Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr (CSA)

Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr. (November 12, 1838 – February 25, 1915) was an American businessman, politician, cattleman, and Confederate soldier. He was the paternal grandfather of future US President Lyndon B. Johnson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ealy_Johnson_Sr._

Family

• tenth child of Lucy Webb (Barnett) and Jess Johnson
• Uncle of Johnson City, Texas founder James Polk Johnson.
• married Eliza Bunton of Caldwell County on December 11, 1867. They had 9 children.

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1850 United States Federal Census about Samuel E Johnson

• Name: Samuel E Johnson
• Age: 12
• Birth Year: abt 1838
• Birthplace: Alabama
• Home in 1850: Caldwell, Texas
• Gender: Male
• Family Number: 166
• Household Members:
• Name Age
• Jesse Johnson 55
• Lucy Johnson 52
• Andrew J Johnson 25
• Franics Johnson 20
• Elizabeth Johnson 19
• Lucy Ann Johnson 17
• Jesse T Johnson 14
• Samuel E Johnson 12
• John T Johnson 11
• Jesse Johnson 13
• Malissa Johnson 7
• James P Johnson 6
• Matthias J Johnson 3

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References

• Update 8/8/2017(CLM): Find A Grave Memorial# 20525813
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20525813
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20525813/samuel-ealy-johnson

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• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 7 2021, 18:04:46 UTC
• Dayton Kelley, “Johnson, Samuel Ealy, Sr.,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed October 08, 2021, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/johnson-samuel-ealy-sr. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
• Smallwood, James M. "Operation Texas: Lyndon B. Johnson's Attempt to Save Jews from the German Nazi Holocaust". Institute of Texan Cultures. link