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WILLIAM JOHNSON, farmer; P. O. New Madison; a “Buckeye” by birth, and a 12-year resident of Darke County, was born in Butler County in 1816, and lived there till 1867, when he came to Darke County, purchased and settled on the farm in Sec. 4, where he now resides; he was brought up a farmer, but worked about three years during his youth in a flouring-mill, and had but little opportunity for education. Was married to Sarah Littlejohn Dec. 22, 1844; she is the daughter of William and Hannah Littlejohn, and was born in Clark County, Ohio, Dec. 17, 1826; they first began life on a farm in Union Township, Butler Co.; he was a renter, and, after raising one crop, hired in a flour-mill, where he remained about three years; after this he resumed farming, renting from year to year, until the spring of 1867; having saved a little means, he came to Darke County, where land was comparatively very cheap, and purchased the southwest quarter of Sec. 4, upon which there were a pretty good brick house and other buildings, which have been sufficient for his purposes and enabled him to apply his proceeds to the back payments; he now has 160 acres, less the church lot, on the southwest corner of his place, in a good state of cultivation; thus it will be seen that Mr. Johnson is another of those men who began without means, and by persevering labor and wise management accumulated sufficient to keep him in his declining years and have something left for the coming generation; he has been a quiet, industrious citizen, not seeking public notoriety, but has quietly supported that which seemed right; subscribing to no creed, he has always acted honestly according to the dictates of his conscience. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are the parents of eleven children, four of whom died in youth, and seven are still living—John and Lot S., both married; the former resides on his father’s place, the latter is a resident of Butler County; Harriet M., Sarah N., Alice, Othilla and Elvira; the latter five are members of the present household.