Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Melinda (Pratt) 1912 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net December 29, 2010, 9:44 pm Lake Odessa Wave, 10 May 1912 Melinda Johnson, nee Pratt, was born in Verona Oneida County, N.Y., April 12, 1828 and died at her home in west Sebewa April 29, 1912, age 84 years, 17 days. When about 18 years of age she went to Monroe county, New York, where she lived until she was 23 when she was married to John Johnson who departed this life Aug. 26, 1903. In 1856 they moved to Fairplains township, Montcalm Co., Mich. where they lived about two years. In March, 1859 they moved to Sebewa upon the farm where she resided continuously to the time of her death. She was the mother of ten children, one dying in infancy, nine growing to man and womanhood. Alpha Harrington the oldest, died at Wood’s Corners, Ionia Co. in 1885 age 32. There are left to mourn her loss eight children, viz.: James A., John D. and Mrs. Myrtle Ayers of Ionia, Isaac C. of Sebewa, Eugene H. of Arizona and William H., Charles F., and Lettie at home. Besides these she leaves 16 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. About 13 years ago she was converted and became a charter member of the Church of Christ at West Sebewa of which she has been a devoted and faithful member. The deceased was of exemplary character and a good neighbor. Being one of the pioneers of this locality she has suffered all the privations and hardships of that life. By hard work and frugality she and her husband cleared from nature’s wilderness and improved the fine home that they owned and lived many years to enjoy. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church May 2, at 11 o’clock. Rev. Early officiating, and burial was in the Baptist cemetery at Sebewa. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/j/johnson10502nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb