Brief Life History of Columbus
When Columbus Johnson was born on 7 June 1864, in Garnett, Anderson, Kansas, United States, his father, Addison Johnson, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Hagler, was 27. He married Louisa Ellen Lindsay on 16 October 1887, in Jackson, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Jackson, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Pomona, Jackson, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. He died on 16 September 1946, in Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Pomona, Jackson, Illinois, United States.
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- Lum Johnson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Columbus Johnson, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Columbus Johnson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1875
Historical Boundaries: 1875: Jackson, Illinois, United States
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Johan, Jo(h)n (see John ) + -son. It was often interchanged with Jenson and Janson . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Norwegian, Danish, or North German Johnsen , Johannesen , Johannsen , Johansen , Jansen , Jantzen , and Jensen , Swedish Johnsson (see below), Johansson , Jonsson , and Jansson , Dutch Janssen , German Janz , Czech Jansa 1, and Slovenian Janša (see Jansa 2) and Janežič (see Janezic ). Johnson (including in the sense 2 below) is the second most frequent surname in the US. It is also the second most common surname among Native Americans and a very common surname among African Americans.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Johnsson: patronymic from the personal name John, a variant of Jon (see John ). Compare 1 above.
History: Surname Johnson was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward. Andrew Johnson (1808–75), 17th president of the US, was born in Raleigh, NC, the younger son of Jacob Johnson and Mary (or Polly) McDonough. Little is known of his ancestors. The 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson, dates his American forebears back seven generations to James Johnston (sic) (born c. 1662) who lived at Currowaugh, Nansemond, and Isle of Wight counties, VA. — Noted early bearers also include Marmaduke Johnson (died 1674), a printer who came from England to MA in 1660; Edward Johnson (1598–1672), a colonial chronicler who was baptized at St. George's parish, Canterbury, England, and emigrated to Boston in 1630; and Sir Nathaniel Johnson (c. 1645–1713), a colonial governor of Carolina, who came from County Durham, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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