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Born 1836
From The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882)
BENJAMIN F. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Martinsville, son of Thomas B. and Elizabeth (Hull) Johnson, was born in Jefferson Township September 5, 1830. Passing his early life and manhood on his father’s farm, ho was married, November 12, 1807, in Lexington, Ohio, to Miss Louisa Jackson, daughter of Curtis and Lydia Jackson, and a sister to Hon. Thomas S. Jackson, of Jefferson Township. Mrs. Johnson wus born in Clinton County August 9, 1837. They have one child, whom they took to rear — Henrie M. Baldwin, horn November 0, 1870. In 1867, Mr. Johnson moved to his present farm, which contains seventy acres of land finely improved. Mr. Johnson is a good farmer and an enterprising man. Both himself and wife are members of the Friends' Society. Politically, he is a Republican.
As printed in The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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