Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Johnson, Gilbert J. September 23, 1837 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Johnson, Gilbert J., Ohio, was born in Watervliet, Albany county, September 23,
1837, a son of Henry J., who was a son of Peter F. Johnson, a native of Long 
Island. The father of Peter F. came from Holland and settled on Long Island.   
Peter F. married  Hannah Ball, a native of Long Island, by whom he had five 
sons and four daughters.  He was in the Revolutionary war.   Early in life he 
moved to Knox, Albany county.  Mr. and Mrs. Johnson died at Knox.   Henry I. 
Johnson was born in Knox, April 17, 1804.  In 1834 he married Eliza Ferguson, 
a native of Watervliet, born March, 1811.  They had seven sons and three 
daughters.  April 2, 1850, Mr. Johnson went to Ohio and purchased a farm, 
where he remained until 1855.   He then went to Ashtabula, Ohio.   Here he 
resided until 1882, when he moved to Muncie, Ind, and died December 23, 
1884.   His wife is still living in Muncie, at the age of eighty.  Gilbert J. 
Johnson was educated in the common and select schools and at the age of
nineteen went to California and remained thirty-eight years, when he returned 
to Ashtabula, Ohio.   In 1868 he went to Ohio, N. Y., and took a contract mail 
route, which he followed twenty-four years.   He owned the grist-mill and 
store at Grant four years.   November 1, 1865, he married Emily, a daughter of 
Albert A bee), of Ohio, and they have two children : Fred P. and Hattie M.   
Mr. Johnson is a Republican, has been deputy sheriff nine years and was 
postmaster at Grant four years. He has been postmaster of Ohio City since 
January, 1892.   He was assessor three years and notary public six years.   He 
and his wife are Methodists.   He is a member of Ohio Grange, No. 686.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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