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Source:
20th CENTURY HISTORY
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co.
Geo. Richmond, Pres C. R. Arnold,
Sec'y and Treas.
Chicago, Illinois
1908
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REV. E. ROGER
JOHNSON - See
ROBERT F. STAFFORD Source:
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GEORGE F. JOHNSON, * a
representative citizen of German Township, residing on his
farm in Section 19, is a veteran of the Civil War. He
was born in York shire, England, Oct.14, 1841, and is a son
of Mark and Esther (Firth) Johnson. Mr.
Johnson was five years old when his parents came to
America. The father had previously been a school
teacher, but after locating in New York, he followed farming
until 1852, when he started with his family for Clark
County, Ohio, landing at Springfield on New Year's Day,
1853. He soon rented a farm in Green Township and
there the family lived for some years.
George F. Johnson attended school in the
neighborhood of his home, as he was afforded opportunity
through his boyhood. The family was living in Green
Township when he enlisted for service in the Civil War Sept.
4, 1861, entering Company F, Forty-fourth Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, for three years. His regiment was
connected with the Twenty-third Army Corps, Army of West
Virginia. After about one year in the Virginia
mountains, during which period Mr. Johnson
participated in the battles of Lewisburg, Charleston and
Cotton Mountain,
in October, 1862, the regiment was sent to Kentucky and
during the year spent there he participated in the battle of
Duncan's Hill. At that battle, the infantry being
mounted, he had a fall from his horse, which caused him some
suffering. During the greater part of the time in
Kentucky the regiment was given frontier duty—some of the
most dangerous work in the service—and after leaving
Kentucky the regiment went to Knoxville, Tennessee, where it
had three weeks of steady fighting. From August, 1863,
until January, 1864, Mr. Johnson was in
Tennessee, taking part during that time in the battle at
Cumberland Gap. At the close of his first enlistment
he re-enlisted, at Strawberry Plains, entering the Eighth
Regiment Ohio Cavalry, in which he continued until the close
of the war. He was taken prisoner at Beverly, West
Virginia, but was immediately paroled. This was his
second capture, the first one having occurred also in this
vicinity, but before he and his companions could be marched
away, the Union forces recaptured them. Thus Mr.
Johnson most fortunately escaped the horrors of a
Southern prison and after his honorable discharge, at
Clarksburg, West Virginia, July 30, 1865, returned to Ohio,
practically unharmed. During his absence in the army,
Mr. Johnson's people had moved to Springfield
and when he returned home he went to work in the Springfield
flax mill. In 1867 he moved to German Township and has
resided here ever since. He has a good farm and he has
erected all the farm buildings since locating here.
On Apr. 15, 1866, Mr. Johnson was married
to Leanah Overholser, who is a daughter of
Moses Overholser, and they have five children,
namely: Ida C., who married Harmon C. Fisher,
and has eight children; Grant C., married, who has
three children; Ella, who married Ora Stafford
and they have one child: Elmer; and Esther,
who married David McAllister, has one child.
Mr. Johnson has always taken an active interest
in township affairs and for fifteen years served as a member
of the Board of Education. He belongs to the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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JAMES JOHNSON - See
HON. JAMES JOHNSON, JR. Source:
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JAMES JOHNSON
- See ROBERT JOHNSON Source:
20th Century History
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Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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HON. JAMES JOHNSON, JR.,
formerly mayor of the city of Springfield and a leading
member of her bar, was born in Springfield, Ohio, Dec. 3,
1856, and is a son of James and Catharine (Eby) Johnson
The late JAMES JOHNSON was
long one of Springfield's honored citizens and for many
years he was prominently identified with her building
interests. He was born in County Donegal, Ireland,
Dec. 4, 1821, and was a son of James and Ellen Johnson.
He was seven years of age when his parents came to
America and, subsequently, to Springfield. James
was the eldest of the family of eight children and he proved
of great assistance to his father in the clearing of the
400-acre farm on which the family settled. When he
reached his majority he learned the carpenter's trade and in
the course of time built up a business in this and other
related trades that brought him both position and wealth.
