Census: 1880 Lima, Rock Co., Wisconsin
GRAD: Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin

Parents moved from farm to Milton Junction so she could go to high school and college.

Lura Maud (Burdick) Johnson 1877-1932
Categories: First Generation Milton, Rev. John F. Randolph Officiating, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 112, No 21, p 671, May 23, 1932.
At her home in Clarkston, Wash., April 15, 1932, Mrs. Paul W. Johnson, in the fifty-fifth year of her age.
Lura M. Burdick was born September 2, 1877, in the township of Lima, in the vicinity of Milton, Wis. Her father was Silas Greenman Burdick son of Ethan Burdick. Her mother was Hannah Hull Burdick, only daughter of Rev. O. P. Hull. Her grandmother Burdick was Amy Allen and her grandmother Hull was Emma Davis.
When Lura was a little girl she publicly accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior, and was baptized by Elder Nathan Wardner. She has been a member of the Milton Junction Seventh Day Baptist Church for forty-three years.
After being graduated from high school she attended Milton College for a time and then became a successful teacher of rural schools. She spent some time in the home of her sister, Mrs. Geo. B. Shaw, in New York City and in Plainfield, N. J.
In 1903, she was married to Dr. Paul W. Johnson, son of Elder F. F. Johnson. In 1904, they located in Clarkston, Wash. The doctor's office is across the river in Lewiston, Idaho.
She is survived by her husband and by three daughters and a granddaughter: Elizabeth, wife of J. Paul Greene of Salem, N. Y.; Marjorie, wife of George H. Day of Seattle, Wash.; Helen, who is a student in Milton College; and little Helen Ruth Greene.
Mrs. Johnson was the only sister of Mrs. Shaw, and Deacon H. M. Burdick, of Milton Junction, was an only brother.
She was loyal to the Seventh Day Baptist denomination, to its publications and its schools, and to the local church of which she and her family were members. But this loyalty did not hinder her becoming a trusted leader in the social, civic and cultural activities of the city in which she lived. She was broad and liberal without being shallow. Her friends were as many as her acquaintances.
A funeral service was held in the late home in Clarkston, conducted by Rev. David Brown, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. To this service were brought more than fifty floral pieces; some were from those classed as domestic help.
Doctor Johnson and his daughters came to Milton Junction, Wis., where the funeral was held, and where burial was made. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. John Randolph, pastor of the church, and by Rev. Edwin Shaw. Mrs. Leland Shaw played the pipe organ, and the Milton College male quartet sang.
The writer may be pardoned for adding that for his four daughters, their "Aunt Lura" was an ideal woman. G. B. S.

Census: 1880 Saline, Williamson Co., Illinois
GRAD: 1898 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
GRAD: 1902 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
GRAD: 1906 Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
Residence: Abt 1907 Clarkston, Asotin Co., Washington

Member of the Milton Cornet Band June, 1898

Born on the Sabbath.

He was a great book worm. He attended college at Milton, Wis., for four years and spent four years in Northwestern Medical college in Chicago, graduating from each.

Practiced medicine into his early 70's to meet the needs during WW II.

Paul Wardner Johnson 1875-1947
"The Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Apr. 3, 1947, p 4.
Paul W. Johnson came from Stonefort, Ill. to live with Mrs. Martha Wardner on Madison ave. in the Conkey house in Milton Junction until he graduated from Milton college in 1898. After studying medicine he married Lura Burdick of Milton Junction. She died several years ago. They settled in Clarkston, Wash., and he practiced there and in Lewiston, Idaho, for 44 years, in later years specializing in X-ray and radiology.
The Clarkston Tribune describes him as "a medical, musical and cultural leader who officiated in the birth of 4,500 babies, was one of the builders of the Clarkston clinic, was a school board member who introduced music in the schools, was active in musical organizations, served as mayor, was past president of Kiwanis club, was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of the American Medical association."
Dr. Johnson is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alyce Johnson; by three daughters, Mrs. Paul Green, Milton; Mrs. George Day, Washington, D. C.; and Helen Johnson, who recently flew from China to be with him. His four grandchildren are Helen Ruth, Georgia, Paul J., and Frank Green of Milton. Dr. Johnson was afflicted with a heart ailment. Burial was in the Clarkston cemetery.
Dr. Johnson died Saturday, Mar. 22.