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Eli Pamphlin Johnson

Birth	:	29 Sep 1821 Greene County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	19 Oct 1883 Leesburg, Highland County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Leesburg, Highland County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.3535995, -83.5578003
Description	:	Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 Name: Eli P. Johnson Gender: Male Marriage Date: 7 Jun 1849 Marriage Place: Highland, Ohio, USA Spouse: Mary Etta Johnson Film Number: 000570614 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Eli Johnson Age: 28 Birth Year: abt 1822 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1850: Fairfield, Highland, Ohio, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 838 Household Members: Name Age Eli Johnson 28 Marietta Johnson 19 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Eli P Johnson Age: 34 Birth Year: abt 1826 Gender: Male Birth Place: Ohio Home in 1860: Fairfield, Highland, Ohio Post Office: Leesburg Dwelling Number:... Read More	Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 Name: Eli P. Johnson Gender: Male Marriage Date: 7 Jun 1849 Marriage Place: Highland, Ohio, USA Spouse: Mary Etta Johnson Film Number: 000570614 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Eli Johnson Age: 28 Birth Year: abt 1822 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1850: Fairfield, Highland, Ohio, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 838 Household Members: Name Age Eli Johnson 28 Marietta Johnson 19 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Eli P Johnson Age: 34 Birth Year: abt 1826 Gender: Male Birth Place: Ohio Home in 1860: Fairfield, Highland, Ohio Post Office: Leesburg Dwelling Number: 1813 Family Number: 1769 Occupation: Merchant Real Estate Value: 2700 Personal Estate Value: 3600 Household Members: Name Age Eli P Johnson 34 Marietta Johnson 24 Maggie Johnson 8 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Eli P Johnson Age in 1870: 48 Birth Year: abt 1822 Birthplace: Ohio Dwelling Number: 260 Home in 1870: Fairfield, Highland, Ohio Race: White Gender: Male Occupation: Merchant Retired Male Citizen over 21: Y Personal Estate Value: 10000 Real Estate Value: 6400 Inferred Spouse: Marietta Johnson Household Members: Name Age Eli P Johnson 48 Marietta Johnson 39 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Eli P. Johnson Age: 58 Birth Date: Abt 1822 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1880: Fairfield, Highland, Ohio, USA Dwelling Number: 448 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Mary E. Johnson Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Retired Merchant Months not employed: 7 Household Members: Name Age Eli P. Johnson 58 Mary E. Johnson 48 "The Highland Weekly News" Hillsboro, Ohio November 2, 1882, Image 1 Mr. Eli P. Johnson is still in quite poor health and beyond going over to the bank occasionally. "The Highland Weekly News" Hillsboro, Ohio July 18, 1883, Image 5 Eli P. Johnson Esq., is gradually recovering from the shock received by his fall from having slipped on that treacherous banana peel. "State Centennial History of Ohio and Highland County" by Rev. J. W. Klise, Page 352 Eli P. Johnson, during his long and useful life, was one of the notable characters of that part of Highland County of which Leesburg is the center, being conspicuous for nearly forty years as merchant, banker and all around good citizen. Mr. Johnson was a contribution to Highland from Greene County, Ohio, where he was born in 1821 of that kind of parentage calculated to produce noble and high-minded sons. Nancy Moorman, his mother, came of a staunch old Quaker family, and Pleasant Johnson, whom she married, was one of the earliest and worthiest of the pioneers of Greene County. The latter died in 1840 and his wife completed a life of self-sacrifice and devotion to duty in 1855, while a resident of Iowa. After the usual educational routine of boys with limited means, Eli P. Johnson took that excellent preparatory course involved in the teaching of a few terms of school. With this slight business training he turned towards the "wide, wide world," and resolutely faced its dangers while preparing to take advantage of its opportunities. It was in 1844, that the wanderer from Greene County first made his appearance at Leesburg, then one of the most promising towns in the county of Highland. He was not overloaded with capital, nor was he backed by influential names or recommendations, but had with him the hopeful courage of youth, a laudable ambition and a a good supply of that American "grit" which usually enables it possessor to realize all expectations. As soon as his arrived in Leesburg, Mr. Johnson engaged as clerk for Eli Watson, who had been conducting a store there since 1835, and speedily showed his inborn talent as a merchant. The agreement was that he should receive one hundred and ten dollars per year, and so quickly did he prove his efficiency and gain the confidence of his employer that at the end of the first year he was allowed to do nearly all the buying as well as the selling. At the end of the fourth year he took an interest in the store and received one-third of the profits for his services. In 1852, three years later, Mr. Johnson purchased Watson's entire interest and took as a partner his brother, Jarvis L. Johnson, who remained with him three years. Mr. Johnson then purchased his brother's interest, continued along until 1857, disposed of the entire establishment to A. E. Leverton, and rested from business one year. In the spring of 1858, he formed a partnership with Heller, bought the dry goods business of John M. Keen and for three years thereafter conducted the same together. They divided up stock and accounts in 1861, and Mr. Johnson continued alone until 1875, when he sold his dry goods store and started a grocery, with William J. Holmes as a clerk. In the spring of 1880, he disposed of all his mercantile interests, after an unusually successful career of thirty-five years, and did not re-enter that field. In 1876, Mr. Johnson assisted in organizing the Leesburg Bank, the first in that part of Highland County, and was chiefly instrumental in the construction of the old bank building. He was elected president of this financial institution and served in that capacity until his death, which occurred October 19, 1883. In 1849 he was married to Marietta, daughter of William and Jane Johnson, a highly respectable family of Fayette County, Ohio. "The Highland Weekly News" Hillsboro, Ohio October 24, 1883, Image 5 Death of Eli P. Johnson The long black crepe tied on the front door of E. P. Johnson's residence last Friday announced to the passerby that the struggle between life and death, which has been going on so long had at last resulted in the victory of the latter, and that he whose person had been so intimately connected with every public movement and business enterprise here for the last forty years, had bid adieu to earthly scenes and was now trying the realities of that unknown country "from whose borne no traveler returns." As he had lived for the last thirty years, so he died - "sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust, as one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams." Born near Jamestown, Greene County, Ohio September 29, 1921, he came to this village in May, 1945, and began clerking for Eli Watson. After four years as clerk he was admitted as partner in the store and from that time on, until 1880, when he sold out to A. T. Chance, he was almost constantly engaged in store keeping of some kind. Upon the organization of the Leesburg Bank he was elected President and remained in that office till his death. Being diligent in business he amassed a goodly share of this world's goods, but was always liberal with his means in giving relief to the needy and contributing to all benevolent causes. June 7, 1849, he was married to Marietta Johnson, who survives him. He united with the Methodist Episcopal Church January 11, 1852, and from that time on he was one of it's leading members. The funeral ceremonies were conducted at the M. E. Church at 10:30 today, an immense concourse of people attending. Beautiful and appropriate services were held. No sermon was preached. Eulogies were pronounced by Revs. S. D. Clayton of Madisonville, Rev. J. P. Porter of Greenfield, Rev. John Wilson and Martin Redkey of Leesburg. After the conclusion of the services, the remains were escorted by a large procession to Pleasant Hill Cemetery, where upon a beautiful knoll near the center of the cemetery a mound of new earth marks that resting place of Eli P. Johnson, aged 62 years and 20 days. Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 Name: Eli P Johnson Probate Date: 22 Aug 1883 Probate Place: Highland, Ohio, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1883 Inferred Death Place: Ohio, USA Item Description: Will Record, Vol 8, 1883-1885 Contributor: Marianna Kerns Morgan (47616369)

