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Born 1852
From History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881)
J. H. JOHNSON, Insurance Agent; Alliance; is thi'.ehlest son of Simon and Jane (Teeters) Johnson; hf was born in Wiishingtun Tp., this county, Feb. 17, 1852. His education was secured at the public schools of Alliance, and he also spent a short time at the Alliance College. When quite young he began to assist his father, who was then representing several insurance companies, and has ever since devoted his attention to that line of business, and represents many of the most reliable insurance companies doing business on this continent, among which may be mentioned the Royal of England and the Travelers' Life and Accident of Connecticut. He married Rosa Hartzell, June "48, 1876; she was a daughter of Freilerick Hartzell, of Belmont, Mahoning Co., Ohio. They have one child — Lucy K. Mr. Johnson has been a member of the Knights of Honor for the past six years.
As printed in History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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