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judge of Uie court of appeals in 1824*

chancellor in 183S«4<I. He was the governor of Soutli Carolinii in 1840-48. He died Jan. 7, 1855, in Limestone Springs, S.C.

and

35;

twenty-tijjlitli

Joiinson, David, painter, artist, wat? born May 10, 1H27. in New York City. In 1861 he became a member of the National academy of d'-sigri. He waa one of the founders of the Artiata' fund society. He liaa exhibited at the academy Echo Lake; On thi- Wallkill River; New H.-iliii. N.Y.: View of Tarrytown, N.V. He died Feb. 2. 19U8, in

Walden. N.Y. Johnson, David Bancroft, educator,

col-

lege president, was born Jan. 10, 1850, in La Orange, Tenn. In 1877 he graduated

from

university tlu» TenneHt>ee at KnoxIn 1879-80 he w :i s assistant ]iro-

ol

ville.

i(

>M>r of

III

Ills

and

mathematics alma mater;

1R83-05 auperof iiittiitlfnt city Kchools at ( oluinliia, S.C. Since 1HH5 lie it)

been W'iiitlii op

prei*ieluware county; and served eiirht years in the city oouncil

cipal

founder of Woburn, Mass., in 1040; eitixen of that town for Hi' «'as the author of >t of lii> life.

and a prominent ri

til*"

The

onder-Working i'rovidence of Zion's New England, a valuable aeeount Kiigland from the Knglish planting

Savior in of

New

1028 till ltk-)2. He dii-d April 23, 1872, Woburn, Mass. Johnson, Edward, soldier, wa.i born April 1, 1816, in Chestertiekl county, Va. In 1801 he joined the confederate army; was apin in

p<»int<i! i'o|oiii-l of the twelfth (tfur;.'ia volunteers; brigadier-general in 1882; and major-general in I88S. He died Feb. 22. 1873.

in

Richmond, Va.

JohnsDn, Edward Augustus, lawyer, eduauthor, was born in Raleigh. N.C. He attended the Atlanta university, and has iM'come a prominent lawyer of Iiis native city. For many years he was engaged in diK atioiial work. He is the author of • cator,

•

ScIhimI

lli-tor

of

(lie

Xi'j^ro

Race.

Johnson, Edward Francis, lawyer, author, 22. 1856, in Woburn, Mass. He is a not«'d lawyer of New England at

was born Oet.

Woburn. Maiss.; of that city. He ume of Woburn

and waa the is

fir»»t

mayor

the eoinjiih-r of a vol-

Record of Births, Deaths

and Marriages. Johnson, Edwin

A.,

was born in I82t> in methodist clenryman.

>

lergy'man,

New York. He is the

author,

He is a author of

Half-H(Uir Stmlics of I.ifc; The Live l?oy. or Chark-y'i* Letters; Winter Greeneries at Home; and The Lily vale Club and Its Doings.

Johnson, Elias Finley, lawyer, legislator, jurist, author, was Ihu-ii .Iiine 24, 1861, in N'aiiwert, Ohio. In 1HS.5-S7 he was n member of the Ohio state lt';;islat iirc aii<l was a MK inlKT of the law faiiiltv of the university of Michigan in 1S!U(- llMll. Since liMil

I'a. H<' is vice -prcsidfiit of the IX'laware county liibtoricul nociety. He it* the author of the poem entitled America

of Chi'-'tfr.

Our

Ilnnif

wa^ burn July 1..IHI.'. In 2D, 1824, in Lovell, Maine. moved from Boston to WHsliin^ton. D.C, where he painted portraits of Daniel WebJohnson, Eastman,

aiti-t,

John Quiney Adams, and other dis-

ster,

men.

In

he to

moved

his

and

in

tiii^'ui!i|ied lS.'>n

-studio •itv;

New York IXCI) In

came a member of the Nstional academy of i!r>iL'll.

.lIICMi;r

are The Old

i)icture»

Home;

Kentucky IVi'-otHTs

The Barefoot

lioy;

and Ho

Ills

of

l»c, p.

State; ex-

He

as a portrait painter, and his works inchide likenesses of firevej- ( li vt laiid, Chester A. Arthur, and William .M. Kvarts. He died April 5, I'.MMi. in Washington. D.C. Johnson, Edward, founder, author, was

celled

born in

l.V.»i>

in En({land,

He was

the prin-

he has been ^ judge of the supreme court in the Philippine IslandH. He is the author of .Tohiisoii on
 * ind Notes.

Johnson, Elias Henry, educator, clergyman, aiitlior. was horn Oct. 15, 1841, in Troy. N.Y. He has tilled numerous pastorates in Minnesota. New York. Rliode IsluntI, and Pennsylvania: and is professor of systematic tliiDlogy in the Cro/cr theol(»gical seminary. He is the author of Outline of Svstrniatie Theology; The Highest Life; and other works. He died in 1U06 in Chester,

Pa.

Emory, lawyer, legislajurist, autlior. was born May 1H4I. Kast Haildaiii. t onn. He was justice of the peace for twenty-one years; and in 1ST!'-H4l was a member of the general assembly of Conne«-ticut. He is the author of Our Local Industries, and other works. Johnson, Elijah

tor, in

Johnson, Elizabeth Brv-ant, lecturer, auwas h<»rn in Ma.soii county. Ky. Slic a lei turer an. .iialect reader of WashingShe is the author of Visitor's ton. D.C. thor,

is

(iuide to

I

Mount Vernon;

(Jeorge

Washing-