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Johnson James Andrew Johnson. 79, retired farmer, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lillian Saylor, four and one half miles south of Bellbrook on the Dayton-Wilmington Rd., Sunday at 1:50 p.m. In failing health six months, he had been seriously ill of heart disease and pnumonia two weeks. Born in Kentucky January 7, 1863, he had resided in the Bellbrook community since 1912. He was a member of the Baptist Church. He leaves another daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Fisher, Dayton; three sons, Alfred, near Bellbrook, Henry, Bellbrook and John, near Xenia; neneteen grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren; three brothers, Aaron, Kentucky; Milton, Nebraska, and Joseph, Indiana, and a sister, Ann. A son, William, was killed in the World War, and two daughters, Mrs. Mae Hunt and Mrs. Molly Hunt, are dead. Funeral services will be conducted at the Saylor home Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., with burial at Bellbrook. Friends may call at the Saylor home Tuesday afternoon or evening. -Xenia Daily Gazette, 14 March 1942 Submitted by: Terrie L. Johnson - Xenia, Ohio ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 02:50:59 -0500 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Subject: Obit: JOHNSON - Greene Co., Ohio - 1963 From: LLRancher@aol.com John D. Johnson John D. Johnson, 64, of Van Eaton Rd., Xenia Route 6, died at 8:10 p.m. Thursday at Greene Memorial Hospital. A farmer, Mr. Johnson had resided in Greene County since 1911. He was born Feb. 5, 1899, in Estill County, Ky., the son of James A. and Eadie Tuttle Johnson He belonged to Bellbrook Methodist Church, Bellbrook Grange and was a member of Farm Bureau Council No. 20. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ennettie Saylor Johnson, whom he married Nov. 4, 1922; two sons, John J. Johnson of Spring Valley and Marvin E. Johnson who is stationed with the U. S. Army at Ft. Hood, Tex; two sisters, Mrs Robert Fisher of Dayton and Mrs. Argus Saylor of near Bellbrook; and three grandchildren, Pamela, John R. and Patsy Johnson of Spring Valley.One daughter, Phyllis, preceded him in death in 1947. Services will be conducted Monday at 3 p.m. at the Bellbrook Methodist Church, with Rev. Richard Morgan officiating. Burial will be in Bellbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Neeld Funeral Home, 106 W. Market St., from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and at the church from 12 noon Monday until time of services. Xenia Daily Gazette - 1 Nov 1963 Submitted by: Terrie L. Johnson - Xenia, Ohio ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 13:32:09 -0500 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Subject: Will of John Wade Loofbourrow From: TMC063@aol.com Terri Caines Will of John W. Loofbourrow Will Book I - page 12 Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway Co. Ohio In the name of God, Amen, I John W. Loofbourrow of Ross County, State of Ohio, being through the abundant mercy and goodness of God, tho weak in body, yet of a sound and perfect understanding and memory do constitute this last will and testament and desire it may be received as such. First, I most humbly bequeath my soul to God, my Maker beseeching his most gracious acceptance of it. As for my burial, I desire it may be decent without pomp or State at the discretion of my dear wife and my executors herein after named, who I doubt not will manage it with all requisit prudence as to my worldly estate. First, I give to my dear and loving wife for the term of her life this house wherein I now dwell and one third of all my movable property and all the third of the income of the land that shall belong to this house, when the land is divided and run out. All my land's lying in said county of Ross in the Pickaway Plains and state aforesaid being part of section N. six and fraction N. one in township N. three and Range N. twenty two. The whole containing five hundred and twenty acres and sixty one hundredth of an acre. To be divided equally betwixt my seven sons, Jacob, John, Benjamin, Wade, Ebenezer, Thomas and Nathan. The first to be begin at the line between me and Ada Strayer running from the township line a west course to the west line and running out lot No. 1. Lot No. 2, Lot No. 3, Lot No. 4, Lot No. 5, Lot No. 6, Lot No. 7, each are equal in proportion. I give and bequeath Lot No. 1 to my son Nathan, Lot No. 2 to my son Thomas, Lot No.3 I bequeath to my son Benjamin. Lot No. 4 I bequeath to my son Wade, Lot No. 5 I bequeath to my son Ebenezer, Lot No. 6 I bequeath to my son John, Lot No. 7 I bequeath to my son Jacob, and I would here, observe that if any of the Lots should take in any of the other buildings, fences or improvements, the owner of the fences have privilege to move his rails and the owner of the lands to make good the other improvements to the other, and if any of the above mentioned sons should die having no issue his inheritance shall be equally divided among the rest. Each one to have equal share. I likewise give and bequeath unto my four daughters, two hundred dollars to be equally divided amongst them. To my daughter, Abigail Harbert, fifty dollars, and to my daughter Sarah Harbert, fifty dollars, and to my daughter Rebecca Barkley fifty dollars, and to my daughter Mary Barkley fifty dollars, to be paid two years after the youngest heir is of age, and to be paid by the heirs holding the land, each one to pay an equal proportions and it is my will that the two hundred acres of land that I have sold to my son-in-law, John Harbert be run out on the line joining Geo Fryback [or Frybach] running from east to west and a conveyance made to him, as soon as convenient of the same. It is my will that the movable property be praised but not sold and to go to the raising of the family rulers, the Executors should think it proper that it should be sold, if any is left when the family is raised to be divided equally amongst the heirs. It is also my will that there be paid unto Elizabeth Thompson her freedom. When she is of age and I also bequeath her fifteen dollars as soon as the youngest heir is of age to be paid by each Heir holding the land. Each one their share equally. I do constitute Nathan Cary and my son Benjamin Loofbourrow to be executors of this my last will and testament, and trustees of my wife and children. In witness whereof I have here into set my hand and seal the fifteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight. Witnesses present John Wade Loofbourrow SEAL Peter Jackson Here I take off my seal. Mary Jackson I do declare this to be my last will and testament. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #164 *******************************************