51. Benjamin Silsbee 1 (Hannah Johnson , BOARDMAN , BENJAMIN , ASA , TIMOTHY , TIMOTHY , JOHN ) was born on Jan 8 1819. He died 2 on Dec 25 1845.
Benjamin married 1 Ellen Webster on Aug 6 1842.
They had the following children:
103 F i Ellen Maria Silsbee was born 1 on Aug 4 1843. 104 M ii Benjamin W Silsbee was born 1 on Apr 24 1845.
52. Mary Silsbee 1 (Hannah Johnson , BOARDMAN , BENJAMIN , ASA , TIMOTHY , TIMOTHY , JOHN ) was born on Feb 16 1821 in of Jackson, ME.
Mary married 1, 2 William Bartlett Smith , esq. on Aug 21 1844 in Jackson Maine. William was born in of Machias.
They had the following children:
71. ASA FOSTER JOHNSON [scrapbook] (CYRUS BOARDMAN , BOARDMAN , BENJAMIN , ASA , TIMOTHY , TIMOTHY , JOHN ) was born 1 on Oct 28 1823 in Atkinson, Maine. He died on Jun 23 1918 in Atkinson, Maine. He was buried in Atkinson Corner, Atkinson, ME.
Nickname: the "Oracle" (EJ Autobiography)
spent several years in CA panning gold. Occupation: farmer, woodsman, miner during the Gold Rush.Passenger on the James W. Paige, (4/3/1852 - 9/7/1852: 158 days) from Bangor to San Francisco. (Lamson, J., "Round Cape Horn Voyage of the Passenger Ship James W. Paige", Knowles Press, Bangor, 1878)
Piscataquis County Registry Deeds:
February 2, 1850, Asa Johnson of Jackson purchased for $900 lots 9 and 10 in the 9th Range in Atkinson from Benjamin C.B. Foster. [vol. 21, pg 489]
August 1, 1856, Asa Johnson of Oreville, County Butte, CA. sold for $1000 to Edwin P. Snow two lots (9 and 10, Range 9) [vol. 33, p. 153].
October 3, 1856, Dr. E.P. Snow in consideration of $772.66 pd by Asa of California, discharged the mtg deed to the two lots. [vol. 34, p. 96].
September 27, 1858, Snow gives Johnson Wty deed to both lots. [vol 33, p. 494]
March 30, 1895, Asa for $2000 and a bond for support sells the farm to Frank C. Johnson. The farm includes: 2 horses, 1 colt, 2 cows, 1 heifer, thirty-five sheep and all the farming tools, with carriages & harness. [vol 116, p. 473] (research courtesy of TFG)
ASA married 1 Hannah Ellen Cook [scrapbook] daughter of James Cook and Joanna Littlefield in Feb 1859 in Jackson Maine. Hannah was born on Dec 16 1838 in Jackson, Maine. She died on Nov 29 1924 in Dover-Foxcroft, ME (?). She was buried in Atkinson Corner, Atkinson, ME.
They had the following children:
+ 111 M i Ralph E. Johnson + 112 F ii Nellie E Johnson + 113 M iii FRANK CHADBOURNE JOHNSON + 114 M iv Samuel Asa Johnson + 115 M v George Albert Johnson
72. Samuel Adams Johnson 1, 2 (CYRUS BOARDMAN , BOARDMAN , BENJAMIN , ASA , TIMOTHY , TIMOTHY , JOHN ) was born 3, 4, 5, 6 on Feb 16 1825 in Atkinson, ME. He died 7 after 1905.
Samuel and sister Keziah married brother and sister, George Salon Kemp and Sarah Alma Kemp
April 15, 1849 "Church voted a letter of dismission and Recommendation to Samuel A. Johnson to unite with the Cong. Church in Vernon, Conn. of which Rev. Albert Smith is pastor." (Jackson & Brooks Church Records, p. 29)late in life, resident of Ivyland Bucks Co, PA
Samuel married 1, 2, 3 (1) Clarinda Lorena Driggs on Dec 5 1849. Clarinda was born in of Vernon, CT. She died 4 on Apr 2 1855. She was buried 5 in Elmwood Cemetery, Vernon CT.
They had the following children:
+ 116 F i Martha Lovena Johnson 117 F ii Mary Louisa Johnson was born 1 on Nov 9 1854. She died on Dec 25 1877. Mary married 2 Albert A Line 1. Albert was born in of Carlisle, PA.
