William H. Johnson Ancestry - Johnson/Kearns/Morris/Bisher/Loflin/Hicks

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  Ancestry through parents Joseph and Mary (Newby) Morris
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DNA: I have multiple DNA matches with whom I share common ancestor Benjamin Morris. Tracy Impy, Robin Ann Quick, and Robert Powell. I have multiple DNA matches with whom I share common ancestry with Benjamin and Sarah Morris (seen on AncestryDNA with maiden name Sarah Elizabeth Mells Bolton). John House, Matt Vaughn Lynn Vaughn, Kim Harris Heather Cullen, Edna Powell, Penny Sledge, and Michael Smothers.

Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 North Carolina from the Department of Commmerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, S.N.D. North, Director, p. 178, shows Benjamin Morris as Head of Household in the Salisbury District, Rowan County, North Carolina. It indicates 1 male of age (Benjamin), 2 under age (Simeon and Reuben), 1 female of age (Sarah).

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Benjamin Morris, Sr.		 Much more information is available about this couple by looking at the ancestry of Benjamin Morris. Sarah Elizabeth Bolton or Brown

Some sources have Bolton have her surname, but some have unknown while FamilySearch has Brown and offers p. 83 of 193 of U.S, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871 (via Ancestry) as support
(Don't have Ancestry access? - close-up).

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(Johann) Conrad Bescher(er) (Bischer)		 The Bishers immigrated from the Bavarian Palatine region (GERMANY). Click here for details on the Bisher family. Also refer to The Bisher Family in The Heritage of Davidson County Margaretta (also Marie, Maria M., Margaratta, and Margaret T. and possibly Maria Margaretta T________)        
"Davidson was formed in 1822 from Rowan. It is in the central section of the State and is bounded by Randolph, Montgomery, Rowan, Davie, Forsyth, and Guilford counties. Acts to amend the act establishing Davidson County were passed in 1822 and 1835, setting the boundary line between Davidson and Rowan. An act to empower the commissioners of Randolph and Davidson to establish the dividing line was passed in 1871. A part of Davidson was annexed to Forsyth County in 1889 and again in 1921." (Source: Along the way with Benjamin Morris, (1757-1808) and his wife, Sarah, of North Carolina: his forebearers and descendants from before 1680 to 1996 by Lewis Ecroyd Morris, p. 59). b. 10 May 1757
in Pasquotank Co., NC
d. 25 July 1808
in Davidson Co., NC

Probate Record/Will

 m. 1786, Pasquotank Co., North Carolina (Source: Along the way with Benjamin Morris, (1757-1808) and his wife, Sarah... by Lewis Ecroyd Morris, pp. 49-50). b. ca. 1759-1763
in Robeson, NC
d. ca. 1850
DeKalb, GA		 Hicks/Hix ancestry b. 29 Aug. or Sept. 1784 (Weilburg, Nassau, Germany or Haiger, Germany)
d. 2 April 1846
Salisbury, NC, USA
Burial: The Old Lutheran Cemetery, Salisbury, NC		 m. ? b. ca. 1797 in Germany
d. 9 Aug. 1867
Salisbury, NC, USA		        
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Ancestry through parents James "Jimmie" and Nancy "Charity" (Skeen) Johnson
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Johnson History

A. Harris Johnson was a Private in Co. D, 6th NC Senior Reserves during the Civil War (Source: Find A Grave Memorial). This was the same unit in which my ancestor Abraham Luther served.

John Hansell Johnson death certificate showing parents Allen H. Johnson and Elizabeth Kernes (Source: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013).

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Allen Harris Johnson
("Harris")		 Helped found Sexton's Sch. House in 1861, reorganized in 1871 as Mt. Ebal Church (U.M.), Randolph County, NC.

I have DNA matches who share common ancestors Allen Harris Johnson and Betsy Kearns Johnson. Deane Belk and Jennifer Scott.

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Elizabeth "Betsy" Kearns

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William and Sarah (Hicks) Morris

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"William Nelson (some family members use the initial B, instead of Nelson) Morris was the third born known son of Benjamin and Sarah ? Morris. His birth took place in Old Rowan County, NC, now Davidson County, on 24 June 1792. His death occurred 24 Sept 1873. He is buried in the Siloam Methodist Cemetery beside his wife on the Davidson County line of Randolph County, NC. His wife was Sarah aka Sally, Polly, Hicks (Hix), b. 29 Jan 1791, and d. 26 July 1882. She is also said to be born 3 March 1791, and d. 26 June 1882. She md. at the age of 22 and died at age of 91. William N. Morris is first found in the 1808 will of his father, Benjamin Morris, made in 1808 .... The 1850 census, Davidson County, NC, Census, on page 365, HH #732, lists William Morris, age 58; Sarah, age 55; children: Emily, age 23: Wm N., age 18; Sarah, age 15; Thomas, age 14; and Allen, age 12." (Source: Along the way with Benjamin Morris, (1757-1808) and his wife, Sarah, of North Carolina: his forebearers and descendants from before 1680 to 1996 by Lewis Ecroyd Morris, p. 409, 411).
John W. Morris death certificate listing parents William Morris and Sallie Hix (Source: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013). 		William Nelson Morris

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Children of William and Sarah (Hicks) Morris

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Mary b. 9 May 1813, md. William Sexton
Belinda b. 6 March 1818, md. John Gibson
Reuben b. 5 Jan 1821, md. Sara Sexton Riley.
Priscilla b. 17 Dec 1824, md. Lydon Nance.
John Wesley b. 13 Aug 1828, md. Lena P. Nance.
Nancy b. 31 May 1830, d.John Lanier.
Emily b. 1832, md. Richard Cranford
William N. b. 6 Feb 1833, md. Adeline Riley.
Sarah b. 9 Nov 1834, md. Alfred Thompson
William A b. 1835, d. Civil War
Asa Thomas b. 9 Oct 1836, md. Rebecca Elliott.
Allen G b. 7 Aug 1838, md. Nancy Jane Bacher.

In addition 2 children are said to have died in a house fire. Their names, ages, or date of births and deaths are not remembered Also one member of the family is thought to have drowned, but not remembered who, nor where, nor when.

