Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.
Charles Blanchard, Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884. 

MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
BAKER TOWNSHIP
PAGE 365

PRESLEY JOHNSON, stock-raiser and farmer, was born August 15, 1835, in
Monroe County, Ind., and is the fourth of the family of Joab and Elizabeth (Smith)
Johnson, natives of Tennessee, who emigrated to this State in 1832, settled in Mon-
roe County and entered and improved 240 acres, and where Mr. Johnson died Oct-
ober 12, 1846.  After the death of his father, our subject labored on the home farm,
as a consquence of which his educational advantages were spare.  January 20, 1859,
he married Miss Louisa, daughter of John and Lucy (Newton) Hodges, to which
union were bestowed two children--Mary Jane and Jarvis J.  Mr. Johnson was elected
Trustee of this township for two terms of two years each.  He is a member of the I. O.
O. F., and in politics is a Democrat.  In 1867, he settled near where he now resides on
a proptrietary farm of 256 acres, well cultivated, improved, and stocked with short-
horn cattle.  He is now mainly engaged in raising stock, and is comfortably situated,
having given to his children and sold about 200 acres.  Mr. Johnson is an enterprising
and esteemed citizen, and, with his wife, a member of the Christian Church.

Data Entry Volunteer:  Diana Flynn 

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