Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Johnson, James L. 1849 - 1915 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 17, 2006, 6:12 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) JAMES L. JOHNSON. James L. Johnson was born in Burlington township, Carroll county, Indiana, July 4, 1849. He was married to Kate Keller, and to this union two children were born, one son and one daughter. He represented Carroll county in the General Assembly two terms—1874-1876 and 1890. He held the office of county superintendent of schools two years. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Johnson was well educated and was a natural orator and recognized as one of the leading men of the county. He died on August 3, 1915, leaving his wife, one son and one daughter, and two brothers. He was a son of Robert Johnson, an early settler of Burlington township. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS BY JOHN C ODELL With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ILLUSTRATED 1916 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana CHAPTER IX. BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/johnson22nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb