A Tribute To The Johnsons - Bastrop County, Texas j525 Submitted by: Tammy 4 Feb 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ==================================================================== Bastrop Advertiser 11/5/1925 A TRIBUTE TO THE JOHNSONS Hats off to the generations of Johnson's. A few short weeks since we committed to the loving affections and peaceful care of Fairview cemetery all that was mortal of our young friend and brother; Claud Johnson. When we did so a unique distinction came to the Johnson family of Bastrop. Claud's grave is on the crest of the ridge which is enclosed as a part of Fairview cemetery and then across twenty feet to the north is the grave of Chancey Johnson. Chancey Johnson was Claude's great grand-father who was a veteran of the war of 1812. This was our second war with Great Britian and Chancey Johnson had done his bit to carry old glory to a successful conclusion. Death ? Claud Johnson the great grand-son had done his bit to defend the flag of American in the greatest war of all time. During the many visits of Claud to my home during his life I never failed to turn the conversation to his experiences in France. He would relate it in a style of freshness and originality that was dominant of undivided interest. His duties were largely that of stringing telephone wires to connecting the camps of the Allies. He told how he and his squad would string the wires first up in trees and then down in ditches up and down ravines in fact every conceivable manner was resorted to in order to get the communication intact and it was all done unmindful of the shot and shell screaming around his head. He always told his episodes in a humorous and entertaining manner. At the State capitol at Austin which is the head of Imperial Texas here are many records which record the brave and valient deeds of the Johnsons. A few blocks from the big granite Capitol is the cemetary in which lies the body of Albert Sidney Johnson through whose hands no mightier man ever drew a gleaming blade. He was killed March 6, 1869 in the Battle of Shiloh. The further east in another State, Atlanta rest the remains of Joseph E Johnson, trusted councelsor and commander of the Confederacy. Then further east at Knoxville lie the remains of Andrew Johnson the 17th president of the United States a arecital of whose bravery would fill a volume. What I am showing you is that the Johnson's are a band of true and tried 100 percent defenders of America all wool and fully a yard wide. A. B. MCLAVY