Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Robert R 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Robert R. Johnson, farmer, section 9, Hopkins Township, is a son of Aaron and 
Sally (Law) Johnson, natives of Pennsylvania, who removed to Ohio, where they 
lived till their death. They had a family of nine children, as follows: 
Rachel, Mary A., Robert R., Margaret, Ephraim, Rebecca, Thomas, Aaron and 
Samuel. The subject of this sketch was born in Washington Co., Pa., June 16, 
1819, and was 17 years old when, his father removed to Ohio; he continued to 
live at home till 24 years of age. He engaged in farming in Ohio till the fall 
of 1854, when he came to Whiteside County and lived in Jordan Township about 
nine months, and since then has lived in Hopkins Township. In 1856 he settled 
on section 9, where he had bought 400 acres previous to his coming to the 
county to reside. He has disposed of all but 165 acres, and all this except 
five acres is in a state of good cultivation. Mr. Johnson was married in Perry 
Co., Ohio, May 12, 1852, to Susan, daughter of Isaac and Nellie (Chenoweth) 
Brown. The former was born in Ireland, and at the age of three years moved to 
Virginia; he was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church for a number of years. 
Mrs. Johnson's mother was a native of Virginia. They settled in the State of 
Ohio, where they finally died. They had a family of nine children, viz.: 
Ellen, Margaret, Susan, Eliza, Isabella, Absalom, Matilda, Martha and Harriet. 
Mrs. J. was born in Perry Co., Ohio, Feb. 15, 1827, and has become the mother 
of eight children, as follows: Alice C., Sarah E., Monroe, Julius A., Herbert 
H., Hattie E., Effie E. and Ida B. Monroe died Dec. 13, 1872, when 14 years 
old. Mr. Johnson in his political views is a Democrat. Mrs. J. is a member of 
the Lutheran Church.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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