Bell Elizabeth Johnson

Brief Life History of Bell Elizabeth

When Bell Elizabeth Johnson was born in January 1867, in Alabama, United States, her father, Leroy Johnson, was 17 and her mother, Nancy Ann Stem, was 18. She had at least 8 sons and 2 daughters with Richard Benville Hines. She lived in Election Precinct 5 Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Civil District 3, Dyer, Tennessee, United States in 1910. She died on 30 September 1916, in Bruceville, Dyer, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Palestine Cemetery, Dyer, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Benville Hines
1862–1928
Bell Elizabeth Johnson
1867–1916
Ausie Lee Hines
1888–1981
Lionel Floyd Hines
1890–1967
Charles Randall Hines
1893–1969
Arthur Raymond Hines
1895–1979
Frankie Estelle Hines
1895–1900
John Etherd Hines
1896–1988
Henry Joseph Hines
1904–1981
Louis Robert Hines
1905–1998
Virgil Doyle Hines
1906–1978
Austin Melvin Hines
1912–1990

Sources (10)

  • Molly Stern in household of Nancy Stern, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Bell Elizabeth Johnson Hines, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Belle Johnson in entry for Floyd (Nmn) Hines, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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