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Source:
History of Highland County, Ohio
by Rev. J. W. Klise -
Publ. Madison, Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Association
1902

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ELI P. JOHNSON, during his long and useful life, was one of the notable characters of that part of Highland county of which Leesburg is the center, being conspicuous for nearly forty years as merchant, banker and all around good citizen.  Mr. Johnson was a contribution to Highland from Greene county, Ohio, where he was born in 1821 of that kind of parentage calculated to produce noble and high-minded sons.  Nancy Morman, his mother, came of a staunch old Quaker family, and Pleasant Johnson whom she married, was one of the earliest and worthiest of the pioneers of Greene county.  The latter died in 1840, and his wife completed a life of self-sacrifice and devotion to duty in 1855, while a resident of Iowa.  After the usual educational routine of boys with limited means, Eli P. Johnson took that excellent preparatory course involved in the teaching of a few terms of school.  With this light business training he turned towards the "wide, wide world," and resolutely faced its dangers while preparing to take advantage of its opportunities.  It was in 1844 that the wanderer from Greene first made his appearance at Leesburg, then one of the most promising towns in the county of Highland.  He was not overloaded with capital, nor was he backed by influential names or recommendations, but he had with him the hopeful courage of youth, a laudable ambition and a good supply of that American "grit" which usually enables its possessor to realize on expectations.  As soon as he arrived in Leesburg, Mr. Johnson engaged as clerk for Eli Watson, who had been conducting a store there since 1835, and speedily showed his inborn talent as a merchant.  The agreement was that he should receive one hundred and ten dollars per year, and so quickly did he prove his efficiency and gain the confidence of his employer that at the end of the first year he was allowed to do nearly all the buying as well as the selling.  At the end of the fourth year he took an interest in the store and received one-third of the profits for his services.  In 1852, three years later, Mr. Johnson purchased Watson's entire interest and took as a partner his brother, Jarvis L. Johnson, who remained with him three years.  Mr. Johnson then purchased his brother's interest, continued alone until 1857, disposed of the entire establishment to A. E. Leverton, and rested from business one year.  In the spring of 1858 he formed a partnership with Benjamin Heller, bought the dry goods business of John M. Keen and for three years thereafter conducted the same together.  They divided up stock and accounts in 1861, and Mr. Johnson continued alone until 1875, when he sold his dry goods store and started a grocery, with William J. Holmes as a clerk.  In the spring of 1880 he disposed of all mercantile interests, after an unusually successful career of thirty-five years, and did not re-enter that field.  In 1876 Mr. Johnson assisted in organizing the Leesburg bank, the first in that part of Highland county, and was chiefly instrumental in the construction of the old bank building.  He was elected president of this financial institution and served in that capacity until his death, which occurred October 10, 1883.  In 1849 he was married to Marietta, daughter of William and Jane Johnson, a highly respectable family of Fayette county, Ohio.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 352
EVERAD M. JOHNSON, cashier of the Farmers' Bank at Highland, is a popular representative of the latest generation of a family which has been identified with Highland county from the time of its organization.  The oldest inhabitant cannot remember when one or more of the Johnsons were not connected with the affairs of Fairfield township.  It was a Johnson who laid out the town of Leesburg, and others of the name furnished subsequent additions.  A glance over the old records will show that the Johnsons held various offices connected with the towns and township, and were among the most active of the earlier citizens in all public matters.  Moorman Johnson, one of the most enterprising of the name, became prominent as a drover and shipper and died in 1863.  He married Mary Connell of Highland county, and by her became the father of Albert E. Johnson, who was born in 1847, and is now one of the well known farmers of Fairfield township, residing near Highland.  He served as a soldier in the Eleventh regiment of Ohio cavalry during the last year of the civil war, and in 1867 was married to Lorena DavisEverad M. Johnson, a son by his marriage, after the usual attendance in the common schools, entered Wilmington college, where he completed his education in 1890.  For some years thereafter he taught school and in 1896 held the position of superintendent of schools in Wayne township, Clinton county.  He resigned this office for the purpose of accepting the position of cashier of the Farmer's Bank of Highland, which he has since retained and filled more acceptably.  He is one of the public spirited men of his community and figures actively, both in its social and business life.  He holds membership in the Masonic fraternity and is prominent in all matters connected with the order.  In 1895 Mr. Johnson married Rena Vaughan of New Holland, Ohio, a lady of unusual business qualifications.  The officials of the Highland bank appointed her assistant cashier and she discharges the duties connected therewith in a manner entirely satisfactory to all concerned, being one of the few women of the state holding a position of this kind.  Lucille, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, died in 1899.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 353
ROBERT J. JONES, M. D., one of the popular and successful physicians of Greenfield, Ohio, is a native of Wales, from which country he emigrated to America in 1884.  Though he attended school to some extent in the old country, his literary education was mainly received after coming to the United States.  After this was achieved satisfactorily he entered the Cincinnati Medical college, from which he was graduated in 1895 with the degree of M.D.  During the following year he held the position of intern in the Cincinnati hospital, which is regarded as a valuable post-graduate experience for young practitioners.  In 1896 Dr. Jones located at Greenfield for the practice of his profession, where he speedily rose into notice and met with unusual success.  He has built up as extensive a practice, both in medicine and surgery, as is enjoyed by any physician in that section of Ohio, his business embracing the town as well as a broad scope of the surrounding country.  Dr. Jones is a member of the Highland county Medical society and often prepares papers for its edification which exhibit learning and advanced knowledge on his part in all branches of the profession.  In 1898 he was married to Daisy Bowser, of Ross county.  He is a master Mason and member of the First Presbyterian church in Greenfield.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 351
EUGENE S. JUDKINS

Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 354

JOSEPH B. JUVENILE, the well known house-painter of Greenfield, has long been connected actively with the political and industrial life of the city.  His father, Madison Juvenile, was a native of Ross county, and was for many years engaged in the milling business in Clinton and Highland counties.  He married Sarah Ann Higgins of Highland county, by whom he reared a family of eight children:  Thomas, of Columbus, Ohio; Henry, of Greenfield; Belle, wife of Charles Hitchcock of Akron, Ohio; John and George, painters of Greenfield; Annie, at home, and Jennie, wife of George Reed.  Joseph B. Juvenile, the other son, was born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1841, but reared partly in Highland and partly in Clinton county.  The civil war began when he was about nineteen years of age, and July 9, 1861, he joined Company G, Eleventh regiment Ohio infantry, with which he served throughout the war.  This command was first sent to West Virginia and participated in the campaigning of that state, later taking part in the battles of Second Bull Run and Antietam.  Some time after the last mentioned engagement, the regiment was sent west to join the army operating in Tennessee.  It took part in the great battle of Chickamauga and was in the famous campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, winding up with Sherman's memorable march to the sea, the trip up the coast, and the grand review at Washington and the final discharge at Louisville, Kentucky, July 20, 1865.  This constituted a long and arduous service of hot fighting and hard marching, the record of which is highly honorable to all the veterans who took part in it and one which they are entirely excusable for recalling with a feeling of pride.  Mr. Juvenile was once captured while campaigning in the vicinity of Carthage, Tenn., but was fortunate enough to be paroled without much delay and thus escape the horrors of the southern prison pens.  As soon as released from the service he returned home and resumed his old business of house-painting, which has been his employment during all the working years of his life.  He takes a lively interest in local politics and for eight years past has been the representative of his ward in the city council.  He holds membership on the water works and electric lighting boards, and altogether is a useful man in the conduct of municipal affairs.  On the social and fraternal side of life he is equally enthusiastic, being a member of the Knights of Pythias, Ancient Order United Workmen and Gibson post, Grand Army of the Republic.  In 1867 he was married to Emeralla Maddox, of Highland county, by whom he has five children: Fred and Maud; Mary, wife of Willis Harper; Charles, an electrician, and Howard.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 356

 
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