Pike County  Georgia Obits  Judge C.H. Johnson

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Pike County Times_Journal
Zebulon, Ga., Friday, February 17, 1905

Judge Johnson Dies At Advanced Age
Judge C.H. Johnson, Sr. one of Griffin’s oldest and best
known citizens, passed away at his home on West Popular
Street Sunday Evening at 6 o’clock.

Judge Johnson was born in Monticello, Jasper County, Ga.,
Jan. 24, 1820, being eighty-five years old. He married
Miss Frances Anna Mangham, of Zebulon, Ga. in 1839 and
had eleven children born to him by this first marriage.
After the death of his first wife, he married Miss Mary
Elizabeth Hardy of Cartersville, Ga. in 1875 and three
children were born to them.

He moved to Griffin from Zebulon in April 1850, and has
since resided here.

Eight children survive him being W.D., C.H. Jr., Mrs
H.W., E.P., Annie L., J.B., Stella and Gertrude. Mrs.
H.W. Johnson lives in Gordon County, C.H. Jr in Pike
county, J.B. in Macon, Annie L. at College Park, and the
others reside in Griffin. There are three daughters-in-
law, Mrs. Mattie Brawner Johnson of Griffin; Mrs. Susie
Hill Johnson of College Park, and Mrs Jennie Willard
Johnson of Atlanta.

Judge Johnson was for many years a devoted member of the
Methodist church, joining when a young man. He was a
member of the order of Odd Fellows and had been justice
of the peace for several years until the first of this
year. He was an important officer of the Refunding
Department of the Confederate Service at Griffin and was
a clever and a kind hearted gentleman, who enjoyed the
esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens.

(Transcribed by Lynn Ballard Cunningham 9/5/02)