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Nathaniel Johnson was born December 25, 1829 in Clinton County, Indiana. His parents were Daniel and Polly who were
both born in Kentucky,
but this is all I know about them so far.
Nathaniel was orphaned at age three and raised by John Burns. He came to Crawford Co, Wisconsin about 1855.
Although
records about Nathaniel often spell his name JOHNSON, there are also
documents listing him as JOHNSTON. It is unclear which spelling is “correct.” It seems that Nathaniel may have preferred
Johnson. His marriage record, death
record, obituary, and tombstone spell his name Johnson. The tradition of Johnston
is so strong, however, that Nathaniel’s son David
(and David’s descendents) go by Johnston. David is thought to have been correcting
the spelling when he added the “t.”
Family tradition suggests that Nathaniel dropped the “t” as a Union
soldier during the Civil War so as to disassociate himself from Johnstons
he knew fighting for the Confederacy.
On February 18, 1858 at Marion, Grant Co, WI,
Nathaniel Johnson married Sarah Janette McCord. Sarah was born August 2, 1840 in Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Walker and Janette
McCord. (The spelling of Janette is
unclear.) Walker brought his family to Grant Co, WI
about 1848 and he remained in the Boscobel area until his death in 1881.
After their marriage, Nathaniel and Sarah Johnson
made their home in Clifton
Township, Grant Co, WI and by 1860 their first daughter was born. In the summer of 1861, Nathaniel joined
Company H, 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
During his enlistment, he was taken prisoner by the Confederates
twice: in August 1862 at Bull Run, Virginia and
in July 1863 at Gettysburg,
Pensylvania.
After recuperating in an Annapolis
hospital, he returned to raise his family and live the rest of his life in
the Boscobel, Grant Co area.
The
children of Nathaniel and Sarah Johnson are:
Elnora (Ella) Johnson, born February 20, 1860 in Wisconsin
(probably Grant Co); died April 28, 1941 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co,
Iowa. She married Isaac WAYNE July 22, 1878 at
Boscobel,
son of Milton Wayne and Berthena Jennings. Isaac was born January 13, 1857 in Crawford
Co, WI, and died April 11, 1917. They
farmed for a time in Grant Co, WI, and moved to Mitchell Co, Iowa, in 1893. Isaac continued farming in Burr Oak Twp,
but in 1907 they moved to Osage where Isaac worked in the dray business. In 1913 they moved to McIntire. After Isaac’s death, Ella lived with her
son Claude in Osage and son Earl in Barnesville,
CA. Ella and Isaac are buried at Osage City Cemetery
in Mitchell Co, IA. Their children
are:
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Berthina (Bertha) Wayne, born about 1879 in Wisconsin;
died March 1921 in Iowa.
She married (1) Howard WILEY. She married
(2) Jay PETERMAN.
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Earl
Orien Wayne, born September 20, 1881 in Wisconsin; died December 19, 1943 in Los Angeles Co, California. Earl moved with his family to Iowa as a
child. He went to California before 1917.
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Walter
Wayne, born July 16, 1883 in Marion Twp, Grant Co, WI; died 1907; buried at
Mitchell Co, IA. Walter moved with
his family to Iowa
as a child. He contracted
tuberculosis when he was about 18.
When it became serious in 1906, he moved to Las Vegas, New Mexico,
but returned to his family in Osage weeks before his death.
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Claude
Frank Wayne, born October 16, 1885 in Boscobel, Grant Co, WI; died July
1959 in Osage, Mitchell Co, IA. He
married Laura OLSON October 11, 1936.
Claude served in Hawaii
during WWII.
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Millicent
Wayne, born June 1891 in Wisconsin; died November 1914. She was called Rebecca as a child.
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Francis
Anthony Wayne, born December 23, 1897 in Brownville, Mitchell Co, IA; died
September 28, 1908 in Iowa; buried at
Mitchell Co, IA.
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Mary Jeannette Johnson, born June 7,
1865 in Wisconsin; died May 27, 1929 in
Humboldt Co, California. She first married a SMITH who died before 1910 and Mary
went to live in Ferndale,
Humboldt Co, CA.
She married William Lambert PLAISTED August 28, 1919 in
Curry Co, Oregon. He was born April 1875 in Wisconsin.
They lived in Brookings, Curry Co, Oregon; Del Norte Co, CA; and Hydesville, Humboldt Co, CA. They had no children together,
though William had several children by a previous marriage.
