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Compiled by P.
Davidson-Peters © 2001-2006
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Generation III
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Abel C. Fosbury (1843) -?
Son
of Frances Johnson & Reuben Fosbury, was born
about 1843 in New York. He married Ophelia who
was born about 1846 in New York.
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CHILDREN OF
ABEL & OPHELIA FOSBURY
- Elenore
Fosbury - born about 1868 in
Bainbridge, Chenango, NY; counted
in a census in 1870 in
Bainbridge, Chenango, NY.
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Fosbury (1844) - ? Franklin Fosbury, son of Frances
Johnson and Reuben Fosbury, was born about 1844
in New York. He was enumerated census records in 1860, 1870, and 1880 residing in Bainbridge. He
married Emma about 1868 in Chenango Co., NY. Emma
was born about 1842 in New York.
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CHILDREN OF
FRANKLIN & EMMA FOSBURY
- Orie
Fosbury - born about 1869 in
Bainbridge, Chenango, NY.
- Libbie
B. Fosbury - born about 1872 in
Bainbridge, Chenango, NY.
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Reuben
Deloss Fosbury 1850 - ?
Reuben
Deloss Fosbury, son of Frances Johnson and Reuben
Fosbury, was born on 30 Mar 1850 in Bainbridge,
Chenango, NY. He was listed as "Dewitt"
in the 1850 census and as
"Deloss" in 1880. Reuben married Caroline
M. Padget about 1875 in Chenango Co., NY. Carrie
was born in 1852 in New York and was the daughter
of Lewis and Clarissa (Manwarren).
View Descendents of John
Padget, Jr. (Outside link to Cory Panshin's
website)
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CHILDREN OF
REUBEN FOSBURY & CARRIE (PADGET)
- Lee
Fosbury - born about 1876 in
Bainbridge, Chenango, NY.
- Lyman
Fosbury - born about 1879 in
Bainbridge, Chenango, NY.
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Ebenezer
Ralph Johnson (1847) -?
Ebenezer
Ralph Johnson, son of "Eben" and Sarah
(Johnson) was born about 1847 in Illinois. Eben
married Abbie M. Knox, daughter of George and
Jerusha (Brown). She was born in New York in
about 1854 and was enumerated with her husband
and children in 1880 residing in Palymra, Illinois.
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CHILDREN OF
EBENEZER & ABBIE M. (KNOX)
- Anna
G. Johnson - born about 1876 in
Illinois.
- Cena
E. Johnson - born about 1879 in
Illinois.
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| Tabitha Ann
Johnson- Lane (1849) - ? Tabitha Ann Johnson,
daughter of Marcus T. Johnson and Alice
(Parsons), was born on 7 Nov 1849 in Bainbridge,
Chenango, NY. Tabitha was counted in a census in 1860 in Bainbridge, Chenango,
NY and in 1870 where she appears to be
listed in parents household with daughter Louisa
Lyon who is eight months old.
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DeForest
Johnson 1850-1920
Deforest J.
Johnson, son of Harvey and Mary Jane (Wheat), was
born on 13 Apr 1850 in Lee County, IL. He removed
to Cherokee County, Iowa in 1875 and settled in
Pitcher Twp. until 1889. In 1909 he moved to Alta
and lived near his son, but returned to Cherokee
in March of 1920 but died the following month.
On 24 Dec 1872 in
Woosung, Ogle County, Illinois, Deforest married
Emma C. Bovey, the oldest of Daniel Bovey and
Martha (Brubaker)'s twelve children. Emma was
born on 09 Jun 1852 in Lee Co, IL. She died on 3
Sep 1932 in Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa and was also
buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.
In 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 DeForest was listed in the census
records as residing in Palmyra, Lee County,
Illinois. In 1900 DeForest and his family
are living in Cherokee City, Cherokee Co., Iowa,
this census indicating that Emma had lost two of
her seven children. Son Howard had died in 1877,
and Della in 1895.
In 1910 the family was living in
Alta, Buena Vista Co., Iowa where their son
Chester was a doctor and their daughter Geneva a
teacher. In 1920 DeForest's home in Alta
consisted only of his wife, his children now
married or living on their own. DeForest died
this year on the 2nd of April and was laid to
rest in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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CHILDREN OF
DEFOREST JOHNSON & EMMA (BOVEY)
- Ina
Bell Johnson - born on 6 Aug
1874; married Joseph Onn who was
born about 1869 in England. They
were the parents of Louise, Alice
& DeForest Onn.
- Howard
Daniel Johnson - born on 3 Feb
1877 in Cherokee Co., Iowa and
died there that same year.
- Della
E Johnson - born on 27 Sep 1879
in Lee Co., IL; died in 1895 in
Cherokee Co., Iowa.
- Myrtle
Estelle Johnson - born on 22 Mar
1882 in Lee Co., IL. Her father's
obituary indicate she was living
in Waterloo at the time of his
death in 1920. She had married
Hiram N. Seely, son of Hiram
Seely and Henrietta. Hiram was
born in Oct 1884 in Iowa.
- Chester
Harvey Johnson - born on 24 Apr
1885 in Cherokee Co., IA. He was
a prominent doctor and referred
to by all as "Doc."
- Frank
Preston Johnson - born on 21 Jul
1887 in Cherokee Co., IA. He had
no children and at the time of
his father's death in 1920, he
was living in Fargo, North Dakota
where he was a newspaper
reporter/columnist
- Geneva
Margaret Johnson - born on 14 Jan
1890; died on 20 Jun 1961. She
married Jess Walter Wilkinson son
of Jacen "Jess"
Wilkinson and Anna Belle
(Morrissey). Jess was born on 28
May 1890 in Alta, Buena Vista,
IA. He died on 31 Jan 1980. They
were the parents of Eleanor
Margaret and Kathryn Elizabeth
Wilkinson.
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| Florence R.
Johnson 1851- ? Florence R. Johnson, daughter of
Harvey, was born on 8 Oct 1851 in Lee County, IL.
She was listed with her parents in the 1860 and 1870 census records living in Lee
County, Illinois. On 25 Dec 1873, she married (1)
Jacob Baker in Ogle Co., Illinois and had a
daughter Fronie M. Baker born about 1881.
She married (2)
Jackson and the obituary of her brother Deforest,
indicated she was living in El Paso, Texas at
that time and last name was Jackson.
In 1920 she was listed in the census living
in El Paso, Texas in the home of her daughter,
Fronie M., wife of Thomas La Rue.
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Fremont Johnson 1855 - ? Son of Harvey Johnson &
Mary J. (Wheat), he was born on 19 Dec 1855 in
Palmyra, Lee, Illinois. He was enumerated in the 1860 and 1870 census records residing in Palmyra,
Lee County, Illinois with his parents.
On 01 Nov 1876, he
married Ida May Rand, the daughter of Jeremiah
Rand and Tryphena (Brown) in Ogle County,
Illinois. Ida was born in December of 1858 in
Woosung, Ogle, Ilinois.
In 1880 Harvey and Ida were living in
Palymra, he working as a farmer and their
household consisted of their three oldest
children (Fred, Grace, Raymond) and cousin Edward
Wheat. Between 1881 and 1884, the family had
moved to Cherokee Co., Iowa and were enumerated
in the state census records in 1885 at which time their
youngest child, Pearl, had just been born and
Ida's father Jeremiah, was listed in their
household. They remained in Cherokee Co., Iowa
and were enumerated in the 1895 state census where their
youngest son DeForest was less than a year old.
In about 1899 the
family moved to Wadena Co., Minnesota and were
living in Wadena in 1900, living next door to the Davidson
and Arbuckle families and daughter Argine had
just been born in February. In 1920 the family has lived in Baldwin
Twp., Barnes Co., North Dakota nearly ten years
along with their daughter Pearl who had married
the neighboring farm boy, Robert Davidson, in
Wadena in 1902.
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CHILDREN OF
FRANKLIN F. JOHNSON & IDA MAY (RAND)
- Fred
Johnson - born in Oct 1877;
married Lydia Halvorson in
Cooperstown, Griggs Co., ND and
were the parents of Audrey,
Wendell and Elaine.
- Grace
Johnson - born on 29 Dec 1878;
died on 28 Feb 1955. She married
George F. Holly, son of David
Clayton Holly and Callie (Bovey)
in about 1901. George was born on
22 Sep 1876 in Lee Co., IL. He
died on 28 Feb 1955 in Hewitt,
Todd, MN. He was buried on 3 Mar
1955 in Hewitt Cemetery, Hewitt,
MN. The were theparents of Rex,
Earl, Ford and Hazel Holly.
- Raymond
Johnson - born in Dec 1881. He
married Mary "Mattie"
about 1908 in Wadena and were the
parents of Wesley and Bertha.
- Pearl
Edna Johnson - born on 3 Apr
1884. She died on 11 May 1965.
Pearl married Robert Davidson son
of William Davidson and Janet
Dyer (Arbuckle) on 03 Jan 1902 in
Wadena, Wadena, MN. Robert was
born on 22 Feb 1882 in Minto,
Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.
He died on 05 May 1950 in
Bottineau, Bottineau, North
Dakota and was buried in Wadena
City Cemetery, Wadena, Minnesota.
They were the parents of Lucille,
Vivian, "Fritz"
(Kenneth), Harold,
"Dick" (Donald),
Vernon, Wayne, "Butch"
(Roland), Russell, Margaret, Ida,
Berince, and Betty Davidson. [See
Davidson].
