Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Robert P. 1850 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

ROBERT P. JOHNSON.

   Among the long-time residents and highly-respected farmers of Tippecanoe
township, Carroll county, who are now living retired, is Robert P. Johnson, who
is a native of Tippecanoe township, born on October 16, 1850.

   Mr. Johnson is the son of James H. and Nancy (Davidson) Johnson, the former
of whom was born in Tennessee on December 31, 1825, and who was the son of James
and Mary Johnson, both of whom were natives of Tennessee. They came to Carroll
county, about 1831, and settled in Tippecanoe township, entering a tract of land
from the government. There they spent the remainder of their lives, the
grandfather dying in middle life and the grandmother in very old age.

   Mr. Johnson's mother was born near Xenia, Ohio, and came with her father,
Robert Davidson to Carroll county, settling in Jefferson township. James H. and
Nancy (Davidson) Johnson were married in Jefferson township. They were the
parents of the following children: Mary A. lives in Washington, Iowa; Robert P.
is the subject of this sketch; James died in Lbs Angeles, California; Joseph M.
lives in Vincennes, Indiana; Hamilton lives in Brookston, Indiana; Margaret is
deceased; Russell lives in Omaha, Nebraska; Jennie died in St. Joe, Missouri.
The late James H. Johnson was a farmer by occupation and, after the Monon
railroad was built, he operated an elevator and general store at Sleeth, until
his death in 1907. His wife had died previously in 1888. Both were members of
the Associate Presbyterian church. James H. Johnson was a Republican in politics.

   Robert P. Johnson received a good common-school education and lived at home
with his father and mother until his marriage on January 8, 1877, to Sarah J.
Love, the daughter of James A, and Harriett (Gibson) Love, natives of North
Carolina and Ohio respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have had two children, one
of whom, Zora E., born on December 20, 1877, died in February, 1888. The other
child, Erskin Edwin who was born on August 19, 1889, married Inez Hildebrand and
is now engaged in operating his fathers farm in this township. Mrs. Johnson died
on February 9, 1902. She was a native of Carroll county and a devout member of
the Presbyterian church.

   Mr. Johnson married on November 3, 1914, Helda L. Davis, the widow of George
P. Davis, deceased. Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of William McKee, and is a
native of Indiana. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr.
Johnson is a member of the same church. He votes the Republican ticket

   Mr. Johnson owns one hundred and eighty-six acres of well-improved land. He
is retired from active farming, but still lives on the farm in Tippecanoe
township.


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Biographical Section of
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


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