John W Johnson

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• Name	John W Johnson  [1, 2]
  Born	Aug 1837 Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1838
  Veteran	Civil War: Corporal Co. D. 45th USCT [2, 3]
  Died	22 Jun 1909 Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 4]
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 3, 5]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	John W Johnson was born in August 1837 in Pennsylvania. He joined the 42nd United States Colored Troops, and served as a private in Co. C. during the Civil War. It was most likely after the war that he married Betty Bliss Carey, perhaps in Harrisburg, though no marriage record could be found. He was an active and esteemed member of the community, a member of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, and was a Prince Hall Freemason. He died, after a stroke, on June 22, 1909, in Steelton, Pennsylvania, at the age of 71, and he is one of the many Civil War Veterans buried in Harrisburg’s Lincoln Cemetery. His wife Betty died a year later, and she was laid to rest beside him. Although John’s obituary mentions no survivors, Betty’s death notice says she left two sons. "John W. Johnson was born in about 1837 and went on to become a private in Company D, 45th United States Colored Troops. He was eventually promoted to corporal of the company and was “mustered out” on November 4, 1865. He was married to Betty B. Johnson and died at seventy-two years old on June 22, 1909. Johnson is buried in Lincoln Cemetery in Penbrook, Pennsylvania." "Johnson, John W.," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/33421.
  Person ID	I8564 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Father	Father Unknown Johnson b. Abt 1810
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mother Unknown Johnson b. Abt 1810
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2852 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Betty Bliss Carey (Age 62 years) b. 18 Jun 1848, Maryland, USA d. 8 Jul 1910, Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)
  Married	Y  [2]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F3132 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S254] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 Record. [S993] Dickinson College Archives, (Name: The Archives and Special Collections Department of Dickinson College; Location: Carlisle, PA; Date: 2020;), Johnson, John W. John W. Johnson was born in about 1837 and went on to become a private in Company D, 45th United States Colored Troops. He was eventually promoted to corporal of the company and was “mustered out” on November 4, 1865. He was married to Betty B. Johnson and died at seventy-two years old on June 22, 1909. Johnson is buried in Lincoln Cemetery in Penbrook, Pennsylvania. https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/33421 [S632] Lincoln Cemetery Grave Markers, Rachael Williams, (Name: SavingOurAncestorsLegacy; Location: Pennsylvania; Date: 2021;), Johnson, John W. Block E. 45th USCT. [S2091] Newspapers.com - Harrisburg Daily Independent - 24 Jun 1909 - Page 7, (Name: Harrisburg Daily Independent; Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Date: 24 Jun 1909;), Obituary for JOHN M. JOHNSON (Aged 60) 24 Jun 1909. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101499729/obituary-for-john-m-johnson-aged-60/?xid=637 [S4] Findagrave, (Location: Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: 1885;), John W “J W” Johnson 22 Jun 1909. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123586754/john-w-johnson