Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Johnson, John C. 1843 - 
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Author: Warner, Beers & Co.

   JOHN C. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Union County, Ohio, August
26, 1843. He is a son of Hosea and Nancy Johnson, who removed to Logan County,
Ohio, when our subject was one year old. In 1850, they settled in Buck Township,
Hardin County, where John was reared and educated. On January 17, 1864, he
enlisted in Company A, Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
served in the Army of the Cumberland. On May 2, he started on the Atlanta
campaign, and fought in the battles of Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw
Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, and all the battles on the approach to Atlanta,
including the bombardment of that city. He was taken sick at Atlanta, of typhoid
fever, and was subsequently transferred to Nashville, where he participated in
the battle there. He followed Hood's army to Florence, Ala., and was then formed
into a battalion of Sherman's soldiers, and rejoined his regiment at Goldsboro.
He then marched to Raleigh, and was finally taken by water to Fort Schuyler, N.
Y., where he was mustered out, and was discharged at Columbus July 7, 1865. On
his return home, he resumed his occupation of farming. He rented land until
1872, when he bought sixty-five acres in Buck Township, to which he has since
added, and now owns 224 acres, on which he has made improvements and cleared
nearly the whole of it. He built his residence in 1877 at a cost of $2,000, and
has also added all the barns. He is employed in farming and stock-raising,
keeping a good grade of cattle. On November 23, 1869, he was united in marriage
to Anna E. Rarey, born in Franklin County, Ohio, January 10, 1848, and a
daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Rarey. This union has resulted in six children,
five living, viz., Nora I., Annetta, George P., Nicholas P. and John W. Walter
A. died when four years old. Mr. Johnson and his wife are connected with the M.
E. Church. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Grange, and has filled the offices of
Master, Overseer and Chaplain, each two terms. In politics, he is a Republican,
and has served as Township Trustee for one term.

Additional Comments:
Bucks Township

Excerpt from

"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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