A special thanks to Mrs Betty Smith Johnson who supplied most of the information on the family. Also to Mrs Pauline Jones, of Kansas, who supplied information on the Nancy (Morris) Lanier family. And to other family members who supplied information.
(Source: Along the way with Benjamin Morris, (1757-1808) and his wife, Sarah, of North Carolina: his forebearers and descendants from before 1680 to 1996 by Lewis Ecroyd Morris, p. 405)


Sarah "Sallie" Hicks
(also seen as "Sally" with surname Hix)

Her son's death certificate refers to her as "Pollie Hix" (Source: FamilySearch).

DNA Evidence: In January 2020, I found a DNA match who is great-great grandson of Godfrey and Lucinda (Loflin) Bisher. William Bisher. In February 2021, I found multiple DNA matches with whom I share Godfrey and Lucinda (Loflin) Bisher as ancestors. Donna Hancock,
Kathryn "Cassie" A. Tysinger and Amie Price.

Godfrey W. Bescher (Bischer, Bisher)

Confederate veteran of the Civil War
and hero of Gettysburg 		Godfrey was born on the ship as his parents sailed from Nassau, Weilburg, GERMANY. He lived on a farm on Skeen Rd. in west Randolph Co., NC. According to http://www.geocities.ws/jetlag78/godfrey, "Godfrey was born on the voyage from Amsterdam to Charleston that brought his parents, Conrad and Margaretha, to America. He married Loucinda Loflin, who bore seven children, two of them twins (William and John)." Also refer to the article "Great" Godfrey Bischer in The Heritage of Davidson County

Lucinda (Loucinda) "Sindy" Loflin (Laughlin)

Death certificate for M. Worth Bisher
showing parents as Godfrey Bisher
and Lucinda Loflin (Source: North
Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt
Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013).

Allen "Harris" Johnson (1817-1905) married Elizabeth "Betsy" Kearns (1821-1899). Among their children were my ancestor Titus "Winbourne" Johnson and Jeremiah W. Johnson. Jeremiah W. Johnson (1846-1922) married Elbie Stokes and they had one daughter: Emma Johnson who married Charlie Thompson and they, in turn, had 9 children. Source: FARMER: Yesterday and Today, p. 118.

Children of Allen "Harris" Johnson and Elizabeth "Betsy" (Kearns) Johnson: Titus Winbourne Johnson (1837-1913), James Ivy Johnson (1840-1917) and his twin Thomas Clark Johnson (1840-1922), John Hansell Johnson (1842-1919), Jeremiah W. Johnson (1845-1922), Clarinda Ellen Johnson Riley (1851-1904), Milton H. Johnson (1853-1900) and Louise Johnson Diffee (1859-1942) (Source: FindAGrave).

b. 21 March 1817
Davidson Co., NC
d. 30 Sept 1905
obituary (Source: The Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 1905, p. 1; local copy)
Buried in Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Martha, Randolph County, NC (Sources: Cemetery Census, Find A Grave, PeopleLegacy). 		m. 1 September 1836
(Farmer, p. 259)

1850 Census

1860 Census - Randolph Co., NC

1870 Census - Concord Twp., Randolph Co., NC

1880 Census - Concord Twp., Randolph Co., NC

Both buried in Salem UMC Cemetery, Randolph Co., NC (Sources:
1, 2).

 b. 29 January 1821
Randolph Co., NC
d. 21 July 1899
Randolph Co., NC
See note on dates.
Buried in Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Randolph County, NC (another link)		   b: 24 June 1792 in Old Rowan County now Davidson County, North Carolina
d. 24 September 1873
in North Carolina
Burial: Siloam Cemetery,
Davidson, North Carolina

Tombstone (Source: pp. 406, 719, Along the way with Benjamin Morris, (1757-1808) and his wife ... by Lewis Ecroyd Morris)

Probate Record (Source: Ancestry) 		m. 1813

1850 Census - Davidson Co., NC

1860 Census - Davidson Co., NC

"Sarah (Hicks) Morris was ca 22 years of age at the time of her marriage. She lived to be 91 years of age. She gave birth to 14 children between 1813 and 1838, two of whom were lost in a big house fire. Another member of the family is said to have lost his life by drowning. Robert Willard Johnson accounts for the 12 of 14 children by name, and supplies birth dates and who married for ten, but incompletely for two" (Source: Along the way with Benjamin Morris, (1757-1808) and his wife, Sarah, of North Carolina: his forebearers and descendants from before 1680 to 1996 by Lewis Ecroyd Morris, p. 406).

b. 13 or 21 January 1794
or according to FindAGrave and Along the Way..., p. 719:
21 January 1791 in Davidson Co., North Carolina
d. 26 July 1882, Davidson Co., NC

Tombstone (Source: p. 406, Along the way...) 		  b. 1 Dec. 1818
on ship from Germany on Atlantic Ocean
(as shown on daughter's death certificate)
d. 7 Sept. 1897
Burial: Siloam Cemetery, Davidson Co, NC
Find-A-Grave memorial 		m. 1838

1850 Census: Randolph Co., NC

Their children: William W Bisher, Nancy Jane Bisher, Milton W Bescheer, Rebecca L Beasheer, Rosalind Bescheer, Margaret A Bescheer, Julia Bescheer, James A Bescheer, Sara E Bescheer, Franklin H Bescheer, John F Bescheer and Donnie Bescher

Franklin's birth certificate listing parents Godfrey and Sindy Bisher

 b. 21 Oct. 1817
d. 2 Dec. 1881
Burial: Siloam Cemetery, Davidson Co, NC
Find-A-Grave memorial 		   
                                   
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Campbell
According to an Ancestry.com tree maintained by Robert Chalmers III, Mr. Campbell (to the right) had the first name Dougal. I am still researching. Such trees are not necessarily authoritative and he also lists Malinda as Malinda "Linda" Cameron Campbell, the Cameron being easily disproven, which makes the source questionable. However, there is a NC Marriage Record showing a 28 November 1831 marriage between Dugald Campbell and Mary Ann Campbell (Close-up). Could this be their marriage record?





















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Dougal? Campbell
d. before 1855 likely
The Campbell Knights of Lochow | Earls and Dukes of Argyll

While Malinda Campbell's (see below) ancestry is mostly unknown, the Campbells are from Clan Campbell of Scotland.

