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Below is a family biography included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Joseph T. Johnson, a prosperous farmer of Gibson County, is a son of Franklin S. and Mildred L. (Terry) Johnson, both natives of Halifax County, Va., where they grew to manhood and womanhood, and married. To them were born two sons; the younger, Philip G., was a tobacconist, and was murdered by negroes in Arkansas. The father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and a Democrat in politics. He was a farmer and stock raiser, and while on a business trip to Texas, in 1833, sickened and died. His wife continued to reside on the old homestead until her death, in 1863. Joseph’s ancestors on both sides were of English descent, and in all probability he is related to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. He was born in the same State and county as his parents, April 25, 1818, and his juvenile days were spent in laboring on the farm and attending the common schools. He followed school-teaching about ten years in succession, and then about three years in Tennessee, having come here in 1841, in a wagon, a distance of 1,000 miles. He was married, in 1840, to Jemima S. McGehee, a native of Halifax County, Va., born October 17, 1817. Their union was blessed in the birth of nine children, five of whom are living. The family are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.
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This family biography is one of 242 biographies included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Gibson County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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