Rebecca Jane Johnson (1841–1890) • FamilySearch

Rebecca Jane Johnson

1841–1890 (Age 49)
Decatur, Tennessee, United States

The Life of Rebecca Jane

When Rebecca Jane Johnson was born in 1841, in Decatur, Tennessee, United States, her father, James Johnson, was 57 and her mother, Mary, was 37. She had at least 4 sons and 5 daughters with Smith K Taylor. She lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870. She died about 1890, in Decatur, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 49.

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Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Smith K Taylor

1832–1899

Rebecca Jane Johnson

1841–1890

James Thomas Taylor

1857–

Mary Ann " Grannie" Taylor

1860–1956

John William Taylor

1862–

Joseph P. Taylor

1864–

Margaret S. C. Taylor

1868–

S. J. Taylor

1871–

S. W. Taylor

1873–

Lillie I. Taylor

1876–

Serena Isabel Taylor

1879–1968

Spouse and Children

Smith K Taylor

Male1832–1899Male

Rebecca Jane Johnson

Female1841–1890Female

children

(9)

James Thomas Taylor

Male1857–Male

Mary Ann " Grannie" Taylor

Female1860–1956Female

John William Taylor

Male1862–Male

Joseph P. Taylor

Male1864–Male

Margaret S. C. Taylor

Female1868–Female

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Parents and Siblings

James Johnson

Male1784–1870Male

Mary

Female1804–Female

siblings

(1)

Rebecca Jane Johnson

Female1841–1890Female

World Events (8)

1846

Age 5

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Age 5

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

Age 21

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

Name Meaning

Johnson

Rebecca

Jane

English and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name John . As an American family name, Johnson has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this name in continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 .)

Possible Related Names

John

Jeansonne

Sources (3)

Rebecca J Johnson in household of James Johnson, "United States Census, 1850"
Rebeccah J Taylor in household of Smith K Taylor, "United States Census, 1870"
R J Taylor in household of S K Taylor, "United States Census, 1880"

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