Frances Etta “Fannie” Honea

Brief Life History of Frances Etta “Fannie”

When Frances Etta “Fannie” Honea was born on 17 March 1872, in Rosston, Nevada, Arkansas, United States, her father, James Wilburn Honea, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Ray, was 37. She married Matthew Preston Johnson on 6 January 1889, in Georgia Township, Nevada, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1920 and Supervisorial District 1, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1940. She died on 16 May 1954, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Matthew Preston Johnson
1867–1942
Frances Etta “Fannie” Honea
1872–1954
Marriage: 6 January 1889
Lucius Franklin Johnson
1889–1961
Lela Belle Johnson
1891–1974
Cora Teressa Johnson
1894–1898
John Leslie Johnson Sr.
1895–1961
Vera Edna Johnson
1898–1990
Ina Johnson
1900–1900
Wiley Hiram Johnson Sr.
1902–1968
Eura Ann Johnson
1904–1996
Ila Mae Johnson
1906–1997
Finis Lee Johnson
1908–2000
Zelma Louella Johnson
1912–2010
Mildred Fay Johnson
1915–1918
Hildred Ray Johnson
1915–1984

Sources (14)

  • Fannie E Hanea in household of James W Hanea, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Fanie Honea, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1963"
  • Francis Etta Honea Johnson in entry for Ila May Johnson Hendricks, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1878 · Early Settlers Arrive in Mesa

George W. Sirrine, Charles I. Robson, Charles Crismon, and Francis M. Pomeroy broke ahead of the Mesa Company to determine the permanent location for the new settlers. They arrived to Ft. Utah in Arizona on December 1877. The remainder of the nine families of the Mesa Company arrived on February 14, 1878. The company moved five miles upstream to utilize an ancient canal. The townsite was known as Mesa City.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Possibly an altered form of English Honey .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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