Mary Norman?
(likely maiden surname)
b. 15 February 1812, Montgomery County, North Carolina
d. 28 October 1899, Randolph County, North Carolina
(Source: FamilySearch)
Mary Campbell's (see above) son is listed as Graham Campbell b. 1843 in Randolph Co., North Carolina. In Graham's Collaborate tab for legacy disputes, there are comments from Ramona Martin indicating that Graham was the son of Mary and her first husband, a Campbell, but was stepson of Lewis Bingham (Note: his family is on the bottom of p. 276 of the 1850 Census including Southern Division Randolph Co., NC), of whom Mary was the second wife (m. 27 December 1855, Montgomery Co., NC, Bondsman: James A. Wallace; Witness: John McLennan, C.C.C.; license application). Between Malinda's (see below) death and her mother and brother joining the Bingham family, any further details may be lost to history. It is worth noting that my great grandfather Norman Harris Johnson below has a name reflecting his father's father (who went by Harris) and his mother's mother (who is listed with the maiden surname likely being Norman as show above). Mary Campbell Bingham (nee Mary Norman, likely, then Mary Campbell) is verified by a Randolph County, North Carolina, land record transcribed from microfilm in the Salt Lake City Family History Library: "1891: Mary Bingham to N.H.Johnson 200 acres, 20,10 acres land; J. L. and M.E. Thompson of Davidson County to N.H. Johnson, 200, 20, 10 acres Then in 1898: Mary Bingham to Perry Johnson, 1/4 interest in that same tract of land; Mary Bingham to Turie Hammond 1/4 interest same land description." Ramona Martin added a note about the addition of this record to Mary Campbell Bingham's profile on FamilySearch, indicating "These are the grandchildren of Mary Campbell Bingham through her daughter Christina Malinda Campbell who married Titus Winbourne Johnson." (Source: FamilySearch).
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↓		       Map of the townships of Davidson County      
Titus Winbourne Johnson (went by Winbourne) fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War in Co. B, 48th North Carolina Infantry. He enlisted August 8, 1862. He was wounded near Sharpsburg, MD, Sept. 17, 1862, and captured. He was wounded again Dec. 13, 1862, in Fredericksburg, VA. He was again wounded at Reams' Station, VA, Aug. 25, 1864. He took the Oath of Allegiance at Salisbury, NC, on June 3, 1865. He lived at Tom's Creek west of Farmer, NC. He farmed and ran a grist mill. After the war, he returned to Jackson Hill Township.
More information:

1880 Census - Concord Twp., Randolph Co., NC mentions Winbourne and his father Harris.

According to the 1870 Census for Concord Township, Randolph Co., North Carolina (local image), at the bottom of the page, Titus W. Johnson was 33-years-old and a "miller" and Malinda was 24-years-old and was "keeping home" living in Concord Township, Randolph Co., NC, 8 September 1870.

Titus Winbourne Johnson
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Picture of couple
(Note: spots on face due to photo deterioration)
Restored photo thanks to GFP-GAN Photo Restoration 		Malinda (Melinda/Linda) Christine Campbell
(Also seen as Christina Malinda Campbell)		 Some erroneously have Melinda's surname as Cameron, but evidence supports Campbell, especially with one of her grandsons being named Thomas Campbell Morris Johnson and that my DNA matches point to a Campbell ancestor one generation before her. Further, page 461 of Along the way with Benjamin Morris, (1757-1808) and his wife, Sarah, of North Carolina: his forebearers and descendants from before 1680 to 1996 by Lewis Ecroyd Morris, confirms her maiden name was Melinda Campbell. Also, death certificates for her children confirm Campbell, two here: Arthur Perry Johnson and Tura Johnson Hammond. Allen Gilbert Morris

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"Allen Gilbert Morris, was the twelfth child of William N. and Sarah (Hicks) Morris. He was b. 7 Aug 1838, and d. 24 Aug 1918. He is buried in the Denton Cemetery, Denton, NC. He md. Nancy Jane Bescher, b. 28 March 1849, d. 30 Sept 1924, buried in the Denton Cemetery. Her parents were Godfrey Bescher and Lucinda Loflin. 1880 census Davidson County, NC, Emmons Twp, Reel M620 (coded), Sheet 2, line 45: Morris, Allen G., age 42. Nancy J., age 40, wife. Nancy J., age 18, daughter. Flora, age 15, daughter. Julia, age 13, daughter. Georgia A, age 11, daughter. Lueza, age 8, daughter. Elfleter, age 6, daughter. Born after the 1880 census: Elsie Rosedale." (Source: Along the way with Benjamin Morris, (1757-1808) and his wife, Sarah, of North Carolina: his forebearers and descendants from before 1680 to 1996 by Lewis Ecroyd Morris, p. 460)
The Heritage of Davidson County - "Allen and Nancy Jane Bischer Morris" Nancy Jane Bescher (Bischer)
("Jane")		 Nancy "Jane" had large brown eyes and hair that remained dark even into her sixties. She and Allen had seven daughters and no sons. They moved from Randolph Co., NC, to Denton, NC. Allen operated the General Store in 1880 & was one of the original stockholders of Denton Chair Co. - later Biltwell Chair Co. - organized 1913. He continued the grist mill business and was an organizer of the Denton Academy & Methodist's Children's Home. Allen and Jane also helped found Sexton's School House in 1861, reorganized in 1871 as Mt. Ebal Church (United Methodist) in Randolph Co., NC.        

Malinda was Winbourne's first wife who died at the age of 28 in 1875, just weeks after their daughter Hattie E. Johnson was born. Hattie was born 20 May 1875 and died in infancy 10 July 1875, less than 2 weeks after her mother's death. Winbourne later married Amanda (Manda) Nance (1851-1927) in 1876. Between the two marriages, he had 10 or 11 children. SOURCE: Curt Richey. However, I discovered another son William Dockery Poole (FamilySearch, Find-A-Grave, Ancestry) who was born in 1879 from a relationship between Winbourne and a woman named Ocia Pool. They were unmarried. This was discovered via correspondence with Lisa Goins, a DNA match on Ancestry DNA, and like me, a great-great grandchild of Winbourne. Lisa shared that Ocia died around age 25 (according to different sources) at the time Lisa's great grandfather William Dockery Poole was 7 years old. Ocia's parents were both deceased when she died. William was left an orphan and went to live with a Pritchard family in North Asheboro. According to Lisa's mother (William's granddaughter), he did not know much about his mother or grandparents or any of his real family because he was so young when they died.

