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Johnson Hindin Genealogy
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 1845 - 1873
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| Born |
29 Jan 1845 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
22 Sep 1873 |
| Buried |
Union Dale Cemetery, Northside (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania  |
| Person ID |
I149 |
Johnson Hindin Tree |
| Last Modified |
13 Jul 2019 |
| Father |
Brownlee JOHNSTON, b. 16 Dec 1812, Ohio , d. 28 Nov 1874, West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana County, Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Eliza Ann Rae or Rea or Ray, b. 16 Oct 1820, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , d. 22 Mar 1896 |
| Married |
24 Mar 1840 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Family ID |
F48 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Hannah Catherine Davis, b. May 1845, d. 23 Dec 1916, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania |
| Married |
11 Sep 1866 |
| Children |
| | 1. Lillian Mae JOHNSON, b. 27 Aug 1867, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 19 Dec 1946, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 2. Harry Rae (or Ray) JOHNSON, Sr., b. 27 Aug 1867, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 26 Mar 1920, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 3. Brownlee JOHNSON, b. 4 Sep 1870, New Florence, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania , d. 7 Feb 1932, New Kensington, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 4. Robert G. JOHNSON, b. 14 Aug 1871, Pennsylvania , d. 1 Aug 1961, Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania |
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| Family ID |
F3360 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- According to a handwritten "Family Record", probably from a family Bible, obtained from Emma Johnson Farmin, John was born on January 29, 1845, and he died on September 11, 1875 (this date is incorrect; it should be 1875). According to a related handwritten "Family Tree," John was born on January 29, 1845. In both sources, he is shown to have married Hannah C. Davis on September 11, 1866. (Note: It was originally assumed that Hannah was the wife of John's brother, Henry (Harry) Johnson. This assumption has been discarded based on this "Family Tree". The database now shows Hannah to be the wife of John. However, it is believed that Hannah's maiden name was Byers, not Davis.) The Family Tree shows John and Hannah to have had four children: Brownlee, Robert, and twins Harry and Lillian, born August 27, 1867. These sources are believed to be generally accurate and will be relied upon unless other sources require a different conclusion.
John and his wife Hannah and their family cannot be located in the 1870 census.
John's grave marker indicates that he was a Sargent in Co. 1 of the 109th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War. According to the History of Pennsylvania Volunteers (Samuel P. Bates, 1870 and 1993), John was mustered into the army on January 25, 1862. He was wounded at Pine Knob, Georgia on June 15, 1864 while with Sherman's Army, and he was discharged on January 25, 1865 after serving his three year term.
According to his obituary, John was 26 when he died in 1873.
John is buried in a plot with a William Sproull, who was buried on May 7, 1853. Mr. Sproull may not be any relation to John Johnson. The plot was owned by Mrs. Sarah Sproull before it was transferred by letter to John S/G(?) Johnson. The cemetery records indicate that Frank Johnson had a letter showing this transfer. Presumably, Frank would have had to produced that letter when he buried John in 1873, when Frank was 17 years old. The fact that Frank held this letter at such a young age suggests that John and Frank's father, Brownlee, may have been dead by 1873. (Brother Robert had died in 1868.)
John's death notice indicates that he was 26 when he died, meaning he was born in 1847. However, according to the 1860 Census, John was 15 in 1860, meaning that he was born in 1845.
According to John's death certificate, available on FamilySearch.org (2012), John died of a "laceration of the brain from fracture of skull". He was a carpenter.
The following news article appeared in the Pittsburgh Daily Post on September 23, 1873:
FATAL ACCIDENT
A MAN KILLED BY A FRAGMENT FROM A BURSTED COG WHEEL.
A carpenter named Johnson, employed in the construction of St. Mary's Catholic Church on Forty-sixth street, met with a fatal accident about ten o'clock yesterday morning. Johnson was at work on the roof of the building, and a number of men were hoisting a large stone by means of a derrick. When the stone had been raised almost to the height required, the cog- wheel of the derrick bursted, and a fragment of the wheel struck Johnson on the temple, inflicting injuries which terminated terminated fatally about three o'clock yesterday afternoon. Johnson was working about fifty feet away from the derrick when struck, while the men employed in the hoisting of the stone escaped unhurt. The stone in its descent came near falling on a number of men employed on the street. Deceased leaves a wife and four children, who are spending the summer on the mountain.
According to a legal notice in the March 25, 1880 edition of The Indiana Progress (Indiana, Pennsylvania), Frank Johnson, John's brother, was serving as the legal guardian of John's children. It is not clear why he would be serving as guardian given that their mother, Hannah, was still alive unless, perhaps, he was serving as financial trustee. The legal notice states that J.W. Vanhorn and George Daugherty had filed a petition seeking Frank's removal as guardian.
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