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Born 1817
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
JOHNSON JESSE, White Eyes township; farmer; born in Jefferson county about 1817, and was the son of Derrick Johnson. Jesse was married in 1841 to Miss M. J. Dennison of Jefferson county; she was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania. They had nine children, all of whom have deceased except the three youngest, two boys and one girl — Charles, Ernst and Grace. Orace is married to John Adams, a stock dealer of Coshocton, and resides at that place. Charles lives at home with his mother, and farms the place. Ernst has been attending: school at Coshocton for the last three years. Mr. Johnson came to this township in the spring of 1861, and located on the farm where his widow resides. He died September 15, 1868, aged 62 years, and was interred at Kimbles. 'They lost four of their children within two weeks.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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