Barbara Johnson, born April 6, 1868 in Crawford Co, WI; died May 2, 1935 in Annaton, Grant Co, WI. She
married William T HENRY, a farmer, in September 1885. He was born about August 1860 in Wisconsin. They lived in the Grant, Crawford, and Richland County
area of Wisconsin. Their children include:
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Grace
Andra Henry, born July 31, 1887 in Hickory Grove,
Grant Co, WI; died November 21, 1961 in Richland Co, WI. She married Er BAILEY January 17, 1907, son of George Bailey and Ida Brott. He was
born October 26, 1885 in Wisconsin,
and died May 5, 1978 in Richland Co, WI.
Their children include Donald (9/18/1909-8/1/1972), Dorothy
(3/5/1911-1/27/2002), Ida (12/14/1913-9/18/1954), Barbara
(4/11/1919-2/28/2000), and two other daughters.
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Raymond
William Henry, born March 2, 1891 in Marion Twp, Grant Co, WI; died March
31, 1963 in Napa Co, CA.
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Robert
B Henry, born about March 1893 in Wisconsin. He married Bessie MURPHY. They had a son in 1917, but Bessie died
about 1919 and Robert’s parents raised the child. Robert moved to eastern Wisconsin.
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Janette
(Nettie) M Henry, born about September 1895 in Wisconsin. She married Ernest SLANE. He was born about 1892. They lived in Livingston, Grant Co, WI
and had at least one son.
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Homer Henry, born about April 1900 in Wisconsin. He married Mildred, born about 1902 in Wisconsin. They had at least two sons and a
daughter.
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Charles Henry who died in infancy.
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Eva Lena Johnson, born April 20, 1872 in Marietta,
Crawford Co, WI; died February 15, 1935.
She first married William Henry RICH, son of Seth and Celia Rich, December 1, 1888 at
Boscobel, Grant Co, WI. William was
born in Monroe Co, WI. Lena married Louis/Lewis STEERS, son of
Cornelius Steers and Margaret Coil, May 18, 1899 at Fennimore, Grant Co, WI. Louis, a blacksmith, was born March 28,
1858 in York, Delaware Co, Iowa,
and died June 29, 1932 at Fennimore, Grant Co, WI. Louis had children by a previous
marriage. The family continued to live in Grant Co,
WI.
The children
of Lena Johnson and William Rich are:
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Myrtle Rich, born November 1889
- 1890 in Wisconsin;
died before 1935. She married
Clifford B MORSE. They lived in
Grant Co and had several children.
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Harry
W Rich, born June 1892 in Wisconsin.
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Harriet
(Hattie) Rich, born June 1892 in Wisconsin. She married Adam WEHRLE. They lived in Crawford Co and had several
children.
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Vera
Rich, born September 1896 in Wisconsin. She married Mr
LORD. They lived in Grant Co and had
several children.
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The children of
Lena Johnson and Louis Steers are:
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Grace H Steers, born about 1904
in Wisconsin. She married William F RICHMOND. He was born about 1900. They had six children.
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Charles Steers, born September
11, 1906 in Millville, Grant Co, WI; died September 25, 1906 in Millville,
Grant Co, WI.
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Louis/Lewis
W Steers, born about 1909 in Wisconsin.
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David Johnston, born about 1874 Grant Co, WI.
He married Maude YOUNG February 22, 1899 at Marietta, Crawford Co, WI and
they lived in Boscobel for many years where David was a painter. About 1916, they moved to Lincoln,
Nebraska to be with Maude’s parents; but
soon after that, they went to Sioux City, Woodbury Co, Iowa.
Their children include:
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Franklin
Nathaniel Johnston, born October 28, 1899 in Boscobel, Grant Co,
WI; died 1966 in Denver, Co. He married Opal McBride.
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Margerite Ollie Johnston, born May 6, 1905 in
Boscobel, Grant Co, WI; died July 14, 1976 in Boscobel, Grant Co, WI. She married Donald Horatio (Rashe) Shipley; born October 4, 1894; died January 20,
1974.
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Donald
Vaugh Johnston, born July 22, 1914 in Boscobel,
Grant Co, WI; died 1968. He married
Odell Murphy; died 1962 - 1963 in Sioux
City, IA.
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Robert
Kilborne Johnston, born April 7, 1918 in Sioux City, IA;
died 1985.
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Son,
born in Sioux City, IA.
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Howard
Brinton Johnston, born in Boscobel, Grant Co, WI;
died in Boscobel, Grant Co, WI of meningitis at age 3.
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Virginia (Jennie) Johnson, born December 2, 1876 in Grant Co, WI. She married Adelbert
Marion APPLEBY November 18, 1899 at Boscobel,
Grant Co, WI. They lived in Grant County for many years, at Darlington,
Lafayette Co, WI in 1916, and then in 1918 took their family to Shell Lake,
Washburn Co, WI. Del worked in Real Estate. In the mid-1920’s, they went to Florida and speculated
unsuccessfully in the Florida Land Bust.
