OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS - Seneca Co., Ohio

Source:
History of Seneca County, Ohio
containing a History of the County, It's Townships, Towns,
Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc.;
Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men;
Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory;
History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.
- Illustrated -
Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1886.

Big Spring Twp. -
WILLIAM JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Adrian, was born in Pennsylvania, Oct. 10, 1814, a son of Archibald and Catharine Johnson, also natives of Pennsylvania, where they were married and first settled. They moved to Medina County, Ohio, and thence to this county in 1820, where they resided until death. Archibald Johnson was killed by lightning in 1845; his widow died September 1, 1879. Our subject was married, Feb. 17, 1845, to Nancy Cline, born in Lancaster County, Penn., May 8, 1827, daughter of George and Mary Cline, natives of Maryland, who were married in Lancaster County, first settling there; they came to this county about 1836, and here remained the residue of their lives. Mrs.. Cline died in 1856, and Mr. Cline in 1861. Our subject and wife are parents of nine children, of whom eight are now living: Rebecca, Isaac, William J., George A., Mary, Jennie, Henry E. and Andrew. Mr. Johnson who has always been a farmer, owns 113 acres of land mostly improved, also town property. He is one of the old settlers of this county, and has lived an honest, straightforward life.
SOURCE: History of Seneca County, Ohio containing a History of the County, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. - Page 722

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