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Born 1834
From History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships (1882)
WESLEY JOHNSON, farmer, P. 0. Union City, born June 25, 1834, in.Tackson Township, attended the common schools of his neighborhood, and was united in marriage April 29, 1858, to Sarah A. Hindsley, a native of Darke County. Ohio, born January 19, 1842. Seven children were born to these parents—Malinda, October 15, 1859; Tillie V.,.May 14, 1861, deceased October 20, 1880; Thomas W.. April 20, 1863; William L. and Joseph G., twins, December 15, 1865; Bertha A., September 11, 1869, and Malissa A., February 6, 1872. Mr. Johnson owns a good farm of 147 acres of land; he served in Company G, Fifty-fourth Indiana Infantry, participating in the principal engagements of the war. He was wounded at Vicksburg in the right hand. Jacob Johnson, his father, is a native of Frederick County, Md., born November 19, 1792; came to Dayton, Ohio, in 1824, and from thence to this county in 1832. He married Alagdaline Vattenbaker in September, 1816, who was born in June, 1794, in Maryland. He participated in the war of 1812, and was noted for his bravery. The subject of this sketch owns a good farm of 147 acres of land, and is a great over of schools and good books.
As printed in History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name Wesley Johnson: James W. Hindsley (b. 1847)
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