Marion Johnson

Johnson, Marion—Enlisted 16 December 1863, 18 years old, as a private in Co. G, 11th Cavalry. Description at enlistment: 5’5” tall; brown hair; black eyes; born Illinois. Mustered out in Louisville, Kentucky, 14 July 1865.

Johnson, Marion—1860 US Census, Waterford Township (Fulton) Illinois: Son of George D. Johnson, 48, born New York, and Laura A., 40, and born in Ohio. Their children: Marion, 15; male 13; Marcellus, 11; Jeremiah 10; Flavius, 7; Herman, 5; Emma, 1; and living with them is Perry Seward, 19, a laborer.

Johnson, Marion—Civil War Pension File, National Archives, Washington, DC: Born near Lewistown (Fulton) Illinois on 10 February 1845. His mother was Laura Mann of Ohio.

Married Mary Apple on 28 February 1867 in Lewistown. She died 16 March 1918 in Clackamus, Oregon. Married Julia Green, the widow of Stephen Green who had died 21 July 1917. Marion and Julia were married 9 September 1921 in Vancouver (Clarke) Washington.

Marion’s children living in 1903: Willis born 11 May 1871; Fannie born 28 May 1868 and became Mrs. C.P. Merrell of Hillsboro, Oregon; Laura born 21 May 1873 with married name of Moore; Francis Marion born 16 November 1876; Cora born 2 November 1871 with married name of Cramer; Ida May born 23 May 1881 with married name of Montgomery. Marion Johnson wrote that he had six children and none had died, 18 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren in 1915.

After muster out he lived in Lewistown (Fulton) Illinois, moving to Page County, Iowa in 1867, to Oregon City, Oregon, in 1879, and to Clackamas, Oregon in 1884.

Marion Johnson died 29 March 1928 of cardiac failure, at the age of 83. He is buried at the Clackamas Cemetery, Clackamas, Oregon.

Johnson, Marion—Obituary—Banner Courier, Monday, April 2, 1928: Funeral services for Marion Johnson, 83, who died Thursday at Clackamas Station, were held Saturday afternoon, at 2 o’clock at the Clackamas Methodist Church, with Rev. E. A. Smith, Lents, officiating. His wife, son, W. L. Johnson, Portland, and three daughters, Mrs. R. C. Cramer, Toppenish, Wash., Mrs. Louise Montgomery, Eugene, and Mrs. C. F. Merrell, Hillsboro, survive. (Courtesy of Janet Turnbull)

Source: http://www.illinoisancestors.org/fulton/military/civil_war/civil%20...

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Children: Cora (Johnson) Cramer (____-1929), Fannie (Johnson) Merrell (1868-1958) and Laura (Johnson) Moore (1873-1926).

Parents: George Johnson (1811 - 1864) and Laura Mann Johnson (1820 - 1895).

Note: Obituary - MARION JOHNSON Banner Courier, Monday, April 2, 1928

    Funeral services for Marion Johnson, 83, who died Thursday at Clackamas Station, OR, were held Saturday afternoon, at 2 o'clock at the Clackamas Methodist Church, with Rev. E. A. Smith, Lents, officiating. His wife, son, W. L. Johnson, Portland, OR, and three daughters, Mrs. R. C. Cramer, Toppenish, WA, Mrs. Louise Montgomery, Eugene, OR, and Mrs. C. F. Merrell, Hillsboro, OR, survive.