Jacob and Fanny (George) Johnson of Greenbrier Co, WV and Butler Co, OH

Little is known about Jacob Johnson, except that he married Fanny George in 1818 in Butler County, Ohio, and had 5 children.

Fannie George Johnson was born October 5, 1798 in what is now West Virginia, the eldest of Ann (Handley) and Reuben George's children. The George family and some of Ann's Handley siblings moved to Butler County, OH about 1812 when Fannie was a young teenager. Fannie's George grandparents are yet unknown. Her Handley grandparents were Archibald and Jean (HENDERSON) HANDLEY of Greenbrier County, WV (now Monroe Co WV). Fanny had a niece, Fanny George Colburn, daughter of Enoch George of Andrew County, MO. Eldest daughters were sometimes named after the father's mother.

Other George families living in Greenbrier County, WV may have been relatives, and this may be later clarified by DNA tests through the George Surname Project. On the Surname GEORGE Study Test Results page, Reuben George 1776 is listed. Also see George Immigrants.

In Butler County, OH, Fanny was the eldest sibling of 6 full brothers and sisters, and half sister to Isaac and Mary "Polly" GEORGE of Esther and Reuben George Sr.

The Jacob and Fannie (George) Johnson family of Butler County, OH

In 1818 Fannie married Jacob Johnson in Butler County. Fannie and Jacob had five children. Fannie died in 1851 when she was 52.

Jacob JOHNSON b. d.	married 1818 Butler County Ohio	Fanny GEORGE JOHNSON b. 5 Oct 1798 WV d. 1852
1. Reuben JOHNSON      b) 11 Dec 1818 - Butler County Ohio      d) ?
2. Sarah Ann JOHNSON      b) 19 Aug 1820 - Butler County Ohio      d) ?
3. John JOHNSON      b) 11 Oct 1822 - Butler County Ohio      d) ?	married 1840s	John Johnson married Emily (maiden name & date, unknown). They had at least one daughter, Mary Alice Johnson, born February 11, 1847.
4. Aletha "Jane" JOHNSON      b) 13 June 1824 - Butler County Ohio      d) ?
5. Rebecca JOHNSON      b) 2 Sept 1826 - Butler County Ohio      d) ?	married John N. WALTZ b. 23 July 1830 d. 4 Sept 1915 OH	Rebecca JOHNSON married John N. WALTZ Sr. about 1850. John was a carpenter who eventually made wagons with his son, George Waltz (1852-1914), a blacksmith. John and Rebecca also had two daughters, Mary Inez Waltz HALL (1854-?) and Sarah Angeletta Waltz. (1856-?)

