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Johnson, Jeromust congn^HHiiuin. wai^ born in Kings counter, K.Y. In 1825-27 li« waa a fvprM^ntative fnNB N«w York City to the niiu>ti-cnth congrew. He died Sept. T, 1846, in Uotilieu, N.Y. Johnaon, Jeaae, fatwyer, author, waa born Feb. 2(1. 1S42, in Bradford, Vt. In I^sm <>.? he wa« district attorney of the eastern iiit»trict of New York; and in 18V7-06 waa aas«H-iati> jiiHticf of thf »u|irrnic cniirt of Xi-w York. He ih tlif author ot Tt'»tiinony of the Sonnets uh to the Authorahip of the Shakespraria!! Plays and I'm-in-*. Jobnson, J. Lovell, inanni x tiiT. r :iii<l atate^inan .Tune
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the board of aldermen of Fltehbiii .' and iiirmber of the Massacliuaetts »tate senate. He is vice-president of the Fitehburg Xational bank; a trustee of the Fitehburg SavingM bunk; and a direitor in various financial and industrial corpora-
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Johnson, John, agrieulturist, state senator, cuiigressman, was born in 18Ub in ireUind. In 1824 he waa engaged in aji^icul* liira! jMirsuits at Cosh<w tiiii. 'Mun. T(r -lerv* ed
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u uieniber of the Ohio aenate; and
waa a member of the hat
conatitiitional
rcnveiition of that state. In lM.">l-ri:i he was a repreitentative from Ohio to the thirtysecond congreaa. He died in Coahoeton. Ohio. Johnson, John, sohlier. elerjjyinan. author, was born Dee. 2.'>, 1821>, in C harh»t<>n. S.f. In 18111-05 he served as lieutenant, captain and major of engineers In the eoufeih-rate army in the C'aroUnas and (a'orgia. He was for fifteen montlis m^'ineer in cliarge of Fort f^umter daring the heavy and prolonged bombardmenta: and waa tiwce vvounded there. In 1S71-I!KH> he was rector of St. I'liilip's church of Charleston. He waa the author of The Defenae of Charleaton Harbor. 1H63-66. He died in 1907 in Charleston, S.C. Jofauoo, John Albert, pnbtiaher. atate senat<ir. jrnvernnr. was born July 'iS. IStll. in St. I'eter. Minn. He was educated in the public aehoola of his native town. For
worked
a <irug store; and in lS8orn dan. !.'>, 1S12, in Livingston county, IXiil he entennl the confederate In Ky. was surgeon of the post army; .nul in Air. iward he was medical at Atlanta. Ca. director for (ien. Hardee's division, and HvrveU in all of (ieneral Uragg's engag.'nient.<«. lie was president of the .tlanta academy of metlicine in 1475; and in 1867-72 taught physiology nnd pathological anatomy in tlaiita medical college. He died May 18, IS8U. iu Atlanta, (ia.
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Johnson, John Barent, clergyman, waa 3, 1760, in Brooklyn, X.Y. He was of tilt" faniily of Jansen. flii first settlers of Brooklyn. He was a nunister of the Dutch church at Albany in 1700-1800 and in Rrooklyn in 1S()2. lie was an aecomplitthed scholar, and a graceful and eloquent preacher. He died Aug. 20, 1805, in Brooklyn. N.Y, Johnson, John Butler, educator, civil engineer, author, waa bom June II, 1850, In
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clergyman, la'wyer, jur-
was
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Oct.
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17SS. in
(•teat C ronsings, Ky. He began the pracHe waa tice of law at (teorgetown. Ky. judge »>f the court of app< :i!- of K< rif ncky
nnd in lH21-'2'> he was a representative from Kentucky to the sevent4>enth and eighteenth rongresst's.
He
died Dec. 17, 1858, in Lex-
inglon. .Mo.
Johnson, Joseph, physician, waa bora lune I.). I77t», in Charleston. S f He was (tresident of the I nit<-d States branch bank isis-2.'); and mayor of Charleston In Ml i82(i. For many yeara he wa<) commiasioner of the public schools; was president of the Apprentices' library association from its establishment in 1826; for more than aizty years a member of the South Carolina society; and for twenty years its pnsiding ollicer. He waa the author of Traditions II ltd Reminiscences of the Revolution. He '
died Oct.
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in Charleston, S.C.
Johnson, Joseph, congressman, governor, 178.5, in Orange county, ilu i,ar of 1812 as cap-
wns bom Dec. 10. N'.'. He s«'rved in
lain of v<dunteei-s. Ik- moved to Virginia; in 1823-27, 1831-33, 1836-41 and 184547 lie was a representative frrni N'irginia lo the eightei-nth, nineteenth, twenty srcond,
and
twenty-fourth, twenty-flfth, twenty-sixth and Iwenty-ninlh congresse-;. lb- was the Iwcnly-sixth governor of Virginia in IH-j-i-oU. He died Feb. 27. |S77. in Bridgeport, W.Va. Jolinson, Joseph Ellis, pioneer, journalist, nierehant. wa.-* Intrn April 28, 1817. in ChaulaiKpia. N.^'. lie was a contemporary of the prophet Joseph .Smith; and waa exiled from Nauvoo in 1847. He wns one of the liist pioneers rif Council Rluirs. and there published the Westi-rn Boy. He gave the name to Omaha City, and puliliMlieti lis lir«-t |)ap<>r. entitled tli<' Omaha .Arrow. In IHiiO he moveil to I'tali, where he pubiishetl I he Famous Oracle. He became the first poiiiolojxi-;! rtah; and for many years in was a successful merchant. He died Nov.
17, 1882, in
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