Tenth Generation (Continued)
Family of Luther Ray Johnson (1340) & Indiana Beals

1473. Charles Bradley Johnson (Luther Ray9, Charles8, Calvin7, Richard6, Richard5, Joseph4, Isaac3, Isaac2, John1). Born Miltonville, Cloud Co., Kansas, on 12 Mar 1888.

In 1941 he and his family were living on it ranch 9 miles front Pagosa Springs, Colorado, address P. 0. Box 623, Pagosa Springs, Colo.
Following autobiography dated Oct. 4, 1941; by Charles Bradley:
"I was born at or near Miltonvale, Kansas, March 12, 1888 and lived with my parents on a farm until the fall of 1890. When I was two and a half years old, we went to Vermont to visit my father's people. I can dimly remember Kansas as I saw it first. I remember the threshing machine and the buildings on the place where we lived. But when we came back from Vermont seven and it half years later, they were not the size I remembered them. During our stay in Vermont my brother Philip was born. Of course I remember Kansas well for I then stayed there with my parents until I was 21 years of age and worked on the farm and with threshing machine until I came here in 1909 and took up the homestead that has been my home ever since.
"Our school district was formed in 1916 and I was one of its first School Board Members. My wife, then Miss Elizabeth King, of Farmington, New Mexico, was the third teacher of our district.
"During 1918, July 15 to Sept. 15 1 was training in the Signal Corps at Colorado Springs and was then transferred to Aviation at Kelly Field, Texas until June 13, 1919.
"After returning home, I married Miss King and she has now lived in this school district for over 21 years as Mrs. Johnson.
"We have four girls. Our oldest, Genevieve (20) is keeping books for the Dunnigan Motor Company at Pagosa Springs. Elaine, our second ( 15) is in her third year High School at Farmington, New Mexico at present and the two younger girls Charlotte (~3) and Merilyn (6) are in country schools here at home.
"My mother is not very well. She is 73 and lives here at Pagosa. My brother Philip and family have moved to Denver since we wrote last."

Sources: G3, G68, L7a.

He married Elizabeth King, daughter of Joseph Henry Clay King & Elizabeth Jane Rhoades, on 22 Jun 1920 in Farmington, N.M. Born Farmington, N.M., on 30 Nov 1895.

Her father, Joseph Henry Clay King, was a Civil War Veteran.

They had the following children:
i.  Genevieve. Born Pagosa Springs, Colo., on 22 Aug 1921.
ii.  Elaine Elizabeth. Born Pagosa Springs, Colo., on 19 Apr 1926.
iii.  Charlotte Ethel. Born Pagosa Springs, Colo., on 5 Dec 1932.
iv.  Marilyn Mae. Born Pagosa Springs, Colo., on 8 Jan 1935.

1474. Philip Ray Johnson (Luther Ray9, Charles8, Calvin7, Richard6, Richard5, Joseph4, Isaac3, Isaac2, John1). Born Marlboro, Vt., on 14 Oct 1892.

In 1941 they were living at 1453 S. Clarkson, Denver, Colo. She came to America at the age of 14.
"At the age, of 5 years he moved to Miltonvale, Kansas, with parents and started school there in 1898. They lived on a farm until 1910 when they moved to Pagosa Springs, Colo., where lie finished his education. He taught School in two different Mexican (Spanish-American districts. lie filed on a homestead in 1915, served in the A.E.F. and Army of Occupation in 1917 and 1918 as a wagoner in the 341st Field Artillery. He made proof on his homestead and worked as Assistant Forester in 1920.
He was County Clerk of Archuleta County, Colorado for ten terms, Jan 1, 1921 to Jan. 15, 1941, after which he removed to Denver.

Sources: L7a, G3.

He married Stephanie Helen Krhanek, daughter of Joseph Krhanek & Veronika Homzirek, on 2 Sep 1923 in Aztec, N.M. Born Czechoslovakia on 10 Jul 1898.

They had the following children:
i.  Phyllis Helene. Born Pagosa Springs, Colo., on 26 Apr 1928.
ii.  Norma Rae. Born Mercy Hospital, Durango, Colo., on 22 Nov 1930.
iii.  Eldon Charles. Born Pagosa Springs, Colo., on 6 Jul 1934.

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