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HENRY G. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Fleming Co., Ky., Apr. 17, 1813, and is a son of Jacob and Rachel (Green) Johnson.  He is next to the youngest of the children living; was reared on his father's farm and educated in the common schools.  His first schoolhouse was a log cabin, with no floors,,,, furnished with a fire-place, slab seats and greased-paper window lights.  When sixteen years of age, he left home, going twenty-one miles to Champaign County to obtain work at $6 a month, $1 in cash and the remainder in goods.  For four years he worked by the month, receiving from $6 to $9 per month; then cropped one year and worked by the job one year; after which he married, and, in 1841, bought 100 acres of land, where Rushsylvania now stands, paying $1,000.  It was largely covered with timber, and he has since cleared half of the farm and lived on it seven years.  He then lived on the Mays farm on the old Sandusky road, remaining there one year.  He accommodated pioneer travelers, although not keeping a public house.  He cleared three farms in Logan County, and on Mar. 25, 1850, purchased his present farm of 100 acres, paying $8 an acre.  In 1853, he added 103 acres, paying $6 an acre; subsequently, in 1856, he added fifty-four acres more, and is now the owner of 247 acres, 150 of which he has cleared and improved himself.  He started a poor boy, and by his energy and ambition secured all he now has, and his pursuits in life have been generally successful.  He has been a great reader, acquiring considerable knowledge.  On Apr. 28, 1836, he was united in marriage to Martha, daughter of Robert and Isabel (Burnsides) Smith, and a native of Logan County, Ohio, born Oct. 10, 1813.  Ten children resulted from this union, nine living, viz., Jacob R.; Isabel S., wife of J. S. Allen; Robert H.; Savilla; Victoria, wife of Nathan Clark; Henry O., Philip G., Mary E., and Paulina, wife of Kendrick Kennedy.  Mr. John belonged for sixty years and she for forty years.  Mr. Johnson has also been a local minister for twenty-five years.  In politics, he was formerly a Whig but is now a Republican.  He served as Township Trustee for eight years.  Jacob R. Johnson, the eldest son of our subject, was the first to enlist in Hardin County; he responded to the call of 75,000 men, and enlisted in Company ___, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He served in the army of the Potomac, and fought at Romney.  After a service of nine months, he was discharged on account of disability.  He then returned home, and is now residing in Leesburg, Kosciusko Co., Ind.  He was marred to Margaret J. Pooler.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 1045

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HOSEA JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Monroe Township, Logan Co., Ohio, Dec. 11, 1817.  His father, Jacob Johnson, was born in Monmouth County, N. U., Mar. 15, 1779.  His grandfather was Andrew Johnson, who came from Holland before the Revolution, settled in New Jersey, and in 1786 removed with his family to Boone County, Ky.  The following year Daniel Boone left that county.  Mrs. Johnson, wife of Jacob Johnson, was of English and Welsh descent.  Her father, George Green, worked his way across the ocean on a sailing vessel when nineteen years of age.  He settled in Bourbon County, Ky., and, in 1811, came to Logan County, Ohio, where he died.  Our subject's parents married July 12, 1802.  His father was an old hunter, and followed that occupation in Kentucky, where bears were so numerous that people could hardly keep their hogs, and had to pen them up.  Mr. Johnson, early one morning, was aroused by the squealing of some hogs, and suddenly started out in pursuit of the bear.  He followed the noise, and soon found the object of this search.  The bear was biting and cuffing the hog, which he held up but on seeing the hunter he fled.  Mr. Johnson, knowing the bear would soon return, secreted himself behind a log, and shortly after bruin came back and perched himself with his fore feet on the log, snuffing around, upon which the hunter shot him in the region of the heart.  The animal was found to weight 500 pounds.  When Jacob Johnson came to Logan County, he "squatted" on 1,000 acres of land, which he occupied seventeen years.  He then bought eighty-seven acres of land at $2 an acre in Rush Creek Township, which land he cleared of the timber covering it.  His father's home was used as a church for twenty-five years, and his house was the home of the itinerant.  He was first identified with the old Calvin Baptists, and afterward with the Methodist Church, in which he labored until his death.  He died in August, 1868, and his wife preceded him, Sept. 18, 1856.  They had twelve children, ten sons and two daughters five living.  Our subject, the youngest child, was reared on a farm and given a common school education.  He aided his father in clearing the farm, and lived with him until twenty-two years old.  On Jan. 2, 1840, he was married to Nancy Rosbrugh, born in Logan County, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1817.  Her parents, Hilkiah and Susan (Deardeff) Rosebrugh, were natives of Virginia whence they moved and settled in Logan County, Ohio, near West Liberty, where there daughter Nancy was reared to womanhood.  Mrs. Rosebrugh was born May 18, 1787, died May 2, 1851, in Logan County; her husband was born Oct. 30, 1782, died Apr. 17, 1828, in Bedford County, Va.  They had eleven children, ten living, viz.: Susan, wife of James Morrison; Elizabeth, wife of H. N. Smith; John C.; Sophromia, wife of P. F. Latimer; George F.; M. Micajah; Jane, wife of Milton Davis; Margaret, wife of Milton Lee;  Peter F. and Mollie C.  Henry G. died at the age of two years.  In 1850, Mr. Johnson removed to his present farm and bought 100 acres, to which he has since added, until he is owner now of 540 acres; the homestead contained 330 acres.  He has given 200 acres to his sons, George and Micajah.  In politics, he wsa formerly a Whig, but now belongs to the Republican party.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 1046

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JOHN C. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Union County, Ohio, Aug. 26, 1843.  He is a son of Hosea and Nancy Johnson, who removed to Logan County, Ohio, when our subject was one year old.  In 1850, they settled in Buck Township, Hardin County, where John was reared and educated.  On Jan. 17, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, Eight-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Army of the Cumberland.  On May 2, he started on the Atlanta campaign, and fought in the battles of Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, and all the battles on the approach to Atlanta, including the bombardment of that city.  He was taken sick at Atlanta, of typhoid fever, and was subsequently transferred to Nashville, where he participated in the battle there.  He followed Hood's army to Florence, Ala., and was then formed into a battalion of Sherman's soldiers, and rejoined his regiment at Goldsboro.  He then marched to Raleigh, and was finally taken by water to Fort Schuyler, N. Y., where he was mustered out, and was discharged at Columbus, July 7, 1865.  On his return home, he resumed his occupation of farming.  He rented land until 1872, when he bought sixty-five acres in Buck Township, to which he has since added, and now owns 224 acres, on which he has made improvements and cleared nearly the whole of it.  He built his residence in 1877 at a cost of $2,000, and has also added all the barns.  He is employed in farming and stock-raising, keeping a good grade of cattle.  On Nov. 23, 1869, he was united in marriage to Anna E. Rarey, born in Franklin County, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1848, and a daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Rarey.  This union has resulted in six children, five living, viz.: Nora I., Annetta, George P., Nicholas P. and John W.  Walter A. died when four years old.  Mr. Johnson and his wife are connected with the M. E. Church.  Mr. Johnson is a member of the Grange, and has filled the offices of Master, Overseer and Chaplain, each two terms.  In politics, he is a Republican, and has served as Township trustee for one term.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 1047