Eighth Generation (Continued)

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Family of Phineas Johnson (380) & Hannah Miller

753. Sophia Johnson (Phineas⁷, Samuel⁶, Henry⁵, Isaac⁴, Isaac³, Isaac², John¹). Born on 22 Jun 1791. Died on 1 Mar 1864. Buried LaPorte Cemetery, Carlisle, Ohio.

In 1819 they removed from Berlin, Conn., to Carlisle, Ohio.

She married Samuel Brooks, son of Capt. James Brooks & Lydia King. Born Haddam, Conn., on 27 Feb 1786. Died Elyria, Ohio, on 20 Dec 1874. Buried LaPorte Cemetery, Carlisle, Ohio.

His father was the son of Samuel, who was the son of Abraham, who was the son of Thomas Brooks.

Sources: See History of Fremont County, Iowa, p. 699. His portrait opposite p. 400.

They had the following children:

		i.	Lydia King. Born on 30 Aug 1811. Died on 10 Aug 1851. She married Hiram Patterson.
		ii.	Henry J.. Born on 30 Apr 1813. Resided in Cleveland, Ohio. He married Abigail Hart, on 6 Nov 1832.
		iii.	Julia L.. Born on 13 Jun 1815. Res. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. She married Nelson S. Bishop.
		iv.	Ira Kimball. Born on 13 Jun 1818. Died on 22 Sep 1869. He married Adeline Cooley.
		v.	Samuel Curtis. Born on 4 Jul 1820. Died on 16 Aug 1898. He married Emily N. Clark, on 20 Oct 1847.
		vi.	Stephen S.. Born on 5 Feb 1822. Died California on 19 Sep 1883.
		vii.	Edward. Born on 28 Sep 1825. SML Comment: Name also given as Edmund. He married Harriet Patterson, on 12 Nov 1851.
		viii.	Sophia M.. Born on 3 Apr 1828. Died in Feb 1907. She married Dr. William N. Briggs, on 13 Apr 1854 in Elyria, Ohio.
		ix.	Emeline L.. She married William M. Foote, in Tabor, Iowa. College President.
		x.	Mary L.. Born on 15 Aug 1832. Died on 9 Mar 1843.
	1267	xi.	William Myron (1835-1924)

754. Hannah Johnson (Phineas⁷, Samuel⁶, Henry⁵, Isaac⁴, Isaac³, Isaac², John¹). Born on 22 Apr 1793. Died LaPorte, Ohio, on 22 Jul 1880.

Sources: Middletown, Conn., Town Records.

She married Hezekiah Brooks, son of Capt. James Brooks & Lydia King. Born on 10 Apr 1791. Died LaPorte, Ohio, on 24 Jan 1882.

They had the following children:

	1268	i.	Martin Luther (1813-1899)
		ii.	Ann Hopkins. Born Haddam, Conn., on 13 Jan 1815. Died Corinth, Mass., on 30 Sep 1863. Buried LaPorte Cemetery, Carlisle, Ohio. She was a student in Literature at Oberlin College, Class of 1842. Sources: L18dx, e. SML Comment: Birth date also given as Jan 15, 1815. Death and/or burial site may be in error. She married Rev. Abner DeForest Olds.
	1269	iii.	Hannah Miller (1818-1906)
		iv.	James. Born Carlisle, Ohio, on 6 Apr 1823. Died Jamestown, N.Y. Buried Jamestown, N.Y. He was an M.D. in Chautauqua County, N.Y. Lived at Jamestown. Sources: L18e. SML Comment: Death place has (?). He married Melvina Burt, on 29 May 1848.
		v.	Hezekiah. Born on 6 Apr 1821. Died on 17 Sep 1822. Buried LaPorte Cemetery, Carlisle, Ohio.
	1270	vi.	Sophronia (1827-1885)
		vii.	Hezekiah. Born Carlisle, Ohio, on 7 Sep 1825. Died Prescott, Arizona, on 5 May 1907. Buried Prescott, Ariz. They resided in California. Sources: L18e. He married Mary Smith, on 28 Feb . Married as Mrs. Mary (Smith) Lieb.
		viii.	George Washington. Born Carlisle, Ohio, on 31 Mar 1830. Died Carlisle, O., on 7 Jul 1888. Buried LaPorte Cemetery, Carlisle, Ohio. Sources: L18e.
	1271	ix.	Harriet Maria (1832-1920)
	1272	x.	Emily Jane (1834-1919)
		xi.	Ellen Johnson. Born Carlisle, Ohio, on 3 Dec 1836. Died Cleveland, Ohio, on 22 Feb 1929. Ellen studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, taught singing, and was also a pianist. Sources: L18d, e. She first married Ansel Barrett M.D., on 24 Nov 1857. Died on 23 Dec 1863. She second married George C. Ruggles, in Newbury, O. Died on 18 Jul 1910. Buried Cleveland, Ohio. Lived at Cleveland, Ohio.