Through his public spirit he became prominent in civic life
and was tendered many offices of trust and responsibility by
his fellow-citizens. He was a member of the city
School Board, of the City Council and was twice postmaster
of Springfield.
In 1845 James Johnson was married to
Catherine Eby, who was born in 1824, in Virginia,
of old Jefferson County stock. They had the following
children: Louis, James, Albert, William, Emily and
Anna B. Miss Anna B. Johnson is a lady well known
throughout Ohio. After completing her education at
Vassar College she returned to her native city and became
the principal of Spring-field Seminary. James
Johnson died June 10, 1902, aged eighty-one years.
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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O. B. JOHNSON - See
Mention of
name
on Page 530 in CHAPTER XX
Source:
20th Century History
of
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Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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ROBERT JOHNSON,
the subject of this sketch, was born Jan. 20, 1832, in
Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of
James and Helen (Johnston) Johnson.
JAMES JOHNSON was born in
County Donegal, Ireland, and in 1824 he emigrated to
America, bringing with him his family. His objective
point was Clark County, where he bought a farm of 100 acres
of wild land, south of Springfield. The remainder of
his life was taken up with clearing, developing and
improving this farm, on which his wife died in 1869 and his
death occurred in 1872. They were the parents of eight
children.
Robert Johnson attended the district schools of
Springfield Township until 1849, when he came to Springfield
leaving his brothers to assist his father in operating the
farm. He had a natural aptitude for carpenter's and
joiner's work, to which he served an apprenticeship, and
later he engaged with his brother in building and
contracting at Springfield until 1865. The oil
industry was then springing up in Pennsylvania and he went
to that tate and became financially interested in the oil
fields there. In 1867, Mr. Johnson returned to
Springfield, where he became associated with Amos
Whiteley, J. W. Taylor, W. W. Wilson, Walter Craig and
others in the organization of The Champion Machine Company,
which with added capital and wider trade relations, was to
succeed the Whiteley, Fassler and Kelly firm,
which was then manufacturing the Champion reapers and
mowers.
Mr. Johnson was made secretary and
superintendent of the Champion Machine Company and served as
such for fifteen years. When the Champion Malleable
Iron Company was formed in 1873, Mr. Johnson became
its secretary and a member of its directing board. In
the following year the Bar and Knife Company was organized
by the above concerns, which continued successfully to carry
on business until 1884, and until 1881 Mr. Johnson
was a member of its board of directors and its secretary.
In 1882 Mr. Johnson built a fine block on West Main
Street, which has ever since borne his name.
In 1883 Mr. Johnson again became
connected with large industrial enterprises, acquiring an
interest in the manufacturing concern of Mast,
Foos and Company, of which he was chosen vice-president,
and he also later associated himself with the capitalists
who organized the Superior Drill Company. This company
was incorporated with a capital stock of $250,000, and
Mr. Johnson has served during its existence as its
vice-president. The first board of directors of this
company were: E. L. Buchwalter, Robert Johnson, C.
E. Patric, Thomas F. McGew and Charles S. Kay.
This corporation was a few years ago taken into American
Seeding Company, and forms the Superior Drill division of
that combination of manufacturing plants, Mr. Johnson
retiring from active service there
Drill Company. This company was incorporation was a few
years ago taken into the American Seeding Company, and forms
the Superior Drill division of that combination of
manufacturing plants, Mr. Johnson retiring from
active service therein. In 1892 he acquired an
interest in the Hoppes Manufacturing Company, of which he is
vice-president, and is also a large stockholder in the
Foos Gas Engine Company, of which he was formerly
vice-president. He has been more or less concerned in
the growth and success of many other lesser concerns.
