Obit of Johnson, T.J. - Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Transcribed by:  Cindy Casey  <cindyhcasey@yahoo.com>  19 Jun 2005
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The Oklahoman Dec 21 1923 page 9
NORMAN PIONEER IS DEAD IN FT. WORTH
T.J. Johnson, “Eighty-Niner” succumbs in Texas

NORMAN, Dec 20 - T.J. Johnson,"Eighty-Niner" and the second postmaster of 
Norman, died Monday night at Fort Worth, Texas.  According to word 
received in Norman from T.G. Johnson, his son. Funeral services were held 
Wednesday in Ft. Worth.

Captain Johnson was known by all the "old-timers" of Norman and many of 
those who came here in recent years.  When he came here the year of the 
opening, he obtained a farm northeast of town.  To the west was the home 
of E.B. Johnson and to the south that of Henry Johnson, from which the 
vicinity there became known as Johnson’s Corner.

In 1892 Johnson was appointed postmaster by President Grover Cleveland and 
served four years.  Captain Johnson was past 80 years old when he died.  
He served in the Confederate army in the civil war.
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