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442 Nantucket,&rdquo; &ldquo; Bo-Peep&rdquo; (exhibited at the Royal academy, London), &ldquo;Barn Swallows, a Group of Children,&rdquo; &ldquo;What the Shell Says,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Old Whalers of Nantucket.&rdquo; His portraits, besides those already mentioned, include likenesses of Grover Cleveland, Chester A. Arthur, Dr. James McCosh, and William M. Evarts.

JOHNSON, Edward, historian, b. in Heme Hill, Kent co., England, in 1599 ; d. in Woburn, Mass., 23 April, 1672. He is supposed to have come to New England with Gov. John Winthrop in 1630, and was active in the organization of the town and church of Woburn, Mass., in 1642, being annually elected as its representative, with the exception of the year 1648, from 1643 till 1671, and holding at the same time the office of recorder from 1642 till his death. In 1655 he was speaker of the Massa- chusetts house of representatives, and in 1665 he was one of the commissioners to meet Robert Carr, George Cartwright, and Samuel Maverick, who had been sent to England to " assure the king of the loyalty of his subjects and at the same time to en- deavor to establish the rights and privileges then enjoyed." His "Wonder-working Providence of Zion's Saviour in New England " (London, 1654 ; re- printed in " Massachusetts Historical Collections ") is a somewhat rambling history of the countrv "from the English planting in 1628 till 1652."

JOHNSON, Edward, soldier, b. in Chesterfield county, Va., 16 April, 1816 ; d. in Richmond, Va., 22 Feb., 1873. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1838, was brevetted captain in 1847 for meritorious service during the Florida wars, and major in 1848 for gallantry at Chapulte- pec and the city of Mexico, being presented on his return with swords of honor by his native state and county. He was commissioned 1st lieutenant in 1839, and captain in 1851. In 1861 he resigned, and, joining the Confederate army, was appointed colo- nel of the 12th Georgia volunteers, brigadier-gen- eral in 1862, and major-general in 1863. He commanded a division at Gettysburg, was taken prisoner, with his entire force, at Spottsylvania Court-House, 12 May, 1864, and subsequently was recaptured at Nashville in December of that year. At the close of the war he retired to his farm in Chesterfield county, Va.

JOHNSON, Evan Malbone, clergyman, b. in Bristol, R. I., 6 June, 1791 ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1865. He was ordained by Bishop Griswold at Newport, 8 July, 1813, served for a year as curate at Grace church, New York city, and removed thence to Newtown, N. Y., where he was rector until 1826. In 1826 he built, on his own ground and at his own expense, St. John's church, Brook- lyn, and served it, without remuneration, for more than twenty years. His personal history is inter- woven with the interests of the city of Brooklyn. To his exertions is due the opening of the impor- tant thoroughfare of Myrtle avenue. On the peti- tion asking for it was his single name, and, though he was opposed by 400 remonstrants, his energy and resolution prevailed. In 1847 Mr. Johnson estab- lished a mission church, St. Michael's, which he served until his death.

JOHNSON, Frank Grant, inventor, b. in East Windsor, Conn., 30 Jan., 1835. He was graduated at Wesleyan university in 1849, taught, and studied medicine in North Providence, R. I., and Wethers- field, Conn., and received his degree from Castleton medical college, Vermont, in 1851. He practised his profession in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1852-'6, and still (1887) resides in that city. He has taken out about 100 patents for his inventions, which include philosophical charts for schools, unpiekable locks, water-metres, the revolving book-case, an automatic dredging-bucket, steel railroad-ties, and passenger* elevators. He has published "The Water-Metre and the Actual Measurement System" (New York, 1862), and " The Nicholson Pavement, and Pave- ments Generally" (1867); "Health Lifts " (1877) ; and " Infected Air and Disinfectants " (1884).

JOHNSON, Henry, senator, b. in Tennessee, 14 Sept., 1783 ; d. in Point Coupee, La., 4 Sept., 1864. He studied law in Louisiana, began to practise at Bringiers, and in 1809 was clerk of the territorial court. He became judge of the parish court of St. Mary in 1811, a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1812, and in the same year was a de- feated candidate for congress. He was elected to the U. S. senate in place of William C. C. Claiborne, who had died before taking his seat, and was re- elected, serving from 1818 till 1824, when he re- signed to become governor of Louisiana, which office he held four years. He was a defeated candi- date for the senate in 1829, and served as a repre- sentative in congress in 1834-'9, having been elected as a Whig. On the death of Alexander Porter, Judge Johnson was chosen to the U. S. sen- ate to fill his place, and served from 1844 till 1849.

JOHNSON, Sir Henry, British soldier, b. in Dublin, Ireland, in 1748 ; d. 18 March, 1835. He entered the army in 1761, became captain in the 28th foot in 1763, lieutenant-colonel of the 17th in 1778, colonel in 1782, major-general in 1793, and general in 1808. While he was stationed in Phila- delphia he married Rebecca, daughter of David Franks, of that city, who was celebrated for her wit. He commanded a battalion of light infantry early in the Revolution, and was severely wounded.. While he was in command at Stony Point he was surprised by Gen. Anthony Wayne (q. v.) in the night of 15 July, 1779, and made prisoner with his entire force. He returned to England in 1782, and served during the Irish rebellion of 1798. On 3 March, 1818, he was created a baronet.

JOHNSON, Herman Merrills, educator, b. in Butternuts, Otsego co., N. Y., 25 Nov., 1815 ; d. in Carlisle, Pa., 5 April, 1868. He was graduated at Wesleyan university in 1839, held the professorship of ancient languages in St. Charles college, Mo., in 1839-'42, and then that of ancient languages in Augusta college, Ky., till 1844. In the latter year he was appointed professor of ancient languages and literature in the Ohio Wesleyan university, where he remained until 1850. During his first year in this institution he was its acting president, organized its curriculum, and was interested in introducing therein a course of biblical study as a means of ministerial education. In 1850 he became professor of philosophy and English literature in Dickinson college, which post he retained for ten years. In 1860 he was called to the presidency of the college and the chair of moral science, which he held till his death. He entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1845, and received the degree of D. D. from Ohio Wesleyan university in 1852. Dr. Johnson was a frequent contributor to the " Methodist Quarterly Review " and other periodicals, and published an edition of the " Clio " of Herodotus (1850). He edited " Orientalia Antiquaria Herodoti," and at his death had nearly completed a German work on synonymes.

JOHNSON, Herrick, clergyman, b. near Fonda, N. Y., 21 Sept., 1832. He was graduated at Hamilton college in 1857, and at Auburn theological seminary in 1860, and held Presbyterian pastorates in Troy, N. Y., Pittsburg, and Philadelphia, Pa. In 1874 he became professor of homiletics and pastoral theology in Auburn theological seminary, and