- Sophie?
Johnson - born about 1886 in
Cherokee Co., IA.
- George
Johnson - born on 27 Sep 1888;
married Frances and were the
parents of Ida, Magdeline, and
Raymand.
- Maude
Johnson - born on 3 Dec 1890 in
Meriden, Cherokee, IA.
- Deforest
L. Johnson - born on 26 Sep 1894;
married Agnes and were the
parents of Arlie and DuWane.
- Howard
E. Johnson - born on 16 Jun 1898
in Sheriden, Cherokee, IA; was
listed in the Birth Records of
Iowa as John E.
- Fronie
Johnson - born in 1900 in
Minnesota.
- Argine
Johnson - born in Feb 1900 in
Wadena, Wadena, MN; listed as a
daughter in the 1900 census, but
a granddaughter in the 1920
census.
- Merle
Johnson - born about 1904.
- LeRoy
Johnson - born about 1902 in
Minnesota; Known as Lee.
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Ethelbert Ingersoll 1849 -? Son of Estella Johnson and
David Orlando Ingersoll, he was born on 30 Apr
1849 in Oxford, Chenango, NY. He married Lavina
Marie Ireland daughter of Stephen Ireland and
Betsy (Barr) on 7 Nov 1872 in Afton, Chenango,
New York. Lavina was born on 27 Dec 1851 in
Oxford, Chenango, NY.
In 1880 the young family is listed
in the census records residing in Bainbridge with
their two small children Ernest and Lora.
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CHILDREN OF
HAMILTON JOHNSON & LAVINA (IRELAND)
- Ernest
Leon Ingersoll - born on 9 Dec
1875; married Nettie Booth,
daughter of Carlos Booth and
Lovisa (Bush) on 23 Jun 1896 in
Oxford, Chenango, NY. Nettie was
born on 21 Apr 1877 in Oxford,
Chenango, NY. They were the
parents of Edith, Lina Belle, and
Leda Mildred Ingersoll.
- Lora
Ingersoll - born on 11 Feb 1877
in Coventry, Chenango, New York.
She married (1) Olin D. Easton on
12 Sep 1894;and married (2) Don
James Guy on 16 Aug 1903 in
Bainbridge, Chenango, NY. Don was
born on 9 Feb 1875 in Coventry,
Chenango, New York.
- Lina
Belle Ingersoll - born on 31 Jan
1887.
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Edelbert Ingersoll 1850 - ? Son of Estella Johnson and
David Orlando Ingersoll, he was born on 12 Jul
1850 in Oxford, Chenango, New York and was
enumerated there in the census records for the
years 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880.
On 22 Apr 1885 he
married Eva Tuttle, daughter of Oliver Tuttle and
Elizabeth Alma (Saunders), in Windsor, Broome
Co., New York. Eva was born on 26 May 1854 in
Greene, Chenango Co., New York and died on 09 Apr
1940 in Bainbridge, Chenango, New York.
They were the
parents of Ellis LeVerne Ingersoll who was born
02 Jun 1891 in Oxford. He married Gertrude A.
Shapeley on 30 Sep 1914, she having been born 17
Oct 1889 and died in April of 1981 in Bainbridge.
Ellis died in Bainbridge in May of 1985.
Tuttle - Descendants of Oliver A.
Tuttle
Descendents of Martha
Padget (Outside link to Cory Panshin's website)
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History of Guilford,
Chenango County, New York
1869 - 1870
Bainbridge Business Directory
History Of Lee
County, Illinois
Recollections of the
Pioneers of the Lee County"
Dixon, Ill by I.A. Kennedy, 1893,
p.313; 581
Portrait and
Biographical Record of Lee
County, Illinois," 1892, p
313-315
History of Dixon
& Palmyra, IL 1830-1880
Amboy, Illinois
Newspaper, 1885
Clerk of the
District Court, Register Of
Births, Cherokee Co.,IA , FHL
#1428634.Book 1 1880-1889; Book 2
1889-1907.
Death Certificate
-"Minnesota Dept. of Health
- Rec #028217."
Norman Co., MN Index
(Newspaper), May 12, 1965.
Clerk of District
Court, Wadena County Marriage
Records 1873-1955, FHL #1940339;
Rec #0209.
Clerk of the
District Court, Register Of
Births, Cherokee Co., IA , FHL
#1428634.
Cory Panshin's
Padget Family research
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Generations
1-2 Family
Sketches
Palmyra Plat Map (H.E.
Johnson etc.)
Photos
Relative to The Johnson Family
Family Chronology in
Chenango Co., NY
Outside link to IL
Trails - Lee Co., Illinois
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