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��Bennett Willson Johns; one daughter: Ruth V., b. Dec. 5, 1874 (now Mrs. A. S. Kerfoot of Lemon Grove, Cal.). Owned and had charge of a book bindery, 1S87-91; was first matron of Charlton Cottage for Young Ladies at Ottawa Univ., 1882- 83; asa't postmaster at Olympia, Wash., for seven years beginning April 16, 1898. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Republican. Mem. Eastern Star (past matron), Rebecca Lodge, Woman's Re- lief Corps (pres.). Ladies' Relief Soc., Woman's Club of Olympia (pres. three times). Country Club of Olympia, Wash. Has traveled ex- tensively in U.S.; trip to Europe, 1910. In the Territorial days of Washington, when women were allowed to vote, took an active part in politics; was twice mem. Republican County Convention, and once of Republican Territorial Convention.
JOHNSON, Mrs. Adelaide, home and studio, 37 W. Twelfth St., N.Y. City; studio, 20 Vicolo dl San Nlccolo da Tolentino, Rome. Italy. Artist, sculptor; b. Plymouth, 111.; dau. Chris- topher William and Margaret Elizabeth (Huff) Johnson; ed. in various schools at home and abroad. Her early years were full of struggle, and her career was achieved through many diffi- culties. Known as the sculptress of famous women and especially of those who have led in the upward movements of the age. Among her productions are statues of Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in the Corcoran Gallery at Washington; Dr. Helen Densmore of Washington, Gen. John A. Logan, John Burroughs, the naturalist; Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont, Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth (one of founders of Daughters ot American Revolution). Deeply interested in the woman suffrage ques- tion; mem. Woman's Social and Political Union of England (Mrs. Pankhurst's society) ; patroness of the International Council of Women; mem. International Vegetarian Union, Lyceum Club (international), London (representative in New York); active in work of organizing American Lyceum Club (national) to be located in N.Y. City and affiliated with the international Lyceum Club of London and its continental branches at Paris, Berlin, Florence and Rome; honorary mem. Chicago Woman's Club of N.Y. City.
JOHNSON, Alice Adams (Mrs. Edward Lewis Johnson), 91 Prospect St., Providence, R.I. Bom Pawtucket, R.I., May 8, 1860; dau. Albert Ezra and Julia (Brayman) Adams; ed. Pau- tucket and Providence, R.I. ; m. Central Falls, R.I., Sept., 1S81, Edward Lewis Johnson; one daughter: Alice Loraine. Pres of Churchill House Corporation, a corporation owning a building for the use of clubs, musicales and social func- tions; Interested in church societies, foreign and home. Day Nursery, Associated Charities, and Working Girls' Club. Mem, Soc. of Mayflower Descendants; recording sec. R.I. Soc. of Colonial Dames; mem. D.A.R. (ex-State vice-regent). Founder and first pres. of Pawtucket Woman's Club; ex-mem. Board of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs; ex-pres. of two music clubs. Recreation: Music (piano). Congregationalist. Against wo- man suffrage.
JOHNSON, Alice Williams (Mrs. George Ells- worth Johnson), B543 Fair Oaks St., Pitts- burgh, Pa.
Born Bradford, Vt, Dec. 27, 1870; dau. Rev. John K. and Annie E. (Denison) Williams; ed. Northfleld (Mass.) Sem., Wellesley Coll., B.S. '93; m. July 14, 1897, George Ellsworth Johnson; chi'ldren: Stephen Williams, Rachel, Lucy Bots- ford, Catherine Alber. Presbyterian. Mem. Foreign and Home Missionary Soc. ; pres. Pitts- burgh Colony of N. England Women; pres. Pitts- burgh Branch Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae; mem. College Club, Thursday Musical Club.
JOHNSON, Anna (pen name "Hope Daring"),
428 Church St., Hastings, Mich.
Author; b. Athens, Pa., July, 1860; dau. George P. and L. Jano (Van Vechten) Johnson; ed. dis- trict schools of Barry Co., Mich.; Hastings High School, Albion (Mich.) Coll. Author: To the Third Generation; Agnes Grant's Education; An Abundant Harvest; Entering Into His Own; The Appointed Way; Madeline, the Island Girl;
��Father John; A Virginian Holiday; Valadero Ranch; The Gordons. Methodist. Recreations: Reading, travel. Mem. local Women's Club and Mich. Woman's Press Ass'n. A contributor to many Sunday-school and church papers. OOIIN.SON, Anna Hayward, 436 Walnut St., Redlands, Cal.