He is a director and stockholder in the Springfield Coal and
Ice Company, which manufactured the fir st artificial ice
used here. Mr. Johnson owns a large amount of
real estate and he has done much to improve the city and add
to its business facilities. In 1902 he built the first
steel skeleton structure in Springfield, a magnificent brick
structure on High Street, between Limestone and Fountain
Avenue, five stories high, with a frontage of 100 feet and a
depth of 145 feet, which is utilized as the Edward Wren
department store. He owns a beautiful home at No.
580 East High Street.
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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FLOYD A. JOHNSTON
- See Mention of name on Page 834 in
CHAPTER XX
Source:
20th Century History
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ALF JONES, a representative
citizen of Pleasant Township, who resides on his well
cultivated farm of twenty acres, belongs to one of the old
settled families of this section. He was born May 27,
1860, in Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of Z. B. and
Mira Jane (Ferguson) Jones.
The family was established in Clark County by the
great-grandparents, George and Eva Jones, who came to
Ohio from Pennsylvania. They had the following
children: Mira, Nancy, Elizabeth, Catherine, Uriah, John
and Josiah. John Jones, the grandfather of Alf
Jones, was born in Pleasant Township, Clark County,
Ohio, Feb. 27, 1814. On Jan. 1, 1835, he married
Mary B. Bodkin and they had three children born to them,
as follows: George F., born in 1835, married
Elizabeth Neer and they had three children; Lydia,
born in 1836, married Samuel Melvin, had five
children and died in March, 1906; and Z. B., who
survives.
Z. B.
JONES, father
of
Alf
Jones, was
born Dec. 27, 1837, in Clark County, where he owns farming
land and has in his possession a deed which bears the
signatures of President
Madison
and his secretary, under the date of Dec. 4, 1811. The
first marriage of Mr.
Jones
was to Mira Jane Ferguson,
who died Feb. 18, 1885. She was a daughter of
William and Margaret Ferguson.
Of their four children the two survivors are:
Alf,
residing in Pleasant Township, and Bert,
who was born in 1869, married Lillian
Bratton
and has one son, Howard.
Z. B. Jones
was married a second time, the lady being
Ellen C. Ward, the
ceremony taking place Mar. 14, 1895.
Mrs. Jones is a
daughter of Josiah and Rebecca (Veasy)
Ward, natives of
Maryland.
Alf Jones
attended the schools of Pleasant Township through his
boyhood and since then has devoted his attention to farming.
He manages and operates both his own and his father's land.
On Nov. 26, 1882, he married Anna Tavenner,
who was born Oct. 9, 1860, and is a daughter of
Benjamin and Emma (Cook) Tavenner,
the former of whom was born in 1830 and still survives, and
the latter in 1834. Mrs. Jones
is one of a family of nine children, the names of the others
being: Charles, Effie, Harry R., Albert S.,
William, Amelia,
Arthur and
Lillian,
all of whom survive, with the exception of the youngest, who
died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Jones
have one son, Harold F.,
who was born July 6, 1889. Mrs. Jones
is a member of the M. P. Church
at Catawba. Mr.
Jones is
one of the influential men of his community and has
frequently been elected to office. He served three
years as a justice of the peace, for a number of terms as a
trustee of the township, and the excellent condition which
is remarked concerning some of the public highways in his
neighborhood may justly be attributed to his faithful
performance of duty during the terms he has served as road
supervisor.
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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CLARK E. JONES, justice of
the peace and prominent citizen of Harmony Township,
residing at Vienna, was born in Clark County, Ohio, May 13,
1869, and is a son of William Wallace and Amanda M.
(Clark) Jones.
The branch of the Jones family to which
Clark E. belongs is an old one in Clark County, his
grandfather, J. Henry Jones, having been born here
Jan. 30, 1821. He died Feb. 24, 1870. On Mar.
19, 1840, he was married to Jemima C. Botkin, who was
born Mar. 14, 1820, and died Feb. 5, 1875. They had
five children: William Wallace, George Hamilton,
Harriet Ann, and Virginia and Isabel,
twins. George Hamilton, the second son, was
born Mar, 6, 1843, and was killed while serving as a soldier
in the Union Army. Harriet Ann, born in 1845,
married Jacob Yeazel. Virginia and
Isabel were born Sept. 28, 1858. They both
survive, the latter being the wife of C. O. Neer.
