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HBRRIN08HAW8 LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOORAPHY.

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judge of Uie court of appeals in 1824*

chancellor in 183S«4<I. He was the governor of Soutli Carolinii in 1840-48. He died Jan. 7, 1855, in Limestone Springs, S.C.

and

35;

twenty-tijjlitli

Joiinson, David, painter, artist, wat? born May 10, 1H27. in New York City. In 1861 he became a member of the National academy of d'-sigri. He waa one of the founders of the Artiata' fund society. He liaa exhibited at the academy Echo Lake; On thi- Wallkill River; New H.-iliii. N.Y.: View of Tarrytown, N.V. He died Feb. 2. 19U8, in

Walden. N.Y. Johnson, David Bancroft, educator,

col-

lege president, was born Jan. 10, 1850, in La Orange, Tenn. In 1877 he graduated

from

university tlu» TenneHt>ee at KnoxIn 1879-80 he w :i s assistant ]iro-

ol

ville.

i(

>M>r of

III

Ills

and

mathematics alma mater;

1R83-05 auperof iiittiitlfnt city Kchools at ( oluinliia, S.C. Since 1HH5 lie it)

been W'iiitlii op

prei*i<Ient of

liaH

iioniial

and

indu8trial college of Carolina. He extensively to .American

South

has contributed literature on educational and scientific subjects.

Johnson, David Marshall, lawv. r. author, poet, was born June 4, 1841, iu Delaware county. Pa. Since IMS he has heen in the active practice of law in ClH^ttT. I'a.; has been district attorney fur l>eluware county; and served eiirht years in the city oouncil

cipal

founder of Woburn, Mass., in 1040; eitixen of that town for Hi' «'as the author of >t of lii> life.

and a prominent ri

til*"

The


onder-Working i'rovidence of Zion's New England, a valuable aeeount Kiigland from the Knglish planting

Savior in of

New

1028 till ltk-)2. He dii-d April 23, 1872, Woburn, Mass. Johnson, Edward, soldier, wa.i born April 1, 1816, in Chestertiekl county, Va. In 1801 he joined the confederate army; was apin in

p<»int<i! i'o|oiii-l of the twelfth (tfur;.'ia volunteers; brigadier-general in 1882; and major-general in I88S. He died Feb. 22. 1873.

in

Richmond, Va.

JohnsDn, Edward Augustus, lawyer, eduauthor, was born in Raleigh. N.C. He attended the Atlanta university, and has iM'come a prominent lawyer of Iiis native city. For many years he was engaged in diK atioiial work. He is the author of • cator,

ScIhimI

lli-tor

of

(lie

Xi'j^ro

Race.

Johnson, Edward Francis, lawyer, author, 22. 1856, in Woburn, Mass. He is a not«'d lawyer of New England at

was born Oet.

Woburn. Maiss.; of that city. He ume of Woburn

and waa the is

fir»»t

mayor

the eoinjiih-r of a vol-

Record of Births, Deaths

and Marriages. Johnson, Edwin

A.,

was born in I82t> in methodist clenryman.

>

lergy'man,

New York. He is the

author,

He is a author of

Half-H(Uir Stmlics of I.ifc; The Live l?oy. or Chark-y'i* Letters; Winter Greeneries at Home; and The Lily vale Club and Its Doings.

Johnson, Elias Finley, lawyer, legislator, jurist, author, was Ihu-ii .Iiine 24, 1861, in N'aiiwert, Ohio. In 1HS.5-S7 he was n member of the Ohio state lt';;islat iirc aii<l was a MK inlKT of the law faiiiltv of the university of Michigan in 1S!U(- llMll. Since liMil

I'a. H<' is vice -prcsidfiit of the IX'laware county liibtoricul nociety. He it* the author of the poem entitled America

of Chi'-'tfr.

Our

Ilnnif

wa^ burn July 1..IHI.'. In 2D, 1824, in Lovell, Maine. moved from Boston to WHsliin^ton. D.C, where he painted portraits of Daniel WebJohnson, Eastman,

aiti-t,

John Quiney Adams, and other dis-

ster,

men.

In

he to

moved

his

and

in

tiii^'ui!i|ied lS.'>n

-studio •itv;

New York IXCI) In

came a member of the Nstional academy of i!r>iL'll.

.lIICMi;r

are The Old

i)icture»

Home;

Kentucky IVi'-otHTs

The Barefoot

lioy;

and Ho

Ills

of

l»c, p.

State; ex-

He

as a portrait painter, and his works inchide likenesses of firevej- ( li vt laiid, Chester A. Arthur, and William .M. Kvarts. He died April 5, I'.MMi. in Washington. D.C. Johnson, Edward, founder, author, was

celled

born in

l.V.»i>

in En({land,

He was

the prin-

he has been ^ judge of the supreme court in the Philippine IslandH. He is the author of .Tohiisoii on

ind Notes.

Johnson, Elias Henry, educator, clergyman, aiitlior. was horn Oct. 15, 1841, in Troy. N.Y. He has tilled numerous pastorates in Minnesota. New York. Rliode IsluntI, and Pennsylvania: and is professor of systematic tliiDlogy in the Cro/cr theol(»gical seminary. He is the author of Outline of Svstrniatie Theology; The Highest Life; and other works. He died in 1U06 in Chester,

Pa.

Emory, lawyer, legislajurist, autlior. was born May 1H4I. Kast Haildaiii. t onn. He was justice of the peace for twenty-one years; and in 1ST!'-H4l was a member of the general assembly of Conne«-ticut. He is the author of Our Local Industries, and other works. Johnson, Elijah

tor, in

Johnson, Elizabeth Brv-ant, lecturer, auwas h<»rn in Ma.soii county. Ky. Slic a lei turer an. .iialect reader of WashingShe is the author of Visitor's ton. D.C. thor,

is

(iuide to

I

Mount Vernon;

(Jeorge

Washing-