Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, John August 1903
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The Lake Odessa Wave, August 28, 1903
John Johnson, one of the pioneers of Ionia county, died at his home in Sebewa 
township, Wednesday morning at six o’clock, after a long illness, caused by 
pneumonia and kidney trouble.  The funeral will be held from the Baptist 
church in Sebewa on Sunday at ten o’clock and the remains laid to rest in the 
cemetery near by.  Rev. A. L. Farrer, of Coats Grove, will preach the sermon.

Mr. Johnson was born in Canada a little over 75 years ago.  He lived there 
until a young man with a wife and family, when he moved to Michigan and 
settled on a farm in Fairplains township, Montcalm County. He lived there for 
a few years then took up a piece of land in Sebewa township, moving in through 
the forest, he began hewing out of the solid woods  a home, and his long and 
successful life there best tells with what success he met.  He leaves a widow 
and eight children, one daughter, Mrs. A. C. Ayres of Philadelphia, Pa., 
another daughter living at home; and sons, Will, Charles, John, Isaac and 
James, all living in Sebewa or near by, and Eugene who lives in Idaho.

People of Sebewa speak of deceased as a man of exemplary character, and a good 
neighbor.  His life has been successful, although he has suffered all the 
privations and hardships of the pioneer’s life.  By his hard work he 
accumulated many of Sebewa’s best acres of farming land, most of which has 
already been divided among his children.


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