History of Daviess and Gentry counties, Missouri . ff) Johnson was also born in Virginia in 1806. She died in1894, and her husband died in 1887 in Daviess County. They are bothburied in the Johnson Cemetery in Union Township, Daviess County, whichwas owned by David Johnson. W. A. Johnson removed to Daviess County two years before his par-ents made the trip. He drove from Green County, Ohio, to his arrival there he erected a log cabin on heavy timber land, whichhe cut and cleared himself. Hamilton, Mo., was the first railroad tradingpost in that section when Mr. Johnson came to Mi
History of Daviess and Gentry counties, Missouri . ff) Johnson was also born in Virginia in 1806. She died in1894, and her husband died in 1887 in Daviess County. They are bothburied in the Johnson Cemetery in Union Township, Daviess County, whichwas owned by David Johnson. W. A. Johnson removed to Daviess County two years before his par-ents made the trip. He drove from Green County, Ohio, to his arrival there he erected a log cabin on heavy timber land, whichhe cut and cleared himself. Hamilton, Mo., was the first railroad tradingpost in that section when Mr. Johnson came to Missouri. He located on afarm in Grand River Township, Daviess County, and five years later movedto Union Township. During the Civil War Mr. Johnson served for eightmonths. Oct. 7, 1851, Mr. Johnson was married in Virginia to Mary Yates, whowas born in 1820. She died in 1888. To this union seven children wereborn, one of whom died in infancy. The others are as follows: James W.,Gilman City; Phillip M., Union Township, Daviess County; Garrette, Gal-. AV. A. JOHNSON THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBLIAKY ASTOB. LENOX AAD TlLOEN FOUXDATlOiNS R L HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES 921 latin; David G., California; Lucy, deceased; Belle, the wife of Lewis Hitch-cock, Washington. Phillip M. Johnson was married in 1882 to Lucy Cor-nell, a native of Worth County. Four children have been born to thisunion as follows: Charles L., Union Township, Daviess County; Virgil P.,Grand River Township, Daviess County; George W., banker, Jameson;Mary, the wife of Marion Pags, Monroe Township, Daviess County. W. A. Johnson has been retired for a number of years, but is stillvery active. He thinks nothing of walking five miles a day, and derivesgreat pleasure from fishing. In politics Mr. Johnson is a Democrat, andhe is a member of the Methodist Church. To men such as Mr. Johnsonwe today owe much. They braved the dangers of frontier life and, by theirwork, made possible the industrial and civic growth that hav
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