Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Duane 1838 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  DUANE JOHNSON, merchant, Robinson, a son of Hiram and Sarah A. (Melton)
Johnson, was born October 3, 1838, in Crawford County, Ill. In 1861, he engaged
in farming in Montgomery Township, where he owned a farm of 239 acres. He moved
to Robinson, and in 1882 engaged in the hardware business-a member of the firm
of Willis & Johnson. He was married in Robinson, Ill., March 5, 1861, to
Margaret E. Henderson. They have a family of six children living, viz.: Charles
A., Willard, Alvin, Lucy J., Carrie E. and Everett. His wife died March 9, 1881.
Mr. Johnson is a Democrat. Hiram Johnson, subject's father, was born in Kentucky
December 15, 1807, emigrated to Illinois with his father in April, 1818, and
served in the Black Hawk war in 1832. December 15, 1837, he married Sarah A.
Melton, who was born in 1815, and is still living in Robinson; her father was
born in Warren County in 1792. Hiram Johnson was elected Justice of the Peace in
1843, elected Sheriff in 1852, Circuit Clerk in 1856, and re-elected Clerk in
1860. He died January 19, 1865. He was a son of James and Nancy A. (McCarty)
Johnson; he was born in Henry County, Ky., in 1774, died in 1841; she born in
Jefferson County, Ky., March 27, 1783, died in April, 1871.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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