Samuel married 1, 2, 3 (2) Sarah Alma Kemp daughter of Benjamin Kemp and Lydia Woods on Jul 22 1855. Sarah was born 4 on Jul 21 1822 in Sullivan, NH. She died 5 on Jul 4 1882 in Philadelphia, PA.
Name listed as Alma Sarah Kemp in Biographical Annals Montgomery County PA
"daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Woods) Kemp, and granddaughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Nuns) Kemp. Benjamin Kemp was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, a private in the New Hampshire militia, under Captain James Likens, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Bartlet." (Bio Annals Mont Cnty PA)
They had the following children:
+ 118 M iii Alba Boardman Johnson + 119 F iv Harriet Augusta Johnson
Samuel married 1 (3) Helen Dickson White on Sep 25 1884.
73. Erastus Johnson [scrapbook] 1, 2, 3 (CYRUS BOARDMAN , BOARDMAN , BENJAMIN , ASA , TIMOTHY , TIMOTHY , JOHN ) was born 4, 5 on Apr 20 1826 in Lincoln, ME. He died 6 on Jun 16 1909 in Waltham, MA. He was buried 7 in Jackson Corner Cemetery.
poet, teacher (Machias, ME; Prince Edward Island), oil refinery business in Pittsburgh, PA (Standard Oil), part of 1859 Gold Rush, lived and worked in Washington (near Seattle) and California with several brothers at various times. Book of poetry, "The Old Cobbler and Other Poems", published in 1907. Poem, "The Rock That Is Higher Than I", set to music and included in many Methodist hymnals. "The Autobiography of Erastus Johnson" printed 1937 by Charles Everett Johnson (father Charles, bro of EJ) and 1974 by Fremont (father Paul, son of EJ) Johnson (Aransas Pass, Texas) is source for many dates for Erastus' siblings and their children in geneology.
Gravestone: Erastus 1826 - 1909
Cyrus Johnson diary: Mon 3 Dec 1849: ... Erastus began school in Thorndike at 20 + board.March 3, 1850 "Mr. Erastus Johnson & Miss Hannah Johnson united with this Church by Profession" (Jackson & Brooks Church Records, p. 31)
Oct 8, 1853 "Voted to dismiss and recommend Erastus Johnson Greenwich St Cong. Church San Francisco" (Jackson & Brooks Church Records, p. 33)
Erastus married (1) Mary Pamelia Silsbee 1, 2 on Jul 4 1854 in San Francisco, CA. Mary was born in Amherst, MA. She died 3 in Oct 1858 in California. She was buried in Centerville Presbyterian churchyard.
They had the following children:
+ 120 F i Carrie Pamelia Johnson + 121 M ii Everett Farrington Johnson White
Erastus married 2 (2) Ella Alzadia Brown [scrapbook] 1 daughter of Josiah Brown and Julia M Gilman on Jun 30 1864 in Unity, Maine. Ella was born on Nov 5 1844 in Jackson, ME. She died 3 about 1930. She was buried 4 in Jackson Corner Cemetery.
Gravestone: below Erastus, "Ella A., wife 1845 - 1925"
They had the following children:
122 F iii Lura Marinda Johnson 1 was born 2 on Dec 24 1865. She died on Jul 18 1867. + 123 F iv Lura Ella Johnson + 124 M v Josiah Brown Johnson 125 F vi Julia Gilman Johnson 1, 2 was born 3 on May 8 1873 in Pittsburgh, PA. She died 4 after 1942. Julia married Living. + 126 M vii Paul Johnson
75. Nathan Page Johnson 1, 2, 3, 4 (CYRUS BOARDMAN , BOARDMAN , BENJAMIN , ASA , TIMOTHY , TIMOTHY , JOHN ) was born 5 on Mar 8 1829 in Lincoln, ME. He died 6 on Apr 1 1908 in St. Louis, MO.
had 3 sons who died young
October 1865 "Church voted Nathan P Johnson a letter of dismission and recommendation to the Congregational in Atkinson, ME" (Jackson & Brooks Church Records p. 34)Piscataquis County Registry Deeds:
March 31, 1865, Nathan Page Johnson buys farm in Atkinson (lot 4, range 6). [vol. 43, p. 507]. April 1874: (vol. 65, p. 228) Nathan Page Johnson and wife Cynthia Johnson sell this farm called "my homestead farm" to David Marks Woodard. (research courtesy of TFG)1903, according to Erastus Autobiography (p. 81), Nathan living in St. Louis, MO with or near brother William.
