Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio . of Ottawa county, stands thegentleman whose name here appears. He was born in the town of West-brook, Middlesex Co., Conn., May 13,1835, and is a son of William and Har-riet (Hill) Johnson, who were also bothnatives of the Nutmeg State. The fatherdied at Northford, Conn., when Charles wasbut a youth, the mother coming to Dan-bury township soon after he had locatedhere, and passed away at his home, April23, 1894, at the very advanced age ofninety-one years. In the family were fivechildren, three of whom still survi
Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio . of Ottawa county, stands thegentleman whose name here appears. He was born in the town of West-brook, Middlesex Co., Conn., May 13,1835, and is a son of William and Har-riet (Hill) Johnson, who were also bothnatives of the Nutmeg State. The fatherdied at Northford, Conn., when Charles wasbut a youth, the mother coming to Dan-bury township soon after he had locatedhere, and passed away at his home, April23, 1894, at the very advanced age ofninety-one years. In the family were fivechildren, three of whom still survive:Charles D.; Frederick A., a prominent resi-dent of Danbury township; and WilliamG., who makes his home in Canada. Our subject was reared to manhoodin his native town amidst the surround-ings of a comfortable home, and receivedthe advantages of a liberal common-. COMMEMORATIVK BIOOBAPHICAL RECORD. 543 school education. Since early life he hasfollowed the vocations of fishing and farm-ing,but of lateyearshas devotedthegreatcrpart of his time to fruit culture, which heat present conducts on an extensive 1S58 he located in Danbury township,and for thirty-seven years has now been acontinuous resident, during which time hehas done much toward developing the re-sources of the county, ever taking an act-ive part in all matters having for theirobject the advancement of the interests ofthe county and township. In Danbur} township, February 13,1859, Mr. Johnson was united in mar-riage with Miss Harriet Hartshorn, whowas born in that township December 27,1837, a daughter of Wyatt and Jane(Kelly) Hartshorn. To this union wereborn seven children, six of whom are yetliving, as follows: Etta, born May 20,i860, is the wife of Emanuel Jesse, aresident of Danbury township; Lottie,born November 18, 1862, is the wife ofW. D. Preston, and they also make t
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