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JAMES C. JOHNSON, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Heyworth; one of the old settlers; was born in Dearborn Co., Ind., Sept. 13, 1823; his father, Nicholas Johnson, served as captain during the Black Hawk war; was born in Montgomery Co., Penn., and emigrated to Indiana, where he followed farming until his decease, which occurred in 1864. He was married in Indiana, to Malinda Cloud; she was born in Dearborn Co., Ind., where she died in 1850. The subject of this sketch was raised upon the farm until 23 years of age, when he was united in marriage, Sept. 13, 1846, to Elizabeth Hargitt; she was born in Dearborn Co., Ind., March 3, 1828; they were the parents of twelve children, of whom one is deceased; the living are — Malinda, born June 26, 1847; Thomas W., June 17, 1849; Mary E., Dec. 28, 1850; George S., Jan. 23, 1854; Richard M., Jan. 3, 1856; William R., June 26, 1858; Sarah J., Nov. 11, 1860; Charles W., March 18, 1866; Alfred E. and Albert W. (twins), April 10, 1869; James A., Jan. 4, 1871; the deceased died in infancy. Upon his marriage, he rented land and engaged in farming until 1852, when he drove an ox team from St. Joe, Mo., to Sacramento, Cal., within a period of eighty-five days, which, at that time, was the quickest trip on record, of which mention was made in the Sacramento papers; he there engaged in mining several months, when he returned to Indiana and purchased a farm, and in 1856 sold out, and coming to Illinois, purchased 160 acres in Livingston Co., which he afterward exchanged for eighty acres of his present place in 1859, where he has since lived; he now owns 120 acres of prairie and five acres of timber. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, with seven of their children and two sons-in-law and a daughter-in-law, are members of the Campbellite Church.