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Eli Pamphlin Johnson's memorial is located at: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Leesburg, Highland County, USA.
When did Eli Pamphlin Johnson death?
Eli Pamphlin Johnson death on 19 Oct 1883 in Leesburg, Highland County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 39.3535995
Longitude: -83.5578003

Family Members:

Parent

Nancy Moorman Johnson

(1779 - 1856)

Spouse

Mary E “Marietta” Johnson Johnson

(1831 - 1908)

Siblings

Virgil Harrison Johnson

(1813 - 1893)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Leesburg, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3535995, -83.5578003

2. Fairfield Quaker Cemetery
Leesburg, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3333015, -83.5477982

3. Pavey Cemetery
Leesburg, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3766060, -83.5426680

4. Highland Cemetery
Highland, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3429810, -83.6012330

5. Worthington Cemetery #1
East Monroe, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3422170, -83.5085310

6. Worthington Cemetery #2
East Monroe, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3489890, -83.5051920

7. Dunkard Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3189011, -83.5864029

8. Antioch Cemetery
Fairfield Township, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3480980, -83.6120280

9. Worthington Cemetery #3
Leesburg, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3505780, -83.4996720

10. Canney Cemetery
Wayne Township, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3876485, -83.5960232

11. Faith and Light Mennonite Church Cemetery
East Monroe, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3633470, -83.4978830

12. Anders Cemetery
Green Township, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3936005, -83.5243988

13. Hardins Creek Cemetery
Bridges, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3058400, -83.5220000

14. Elliott Cemetery
Wayne Township, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3941770, -83.6063710

15. Grove-Geff Cemetery
Wayne Township, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4032800, -83.6005800

16. Wilson Cemetery
Green Township, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3981018, -83.5061035

17. Sanders Cemetery
Bridges, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3123770, -83.4972360

18. Huff Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3143997, -83.4938965

19. Luttrell Cemetery
Wayne Township, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4108009, -83.6033020

20. Crispin Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3358002, -83.4736023

21. Richland Cemetery
Wayne Township, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4079190, -83.6124410

22. Methodist Cemetery
Samantha, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2861110, -83.5863890

23. Cowman Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3086014, -83.4863968

24. Zurface Cemetery
Wayne Township, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4025750, -83.6256560