They returned to Shell Lake and then went to live in Minneapolis, Minnesota
in 1931. Their children are:
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Valetta Ruth
Appleby, born November 8, 1900 in Richwood, Richland Co, WI; died January
8, 1980 in Shell Lake, Washburn Co, WI.
Valetta
graduated Shell
Lake High
School in 1920. She married Kenneth Shaver HOAR January 24, 1922
in St Paul, MN.
They
continued to live in Shell
Lake where Ken worked
with his father in the livery and taxi business. Valetta was a welfare worker for the
State of Wisconsin
for more than 20 years. They had two children.
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Baby Boy
Appleby, born December 19, 1902 in Ellenboro, Grant Co, WI; died before
November 1907.
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Lloyd (Coach)
James Appleby, born November 23, 1904 in Platteville, Grant Co, WI; died December
1975 in New Smyrna Beach,
FL. He married Annie Lonergan
COLEMAN September 3, 1927 in Florida.
Lloyd
graduated from Shell
Lake High
School in 1922 and earned a 2-year degree in
Manual Arts at UW-Platteville in Grant Co, WI, graduating in 1924. He got a job as a high school coach in
the Daytona, Florida
area where he met Annie. By 1931,
they moved to Janesville, Rock Co, WI, where Coach became an autoworker for
Fisher Body. Eventually, he took a position with GM in Brooklyn,
Ohio, but later returned to Wisconsin to work at an electric company in Fort Atkinson. In the early fifties, Coach worked for a
while at Hot Point in Milwaukee.
He returned to GM, but later took a job on the Executive Staff of the
Chrysler Corporation. He and Annie lived in Detroit,
MI, and then in St Louis, MO.
They retired to New Smyrna Beach,
FL about 1968. They had five
children.
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Donald Clyde
Appleby, born November 4, 1907 in Ellenboro, Grant Co, WI; died July 18,
1967 in Whittier, Los Angeles Co, California. He married Mary Madeline (Madge) STREETER
September 5, 1930 in Janesville,
Rock Co, WI.
Don
graduated from Shell
Lake High
School in 1924. By 1930, he was working at
Fisher Body in Janesville.
Madge was with Parker Pen. They moved to Minneapolis for a couple years to live
with Don's parents and Don worked as a salesman. They returned to Janesville by 1934
and Don became an autoworker with Chevrolet. He transferred to the Atlanta, GA
plant and eventually became a plant supervisor. In 1957, Don became the
manager of the Chrysler plant in Los
Angeles, CA,
retiring in 1966. Don and Madge had
two children.
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Hazel Belle
Appleby, born January 27, 1910 in Ellenboro, Grant Co, WI; died October 15,
1980 in Los Angeles,
Los Angeles Co, CA. Hazel went to nursing school in Milwaukee, WI.
By 1932, she moved to Minneapolis
to live with her parents. She worked as a saleswoman for Askin & Marine Corp, as a machine operator, and as
a nurse. She
married Otto Louis SCHNEIDER and they went to live in Los Angeles, CA.
On his first birthday in June of 1947, their youngest son died of spinal
meningitis. Then in August of the same year, Otto died after falling at
home and hitting his head. Hazel remained in California and raised two
sons.
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Ethel Johnson, born
September 1881 in Wisconsin; died November
15, 1967 (probably in Kansas). She first married George H DOLLIE March 12,
1901 in Boscobel, Grant Co, WI, son of William Dollie
and Emma Chase. He was born 1874 -
1876 in Cherry Valley, Winnebago Co, IL. George was
a railway worker and he later went by the name DOYLE. Ethel’s second husband, Mr
FOX, died in 1959. The children of
Ethel and George Dollie/Doyle are:
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Beatrice G Dollie/Doyle,
born November 25, 1904 in Wisconsin;
died January 1992. She married John
WINKEL.
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William
N Dollie/Doyle, born 1906 in Wisconsin.
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Alice
J Dollie/Doyle, born 1909 in Wisconsin.
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David
Dollie/Doyle, born about 1913 in Wisconsin.
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Lillian
Dollie/Doyle, born 1917 in Wisconsin. She married Mr
KALKINS.
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Joseph Brenton Johnson, born September 25, 1885
at Marion, Grant Co, WI. He was still
a child when he died.
To share information about the family of Nathaniel
and Sarah Johnson, please contact me.
McCORD Ancestors
Other researchers have collected a great deal of
information about the Walker McCORD family and his
ancestors. You may want to check out
any of these sites:
The McCord Family Association Home
Page
Nordman
Family Tree by Dana Nordman
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