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JOHNSON, S. W., 9 far., Sec. 30; P. O. Clay’s Grove; his father, Larken Johnson, was born on the Rappahannock River, Virginia, in 1798; his parents removed to Kentucky, near Lexington, when he was 5 or 6 years of age, afterward to Brown Co., Ohio, where he enlisted and served in the latter part of the war of 1812, under Gen. Harrison. He married Mary Harvell, a native of North Carolina, but at that time a resident of Brown Co., Ohio; had eight children — six sons and two daughters, of whom four sons and one daughter are living; S. W. was the fourth son and seventh child born in Logan Co., Ohio, Aug. 14, 1828, and in April, 1837, his parents became pioneers of Henry Co., Iowa, settling in Jackson Tp., with (if our informer’s memory serves her right) but one house built then in West Point, and that occupied by a Mr. Stump, more familiarly known at that time as “Stump on the prairie.” The election was held at his father’s house for several years; his father died in October, 1851; his mother in 1859; but two of the family are now residing in Henry Co. George had limited means for an education, his nearest school being three miles distant. The 9th of January, 1851, he married Amanda, daughter of Charles Hall and Rachel Mooney, natives of Ohio, also early settlers of Henry Co.; she was born at South Bend, Ind., March 15, 1830; in 1853, they removed to Keokuk, where they remained seven years, then removed to his present place of residence, where he owns eighty-nine acres of land, valued at $50 per acre. A Jeffersonian Republican. Mr. Johnson has been an attentive member of the M. E. Church since 14 years of age, in which he has held the office of Class-Leader, Steward and Superintendent of Sabbath schools. Mrs. Johnson has been a member of the same church for nearly as many years.