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JOHNSON
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Charles Johnson
(1866-1909)

John Wash Johnson
(1828 - 1???)

Isaac Johnson
(1787-Aft.1900)

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FAMILY
NAMES

LOFTIN:
 Beatty
 Corzine
 Cranford
 Fisher
 Givens
 Harwell
 Kaiser
 Lanier
 Lomax
 McCorkle
 Rudisill
 Sherrill
 Upright
 Washington
 Work

SETZER:
Aderholdt
Barringer
Bovey
Bushart
Deal
Heavner
Herman
Ikert
Miller
Motz
Rankin
Witherspoon

GOBLE:
Babst/Bobst
Douglas
Faber
Fink
Fulbright
Hefner
Meinhert
Miller
Muller
Pabst/Bobst
Robinson

JOHNSON:
Corzine
Fink
Hamilton
Kaiser
Leslie
Lewis
Moore
Sherrill
Upright
Wilkinson

Additional
Family
SURNAMES
 

 

Charles R. A. Johnson   Born: Sept 1866, Iredell County, NC Died: Jan 1909, Monrovia, California   Charles "Charlie" R. A. Johnston was born about 1866 to John Wash Johnston (b. 1828) and Martha Loretta Frazier (b. 1837).     Children of John Wash Johnson and Martha Loretta Frazier Name Birth Death Spouse Charles R. A. Johnson Sept 1866 Jan 1909 Beulah Vernesta Johnson   D. Lewis William Johnson 08 Jun 1868 Iredell Co, NC 29 Jun 1932 Iredell Co, NC 1) Polly Johnson 2) Esther Naomi Goforth Lobena C. Johnson Abt. 1875           The 1870 Census shows the John Wash Johnson family living in the Shiloh Township of Iredell County, North Carolina. There are several errors on this Census. John was incorrectly listed as "Wm." and his age was incorrectly listed as 30. Loretta's age was listed as 36, Charley was incorrectly listed as age 5 and Lewis was correctly listed as age 2. The Census indicates that neither John nor Loretta could read or write.     1870 Shiloh Township, Iredell County, NC, CENSUS   Name Description Profession Occupation Birth State Can't Read Can't Write Male > 21 Last First Age Sex Race Johnson Wm. 30 M W Works on Farm NC / / / ------- Loretta 36 F W Keeping House ---- / /   ------- Charley 5 M W   ----       ------- Lewis 2 M W   ----             The 1880 Census shows the John Wash Johnson family living in the Shiloh Township of Iredell County, North Carolina. The Census shows his age as 52. His wife Martha was 42, son Charlie (C.R.A.) was 12, son D. Lewis William (D.L.W.) was 10 and daughter Lobena was 5. The Census shows that Martha's mother was born in Scotland. John Wash Johnson's sisters Eliza, age 54, and Mary, age 45, were living nearby.     1880 Shiloh Township, Iredell County, NC, CENSUS   Family Name Personal Description Relation Civil Occup. Trade Sick Disabled Education Birth Last First Race Sex Age S Md. Attended School Can't Write Self Dad Mom 19 Johnson Eliza W F 54   /   Keeping House       NC NC NC   -------- Mary W F 45 Sister /           NC NC NC                                 20 Johnson J. W. W M 52     / Farm Laborer       NC NC NC   ------- Martha L. W F 48 Wife   / Keeping House Diarea     NC Scotland NC   ------- C. R. A. W M 12 Son         /   NC NC NC   ------- D. L. W. W M 10 Son         / / NC NC NC   ------- Lobena C. W F 5 Daughter             NC NC NC     The 1900 Census shows Charlie living with his father, John W. (Wash) Johnson, in the Shiloh Township of Iredell County, NC. Charlie was 33 and listed as being born September 1866. John's birth date is listed as April 1927. Charlie and John were working on the family farm as farmers. They owned the farm and there was no mortgage.   Living nearby was the family of Nancy Caroline Lasley/Leslie Johnson (widow of John Henry Pinkney Johnson) and her children Vernesta, age 14, and Henry Pinkney, age 11.   Also living nearby was Lovina Sherrill Johnson (widow of Pinkney C. Johnson) the mother of John Henry Pinkney Johnson and Eliza Jane Johnson Blankenship, as well as Eliza's husband James Blankenship. Lovina also had a granddaughter, Carrie E. Idson, age 7, living with the family.   75-year-old Eliza Johnson at the top of the Census was the sister of John Wash Johnson.     