T. Winbourne Johnson's widow Amanda applied for pension in 1926 for his service in the Civil War.

 b. 4 July 1837
d. 17 April 1913
Buried in Randolph County, NC. Additional info: Concord Township Cemeteries, Salem UMC (another link)		 m. 8 October 1860
Randolph County, North Carolina
Source: Randolph County Marriage Bonds, Vol. 5, no. 1, 1971 (also on FamilySearch)

Marriage License Application		 b. 8 August 1846
d. 29 June 1875
buried at Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Randolph County, North Carolina (another link)		 US Census, 1870, North Carolina, Randolph, Concord, Salem Church Post Office (entry in detail) b. 7 Aug. 1838, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
d. 24 Aug. 1918, Jackson Hill, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
Burial: Denton Town Cemetery, Denton, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA

Death Certificate
(Source: FamilySearch)

 m. 23 Dec. 1858

1860 Census Davidson Co., NC

1870 Census Davidson Co., NC

1880 Census Davidson Co., NC - actual document (Source: Ancestry)

Jane Morris in the 1920 Census Davidson, Co., NC, Jackson Hill District 0020 sourced from Ancestry

 b. 28 March 1840
d. 30 Sept. 1924, North Carolina
Burial: Denton Town Cemetery, Denton, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA		   Maps: NC County Development
NC county maps pre-1840:
1740 1760 1775 1780 1800
Map: NC counties in 1840
Colored NC Map
North Carolina By County
North Carolina - Atlas of Historical Boundaries Project 		         
1880 Census information about Titus Winbourne Johnson: Age: 42; Birth Year: abt 1838; Birthplace: North Carolina; Home in 1880: Concord, Randolph, North Carolina; Race: White; Gender: Male; Relation to Head of House: Self (Head); Marital Status: Married; Spouse's Name: Manda Johnson; Father's Birthplace: North Carolina; Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina; Occupation: Grist Miller; Household Members (Name Age): Titus W. Johnson 42, Manda Johnson 29, Mary E. Johnson 18, Norman H. Johnson 13, Nepsie V. Johnson 11, Arther P. Johnson 8, Lona U. Johnson 1. Provided by Thom Cameron.
Titus Winbourne Johnson's grave at Salem Church (Randolph Co., NC): marker, Johnson, inscription. The wives are buried on each side of this marker with their inscriptions on each side of the marker. The marker is about 6-feet tall. The grave of Winbourne's brother Jeremiah is to the left of it (not pictured). SOURCE: Curt Richey.









                       
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Click here for notes about Norman and Julia Johnson (Source from Jerrie Lomax and includes the 22 August 1888 marriage date).

Norman Johnson's house in Denton, NC, that was passed to his son Tom (back of photo). End of the house (source: Denton NC History).

"Norman H. and Julia Morris Johnson" article in The Heritage of Davidson County: page 1 of 2, page 2 of 2

1910 Census - Jackson Hill Twp., Davidson Co., NC
1920 Census Davidson, Co., NC, Jackson Hill District 0020 sourced from Ancestry

"Julia Priscilla Morris, b. 29 Nov 1866, d. 1 April 1950, buried at Denton Cemetery. She md. 25 Nov 1888, to Norman Harris Johnson, b. 18 April 1867, d. 22 April 1955, buried at Denton Cemetery, Denton, NC. His parents were Titus Winbourne Johnson and Melinda Campbell." (Source: Along the way with Benjamin Morris, (1757-1808) and his wife, Sarah, of North Carolina: his forebearers and descendants from before 1680 to 1996 by Lewis Ecroyd Morris, p. 461)

 Norman Harris Johnson Click here for pictures of Norman and Julia. Julia Pricilla Morris   ↑
William Eddie Hill
Enhanced, colorized close-up from younger years
• Hill History
• William Eddie Hill's memoir		 ↑
Mary Addie Cranford
Enhanced, colorized close-up from younger years		 Mary Addie Cranford is listed as Mary Adelaide Cranford on her father's probate record (full probate record).
Much thanks to researcher Cheri Dunaway Smith, a distant cousin, for her work on this part of Mary Addie Cranford's lineage.

Click here for pictures of William Eddie and Mary as well as their children.

Davidson Record article "Max Hill Studies Radio Technique" from June 28, 1945 (Max is the son of William Eddie Hill and Mary Addie Cranford Hill).		      
In August 2017, I found via 23andMe a second cousin John Shackford, son of Kathryn Virginia Johnson Shackford (d. 2005)

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Kathryn Virginia Johnson Shackford

Kathryn Virginia Johnson Shackford of Oklahoma City passed away in the early morning of July 18, 2005 at the age of 90 surrounded by loved ones. A source of strength and support to her family and friends, she inspired everyone with her southern hospitality and positive outlook on life. She was born near Wilmington, North Carolina, on July 8, 1915. Her parents were Della May Surratt and Allen Starling Johnson. She was reared in Lexington, North Carolina and graduated from Lexington High School in 1932. After high school she attended Duke University and graduated in 1936. While at Duke, Virginia met her future husband, Joseph Temple Shackford. They were married November 20, 1937 and together had four children: Joseph Temple, Jr., John Starling, James Hilliard and Virginia Pauline. The family moved from North Carolina to Oklahoma City in 1958 when Joseph accepted a position at St. Luke's United Methodist Church as Associate Pastor. Virginia taught English in both North Carolina and Oklahoma at Heritage Hall and Deer Creek. Education was a very important part of her life and she was pleased all her children attended Duke. After retirement from teaching she stayed active at St. Luke's and was a member of the board of trustees at Epworth Villa where she had resided since 2000. Virginia was preceded in death by her oldest son, Joseph 'Jody' Temple Shackford, Jr., who died in 1958 in an industrial accident; her husband of 58 years, Joseph Shackford who died in 1996; her brother, Allen Johnson Jr. who died in 1982; and her nephew, Allen Starling Johnson III who died in 1997. She is survived by her three other children and their spouses, John and Melissa Shackford, Hilliard and Diane Shackford, Ginger and David Friedlein; by ten grandchildren and their spouses, Darren and Michele Friedlein, Jeremy and Chiu Yen Friedlein, Heidi and John Hart, Sean and Sarah Shackford, Chad and Jaime Shackford, and Nick, Jody, twins Sophie and Jimmy, and Danny Shackford; by 6 great-grandchildren, Grant and Spencer Friedlein, Dawn and Oscar Friedlein, Casey Hart, and Caleb Shackford, with Ethan Temple Shackford due in September. She is also survived by her brother's wife, Billy Johnson and three nieces Judy, Kathryn and Joanne Johnson. A memorial service will be at 2 pm on Wednesday, July 20, at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. The graveside service will be given by Bishop Monk Bryan on Friday, July 22, in Waynesville, North Carolina. Gifts may be made to St. Luke's United Methodist Church, designated to the Virginia Shackford Memorial Fund. These gifts will go to the church's endowment fund. SMITH & KERNKE 14624 N. MAY AVE

