Appling-Bulloch County GaArchives Biographies.....Johnson, Seaborn Walter 1859 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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    SEABORN WALTER JOHNSON, M. D. Long familiar with the rudiments of medicine
and surgery, Seaborn Walter Johnson, M. D., of Hazlehurst, has continually added
to his knowledge by close study and earnest application, and through sheer merit
has gained a fine reputation for professional skill and ability. He was born,
February 7, 1859, in Appling county, Georgia, which was likewise the birthplace
of his father, Matthew Johnson, and the county in which his Grandfather Johnson
settled on coming to Georgia, in Bulloch county. The "great-grandfather of Dr.
Johnson was Mathew Johnson, a soldier in the Revolutionary army under General
Washington, and his father, John Johnson, was born in Scotland in 1707, and came
to America about 1730, with the Stewart clan, who were exiled from their native
land and came to the colony of North Carolina.

   Reared to agricultural pursuits, Mathew Johnson has been quite successful as
a tiller of the soil, finding in farming both pleasure and profit. He married
Elizabeth Cobb, who was born in North Carolina, a member of a family prominent
in the Revolutionary war. She came with her parents to Georgia, when about
twelve years of age, settling in Jefferson county. She died on the home farm in
Appling county. Five children were born of their marriage, as follows: Lewis W.,
a farmer in Appling county, died in 1886; Daniel W., postmaster at Nicholls,
Coffee county; Seaborn Walter, the special subject of this brief sketch; Mary,
wife of Jesse T. Sellars, a farmer in Jeff Davis county; and Marjorie, wife of
W. P. Myers, of Baxley, Georgia.

   Growing to man's estate beneath the parental roof-tree, Seaborn Walter
Johnson successfully learned the three R's in the common schools, the body of
instruction at that day, later attending Vanderbilt University in Nashville,
Tennessee, for a year, studying in both the literary and medical departments. A
man of his mental caliber naturally turns to a professional life, and his choice
led him to continue the study of medicine. Going therefore to Atlanta, Georgia,
he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and was there graduated with
the class of 1887, receiving the degree of M. D. Immediately locating in Graham,
Appling county, Dr. Johnson remained there seven years, gaining wisdom and
experience of value. He was afterwards settled for a number of years in Baxley,
and in Douglas, in each place meeting with good success, his natural skill
winning for him the confidence of the people, and gaining him a large patronage.
In 1911 he took a post-graduate course in New York City, at the Bellevue hospital.

   While living in Appling county, Dr. Johnson took much interest in local and
state affairs, in 1890 and 1891 representing Appling county in the state
legislature. While a member of that body, the doctor introduced and fathered the
"Jim Crow", bill, which was passed during the same session, the bill providing
for separate accommodations for white and black traffic on the railroads of the
state, and being opposed by every Georgia railroad. Fraternally the doctor
belongs to the Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons, being a member of
Hazlehurst lodge, and to R. A. M. Chapter, No. 95. Both he and his wife are
members of the Methodist church.

   On November 27, 1890, Dr. Johnson was united in marriage with Miss Mamie K.
Anthony, a daughter of Rev. J. D. and Josephine (Alexander) Anthony, and sister
of Rev. Bascom Anthony, of the South Georgia Methodist denomination. Her father
was dubbed the "Bishop of the Wire Grass," and at the time of the marriage of
his daughter Josephine was living in Spring Hill, Montgomery county, Georgia,
Dr. and Mrs. Johnson have four children, namely: Ruby Claire, born in 1894;
Hallie R., born in 1896; Opal Anthony, born in 1900; and Grace, born in 1904.


Additional Comments:
From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913




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