1900 Shiloh Township, Iredell County, NC, CENSUS   Location Name Relation Personal Description Nativity Occup. Education Home Dwelling Family Last First Race Sex Birth Age S/M Wd Ys Md Kids Birth Mth of School Can Read Can Write Mth Year Born Alive Self Dad Mom O/R F Fm 64 Johnson Eliza Head W F Jun 1824 75 S       NC NC NC Farmer   Yes No O F F                                               65 Johnson Charles R. Head W M Sept 1866 33 S       NC NC NC Farmer   Yes Yes R   F   ------- John W. Father W M Apr 1927 73 Wd.       NC NC NC Farm Laborer   No No                                                     66 Scott Ambrosia Head B M Jan 1825 75 S       NC NC NC Farm Laborer   No No R   H                                               67 Johnson Nancy Head W F Nov 1860 39 Wd   2 2 NC NC NC Farm Laborer   Yes No R   H   ------- Vernesta Daughter W F Jan 1886 14 S       NC NC NC   1 Yes No         ------- Henry P. Son W M Apr 1889 11 S       NC NC NC   2 Yes No                                                     68 Johnson Lovinia Head W F Mar 1832 68 Wd   8 5 NC NC NC Farmer   Yes Yes O M F   Blankenship James Son-In-Law W M Dec 1865 34 M 7     NC NC NC Farm Laborer   Yes Yes         ------- Eliza J. Daughter W F Apr 1854 46 M 7 1 1 NC NC NC     Yes Yes         Idson Carrie E. G.Daughter W F Mar 1893 7 S       NC NC NC                   Charles married Beulah Vernesta "Nessie" Johnson on 01 May 1902 in Iredell County, NC. He was 35 and she was 16. Nessie was born 12 Apr 1889 and was the daughter of John Henry Pinkney Johnson (b. 1865) and Nancy Caroline Lasley/Leslie.       Marriage License for Charlie Johnson and Nessie Johnson     One might speculate that with the age difference "perhaps" she was pregnant at the time of their marriage. Their daughter, Geneva Mae Johnson, however, was born 21 Feb 1903 in Iredell County, NC - 10 months later.   The romance didn’t last, however.  One day, in 1904, Charlie just “left” and never returned.  According to Mary Helen Goble Sigmon (daughter of Nessie Johnson), “the family always believed that he had left town with another woman and was eventually killed.” According to Brenda Isenhour Schronce, granddaughter of Nessie Johnson (who lived with her grandmother Nessie for 14 years), shared that additional family history suggested that perhaps he was a "Pinkerton Detective". If so, it doesn't explain why he never returned for Nessie.     The Pinkerton Detective Agency is a private detective agency that was established in the United States by Allan Pinkerton in 1850 and is currently a subsidiary of Securitas AB. Pinkerton became famous when he claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln, who later hired Pinkerton agents for his personal security during the Civil War. Pinkerton's agents performed services ranging from security guarding to private military contracting work. Pinkerton was the largest private law enforcement organization in the world at the height of its power   The Statesville Landmark Newspaper reports Charlie's leaving in 1904 and death in 1909   The Landmark (Newspaper) Statesville, NC April 5, 1904   Charlie Johnson has gone West looking for a home.  He will probably locate in Arkansas.  He will return for his family.   The Landmark (Newspaper) Statesville, NC Newspaper Death Notices (12/21/1909 Landmark)   Johnson, Charles - Dies Jan 1909 near Monrovia, Calif.  In 1904 the deceased, a young man living in the Eufola community of Iredell County, left his wife and baby and went west telling the wife that he would send for her and the baby as soon as he found a suitable location in the west.  Very little was heard from him until news was received from California of his death.       Charles "Charlie" R. A. Johnson died in Jan 1909 near Monrovia, California.           SOURCES   Mary Helen Goble Sigmon (daughter of Beulah Vernesta "Nessie" Johnson Goble) Brenda Isenhour Schronce (daughter of Fannie Elizabeth "Lib" Goble Isenhour and granddaughter of Beulah Vernesta "Nessie" Johnson Goble)