755. Julia Johnson (Phineas⁷, Samuel⁶, Henry⁵, Isaac⁴, Isaac³, Isaac², John¹). Born in 1798. Died in 1848.

She first married Edmund West, on 19 Jun 1822. Died on 25 Jul 1825.

He was the earliest merchant in Elyria, Ohio, and his marriage was the first recorded in Lorain County, Ohio.

They had one child:

1273

i.

Edmund Abbott (1823-1922)

She second married Norris O. Stow, in Feb 1828. Born Middletown, Conn., abt 1801.

They had the following children:

		i.	William E.. Born on 8 Nov 1828. He married Elizabeth, on 1 Jan 1860. Previously married to Mr. Bennett.
		ii.	Celia E.. Born on 18 Sep 1830. Died in 1854. Unmarried.

756. Irene Johnson (Phineas⁷, Samuel⁶, Henry⁵, Isaac⁴, Isaac³, Isaac², John¹). Born on 9 Feb 1801. Died LaPorte, Ohio, on 21 Jan 1877.

She first married Emery Strong, son of John S. Strong & Tamar Whitney, on 19 Jul 1830. Born Marlboro, Vt., on 31 Mar 1796. Died on 25 May 1834.

He was a merchant at Strongville, Ohio.

They had the following children:

		i.	George Whitney. Born on 19 Apr 1831.
		ii.	Delia Lavinia. Born on 15 Jul 1834. Died Carlisle, O., on 1 Apr 1855.

She second married Niram Bruce. Born in 1808. Died on 29 Nov 1864. Buried LaPorte Cemetery, Carlisle, Ohio.

They had the following children:

	1274	i.	Angeline Amelia (1837-1915)
		ii.	Niram E.. Died Carlisle, O., on 24 Jul 1860.
		iii.	Irene J.. Died on 27 Jul 1881.
		iv.	Ellen. Born in 1841.
		v.	Byron. Born in 1844.
		vi.	Caroline. Born in 1845.

757. William Henry Johnson (Phineas⁷, Samuel⁶, Henry⁵, Isaac⁴, Isaac³, Isaac², John¹). Born on 1 Apr 1803.

Removed from Ohio to Winnegago County, Ill., in 1833 or 1838.

Sources: Census of Rockford, Illinois, for 1860.

He married Alma Coe Otis, daughter of Chandler Otis & Abigail Coe, on 3 Sep 1828. Born Leyden, N.Y., on 11 Dec 1800. Died in 1875.

They had the following children:

		i.	Lucretia.
	1275	ii.	Loisa W. (1830-<1865)
	1276	iii.	Olive Miller (~1833-~1897)
	1277	iv.	Celestia (1835-1927)
	1278	v.	Lovejoy (1837-1917)
	1279	vi.	Otis Coe (1839-1912)
	1280	vii.	Frank Chandler (1845-~1912)

758. Phineas Miller Johnson (Phineas⁷, Samuel⁶, Henry⁵, Isaac⁴, Isaac³, Isaac², John¹). Born on 12 Aug 1807. Died Live Oak, Fla., on 13 Oct 1876.

Phineas was in business in Elyria, Ohio, but went to Niles, Michigan, in 1835. He was in Chicago in 1836 where he had a hardware store on Randolph Street. He then removed to Kishwaukee, Illinois, being the first settler there. In 1842 he went to Elkhorn, Wisconsin, and the next year was in Grafton, Wisconsin, where he had a saw mill and engaged in the lumber trade. In 1849 he went to California via Panama and returned via Mexico on horseback. After his return he was Right of Way Agent for the (Chicago) Milwaukee and St. Paul R. R. Co. In 1863 he located at Kenosha, Wisconsin, but went to northern Michigan to inspect timber lands for lumbermen. Afterwards he went to Florida on the same business and died there of a fever. He was at one time in the Wisconsin Legislature. They had 13 children, 8 sons and 5 daughters.

He married Orra Ann Collins, daughter of Daniel Collins. Born on 3 Dec 1811. Died on 28 Dec 1885.

Father of Black River, Ohio. Olive Williams of Berkshire, Tioga County, N.Y. was her aunt.

They had the following children:

		i.	Olive Jane. Born on 27 Aug 1830. Died on 4 Sep 1832.
	1281	ii.	Ranson Williams (1832-1863)
	1282	iii.	Samuel Curtis (1833-1919)
		iv.	George Bristol. Born on 20 Feb 1939. Died on 20 Jul 1839.
	1283	v.	William Henry Harrison (1840-~1926)
	1284	vi.	George Bristol (1842-1914)
	1285	vii.	Anna Maria (1844-1912)
	1286	viii.	Edwin Gillett (1846-1897)
		ix.	John Collins. Born on 3 Aug 1848. Died on 14 May 1890. Unmarried.
		x.	Delia Louise. Born on 23 Apr 1850. Died on 28 Jul 1859.
		xi.	Mary Cornelia. Born on 4 Jul 1854. Died on 8 Jul 1854.
		xii.	Henry O..
		xiii.	A daughter.

