Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Samuel Johnson
SAMUEL JOHNSON
Samuel
Johnson, a farmer near Pharisburg, was born in Harrison County, Ohio,
January 11, 1822. His father, Elias Johnson, was born In Brooke County,
W. Va., of Welsh ancestry, July 22, 1794, and died in Ohio, December 3,
1865, He was a soldier in the war of 1812. His wife, Eliza Hide, was
born in Harrison County, Ohio, September 26, 1808, and was married when
between fourteen and fifteen years of age. They had six children,
Elias, Eliza, Elizabeth, Margaret, Louisa and Samuel. Our subject was
married March 14, 1850, to Catherine Walters, who was born in Harrison
County September 4, 1832. Her grandparents were Jacob and Magdalen
Walters, natives of Germany, and Abraham and Julia Ann (Friend) Warner.
Her mother was born November 15, 1809, and died February 28, 1880. She
was married September 10, 1829, and came to this county forty-eight
years ago. Mr. Johnson is a farmer by occupation, and owns about 260
acres of land in York and Leesburg Townships. He has resided in this
township since April 19, 1881.