, daughter of Allen Starling Johnson (his WWI draft card from FamilySearch), son of Norman and Julia (Morris) Johnson to the right, both John's and my great grandparents!

1936 Johnson Family Reunion

 b. 18 April 1867
d. 22 April 1955
Obituary		 m. 25 Aug. 1888
marriage license
(Source: FamilySearch)
60th Anniversary Article
60th Anniversary photo		 b. 29 Nov. 1866
d. 1 April 1950, Denton, Davidson County, North Carolina
Death Certificate (local image)		   b. 27 June 1872, Concord, Randolph Co., NC
d. 6 Oct. 1943, Denton, Davidson Co., NC
Death Certificate 		m. 21 December 1893, Randolph Co., NC
marriage register
(source: FamilySearch)		 b. 21 May 1870, NC
d. Jan. 1963, Denton, Davidson Co., NC		  
                 
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Picture of Herman Edwin Johnson's siblings

Discovered desendants of H. "Ed" Johnson's siblings, Strickland and Kaklamanos cousins

One of H. "Ed" Johnson's nephews, Allen Starling Johnson Jr., of Duke University, was "a celebrated football lineman -- one of the famous 'Iron Dukes' from the 1938 and 1939 teams" (Source: Billy Johnson could melt you with a stare - and the kindest of hearts).



Herman "Ed" Edwin Johnson
(more pictures)		 Picture of Val Johnson (Herman's brother) and Nannie Hill (Gertude's sister)

In Denton, the Johnson & Hill families competed. Edward Hill (Gertrude's brother), a salesman at Grimes Ford, bought the dealership renaming it Hill Motor Co. (slogan: calendar - slogan source). Val Johnson ran the Chevrolet dealership.

Gertrude Leona Hill
(pictures - including siblings, parents)		 "I had a wonderful dream last night that included my late Grandma Johnson's house (photo, another photo, and photo from Zillow). I walked the brick walkway in front (where she showed me how to sweep with a broom) to the sprawling gray wooden porch with white posts on brick bases. There were antique-looking wooden chairs on this porch - and memories such as jumping from the porch to an adjacent tree to climb my first tree as a kid. I placed a flower on a wooden chair and said, "This is where my grandma used to sit." I wandered on around the porch that wrapped most of the way around the house. I peaked in windows to see how similar things were to what I remembered. From the back porch of the house, I saw the shed and persimmon tree. Peeking in the kitchen window, I saw the little table by the door was gone. I went in and the expansive dining room (with the organ and dark wooden table) was there. I went to the bathroom and it looked the same with its sink with the two polygonal silver knobs with round tops. I wanted to see if the top of the one still came off and it did! I remember taking it off and on as a child. The front room had wooden floors. When grandma was alive, there also was a woodstove in the middle of the room, a couch back against the wall where the front windows were and a dark wooden bureau in the corner where she kept bags of peanut M&Ms in the upper drawers. What a gift -- these memories."
~ James Arthur Johnson
8 August 2015

Letter to Gertrude from her grandson Jamie Johnson ca. 1980: page 1, page 2

Getrude's sister Nannie (Hill) Sexton as a school teacher at Dallas Elementary School in 1956-1957		      
Herman Edwin Johnson with his children: Hilda Mack Johnson on the left, William Herman Johnson is the baby being held and Geraldine Hill Johnson is on the right

Johnson family: Left to Right: Gertrude Leona Hill Johnson, William Herman Johnson, Hilda Mack Johnson, Geraldine Hill Johnson and Herman Edwin Johnson 		  b. 17 Feb. 1902, Cameron Place, Davidson Co., NC
d. 9 Aug. 1972, Denton, Davidson Co., NC
(Index to Vital Statistics, Davidson Co., NC)
obiturary
In Remembrance: 1, 2		 m. 14 April 1922
marriage license
(source: FamilySearch)

After living separately in the late 1940s, they moved together to Miami, FL, and returned to Denton, NC, in the 1960s.

50th Anniv.		 b. 9 May 1902, Randolph Co., NC
Moved to Denton, NC, in 1906, to go to school.
d. 24 Oct. 1991
Obituaries

Remembrance Booklet:
Page 1
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In Memoriam - Central UMC 		Gertrude Leona Hill Johnson's persimmon pudding recipe as transcribed by Carolyn Fisher Johnson.
(Recipe Card)
Note: Persimmons are ripe after first frost.

Gertrude Leona Hill Johnson's recipe for strawberry cake

A stethoscope given to Jamie Johnson from his Grandma Johnson (Getrude Leona Hill Johnson) ca. 1980
             
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Grown up: Johnson siblings with mother: left to right: Geraldine "Jerrie" Lomax, William "Bill" Herman Johnson, Gertrude Leona Hill Johnson and Hilda "Peg" Cranford 		      H. Ed Johnson family in 1930 Census









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Denton, NC, Old Photos

Obituary Index at Randolph Co., NC, Public Library 1903-present 		   
R. Neil Sexton (note on back of photo) was Bill Johnson's cousin and boyhood best friend. Neil was the son of Nannie Hill Sexton, sister of Gertrude Leona Hill Johnson. Neil died at age 11 and is the namesake for Bill's firstborn son Neil Fisher Johnson.
Tragedy would strike again when Nannie's grandson Hugh Ames Sexton, Jr. would die in the Vietnam War in 1971 (Last Rights). Hugh is also named on the Davidson County, North Carolina, Vietname War Casualty List. Also see Vietnam Casualties, 1956 - 1998 record.		    
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Denton Orator articles about John Lomax II and Mack Cranford (written by Buddy Sexton)