Nathan married 2 Cynthia J. Plummer 1 daughter of Albert Plummer and Jane Hall on Aug 12 1860 in Orono, ME. Cynthia was born 3 about 1840 in of Stillwater, ME.
They had the following children:
127 M i Albert Plummer Johnson was born on Jul 9 1861. He died before 1880. 128 M ii Charlie Johnson died before 1880. 129 F iii Nora Johnson 1 was born about 1868. 130 F iv Fannie E Johnson was born about 1869. She died 1 on Jan 8 1942. 131 F v Laura H. Johnson 1 was born about 1875. She died on Jan 21 1938 in Modesto, CA.
76. Kezia Johnson [scrapbook] 1 (CYRUS BOARDMAN , BOARDMAN , BENJAMIN , ASA , TIMOTHY , TIMOTHY , JOHN ) was born 2 on Jan 7 1831 in Lincoln, Maine. She died 3, 4 on Apr 19 1915 in Port Angeles, WA. She was buried in Ocean View Cemetery, Port Angeles, WA.
Educated at Foxcroft Academy, teacher before marriage in Vernon CN (Kezia obit, April 1915)
Kezia married 2 George Salon Kemp 1 son of Benjamin Kemp and Lydia Woods on Sep 12 1851 in Jackson Maine. George was born on Aug 8 1816 in Sullivan, NH. He died on May 3 1900 in Lebanon, CT.
preacher at Brookville, Maine (Hattie Johnson notes)
A clergyman who lived in Dublin, Sullivan, Windham VT and Lebanon CT. (Seward's History of Sullivan NH)
They had the following children:
132 M i son Kemp was born on May 7 1855 in Dublin, NH. He died on May 7 1855 in Dublin, NH.
"burial upon the lawn of the Kemp Mansion" in Sullivan NH (Seward's History of Sullivan NH)+ 133 M ii Charles Edwin Kemp + 134 F iii Ellen Mason Kemp
77. Hannah Silsbee Johnson [scrapbook] (CYRUS BOARDMAN , BOARDMAN , BENJAMIN , ASA , TIMOTHY , TIMOTHY , JOHN ) was born 1 on Jan 2 1833 in Lincoln, Maine. She died on Jun 6 1924 in Windham, VT. She was buried in Center Cemetery, Windham, VT.
moved to Windham to live with her sister and teach school. Taught 1 year and married. Her outstanding characteristic is her devoted Christian life. (William Minnick)
Hannah married 2 Asahel Omer Prentiss [scrapbook] 1 on Mar 24 1857 in Windham VT.
They had the following children:
135 M i George Foster Prentiss Rev [scrapbook] 1, 2 was born in 1858. He died in 1924. George was employed as in Pastor Congregational Church.
pastor of Congregational Church (HJW)George married Sarah Gilbert. + 136 F ii Carrie Keziah Prentiss + 137 F iii Mary Hattie Prentiss + 138 M iv Charles Reuben Prentiss 139 F v Julia May Prentiss 1, 2 was born in 1869. She died in 1898. Julia married George M Butler in 1892. 140 M vi Cyrus Holmes Prentiss 1, 2 was born in 1873. He died in 1894.
78. William Johnson 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (CYRUS BOARDMAN , BOARDMAN , BENJAMIN , ASA , TIMOTHY , TIMOTHY , JOHN ) was born 6 on May 8 1834 in Jackson, ME. He died on Feb 25 1924 in Asland, OR.
preacher in Olive Branch Church, St. Louis, MO (HJW)
William married 2 Nancy Paine 1 on Dec 17 1856. Nancy was born 3 about 1834 in Massachusetts.
