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Johnson, Jeromust congn^HHiiuin. wai^ born in Kings counter, K.Y. In 1825-27 li« waa a fvprM^ntative fnNB N«w York City to the niiu>ti-cnth congrew. He died Sept. T, 1846, in Uotilieu, N.Y. Johnaon, Jeaae, fatwyer, author, waa born Feb. 2(1. 1S42, in Bradford, Vt. In I^sm <>.? he wa« district attorney of the eastern iiit»trict of New York; and in 18V7-06 waa aas«H-iati> jiiHticf of thf »u|irrnic cniirt of Xi-w York. He ih tlif author ot Tt'»tiinony of the Sonnets uh to the Authorahip of the Shakespraria!! Plays and I'm-in-*. Jobnson, J. Lovell, inanni x tiiT. r :iii..

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the board of aldermen of Fltehbiii .' and iiirmber of the Massacliuaetts »tate senate. He is vice-president of the Fitehburg Xational bank; a trustee of the Fitehburg SavingM bunk; and a direitor in various financial and industrial corpora-

been president

l-ri:i he was a repreitentative from Ohio to the thirtysecond congreaa. He died in Coahoeton. Ohio. Johnson, John, sohlier. elerjjyinan. author, was born Dee. 2.'>, 1821>, in C harh»t<>n. S.f. In 18111-05 he served as lieutenant, captain and major of engineers In the eoufeih-rate army in the C'aroUnas and (a'orgia. He was for fifteen montlis m^'ineer in cliarge of Fort f^umter daring the heavy and prolonged bombardmenta: and waa tiwce vvounded there. In 1S71-I!KH> he was rector of St. I'liilip's church of Charleston. He waa the author of The Defenae of Charleaton Harbor. 1H63-66. He died in 1907 in Charleston, S.C. Jofauoo, John Albert, pnbtiaher. atate senat<ir. jrnvernnr. was born July 'iS. IStll. in St. I'eter. Minn. He was educated in the public aehoola of his native town. For

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a <irug store; and in lS8<i bei-anie part owiu'r and |)ublislier of the St. Peter Herald, in which busineaa he continued until 11K»7. He served seven years in the Minnesota national guard, retiring as captain. In IH!lH-llK)2 he was a member of the Minnesota state senate; and in lfl04-ll served as governor of .sevj-ral

stark county, Ohio. In 1883 99 he was prolessor of civil engineering in Washington university at Kt. Louis; and beeame dean of the college of engine eririg in the university of W isconsin. He was llie author Of Theory and Practice of Surveying; Modem Framed Strueturi's; Stadia and Karth-work Tables; and Kngiueering Contracts and Specifications. He died June 23, 1002, in I'ier Cove. Midi. Johnson, John Milton, physician, was l>orn dan. !.'>, 1S12, in Livingston county, IXiil he entennl the confederate In Ky. was surgeon of the post army; .nul in Air. iward he was medical at Atlanta. Ca. director for (ien. Hardee's division, and HvrveU in all of (ieneral Uragg's engag.'nient.<«. lie was president of the .tlanta academy of metlicine in 1475; and in 1867-72 taught physiology nnd pathological anatomy in tlaiita medical college. He died May 18, IS8U. iu Atlanta, (ia.

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(•teat C ronsings, Ky. He began the pracHe waa tice of law at (teorgetown. Ky. judge »>f the court of app< :i!- of K< rif ncky

nnd in lH21-'2'> he was a representative from Kentucky to the sevent4>enth and eighteenth rongresst's.

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died Dec. 17, 1858, in Lex-

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Johnson, Joseph, physician, waa bora lune I.). I77t», in Charleston. S f He was (tresident of the I nit<-d States branch bank isis-2.'); and mayor of Charleston In Ml i82(i. For many yeara he wa<) commiasioner of the public schools; was president of the Apprentices' library association from its establishment in 1826; for more than aizty years a member of the South Carolina society; and for twenty years its pnsiding ollicer. He waa the author of Traditions II ltd Reminiscences of the Revolution. He '

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in Charleston, S.C.

Johnson, Joseph, congressman, governor, 178.5, in Orange county, ilu i,ar of 1812 as cap-

wns bom Dec. 10. N'.'. He s«'rved in

lain of v<dunteei-s. Ik- moved to Virginia; in 1823-27, 1831-33, 1836-41 and 184547 lie was a representative frrni N'irginia lo the eightei-nth, nineteenth, twenty srcond,

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twenty-fourth, twenty-flfth, twenty-sixth and Iwenty-ninlh congresse-;. lb- was the Iwcnly-sixth governor of Virginia in IH-j-i-oU. He died Feb. 27. |S77. in Bridgeport, W.Va. Jolinson, Joseph Ellis, pioneer, journalist, nierehant. wa.-* Intrn April 28, 1817. in ChaulaiKpia. N.^'. lie was a contemporary of the prophet Joseph .Smith; and waa exiled from Nauvoo in 1847. He wns one of the liist pioneers rif Council Rluirs. and there published the Westi-rn Boy. He gave the name to Omaha City, and puliliMlieti lis lir«-t In IHiiO he moveil to I'tali, where he pubiishetl I he Famous Oracle. He became the first poiiiolojxi-;! rtah; and for many years in was a successful merchant. He died Nov.
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Tenipe, Arts.