Physician; b. N.Y. City; ed. In schools of Orange, N.J.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '77, A.M. '82; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. '82. Engaged in practice as physician in Orange, N.J., after- ward becoming resident physician at the Hamp- ton (Va.) Inst, and later a medical missionary in California; now in practice at Redlands, Cal. Author: Essay on Neurasthenia; writer of chil- dren's stories in various magazines. JOHKSkJN, Anna Louise, 104 Marengo Park, Springfield, Mass.
Kindergartner; b. Springfield, Mass., Sept. 25, 18G9; dau. James Louis and Sarah Hosmer (ChamberLain) Johnson; ed. Springfield (Mass.) public and high schools; Smith Coll., B.S. '93; Springrfield Kindergarten Training School, '98. Taught eight years in public kindergarten of Springfield, Ma..ss. ; has done Sunday-school work in kindergarten and primary dep't; director of a children's missionary soc. Interested In all sociological affairs. Believes In woman suffrage in theory. Has written several songs, verses, etc., of which A Birthday Song and A Missionary Alphabet have been published. Congregation- alist. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumnse Ass'n, Tv^ichell Alunmffl Ass'n. Recreations: Nature work, pho- tography, needlework. Mem. Kindergarten Club. JOHNSON, Anna Mai'iUa, 127 Thompson St., Springtield, Mass.
Teacher; b. Springfield, Mass., July 30, 1849; dau. Doliver and Nancy Haven (Wight) Johnson; grad. Whitestown Sem,, Whltesboro, N.Y., '67; Vassar (Latin salutatory), A.B. '76; post-grad, course in English and Anglo-Saxon, (Joruell Univ., '84. After some preliminary experience taught 25 years in English dep't of Hfeh School, Brookline, Mass., taking classes in German about 10 years; for several years carried on, mean- while, an evening extension course in English; accorded a half year's leave of absence, with half-pay, 1894. Resigned position Feb., 1910, and took an extended trip to Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land, a somewhat exciting experience of which on the return voyage was a broken screw causing the vessel to drift in a dense fog New York being reached by transfer to another ship. Mem. North (Congregational Church of Springfield, Mass. Interested in church and Sunday-school work, teaching Chineoe pupils, etc. Pres. Missionary Soc. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. Equal Suffrage League of Spring- field. Mem. Woman's Christian Ass'n. Vassar Alumnae Ass'n, Ass'n Coll. Alumnas, Phi B.eta Kappa. Occasional contributor to newspapers. JOHNSON, Anne (Mrs. Charles P. Johnson), 4300 Washington Av. ; office, Navarre Building' St. Louis, Mo.
Sec. and ass't to Charles P. Johnson, criminal lawyer; b. Illinois, Jan. 17, 1871; dau. Maurice and Clementine (Bernays) Andre; ed. Acad St Francis de Sales, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.; m (2d) St. Louis, Mo., Nov. IS, 190S, Charles P. Johnson criminal lawyer; children: Bernays, Andre, Carol' Writer of historical and biographical sketches.' Author: Notable Women of St. Louis, 1913- the different sketches have been published, before putting in book form, in the Sunday edition of the St. Louis Star. Mem. Papyrus (a literary club); mem. Chess Club. Favors woman suf- frage.
JOHNSON, Annie Davis (Mrs. Albert Johnson), 54 Chestnut St., BinRhamton, N.Y. Born Lisle, N.Y., 1847; dau. Ezra Fountain and Isabella Davis (ancestors of Colonial times lived in Brookhaven, L.I., N.Y.); grad. Bingbamton Female Sem., with high honors; m. Blng- hamtou, 1880, Albert Johnson. Reared at Bing- hanUon. but lived in N.Y. City for 20 years and in Chicago six years. Mem. Chicago Chapter D.A.R,; mem. Nat. Soc. Ncts' England Women (helped form Chicago Colony New England Women and was its first sec); treas. and direc- tor Woman's Dep't of Am. Civic Ass'n (has also
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