The 4 known grandchildren of Fannie and Jacob Johnson, Butler County, OH I have no information on any marriages or children for Reuben, Sarah, or Jane JOHNSON. John and Emily JOHNSON: (1 child) John JOHNSON's wife was Emily, and they had a daughter, Mary Alice JOHNSON, born 11 February, 1847, before Grandma Fannie died (in 1851). John N. and Rebecca (JOHNSON) WALTZ: (3 children) 1. George Edgar WALTZ, born 20 July 1852, died 1914, married Senora "Anise" SIZELOVE in 1879. 2. Mary Inez Waltz HALL, born November 5 1854, married Sam HALL. (More below) 3. Sarah Angeletta Waltz, born May 27, 1856. Sarah was buried at Mt. Carmel, IN. The great-grandchildren of Fannie and Jacob Johnson, Butler County, OH by their daughter, Rebecca and John N. WALTZ George Edgar and Senora "Anise" Sizelove WALTZ (4 children)     1. G. Mabel Waltz (1881-1881)     2. "Eva" Waltz McDonald (1883-1969)     3. Jasper Waltz (1884-?) died of TB?     4. John E. Waltz (1889-1945 IN) RR accident Mary Inez (WALTZ) and Sam HALL (1 son)     1. Newton HALL Sarah Angeletta Waltz (no marriage, no children?) Fannie's great-grandson (George Edgar Waltz)'s in-laws: The Family of Senora "Anise" SIZELOVE, wife of George Edgar WALTZ Thanks to Carol at [email protected] for Sizelove information ? Waltz b. d. (m) unknown Fannie George b. 5 Oct 1798 VA d. 1852 Butler Co OH (m) Jacob Johnson b. 17-- d. ?? | | John N. Waltz b. 23 Jul 1830 OH d. 4 Sep 1915 Butler Co OH Rebecca Johnson b. 2 Sept 1826 OH d. ? Butler Co OH | George Edgar Waltz      (m) b. 1852 d. George Sizelove b. 1797/8 NC or SC d. 18-- OH (m) Rebecca Rodgers b. 1791 or '99 or 1801 (NJ or PA) d. after 1870 Samuel H. "Squire" DeARMOND b. 1805 PA d. 1888 OH (m) Sarah YOUMANS b 2 Nov 1806 d 1897 | | George Washington Sizelove b. 1831/2 d. 1908 Butler Co OH Margaret DeArmond b. 22 May 1838 Butler Co OH d. 1924 Butler Co OH | Senora "Anise" SIZELOVE b. d. George W. Sizelove's father, Airhort Sizelove (aka Erhardt Siceloff), 1740-1818. He died in Rowan County, NC, where son George married Susannah Waggoner on 3 November, 1791. George W. Sizelove b 1770 Berks Co PA Susannah Waggoner ? Rodgers ? King DeArmond Hannah Hardin ? Youmans ? George SIZELOVE b 1797 or '98 or 1801 (NC or SC) per censuses lived in Hanover, OH; retired in Oxford, OH Rebecca RODGERS b 1791 or '99 or 1801 (NJ or PA) per censuses Hanover 1850,1860; Oxford 1870 Samuel Hardin DEARMOND      b) 1805 Butler Co OH      d) 1888 Sarah YOUMANS      b) 2 Nov 1806      d) 1897 George Washington SIZELOVE      b) 1831 (or 1832)      d) ? Margaret DEARMOND      b) 22 May 1838 Butler Co OH      d) 1923 Third of 7 children: Senora "Anise" (Annis) Sizelove born 1850s? married in 1879 to George Edgar Waltz (1852-?) Fannie's great-grandson: The family of George E. and S. "Anise" (SIZELOVE) WALTZ Butler County, OH In 1879, George Edgar WALTZ (b 1852) married Senora "Anise" SIZELOVE (see chart above). George and Anise WALTZ had 4 children. G. Mabel WALTZ, their first, was born 30 July 1881. She only lived a few days, dying 6 August 1881. Bessie Evelyn ("Eva") WALTZ was born 21 January 1883. (More below) Jasper William WALTZ was born 10 March 1884. Living in Peru, IN, Jasper died of TB with no children. John E. WALTZ was born 14 May 1889. (More below) Fannie's great-great-granddaughter: The family of Eva (WALTZ) and Harry McDONALD Franklin County, IN and Butler County, OH Eva and Harry McDonald George Waltz's daughter Evelyn "Eva" WALTZ (1883-1969) married Harry McDonald around 1900. Harry was born 8 February (year unknown). Harry and Eva's farm in Franklin County, IN near Drewersburg was 8 miles west of Harrison, OH. Their only child was James Watson MacDonald, later called "Mac". (Note the change of spelling of his last name). "Mac" was born 21 July 1901. With no high school at the time in Franklin County IN, their son went to Morgan High School in Butler County, OH where he met his future wife, Lois GEORGE in Latin class. (See their class picture.) "Mac" preferred teaching over farming. When more money was needed for him to go to college, the McDonald family moved to Oxford, OH where Harry operated a dry cleaning store. Both Lois and Mac attended Otterbein College in Westerville, OH, which was a family tradition for Lois George's family. But Mac transferred back to Oxford and graduated from Miami University before marrying Lois in 1922. He began teaching in one-room schools in Indiana, became the principal at Milford High School, worked for a time at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson near Dayton (OH), and ultimately retired in 1967 as professor of American History at Grove City College in Grove City, PA. Lois and Mac, who had no children, were distant cousins: Mac's 3-great-grandmother, Fannie George Johnson and Lois's great-grandfather, Joshua George, were sister and brother. Lois died of muscular dystrophy in 1967 in Grove City, PA soon after Mac had retired. Mac lived in North Carolina for several years with his pug dog, Sir Winston, then moved to Dayton Ohio, and finally to Eaton, Ohio. He died September 25, 1994, ( his obituary is on-line), and was buried at the Oxford Cemetery. Mac and Lois from the Morgan High School class of 1919 picture Fannie's great-great-grandson: The family of John E. WALTZ Richmond, IN Rebecca and John Waltz's grandson, John E. Waltz was born May 14, 1889 to George and Anise Waltz. He was a brakeman on the C&O Railroad in Richmond, IN. He married Grace Mae ADAMS, and they had a son, John L. Waltz. Fannie's great-great-grandson: The family of Newton HALL Butler County, OH?

Rebecca and John Waltz's grandson, Newton HALL was born (in the 1880s or 1890s?) to Sam and Mary Inez Waltz HALL. Newton married and had a son, Wilber HALL, who lived in Detroit, MI.