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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 Davis. Everad
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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