My Genealogy Hound

ROBERT F. JOHNSON, farmer, post office Mansfield Valley, was born in this county in 1857. His father, Robert Johnson, Sr., was a native of Ireland, born in 1794. He came to America July 7, 1818, landing in Baltimore, where he remained a short time. He was by trade a weaver, but did not follow that business long in America. He moved to Pittsburgh and thence to Cecil township, Washington county, where he opened a grocery store, which he conducted for thirty-seven years, and was at the same time extensively engaged in the purchase of wool. He married Jane Moss, and by her had four children, three of whom are now living. After her death he married Jane Ledlie, daughter of Joshua and Luticia (Manealy) Ledlie, and to them was born one child, Robert F., our subject. Mr. Johnson purchased the farm now owned by his son in 1859, on which was for many years a hotel; it contained 120 acres. He died in 1885; his widow, an estimable lady, aged seventy-six years, resides on the farm. Robert was educated at the public schools, and owns the property which he superintends, and resides with his mother. He is a member of the U. P. Church, and is a republican.