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William N. Morris of Lancaster Co., VA | Sarah Hicks | Godfrey Bescher (Bischer) (Confederate veteran of the Civil War) |
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b. 24 June 1792 d. 24 Sept. 1873 |
m. ? | b. 13 Jan. 1794 d. 26 July 1882 |
b. 1 Dec. 1818 d. 7 Sept. 1897 |
m. 1838 | b. 21 Oct. 1817 d. 2 Dec. 1881 |
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William Eddie Hill's memoir | ↑ Mary Addie Cranford |
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m. 22 or 25 Aug. 1888 | b. 29 Nov. 1866 d. 1 April 1950 |
b. 27 June 1872 d. 6 Oct. 1943 |
m. ? | b. 21 May 1870 d. Jan. 1963 |
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Herman "Eddie" Edwin Johnson (picture) |
Picture of Val Johnson (Herman's brother) and Nannie Hill (Gertude's sister) | Gertrude Leona Hill (pictures - including siblings, parents) |
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m. 15 April 1922 50th Anniv. |
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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 |
Geraldine "Jerrie" Hill Johnson childhood picture |
Picture of John & Jerrie Lomax |
John Haven Lomax II (WWII Photo) |
Hilda Mack Johnson childhood picture |
Sept. 1993 picture Aug. 1997 picture 2005 article |
Mack Cranford (WWII Photo) |
Remembering Pop (William H. Johnson) |
William "Bill" Herman Johnson 1) boyhood photo 2) with mother/sisters |
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b. 24 Sept. 1924 d. 3 Aug. 2011 In Memoriam |
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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. 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.
Descendants of Elizabeth Leigh Johnson, daughter of William Herman Johnson and Lorene Thomas:
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Elizabeth Leigh Johnson |
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Ethan Burner b. 2002 |
Aurora Burner b. 15 December 2005 |
Apollo "Polly" Burner b. 1 September 2007 |
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The Bishers immigrated from
the Bavarian Palatine region
(GERMANY).
John
Benjamin + Sara Margaretta + Conrad
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
| T________) |
| b. ca. 1797 | Click HERE for
| d. 9 Aug. | details on the
| 1867 | BISHER FAMILY.
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Elizabeth | |
Allen "Betsy" | |
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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Click HERE | | |
for a picture | | |
of the 1897 | | |
Johnson | | |
Family | | |
Reunion w/ | | |
Allen & Betsy | | |
(Kearns), as | | |
well as Titus | | |
Winbourne | | |
Johnson. | | |
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. |
|Apr.| |Apr.| |Oct. |Jan. |
|1955| |1950| |1943 |1963 |
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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.| +-----+--+-+-----+
|Members of Central | |
|United Methodist Ch.| |
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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 | |
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(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. |
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| 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) +----+------+ +-----+-+
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| Andrew Carmen Amber Amy
| Everhart Everhart Conner Conner
\|/ (b. 1991) (b. 1996)
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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.
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.