"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA.  HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
MONROE TOWNSHIP
PAGE 278

EDWIN JOHNSON was born in this township April 14, 1833, and is the fourth of
five children of Ashley and Lydia R. (Rhodes) Johnson;  the former a native
of North Carolina and the latter of Ohio.  Ashley Johnson emigrated to
Indiana when sixteen years old, and located in Wayne County, where he lived,
married and entered land for a home.  He died in 1870, a member of the
Friends' Society;  his wife survives him and resides in Iowa.  Edwin Johnson
remained on the home farm until April 20, 1854, at which time he married
Miss Asenath Hadley, of this county, of which union four children were the
issue--Elizabeth A., Eudora, Lydia Alice and Joseph.  Mr. Johnson owns and
manages an excellent farm, comprising 127 acres of improved and
well-appointed land, having a good residence, barns, orchards, etc., and
thoroughly stocked with horses, cattle sheep and hogs.  Mr. Johnson is a
Republican, a Prohibitionist, and he and wife are birthright members of the
Society of Friends.

Data Entry Volunteer:  Diana Flynn 

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