WILLIAM WALLACE JONES, was born
July 29, 1841, and died Dec. 20, 1904. He was married
at Vienna, by Reverend Forshea, Feb. 4, 1866, to
Amanda M. Clark, and they had six children:
Frank, Clark, Belle, Jennie, Burr G. and Scott
H. Frank, born Nov. 13, 1866, married Lizzie
Baird in 1891 and they have four children, Harriet
E., Ho, Eva and Mabel. Belle, born
Feb. 15, 1872, married Howard Logue and they have two
children, Leah and Lydia R. Jennie born
Aug. 11, 1874, married Wade H. Smith, and they
have two children, Richard and Mary. Burr,
born Apr. 23, 1876, married Ethel Smith and they have
three children, Robert, Shurrell and Wade.
Scott, born Aug. 1, 1883, resides at home and is
employed by the Ohio Electric Railroad.
Clark E. Jones, was about ten years old when he
came to Vienna, where he completed his education and where
his life has been mainly spent. He has been more or
less continuously interested in farming, owning twenty-two
and one-half acres in Pleasant Township, together with two
valuable properties in the town. His mother still
survives. She was born at Vienna, Oct. 21, 1844, and
is a daughter of William B. and Rebecca Clark.
Her brothers and sisters bore the following names:
Martha A., Nancy T., Mary J., Thomas M., Albert H., Eli T.,
Anna N., Lavinia, William B., Harriet D., Morton and
Sherman.
On Mar. 12, 1891, Mr. Jones was married at
New Moorefield, Ohio, by Rev. O. M. Sellers, to
Nellie A. Baird. She was born in Clark County,
Ohio, Nov. 2, 1872, and is a daughter of William and
Nancy J. (Kimble) Baird. Her great-grandparents,
William and Dorothy (Cameron) Baird, lived in
Pennsylvania until 1794, when they journeyed to Kentucky and
in 1808 came from there to Ohio on horseback, settling in
Harmony Township. William Baird had been
a soldier in the Revolution and served as a guard over
certain Hessian prisoners. Family annals tell that
after he had heard some of his prisoners declare that they
would never return to Germany, but if they could escape
would become citizens of the great Republic, he exercised
discrimination and permitted some to evade his vigilence,
knowing that the colonies needed strong, sturdy men of that
type. The Bairds originated in Scotland, were
probably driven to Ireland by religious persecution and
subsequently came to America. In Kentucky the
Bairds and Breckenridges were connected by social
and business ties.
The father of Mrs. Jones
was born in Clark County, Ohio, Mar. 27, 1826, and died Feb.
20, 1907. He married Nancy J. Kimble, who was
born Aug. 5, 1840. They had five children, namely:
Clara E., born in 1869, married Frank C. Jones in
1891; Milton, born in 1870, married Flora Neer;
Nellie A., Mrs. Jones; Eva, born Nov. 2, 1875; and
Laura E.. born Nov. 14, 1877, married Minor
Slagle.
Mr. Jones belongs to the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Vienna, while his wife is a member of
the Christian Church. He is a member of the Knights of
Pythias at this place, and has held all of the offices in
its gift, being at present keeper of the records and seals.
In 1907 he represented the lodge at the Grande Lodge at
Zanesville. He belongs to the higher branch, the
Uniform Rank, at Springfield and also to the auxiliary, the
Pythian Sisters. In politics Mr. Jones is a
stanch Republican and on that ticket he was elected justice
of the peace to serve a term of four years, assuming the
duties of the office in 1907.
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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F. O. JONES, head of the firm
of F. O. Jones & Company, which is extensively
engaged in sheet metal work, roofing, etc., has been a
prominent citizen and business man of Springfield, Ohio,
since 1894.
