Sullivan-Lackawanna-Bradford County PA Archives Biographies.....JOHNSON, William 1850 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
      WILLIAM JOHNSON, foreman of the old Jackson anthracite mines at Mildred,
  Sullivan county, is one of the best known and best read men in his locality.
  While always busily engaged in the duties of his occupation he has yet found
  time to make himself acquainted with the literature of the day, as well as more
  solid reading; and by study and research, much of it carried on at hours which
  should have been devoted to sleep, he has mastered the details of his business
  to such an extent that he is considered an expert in mining matters.
  
      Mr. Johnson was born at Anwick, Northumberland county, England, September
  10, 1850, a son of William H. and Barbara (Riddle) Johnson. His father was a
  miner and worked in West Virginia and also in Sullivan county. He died August
  14, 1891, when sixty-four years of age. His widow is still living and makes her
  home at Dubois, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania. Their family consisted of the
  following children: William, the subject of this sketch; James, a resident of
  Dubois, a miner by occupation and also a well-known musician, having great
  talent in that direction. He was the leader of the volunteer band of Dubois, and
  was a favorite with all his associates. His death in 1895 was a severe blow to
  his family and also to the members of the various musical organizations of the
  town, all of which were represented at his funeral, one of the largest ever seen
  in Dubois; he left a widow and seven children. The other children of the
  parental family were: Isabella, wife of H. W. Harrington, who died at Bernice in
  1878, leaving two children: Alonzo, who lives at Burlington, Pennsylvania; and
  Mary Ann, deceased. The parents were upright people, devoted members of the
  Presbyterian church and brought up their children to habits of industry and
  sobriety.
  
      The immediate subject of this sketch received a good education in the common
  schools, which he supplemented by study in the evenings after the day's work was
  done. He later attended the Scranton School of Mines, from which he received a
  diploma as a mining expert. He has held the position of foreman of mines in
  Bradford, Lackawanna, Jefferson, Clarion, and Sullivan counties, and from all
  his employers he received the highest recommendations for his ability and
  thorough knowledge of his business. For a while he taught a district school,
  and, as has been stated, has been a student all his life.
  
      Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Mary Whateley, January 31, 1872,
  at Barclay, Bradford county, where she was born and educated. Mrs. Johnson is a
  daughter of William and Jane (Hall) Whateley, natives of England, and is a woman
  of fine mind, a devoted wife and mother and a useful member of society. Their
  children are: William E., living in Mildred; Albert Lee, Frank Earl and James
  E.; one child died in infancy. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Methodist
  Episcopal church, in which he is an exhorter and class-leader. He was converted
  under the preaching of Mr. Moody, the evangelist, and was for a time a member
  and elder of the Presbyterian church. He is a zealous worker in the cause of
  religion and is always ready to lend his aid to all good works. He is a man of
  broad views, liberal in every sense and is known as a thoroughly reliable and
  upright man whose standing in the community is second to none. He was always
  enthusiastic in the cause of temperance. He wrote and compiled the ritualistic
  workings of the Independent Order of Loyal Templars, which existed at Bernice,
  Sullivan county, Pennsylvania, and was the source of doing much good, especially
  in enlightening the minds of the young people in reference to the evils of
  intemperance. Socially he belongs to Lodge 534, F. and A. M., at Punxsutawney,
  and in politics is a Republican.
  
      Mr. Johnson has built a large and convenient house with all modern
  improvements, which is furnished in excellent taste. His house is a popular
  resort for old and young who enjoy the friendship of this hospitable couple.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
          Extracted from: 
            
          History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
          by Thomas J. Ingham
            
          Compendium of Biography
            
          The Lewis Publishing Company
          Chicago: 1899
    
    
  
  
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