ELEANOR (Elinore, Ellinor) J. JOHNSON was born April, 1835 in Ohio. Her father's last name was "YONSON." She was said to have been born in LaRue, Ohio. She died in Houston, Texas, on May 24, 1921.
Eleanor J. Johnson married John Montgomery Canfield, also from Ohio. Children of Eleanor J. Johnson and John Montgomery Canfield are:
1. Ella L. Canfield, b. September 21, 1855, d. January 15, 1942
2. Sofia Canfield, b. 1856, d. 1860
3. William Byron Canfield, b. November 3, 1958, d. 1942, d. abt. 1930
4. Clemer Canfield, b. 1860 or 1861, d. 1867 or 1868.
5. Mary Frances (or Francis Marion) Canfield, b. March 19, 1863, d. March 30, 1937.
6. John Mark Canfield, b. January 21, 1864, d. October 14, 1947.
7. Hugh Elsworth Canfield, b. April 1, 1865, d. April 3, 1959.
8. Samuel Ernest Canfield, b. April 14, 1869, d. 1953
9. Erston Albert Canfield, b. November 15, 1872, d. May 17, 1967.
10. Carrie Jane Canfield, b. January 24, 1874, d. January 5, 1950.
11. Stillborn Infant 1 Canfield
12. Elizabeth Mae "Lizzie" Canfield, b. May 26, 1876, d. March 12, 1965.
13. Stillborn Infant 2 Canfield
14. Clarence Smith Canfield, b. April 28, 1878, d. December 20, 1947.
15. Grace Iona Canfield, b. April 9, 1881, d. July 25, 1943.
Eleanor J. Canfield is listed in the 1911 Houston, Texas City Directory as being the widow of J. M. Canfield. She is buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Texas.
NOTES FROM ELEANOR PFLUG-RUNDUS:
After John Montgomery Canfield and Eleanor Johnson were married, they moved to Illinois where they lived for several years. In the late 1850s, John went to New Lancaster, Lykins County (now Miami), Kansas, where he staked a claim and built a cabin on the land. He sent for his family: wife, Eleanor, and children, Ella, Sophia and (William) Byron. The family went west in a covered wagon along with Grandpa McNelly (Eleanor's grandfather) and his big family. Eleanor rode Ella's horse most of the way. Eleanor's sister, Ann Caroline Johnson (1829-1918), and Caroline's husband, David Taylor Hewitt along with his brother, Ed, who lived with them, went in a covered wagon to Kansas. This was in about 1860. When the Civil War started, Hewitt's went back to Ohio. Eleanor stayed in New Lancaster, KS when John went into service (Civil War -- Confederate). John M. was in service three years. When he first left, Eleanor was afraid of the bushwhackers and the Indians. At night she and the children went out the back window of the cabin and spent the night in the cornfield. She later decided they could not continue. When Indians came to get water from her well she greeted them with a pan of apples.
Eleanor Johnson was born in April 1835 in Marion, OH(?). She died on May 24, 1921, in Houston, Texas. She was buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston. She was of Swedish, English & German descent. A grandfather served in the Revolutionary War as Aide de Camp to General George Washington. Her family lived in LaRue, OH.
NOTES ABOUT ANN CAROLINE JOHNSON-HEWITT, Eleanor's sister --
From "Marion County, Ohio - Marriages Volume IV - Sep 1850 - May 1855 (F-K) Extracted by Allen L. Potts, February 14, 1855" (From Internet)
Name: HEWITT, DAVID T. (Taylor)
Spouse: JOHNSON (Ann) CAROLINE
Marriage Date: 6/19/1851
Officiator: JP JAMES C. BALDWIN
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