Mr. Jones was born in Darke County, Ohio, in
1868, and was six years old when his parents moved to
Indiana, where he was reared and educated. When
twenty-one years of age he went South, locating at Harriman,
Tennessee, where he spent three years in the hardware and
tinware business. He was thereafter engaged in the
same line of business in various towns in Indiana and
Kentucky until 1894, when he came to Springfield. The
following nine years were spent with the Peet &
Schuster Company, the last six years of which he served
in the capacity of foreman. In September, 1904, in
connection with Mr. W. E. Tuttle, he formed the firm
of F. O. Jones & Company, which since has become one
of the leading firms of the city. He is a man of
ability and standing in the community, and has a host of
acquaintances and friends throughout this section of the
state.
In 1892, Mr. Jones was united in marriage with
Emma Collins, a native of Indiana, and they have two
children, Harley and Grace. Fraternally,
he is a member of the Masonic Order. He and his wife
are members of the First Baptist Church, of which he is a
deacon.
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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NEWTON R. JONES -
See ROONEY W.
JONES
Source:
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ROONEY W. JONES,
residing on his valuable fruit farm of three acres, situated
within the limits of Vienna, in Harmony Township, fills the
important office of treasurer of the village. He was
born in Clark County, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1875, and is a son of
Newton R. and Frances (Sullivan) Jones.
The maternal grandparents of Mr. Jones
were Samuel and Mary Sullivan. Samuel
Sullivan was born in 1800 and was an apprentice to an
officer during the War of 1812. He came from
Baltimore, Maryland, to Clark County, in 1837, and settled
near Vienna, where he conducted a cooper shop for many
years. At the time of his death, in 1898, he was the
oldest man in Clark County. His wife died in 1881.
They had three daughters: Mary Catherine, who married
William Young; Frances Ann, who was
born in Mary and in 1834; and Clarissa.
Newton R. Jones was born in Virginia in 1836 and
died in 1890 in Clark County, Ohio. He served in the
Federal Army during almost the entire period of the Civil
War, enlisting Nov. 2, 1861, at Vienna, Ohio, in Company C,
Eleventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and being
honorably discharged at Omaha, Nebraska, Apr. 1, 1865.
This regiment was mainly used to fight the Indians and their
service was constantly one of great danger. On
one occasion Mr. Jones was among the mountains
in very inclement weather and was almost frozen to death.
After his military service was over he returned to Clark
County and resided near Vienna during the remainder of his
life. In 1860 he was married to Frances Ann
Sullivan, and they had three sons born to them, all of
whom survive, namely: Vancy, who was born in
1868, resides with his brother, Rooney W.; Noah,
who was born Apr. 18, 1871, married Sylvia Smith, a
daughter of Amos Smith, and they have one
daughter, Gladys; and Rooney Washington.
Rooney W. Jones was educated
with a view of becoming a teacher, taking the course at the
Ohio Normal University at Ada, and subsequently
engaging in teaching for a number of years. On May 26,
1900, he was married to Cora A. Stafford. They
have a little adopted daughter named Bessie.
Mrs. Jones was also educated at the Ohio Normal
University and is a lady of high attainments. She
formerly taught school.
Mr. Jones is a Republican and has taken an
active interest in politics ever since he became a voter and
has been honored by his party on many occasions. In
1900 he took the census in this vicinity. He has
served as chairman of the Clark County Central Committee of
his party, and at present is corporation treasurer of
Vienna, having previously served two terms as township
treasurer. In 1908 Mr. Jones was
nominated by his party for county recorder, a nomination in
Clark County on the Republican ticket meaning an election.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones are active members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Vienna, in which Mr.
Jones is a trustee and a steward. Mr. Jones
is one of the prominent members of the order of Knights of
Pythias at Vienna, belonging to Lodge No. 660, and also to
Lodge No. 15, Junior Order United American Mechanics.
He is a valued member of the Franklin Society.
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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WILLIAM WALLACE
JONES - See CLARK E. JONES
Source:
20th Century History
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Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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Z. B. JONES -
See ALF JONES
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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