Geraldine "Jerrie" Johnson Lomax and her memories of growing up

Central United Methodist Church in Denton, NC, where much of the family worshipped.		   Geraldine "Jerrie" Hill Johnson

Pictures:
  • childhood

    • Central H.S. (Charlotte, NC) Yearbooks:
  • 1939 (Source: Ancestry)
  • 1940 (Source: Ancestry)
    		•  Picture of
    John & Jerrie Lomax

    another picture    		 John Haven Lomax II

    Photo from Denton 1939-1940

    (WWII Photo)    		   Hilda Mack Johnson

    childhood picture
    As an adult with her Father Herman Edwin "Ed" Johnson

    Photo from Denton, NC, 1939-1940    		 Sept. 1993 picture

    Aug. 1997 picture

    2005 article

    Mack Cranford and Hilda Johnson - Cheerleaders newspaper article

    Mack working at Chevy dealership

    Mack seated beside his mother Troy Adderton Cranford (The picture is Troy Adderton Cranford with 11 of 12 of her children ca. 1950s: Seated left to right: Tula, Troy, Mack; Standing: Carlie, William, Beatrice, John, ANnie, Robert, Marjorie, Sadie and Violet)     		Mack Hurlan Cranford

    Photo from Denton 1939-1940

    (WWII Photo)

    Also see this article.

    FamilySearch Gallery    		 Video and Pictures
    from Denton, NC
    1939-1940

    Denton, NC, Old Photos

    Remembering Pop
    (William H. Johnson)

    Priceless Memories of William H. Johnson (written in his hand):
    page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4

    		William "Bill" Herman Johnson

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    Note about William H. Johnson

    Photos of William Herman Johnson:

    1. Toddler: cradle roll certificate 1931
      Christmas card to a 2-year-old Billy in 1931: (front, back)
    2. boyhood photo
    3. with mother/sisters
    4. ca. 1937-1938, 2nd from right beside boy with tie (zoom in)
    5. Photos from Denton, NC, 1939-1940, when he was age 10
    6. Picture from school year 1940-1941
    7. Teenager: photo | photo | photo | photo
    8. Denton High School graduation (William H. Johnson is on the back row 2nd from right)
    9. Notes regarding Bill Johnson, Denton High School class of 1946 on 45th reunion in 1989
    10. Denton High School class of 1946 reunion (William H. Johnson is the 2nd man from the left on the back row)
      (Notes from 50th class reunion in 1996)
    11. young man with mother
    12. As a young man: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
    13. 1955 Bowling Tournament - William Herman Johnson is 4th from left
    14. Bill graduated from NCSU in 1954 with a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering from the College of Agriculture and Engineering to launch his professional career: G.E. Engineer ca. 1960 | William "Bill" Herman Johnson | Willliam Herman Johnson, engineer at Walker | As a plant manager in the mid 1960s | With businessmen, 2nd Row, 3rd from right | Bio in his own writing | William Herman Johnson, Walker Plant Manager in NC | On right for Walker groundbreaking plant, Arden, NC, 1969 | Walker plant manager, Arden, NC | Johnson gets a patent on new uncoiler | VP of Engineering at Shenandoah Mfg. | Curriculum Vitae (p. 1, p. 2)
    15. Recreation: Golfing (William Herman Johnson in blue shirt) | William Herman Johnson (in white hat) fishing | William "Bill" Herman Johnson in his easy chair | celebrating a birthday
    16. Older years: Dad (William "Bill" Herman Johnson) making pancakes (with his pastor David Burch in the background)
    17. ca. 2008-2009: Advantage PT staff photo of William "Bill/Pop" Herman Johnson
    18. October 2009: Bill (William Herman Johnson) with grandson Arthur (William Arthur Harrison Johnson)
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    Carolyn June Fisher    		    
    Johnson siblings:
    • Very young children: Geraldine Hill Johnson, William Herman Johnson and Hilda Mack Johnson (colorized version)
    • Geraldine Hill Johnson with baby brother William Herman Johnson
    • As children: Geraldine Hill Johnson, Hilda Mack Johnson and William Herman Johnson
    • As young adults: Hilda Mack Johnson, William Herman Johnson and Geraldine Hill Johnson

    Denton, NC, History and Photos
    William H. Johnson said, "Denton raised me."

    Howell Harrison reflected on Denton, NC, and his family in an article from yesteryear: page 1 | page 2

    		   b. 21 Feb. 1923
    d. 21 Dec. 2020, Concord, NC

    In Memoriam

    Graveside Service

    		 m. 26 Dec. 1941

    b. 30 Oct. 1922
    d. 15 Feb. 2011
    In Memoriam

    June 6, 1944: D-Day, Normandy, France: My late uncle John Haven Lomax II of Denton, North Carolina, was a Sergeant in the 89th Division under Major General Finley and was assigned to lead a 60 MM mortar squad, consisting of a gunner, assistant gunner and two ammo bearers. He survived the battle, but all his men were lost. It wasn't until the twilight of his life that he would talk about it. He is one of the many heroes that day.

    		 b. 24 Sept. 1924
    d. 3 Aug. 2011
    In Memoriam    		 m. 8 July 1944

    Mack and Hilda are also distant cousins. Mack is son of John Filmore Cranford, son of Joel Titus Cranford, son of Richard Cranford, son of John "Jackie" Cranford. So, Hilda is Mack's 3rd cousin, once removed, via Cranford. However, Mack is also son of Troy Adderton Cranford, daughter of Sarah (Nance) Adderton, daughter of Hubbard Nance, son of Hudson Nance, Sr. Hilda is Mack's 3rd cousin, twice removed, via Nance.

