JOHNSON, W. W., St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
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W. W. JOHNSON, FRANKLIN.--Mr. Johnson was born in St. Mary parish in 1833, son
of J. A. and Mary (Nickelson) Johnson.  J. A. Johnson was born in 1806, in
Virginia, and moved to Louisiana, locating in St. Mary parish in 1828, where
he resides at present.  Mrs. J. A. Johnson was born in St. Mary parish.

W. W. Johnson is a graduate of Brown University, Rhode Island.  He became
especially proficient in mathematics and has made civil engineering his chief
occupation.  He has been successful in an eminent degree in most of his
undertakings and owns an excellent sugar plantation close to the town of
Franklin.

W. W. Johnson was married to his first wife, Miss L. Smith, in 1866.  She is a
native of St. Mary parish, born in 1837, and there were born to their marriage
three children, viz:  W. B., born in 1867;  Ella, born in 1869;  Simeon, born
in 1871.  His first wife, the mother of these children, died in 1874.  In 1878
Mr. Johnson married Miss Mary Anderson, daughter of Hiram and Mary (Carson)
Anderson.  Our subject and family are of strong religious conviction and live
in pure and moral atmosphere.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
370-371.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.