JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
Birth29 Jul 1840, Freedom, Waldo Co, Maine
Death3 Jun 1889, Alpha, Fayette, Iowa
FatherSamuel Johnson (1814-1878)
MotherLaura Ann Jones (1818-1911)
Spouses
Birth20 Feb 1844, Susquehanna Co, PA
Death2 Dec 1880, Alpha, Fayette, Iowa
FatherWilliam H. Coates
MotherJane Morely
Family ID4045
Death2 Dec 1880, Alpha, Fayette, Iowa
Family ID4051
Marriageaft 1880, Fayette, Fayette, Iowa
Notes for Volney L. Johnson
Was in Wisconsin by 1855
Died of Consumption.
VOLNEY L. JOHNSON', (49) born in Freedom village, July 29,
1840; married first, November 4, 1862, in Monticello, Green county,
Wisconsin, at the home of William H.
Coates [father of his bride],
Ellen M., daughter of William H. and Jane (Morely) Coates, born in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, February 20, 1844; she died, at Alpha, Fayette county, Iowa, December 2, 1880; married second, at Fayette, Fayette county, Iowa, Mrs. Sarah Burrett, nee Sarah Van Sickle [divorced wife of A. R. Burrett, who now lives in California]; he died at Alpha, June 3, 1889, and he and first wife are buried in Bethel cemetery, Bethel township, Fayette county, Iowa.
Being born a twin, he was the slighter of the two, which frailty he never outgrew, and finally died of consumption before he was fifty years old, but the clear intellect, kindly disposition and gentility remained with him to the last; requesting the presence of his second wife, from who he had been estranged, dying at peace with all. Of the children born in Maine, his was the brightest intelleet; learned easily. comprehended matters fully and had considerable musical tal-ent; he commenced to learn the carpenter's trade under Andrew Johnson [his father's cousin] when but fifteen, though he attended school afterward, and in the winter of 1857-8 taught one term; then worked in a sash and door factory owned by his father and Andrew; leaving that, he enlisted in the band of the Fifth Wisconsin infantry in 1861; after being discharged from that service, he re-enlisted in the Fifth battery Wisconsin light artillery, serving in Sherman's army during its march to the sea, being mustered out June 6, 1865.
Died of Consumption.
VOLNEY L. JOHNSON', (49) born in Freedom village, July 29,
1840; married first, November 4, 1862, in Monticello, Green county,
Wisconsin, at the home of William H.
Coates [father of his bride],
Ellen M., daughter of William H. and Jane (Morely) Coates, born in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, February 20, 1844; she died, at Alpha, Fayette county, Iowa, December 2, 1880; married second, at Fayette, Fayette county, Iowa, Mrs. Sarah Burrett, nee Sarah Van Sickle [divorced wife of A. R. Burrett, who now lives in California]; he died at Alpha, June 3, 1889, and he and first wife are buried in Bethel cemetery, Bethel township, Fayette county, Iowa.
Being born a twin, he was the slighter of the two, which frailty he never outgrew, and finally died of consumption before he was fifty years old, but the clear intellect, kindly disposition and gentility remained with him to the last; requesting the presence of his second wife, from who he had been estranged, dying at peace with all. Of the children born in Maine, his was the brightest intelleet; learned easily. comprehended matters fully and had considerable musical tal-ent; he commenced to learn the carpenter's trade under Andrew Johnson [his father's cousin] when but fifteen, though he attended school afterward, and in the winter of 1857-8 taught one term; then worked in a sash and door factory owned by his father and Andrew; leaving that, he enlisted in the band of the Fifth Wisconsin infantry in 1861; after being discharged from that service, he re-enlisted in the Fifth battery Wisconsin light artillery, serving in Sherman's army during its march to the sea, being mustered out June 6, 1865.