the Pressman's Home sanitorium, who died late last night after an illness of several months. Masons will be in charge of the burial service.
Surviving is a son, Emmett Johnson, of China.
Dr. Johnson came here from Kansas City.
On 21 October 1894 he married Bessie Nancy Conger and they had two sons, Emmet Lee Johnson and Stanley Conger Johnson, and later were divorced.
Myron Ernest Johnson (1892-1968) had this recollection about his uncle in his autobiography (written c. 1956-1962): "Lawn was educated as a doctor. One night when Uncle Lawn was practicing medicine, he was called to the Mexican quarters and some Mexicans jumped him and seriously injured him, though no one knew why. Soon after that he quit the practice of medicine and it was thought that his experience with the Mexicans had much to do with it. He worked for several years for the Kansas City Post [newspaper] and I recall going there as a young man and asking him for a job with the Post. I did not know it at the time, but I was not fit for any job that the Post might have available because of a lack of training and education. Uncle Lawn was a pressman and lost an arm while working about the presses. It is said that Uncle Lawn drank pretty heavily and it is possible that this might have contributed to the accident that caused him to lose his arm."
Joseph Alonzo Johnson died at the Pressmen's Home in Rogersville, Hawkins Co., Tennessee and was buried at the cemetery there.
His obituary appeared in The Knoxville Journal, June 9, 1934:
Dr. J. A. Johnson.
Rogersville, June 8. -- Funeral services will be held in Memorial chapel at Pressman's [sic] Home here Sunday at 2 p.m. for Dr. J. A. Johnson, 62, for the past 14 years assistant medical director at the Pressman's Home sanitorium, who died late last night after an illness of several months. Masons will be in charge of the burial service.
Surviving is a son, Emmett Johnson, of China.
Dr. Johnson came here from Kansas City.
Above birthdate is from a Bible record; he was born at his father's farm near Waldron in Platte County, Missouri. Alternate birthdate of 13 November 1871 (old unknown family source) conforms with the 1880 census. Tombstone says he was born in 1869.
On 21 October 1894 he married Bessie Nancy Conger and they had two sons, Emmet Lee Johnson and Stanley Conger Johnson, and later were divorced.
Myron Ernest Johnson (1892-1968) had this recollection about his uncle in his autobiography (written c. 1956-1962): "Lawn was educated as a doctor. One night when Uncle Lawn was practicing medicine, he was called to the Mexican quarters and some Mexicans jumped him and seriously injured him, though no one knew why. Soon after that he quit the practice of medicine and it was thought that his experience with the Mexicans had much to do with it. He worked for several years for the Kansas City Post [newspaper] and I recall going there as a young man and asking him for a job with the Post. I did not know it at the time, but I was not fit for any job that the Post might have available because of a lack of training and education. Uncle Lawn was a pressman and lost an arm while working about the presses. It is said that Uncle Lawn drank pretty heavily and it is possible that this might have contributed to the accident that caused him to lose his arm."
Joseph Alonzo Johnson died at the Pressmen's Home in Rogersville, Hawkins Co., Tennessee and was buried at the cemetery there.
His obituary appeared in The Knoxville Journal, June 9, 1934:
Dr. J. A. Johnson.
Rogersville, June 8. -- Funeral services will be held in Memorial chapel at Pressman's [sic] Home here Sunday at 2 p.m. for Dr. J. A. Johnson, 62, for the past 14 years assistant medical director at the Pressman's Home sanitorium, who died late last night after an illness of several months. Masons will be in charge of the burial service.
Surviving is a son, Emmett Johnson, of China.
Dr. Johnson came here from Kansas City.
On 21 October 1894 he married Bessie Nancy Conger and they had two sons, Emmet Lee Johnson and Stanley Conger Johnson, and later were divorced.
Myron Ernest Johnson (1892-1968) had this recollection about his uncle in his autobiography (written c. 1956-1962): "Lawn was educated as a doctor. One night when Uncle Lawn was practicing medicine, he was called to the Mexican quarters and some Mexicans jumped him and seriously injured him, though no one knew why. Soon after that he quit the practice of medicine and it was thought that his experience with the Mexicans had much to do with it. He worked for several years for the Kansas City Post [newspaper] and I recall going there as a young man and asking him for a job with the Post. I did not know it at the time, but I was not fit for any job that the Post might have available because of a lack of training and education. Uncle Lawn was a pressman and lost an arm while working about the presses. It is said that Uncle Lawn drank pretty heavily and it is possible that this might have contributed to the accident that caused him to lose his arm."
Joseph Alonzo Johnson died at the Pressmen's Home in Rogersville, Hawkins Co., Tennessee and was buried at the cemetery there.
His obituary appeared in The Knoxville Journal, June 9, 1934:
Dr. J. A. Johnson.
Rogersville, June 8. -- Funeral services will be held in Memorial chapel at Pressman's [sic] Home here Sunday at 2 p.m. for Dr. J. A. Johnson, 62, for the past 14 years assistant medical director at the Pressman's Home sanitorium, who died late last night after an illness of several months. Masons will be in charge of the burial service.
Surviving is a son, Emmett Johnson, of China.
Dr. Johnson came here from Kansas City.
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Joseph A. Johnson M.D.
Born 1869
Platt Co. Missouri
Died 1934
Pressmen's Home Tenn.
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