    Troy Amanda Adderton Cranford and children: another picture
    Notes: [PDF] [Word]

    b. 7 June 1923
    d. 22 July 2016
    In Memoriam    		 Denton Feenix 1946 Denton High School Yearbook featuring Bill Johnson
    (PDF - 34MB)

    The Times, Thomasville, NC, March 29, 1989: "Season of New Beginnings: Students shed Red and White" by Kathy Blostrom, an article about the closing of Denton High School (DHS)



    William H. Johnson
    in the Navy    		 b. 17 Aug. 1929
    Birthplace in Hickory, NC
    (back of photo) - layout of house.
    2004 Letter RE: birthplace:
    p. 1     p. 2
    Baby photo in Hickory, NC
    Birth certificate, Standard certificate of birth
    Last days
    d. 11 May 2010, Harrisonburg, VA
    Burial: Eastlawn Cemetery, Harrisonburg, VA (Find-A-Grave)     		enagement

    "My husband proposed to me the night after we went to their (The Lettermen) concert at Madison College (JMU) in '64. We were blessed with a wonderful marriage for 46 yrs."
    ~ Carolyn F. Johnson (Facebook post)


    m. 7 June 1964
    Wedding Announcement
    Wedding Invitation
    Fisher-Johnson Pair United
    Marriage Certificate (another here, source: FamilySearch)
    Carolyn F. Johnson on honeymoon in Williamsburg, VA, June 8, 1964: 1, 2

    		b. 28 May    
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    Marcia among children in front yard of house on Red Hill in front center    		 John "Johnny" Haven Lomax III
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    (as a boy with sister Marcia)    		   Sharon Amanda Cranford
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    (with husband Curtis Beal in 2010)    		   Rodney Hurlan Cranford
    (as a boy with sister Sharon)    		   Descendants from Bill's first marriage to Lorene Thomas in 1953 via their daughter Elizabeth Leigh Johnson

    The children of
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    (which includes James Arthur Johnson who researched and developed this site):         		• William Herman Johnson ("Pop") with granddaughter Leona Mae Johnson in 2005
    • Pop with granddaughter Leona Mae Johnson in 2005
    • William "Pop" Johnson reading to grandchildren Leona Mae Johnson and William Addisen Paradzinski     		 
          b. 24 April 1940
    d. 22 March 2015
    obituary

    In Memory: 1, 2, 3    		 m. b. 16 April











    		Mary Lou Fisher at prom with Johnny Lomax

    Note: Mary Lou is my aunt on my mother's side. ~ Jamie    		 b. 20 March











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    Denton 2003: Front: Louise Mae Johnson, Carolyn Fisher Johnson, Hilda Mack Johnson Cranford, Geraldine Johnson Lomax; Back: James Arthur Johnson, William Herman Johnson, Mack Cranford and John Haven Lomax II     		 
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    Connie Young
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    Andrew Everhart (who married Samantha Lindabery)    		   Amber Conner
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    NOTE: Amber married Zachary Furr on 27 June 2015

    		   Amy Conner

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    NOTE: William "Bill" Herman Johnson was born in Hickory, North Carolina. He grew up in Charlotte then Denton, North Carolina (Davidson County). From a marriage to Lorene Thomas in July 1953, William H. Johnson has a daughter who was born 1957 named Elizabeth Leigh Johnson (see tree below). Lorene died when Elizabeth was young. Elizabeth has children from 2 marriages: Jennifer Leigh Weese (b. May 1981, daughter of Richard Weese); and two children from her marriage to Michael Knell (married Nov. 1991): Kyle Knell (b. 7/17/1993) and Katie Knell (b. 9/11/1996). William H. Johnson married Carolyn June Fisher on June 7, 1964. Click here to see their family which includes their third son, James "Jamie" Arthur Johnson, researcher and developer of this online family tree. For William H. Johnson's ancestry, look above.

    Descendants of Elizabeth Leigh Johnson, daughter of William Herman Johnson and Lorene Thomas:

