Philo Augustus Johnson

MaleNovember 1845–1915

Brief Life History of Philo Augustus

When Philo Augustus Johnson was born in November 1845, in Muscogee, Georgia, United States, his father, Philo Chamberlin Johnson, was 25 and his mother, Mary Hamilton Sammons, was 24. He married Mary Ann Blackwell on 21 August 1870, in Muscogee, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1915, in Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Philo Augustus Johnson
1845–1915
Mary Ann Blackwell
1845–1918
Marriage: 21 August 1870
William Augustus Johnson
1873–1916
Margaret Ann Johnson
1878–1957
John Gordon Johnson Sr
1880–1944

Sources (9)

  • Augustus Johnson, "United States Census, 1880"
  • P. Augustus Johnson, "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967"
  • Philo Augustus Johnson, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 August 1870Muscogee, Georgia, United States
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 1

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

    1861

    Age 16

    Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

    1865

    Age 20

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    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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