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Rev Sylvanus Johnson

Birth	:	23 Dec 1831 Chester, Meigs County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	5 Dec 1914 Kilgore, Cherry County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Kilgore Cemetery, Kilgore, Cherry County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.9304110, -100.9639260
Description	:	REV. SYLVANUS JOHNSON. The gentleman above named is an old settler of Nebraska, who has assisted in the development and growth of that state for many years past. He is a resident of Georgia, Cherry county, lately retired from all active business, and is well known and highly esteemed by his fellowmen as a stanch Christian and God-fearing man, who has always labored earnestly for the cause of the righteous. Mr. Johnson was born in Meigs comity, Ohio, December 23, 1831. His father, Isaac Johnson, of American stock, was a hatter by trade, and followed the calling of a... Read More	REV. SYLVANUS JOHNSON. The gentleman above named is an old settler of Nebraska, who has assisted in the development and growth of that state for many years past. He is a resident of Georgia, Cherry county, lately retired from all active business, and is well known and highly esteemed by his fellowmen as a stanch Christian and God-fearing man, who has always labored earnestly for the cause of the righteous. Mr. Johnson was born in Meigs comity, Ohio, December 23, 1831. His father, Isaac Johnson, of American stock, was a hatter by trade, and followed the calling of a minister in the United Brethren Society, for many years preaching the gospel throughout the section in which he lived; later on moving to Fulton county, Illinois, in 1837. He traveled over the country on horseback, preaching the gospel, a contemporary with Peter Cartwright and other pioneer evangelists. Our subject's mother, Miss Chloe S. Baker, was of English descent, her great-grandfather having been an English sailor and an early settler in Massachusetts. Of a family of eleven children our subject was the third member, and came to Illinois with his parents when he was seven years of age. He was raised on a farm and he learned to do all kinds of hard labor, many a day in his young boyhood cutting his four acres of wheat with a cradle, working for fifty cents a day; he was also expert in handling a scythe, then in exclusive use in the hayfield. At the age of twenty-one years he started in for himself, working out by the month on farms during the summer, and followed lumbering in the winter. In 1861 he came west and settled in Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, taking a farm, where his nearest market was sixty-five miles away, sometimes being compelled to haul his produce one hundred miles before finding sale for it. These were dangerous and tiresome trips, consuming several days, and he was obliged to camp out nights on the road, hoppling his oxen, the only draught animals of those days. In 1863 he enlisted in Company H, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry, and was sent south with his regiment, where he saw hard service under General Sherman. They campaigned around Atlanta, through to the sea, and all over the Carolinas. The company was in many engagements and experienced all the hardships of soldiers' life. His service ended at Raleigh, North Carolina, and after taking part in the grand review at Washington, with his company, was discharged at Davenport, Iowa. After leaving the army he went back to his home and again took up farming, remaining there until 1872, when he moved with his family to Osceola county in the spring of 1873. There he settled on a homestead, beginning a pioneer's life for the second time, living in that region for several years. He went through many hardships, witnessing the grasshopper raids and for seven years made no progress. These were their hardest times, for nine years their only fuel was twisted hay; be lost crops every season so that he had to give up his farm and begin all over again. He then decided to leave Iowa, so came to Nebraska and located first in Holt county in the fall of 1884, moving on to Cherry county, in July, 1887. Here he acquired land situated south of Georgia and farmed this up to October, 1898, when he went to Newport, residing there until 1902, when he returned to Georgia. He was a carpenter by trade and followed this occupation a great part of the time in Iowa, preaching the gospel when opportunity offered as an evangelist of the United Brethren church, of which he was a member for thirty years. He was about thirty-five years old when he started as a minister, and during his first series of protracted meetings held at Bigelow, Minnesota, there were thirty-three souls converted, and this after he was told that he was incompetent to preach. Compendium of History Reminiscence & Biography of Western Nebraska page 492 Mr. Johnson was first married in 1856 to Miss Elizabeth Bates, who died in 1858, leaving one child, Marinda J., who married James Kirkpatrick and died January 5, 1903. In 1861 our subject married Miss Celinda Morphew, to whom seven children were born, named as follows: Arminda, widow of W. H. Lance, and a teacher for some years, now conducting a millinery and ladies' furnishings establishment at Georgia; Charles, deceased; James A. W., a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work; Lemuel, deceased; Clara, wife of Elvin Elliott; Ellen, wife of Paul H. Danofski; and William, deceased. Mr. Johnson has been four times a pioneer, going through the hardships on the frontier in that many different regions. He served as postmaster of Kilgore for a year or two, giving the best of satisfaction to all patrons of the office.

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Rev Sylvanus Johnson's memorial is located at: Kilgore Cemetery, Kilgore, Cherry County, USA.
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Rev Sylvanus Johnson death on 5 Dec 1914 in Kilgore, Cherry County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 42.9304110
Longitude: -100.9639260

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Spouse

Avis Celinda Morphew Johnson

(1842 - 1903)

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(unknow - unknow)

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Rev James Alexander Wilson Johnson

(1867 - 1929)

Clara Avis Johnson Elliott

(1875 - 1952)

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Coordinate: 42.9304110, -100.9639260

2. Saint Marys Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.9300000, -101.0920000

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Coordinate: 43.1041985, -100.9263992

8. Saint Angelo Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0960999, -101.0468979

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Coordinate: 43.0961300, -101.0471200

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Coordinate: 42.9290000, -101.2260000

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Coordinate: 43.0889015, -100.7844009

12. Saint Charles Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1418530, -100.9020750

13. Saint Agnes Cemetery
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14. Lakeview Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0746994, -100.7300034

15. Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0750000, -100.7302500

16. Running Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1672490, -100.9807097

17. Arcoren Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1676300, -100.9830700

18. Snake Falls Cemetery
Valentine, Cherry County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6785540, -100.8543170

19. See Red Family Cemetery
Saint Francis, Todd County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2021000, -100.9049500

20. Saint Marys Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1892014, -101.1314011

21. Richland Harmony Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.9763985, -100.5736008

22. Minnechaduza Cemetery
Valentine, Cherry County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8731003, -100.5674973

23. Lamson Cemetery
Cherry County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6264300, -101.0907900

24. Mount Hope Cemetery
Valentine, Cherry County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8669014, -100.5350037