| Obit For | J. T. JOHNSON |
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| Headline | UNCLE TOMMY JOHNSON |
| Text | J. T. Johnson (known as Uncle Tommie), our eldest and most highly respected citizen died at his home here in Wheaton, Friday March 15, 1929, at the age of 87 years, 10 months and 19 days.
He was born in Paris, Monroe County, Mo., on April 26, 1841. In 1859 he moved with others from Monroe County to Texas. Included in this large move from Missouri to Texas was a young girl named Mary Jane Holt, who in 1863 became the wife of Mr. Johnson. To this union eleven children were born, two dying in infancy and nine living to grown men and women. He enlisted in the Confederate Army at the beginning of the Civil War. His first months of service was on the ammunition train, driving mules. Later he was sent to Bonham, Texas to make saddles and harness in the army shops. Soon after the war was over they moved back to Missouri and settled in Washburn, later moving to Purdy and Corsicana. After residing in Barry County over thirty-seven years he moved his family to Elk County, Kansas, staying there ten years. In April 1911 he moved back to Missouri, this time to the new town called Wheaton, where he lived until death. Mr. Johnson and wife united with the Christian Church early in life, he being very active in Church and Sunday school work all his early life. He organized Sunday Schools all over the country in the early days and was ____ ____ for the up building of Christian manhood and womanhood wherever he lived. His kindness and morals he stood for will live long among the ones who knew him best. He ____ ____ ____ something good of everyone but failed to see the bad in any. ____ after the birth of their last child his wife’s sister died and left several small children the youngest being only five years old, who was taken in the Johnson home and raised with the same love and affection as their own children. In 1912 ____la passed away to be followed by Robert A. His wife passed away in January 192?. The rest of the family still survive as follows, James A. of Monett, M. E. and Albert of Wheaton, Chas. F. of Cornish, Colo., Walter B. of Ventura, Cal., Grover C. of Dallas, Texas, Clara Decker of Neodesha, Kansas and Robert F. Boucher of Crane, Mo. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, March 17, by Rev. J. S. McQueen at the Wheaton Methodist Church. The body was laid to rest in the Cassville Cemetery under the direction of Pogue’s Undertaking. |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | Wheaton Journal |
| Date | March 21, 1929 |
| Death Cert Link | Death Cetificate |
| Resource | State Historical Society of MO |
| Submitted by | Don Warner - Deceased |
