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W. W. JOHNSON, FRANKLIN. -- Mr. Johnson was born in St. Mary parish in 1833, son
of J. A. and Mary (Nickelson) Johnson. J. A. Johnson was born in 1806, in
Virginia, and moved to Louisiana, locating in St. Mary parish in 1828, where he
resides at present. Mrs. J. A. Johnson was born in St. Mary parish.
W. W.
Johnson is a graduate of Brown University, Rhode Island. He became especially
proficient in mathematics and has made civil engineering his chief occupation.
He has been successful in an eminent degree in most of his undertakings and owns
an excellent sugar plantation close to the town of Franklin.
W. W.
Johnson was married to his first wife, Miss L. Smith, in 1866. She is a native
of St. Mary parish, born in 1837, and there were born to their marriage three
children, viz.: W. B., born in 1867; Ella, born in 1869; Simeon, born in 1871.
His first wife, the mother of these children, died in 1874. In 1878 Mr. Johnson
married Miss Mary Anderson, daughter of Hiram and Mary (Carson) Anderson. Our
subject and family are of strong religious conviction and live in pure and moral
atmosphere.
Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, published in 1891, Biographical Section, pages 370-371.
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