          Ancestry through father William Herman Johnson via his first marriage to the late Lorene Thomas
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    b. 15 December 2005    		 Apollo "Polly" Burner
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                                                    The Bishers immigrated from
                                                the Bavarian Palatine region
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                           Morris   | (of NC) (Also Marie  | Bescher
                          +---------+         Maria M.,    | (Bischer)
                          |b. 10 May|         Margaratta,  | b. 29 Aug. 1784 
                          |1757     |         and Margaret | in Weilburg, 
                          |d. 25    |         T., possibly | Nassau, 
                          |July 1808|         Maria        | Germany
                          +---------+         Margaretta   | d. 2 April 1846
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                                    |         d. 9 Aug.    | details on the 
                                    |            1867      | BISHER FAMILY.
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     Harris   +  Kearns    Sarah + William N.   L(o)ucinda  Godfrey (Confederate
     Johnson  |            Hicks | Morris       Laughlin +  Bescher  Veteran of
+-------------+---------+        | (Lancaster   (Loflin, | (Bischer) Civil War)
|Helped found Sexton's  |        |  Co., VA)     Loftin) |          
|Sch. House in 1861,    |        |                       |                
|reorganized in 1871 as |        |                       |
|Mt. Ebal Church (U.M.),|        |                       |
|Randolph County, NC    |        |              +--------+--------+  Click
+---+-----+---+---+-----+ +------+-----+        |b.21 Oct|b.1 Dec |  HERE 
    |b. 21|m.1836|b.21-9| |b. 13 |b. 24|        |1817    |1818    |  for details
    |March|      | Jan. | |Jan.  |June |        |d. 2 Dec|d.7 Sept|  of the
    |1817 |Betsy |1821  | |1794  |1792 |        |1881    |1897    |  BISHERS.
    |d. 30|dates |d.21-2| |d. 26 |d. 24|    +---+--------+--------+-------+
    |Sept.|may be|July  | |July  |Sept.|    |Godfrey was born on the ship |
    |1905 |off.  |1899  | |1882  |1873 |    |as his parents sailed from   |
    +-----+---+--+------+ +------+-----+    |Nassau, Weilburg, GERMANY.   |
              |                  |          |He lived on a farm on Skeen  |
              |                  |          |Rd. in west Randolph Co., NC.|
              |                  |          |Lucinda/Godfrey married 1838.|
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            Titus       Melinda    Allen     Nancy     She had large brown 
            Winbourne + (Linda)    Gilbert + Jane      eyes and hair that 
            Johnson   | C.         Morris  | Bescher   remained dark into 
                      | Campbell           | (Bischer) her 60s. They had
     +-----+----------+----+ +-------------+-+----------------+ seven 
     |b. 4 | Titus fought  | |b. 7 Aug. 1838 |b.28 Mar. 1840  | daughters,
     |July | w/Confederacy | |d. 24 Aug. 1918|d. 29 Sept. 1924| no sons.
     |1837 | in Civil War, | +---------------+----------------+-----+
     |d. 17| Co. B, 48th NC| |Moved from Randolph Co., NC, to Denton|  
     |April| Infantry. Was | |NC.  Allen operated Gen. Store in 1880|
     |1913 | wounded near  | |& was one of the original stockholders|
     +-----+ Sharpsburg, MD| |Denton Chair Co. -- later Biltwell    |
     |Sept7,1862. Captured.| |Chair Co. -- organized 1913. Continued|
     |Wounded Dec.13 ,1862,| |grist mill business. Was an organizer |
     |Fredericksburg, VA.  | |of the Denton Academy & Methodist's   |
     |Wounded at Ream's    | |Children Home. Married 23 Dec. 1858.  |
     |Station, VA, Aug. 25,| |They also helped found Sexton's School|
     |1864. He had lived at| |House in 1861, reorganized in 1871 as |
     |Tom's Creek west of  | |Mt. Ebal Church (United Methodist) in |
     |Farmer, NC. He farmed| |Randolph County, North Carolina.      |
     |and ran a grist mill.| +-+------------------------------------+
     |After the war, he    |   |
     |returned to Jackson  |   |
     |Hill Township.       |   |
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CLICK HERE FOR    Norman    Julia        CLICK HERE     William  Mary
NOTES ABOUT       Harris  + Priscilla    FOR WILLIAM    Eddie + Addie
NORMAN & JULIA.   Johnson | Morris       EDDIE HILL'S   Hill  | Cranford
                  +----+--+-+----+       MEMOIR        +------+-----+             
                  |b.18|m.22|b.29|                     |b. 27 |b. 21|
                  |Apr.|or25|Nov.|  Click HERE for     |June  |May  |
                  |1867|Aug.|1866|  pictures of these  |1872  |1870 |
                  |d.22|1888|d. 1|  two couples.       |d. 6  |d.   |
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|Herman Edwin Johnson|    Herman     Gertrude
|was a linotype oper-|    "Eddie" +  Leona
|-ator for many news-|    Edwin      Hill
|-papers. He also had|    Johnson
|a business, Johnson |    +-----+----+-----+    Click HERE for a 
|Printing Co.,Hickory|    |b. 17|m.15|b. 9 |    picture of Herman
|for 3 years in the  |    |Feb. |Apr.|May  |    Edwin Johnson.
|1930s. He retired in|    |1902 |1922|1902 |
|1963 & he & Gertrude|    |d. 6 |    |d. 24|
|moved to Denton, NC,|    |Aug. |    |Oct. |
|after living in     |    |1972 |    |1991 |
|Miami, FL, 18 years.|    +-----+--+-+-----+
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Carolyn  William        Hilda       Mack        Geraldine    John
June  +  "Bill"         "Peg"    +  Cranford    "Jerrie"  +  Haven 
Fisher   Herman          Mack    |               Hill     |  Lomax
         Johnson         Johnson |               Johnson  |   II
      +-----+-----+      +-------+------+       +-----+-----+
boy-  |m.  7|b. 17|      |b. 24  |m. 8  |       |b. 21|m. 26|       Denton Orator articles about 
hood  |June |Aug. |      | Sept. | July |       |Feb. |Dec. |       Mack Cranford and John Lomax 
photo |1964 |     |      |       | 1944 |       |     |1941 |       (written by Buddy Sexton)
      +-----+-----+      +-------+------+       +-----+---+-+
      Their Children             |                        |
   *************         +-------+--+           +---------+-+
                         |          |           |           |
  (See NOTE below     Rodney     Sharon         John    Marcia    Jerry
   or click on        Hurlan     Amanda         Haven   Ellen  +  Everhart
   William's name     Cranford   Cranford       Lomax   Lomax  |
   to see his         +-----+    +-----+         III   +-----+ |
   descendants.)      |b. 22|    |b. 14|       +-----+ |b.16 | |
     /^\              |July |    |Feb. |       |b.20 | |April| |
      |               |1950 |    |     |       |March| |     | |
      |               |d. 17|    +--+--+       |     | +-----+ |
      |               |Dec. |       |          +--+--+         |
      |               |1985 |       |  Children of John        |
      |               +--+--+       |  Lomax III are           |
      |                  |          |  Stephanie from          |
      |               Heath         |  his 1st marriage        |
      |               Cranford      |  and Haven (daughter)    |
      |               b. ca. 1978   |  and Brad both from      |
      |                             |  his 2nd marriage.       |
      |                             |                   +------+
      |                             |                   |
      |                             |                   |
      |                             |             +-----+-+
      |                             |             |       |
      |  David Brookbank, Jr. + Amanda  Jan +  Doug      Cindy     +  Mike
      |  (m. 21 November 1998)| Kanoy       |  Everhart  Everhart  | Conner
      |                       |             | (b. 1964)  (b. 1968) |
      |    Madeline Grace Brookbank         |                      |
      |      (b. 11 October)           +----+------+         +-----+-+
      |                                |           |         |       |
      |                              Andrew     Carmen   Amber     Amy
      |                              Everhart   Everhart Conner    Conner
     \|/                                                 (b. 1991) (b. 1996)
      '
NOTE:  William "Bill" Herman Johnson was born in Hickory, North Carolina.
He grew up in Charlotte then Denton, North Carolina (Davidson County).
From a marriage to Lorene Thomas in July 1953, William H. Johnson has a
daughter who was born 1957 named Elizabeth Leigh Johnson.
Lorene died when Elizabeth was very young.  Elizabeth has children
from 2 marriages:  Jennifer Leigh Weese (b. May 1981, daughter of
Richard Weese); and two children from her marriage to Michael Knell
(married Nov. 1991):  Kyle Knell (b. 1993) and Katie Knell
(b. 9/11/1995).  William H. Johnson married Carolyn June Fisher
on June 7, 1964.  Click here to see their family which
includes their third son, James "Jamie" Arthur Johnson, researcher and
developer of this online family tree.  For William H. Johnson's
ancestry, LOOK ABOVE.