They had the following children:
+ 141 F i Annie Kimball Johnson 142 M ii William Johnson 1, 2 was born 3 about 1860 in Pennsylvania. William married Ida V Derrickson. 143 M iii Ralph Johnson 1, 2 was born 3 about 1862 in Pennsylvania. Ralph married Jane Whitlaw on Sep 16 1913. Jane died before 2005. 144 M iv Frank Johnson 1, 2 was born 3 about 1864 in Pennsylvania. Frank married Nannie Darling on May 16 1940. Nannie died before 2005. 145 F v Grace Johnson 1, 2 was born 3 on Jul 29 1867 in Pittsburgh, PA. She died on Oct 18 1944 in Brattleboro VT. Grace married James Robertson 1. James was born about 1864 in Ohio. He died in 1929 in Ashland OR. 146 M vi Harrington Brigham Johnson 1, 2 was born 3 on Oct 22 1873.
79. Charles P. Johnson 1, 2, 3 (CYRUS BOARDMAN , BOARDMAN , BENJAMIN , ASA , TIMOTHY , TIMOTHY , JOHN ) was born 4 on Feb 12 1836 in Jackson Me. He died 5 on Apr 22 1925 in Alameda CA.
moved to Philadelphia in 1872 (Mary Ellen Stapleton letter)
Charles married 2 (1) Ella Maude Grigg 1 on Jan 31 1862 in Alvarado, CA. Ella was born in of California. She died 3, 4 on Jul 14 1879.
They had the following children:
147 M i George Sinclair Johnson 1. 148 F ii Gertrude Johnson 1 was born 2 on Mar 22 1865. Gertrude married Snowden Wiley. + 149 M iii Charles Everett Johnson 150 M iv Benjamin Wiley Johnson 1 was born 2 on Sep 16 1869.
was principal of the manual training dept in the high school of Seattle, Washington (HJW)Benjamin married Maude Bailey. 151 M v Bertram Johnson.
was a professor (teacher) in Seattle, Washington high school (HJW)152 F vi Mabel Johnson.
Charles married 2, 3 (2) Sarah Richet 1 on Jun 24 1880 in Philadelphia. Sarah was born in of Philadelphia.
They had the following children:
153 M vii Harvey Johnson was born 1 in 1881.
served in USN, Cuban War
Lived in Tacoma WA (Fenita notes)Harvey married Carroll Kell. + 154 F viii Marion Johnson + 155 M ix Cyrus Johnson
80. George Meder Johnson [scrapbook] 1, 2, 3, 4 (CYRUS BOARDMAN , BOARDMAN , BENJAMIN , ASA , TIMOTHY , TIMOTHY , JOHN ) was born 5 on Apr 21 1839 in Jackson, ME. He died 6 on Jan 21 1902 in Seattle, Washington.
died of pneumonia (HJW)
George married 3 Jennie McComb 1, 2 daughter of John McComb and Sarah Jane on Jan 12 1873. Jennie was born 4 about 1851 in Ireland.
They had the following children:
156 M i Louis Meade Johnson was born 1 on Dec 7 1873 in San Jose, California. 157 F ii Laura Jane Johnson 1 was born in Oct 1875 in San Jose. She died 2 in Jan 1876 in Oakland CA. 158 F iii Louise Maude Johnson was born 1 on Jun 14 1877 in San Francisco, California. 159 M iv Ralph M Johnson 1 was born 2 in Sep 1879 in Anacortes, Washington. He died after 1953.
served in Fidalgo War (HJW)160 F v Ruth E. Johnson was born 1 on Jun 15 1884 in Seattle, Washington. 161 M vi George Fritz Johnson was born on Aug 27 1882. + 162 M vii Don Harold Johnson
81. James Brainard Johnson (CYRUS BOARDMAN , BOARDMAN , BENJAMIN , ASA , TIMOTHY , TIMOTHY , JOHN ) was born 1, 2 on May 30 1841 in Jackson, ME. He died 3 on Feb 15 1908 in San Jose, CA.
August 1, 1841 Baptized at Jackson & Brooks Church, p. 23
Obituary: "Johnson - In San Jose, February 15, 1908, James Brainard Johnson, husband of Frances Johnson and father of Severance and Roland Johnson, a native of Maine, aged 66 years, 8 months, 16 days." (Mary Ellen Stapleton letter)
James married 2 Frances Amelia Severance 1 on Jul 17 1873 in Gilroy, CA. Frances was born in of Gilroy, California.
They had the following children:
163 M i Frank Severence Johnson was born 1 on Aug 26 1874. 164 M ii Ernest B Johnson 1 was born 2 on Oct 19 1874. He died 3 on Jun 29 1884. 165 M iii James Roland Johnson was born in 1886.