Lassen County CA Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Robert 1827 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

ROBERT JOHNSON, son of William and Mary, was born in England, February 23, 1827.
His parents came to the United States when he was about three years of age, and
settled in Columbia county, New York, where Robert remained until seventeen
years of age, when they removed to Michigan, where his parents died. Here he
remained until twenty-four years of age, when he started for California,
overland, being one of nine who drove the first band of sheep across the plains
in 1851, arriving in Sacramento in September of that year. In 1852 he returned
to Michigan, and remained there until 1859, when he again crossed the plains,
bringing his wife with him, arriving in Honey Lake valley in July of that year.
Here he has ever since lived. That year he, in partnership with E. G. Bangham,
bought a half-interest in the ranch he now lives on, and in 1862 dissolved
partnership, and he ultimately bought, and now owns, 190 acres of the same
place, 4 miles east of Susanville, on the Reno road. He is a member of F. & A.
M., Lassen Lodge No. 149, and I. O. O. F., Silver Star Lodge No. 135. Was
elected coroner and public administrator of Lassen county on the republican
ticket in 1879, for three years. Was married March 23, 1851, to Miss Nancy
Handy, born in Niagara county, New York, October 26, 1828. Their children are
Adeline, born March 3, 1852; Eveline, September 6, 1853; Chester, April 1, 1856;
Isabel, March 29, 1857; Frank, August 29, 1860; and Frederick, December 26,
1867. Adeline died January 26, 1869, and Frederick, March 3, 1869.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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