759. Delia M. Johnson (Phineas⁷, Samuel⁶, Henry⁵, Isaac⁴, Isaac³, Isaac², John¹). Born on 2 Sep 1809.

She married Horatio Nelson Gates, son of John Gates & Abigail Ball. Born St. Albans, Vt., on 6 Aug 1807. Died Oberlin, Ohio, on 30 Jul 1861.

In 1834 he was of the firm of Gates and Green of Elyria, Ohio. Later he was in business in Cleveland, Ohio.

They had the following children:

		i.	Julia.
		ii.	Sarah. Born on 10 Feb 1840. Resided at Cleveland: she was a singer of some renown.
	1287	iii.	Susan
		iv.	Horatio.
		v.	Edward Fayson?. (Middle name perhaps Payson. Ed.)
		vi.	John.
		vii.	A daughter. (Name perhaps Julia.) She married ---- Bailey.

760. Isaac Miller Johnson (Phineas⁷, Samuel⁶, Henry⁵, Isaac⁴, Isaac³, Isaac², John¹). Born on 19 Jul 1811.

Isaac Johnson located at West Falls in Elyria, Ohio, and built a fine home on East Avenue into which he took his first love, as a bride, Miss Mussey. It stood many years on the spot now occupied by the fine residence located between the "Gates Home," and the Methodist parasonge, owned and occupied by the Baptists for church purposes. It was sold by Mr. Johnson to the Presbyterians, for a parsonage, and later became the property of the Congregational church, and remained its property, till the death of its pastor Mr. Williams, when it was sold to Daniel Coulidge then President of the Lorain Steel Plant, who then erected the present structure. The bride and the groom had not occupied the new home long, when the lure of the West took possession of them, when they sold their buildings, and moved to Kishwauskee, Wisconsin (Kishwaukee, Ill.). Here they soon erected a beautiful residence on a slightly hill, with ample grounds, which they adorned with a great variety of flowers and trees, and kept the same in such condition, as to be pointed out by all, as the most attractive residence in the place. Before going west, in the winter of 1831 and 32 they were converted under the preaching of John J. Shipherd, the founder the following year of Oberlin College. It was while he was pastor of the Elyria Presbyterian Church. After fourteen years residence in Wisconsin (Illinois), they returned to Elyria. In making the journey west, they took a steamer at Cleveland, for Chicago, then by wagon conveyance to their point of destination. Their return trip to Elyria was also by wagon from Wisconsin (Illinois) to Chicago, where it required a week's delay, waiting for the belated Lake Steamer "DeWitt Clinton." They purchased a farm on Lake Avenue that later became the Freeman Parmley place. In 1851, the family moved to Oberlin, looking to the education of the children. Oberlin College had then been founded eighteen years. Mr. Johnson opened a general store which he conducted successfully for 20 years, until his family had been educated. He became at once interested in all that made for the good of the town and college, taking an active part with Mrs. Johnson in the church. He was especially interested in the "Abolition Cause" and made their home a haven for runaway slaves. They had six sons and one daughter. (There are ten listed here, but three may have died young. Ed.) He was elected later in life, Lorain County Treasurer, and served from 1873 to 1877 in that capacity.

Sources: Narrative taken from the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram of Oct. 5, 1928.

He first married Cornelia E. Mussey, daughter of Reuben Mussey & Mary Crocker.

Parents of Sandy Hill, N.Y.

They had the following children:

	1288	i.	Henry Mussey (1836-1909)
		ii.	Charles Gates.
	1289	iii.	Albert Harrison (1838-1899)
	1290	iv.	Edward Payson (1840-)
		v.	James B.. Born in 1843. SML Comment: A great granddaughter reports James Birney Johnson was born 3/29/1843 at Kishwaukee, Winnebago Co., IL.
		vi.	Mary A.. Born in 1845.
		vii.	William N.. Born in 1847.
		viii.	Charles S.. Born in 1853. Charles began his active life as assistant to his father as county treasurer, after which he spent the remainder of his business life as a merchant and salesman of crockery, either in conducting his store in Elyria, or on the road as a salesman. No finer citizen for integrity, moral worth, high ideals, and kindness of heart, ever walked the streets of Elyria. He was a gentleman, an exemplary husband, and true friend. His widow, so well known, Mrs. Nettie Johnson has spent her life in Elyria, and has been one of the most useful members of the board of trustees of the "Old Ladies Home," from the beginning and was also its secretary. Sources: G64. He married Nettie Gibson.
		ix.	William A.. Born in 1856.
		x.	Mary. Born in 1856.

He second married Mary Hall, on 2 Oct 1867 in Lorain County, Ohio (Reg.).

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