Sumner E. JOHNSON

Birth:
Abt 1845
of Milford Twp, Defiance, Ohio
Death:
Aft 1920
Defiance, Ohio
Marriage:
14 Jan 1875
Defiance, Ohio
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                      Database: 1920 United States Federal Census
   April 18, 2004
3:51 PM 
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Name:    Sumner E Johnson 
Age:    71 years  
Estimated birth year:    1848 
Birthplace:    Ohio  
Race:    White  
Home in 1920:    Hicksville, Defiance, Ohio 
Home owned:    View Image 
Sex:    View Image 
Marital status:    View Image 
Year of immigration:    View Image 
Able to read & write:    View Image 
Roll:    T625_1376  
Page:    1B  
ED:    12  
Image:    0903  
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Sumner E. Johnson  
    Male     
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Event(s): 
   Birth:  About 1845   , Defiance, Ohio 
   
   Christening:  
   Death:  
   Burial:  
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LDS Ordinances: 
     Baptism:  24 MAY 1995   DENVE 
   
     Endowment:  17 APR 1996   DENVE 
   
    

   
   
   

   




1920 Census  Hicksville,Defiance,Ohio
Sumner Johnnson           71          Ohio/NY/Canada
Mary                     wife  63          Ohio/NY/NY      she is older than mentioned in census.....



Information from Uncle Dewey Law.  Dewey lived with the Sumner Johnson's after his father died.  The Johnson's needed a boy to help with farm work.  He lived at their home for 4 years until he moved to Detroit, Michigan with his brother and sister, Richard and Orpha.


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Search Results
Search Terms: SUMNER (172), JOHNSON (12109)
Database: Ohio 1910 Census Miracode Index
Combined Matches: 1 

State County Enumeration District Name Relation Color Age Birth Place ImageNum Visit Relatives 
Ohio Defiance 0012 Sumner E Johnson Husband W 61 Ohio 01850852 0244 Wife Mary M 61, Ohio
Mary Malissa FARNSWORTH
Birth:
26 Oct 1846
Milford Twp, Defiance, Ohio
Death:
12 May 1933
Hicksville, Defiance, Ohio
Mother:
Edna KING
Sources:
Farnsworth Family Bible In Possession Of Luman O. Farnsworth's Children
Notes:
                   Farnsworth Family Register in Omer Hootman File Listed:  Mary born Monday, Oct. 26, 1846...
Ted Law said he remembered going to her house in Hicksville (6 cornors) and seeing her feed the squirrels,  they'd eat out of her hand, go up on her shoulders...for black walnuts, hickory nuts, hazel nuts (filberts).

1860 Census Defiance Co.,Ohio (Milford Twp.)  F Ohio 3 Pt. 4  5007 SLC P.114
Stated Mary, 18, which would put her born in year 1842.
Children
Marriage
1
Dwight S. JOHNSON
Birth:
20 Dec 1877
Milford Twp, Defiance, Ohio
Death:
16 Sep 1945
Hicksville, Defiance, Ohio
Notes:
                   1920 Census  Hicksville,Defiance,Ohio
Dwight Johnson          42    Ohio/Ohio/Ohio
Nellie                           37    Ohio/Ohio/Ohio
Helen        dau             15    Ohio/Ohio/Ohio
Frances      dau            14    Ohio/Ohio/Ohio
Mabel        dau              7    Ohio/Ohio/Ohio
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In an interview with Uncle Dewey Law, April 28, 1991...Las Vegas, Nevada.
Interviewer:  Eleanor Law Johnson

Dwight married Malissa Steele.  They had three daughters and one son who died in infancy.
Names of girls:  Helen, Frances and Marie.  (note:  this is a little different than census 1920).
Helen and Frances both died.  Frances died of cancer in Napoleon, Ohio
Marie's married name is Marie Stabb and her husbands name was Edward.  She is still living in California, near San Francisco (Palo Alto??). 
Uncle Dewey Law lived with the Johnson's (Sumner and Mary) after his father died because they needed a boy to help with the farm work.  Lived at their home for four years until he moved to Detroit, Michigan with Richard and Orpha.


Search Results
Search Terms: DWIGHT (1566), JOHNSON (12109)
Database: Ohio 1910 Census Miracode Index
Combined Matches: 3 
State County Enumeration District Name Relation Color Age Birth Place ImageNum Visit Relatives 
Ohio Defiance 0017 Dwight Johnson Husband W 31 Ohio 01840344 0018 Wife Nellie L 26, Ohio
Daughter Hellen B 06, Ohio
Daughter Francis A 04, Ohio

Funeral Home Records
FHL/SLC  Records of the Perkins & Reeb Funeral Home, Hicksville, Defiance,Ohio
Copied by Fayne E. Harter 1966;  Typed by Historical Genealogy Department, Fort Wayne and Allen County Public Library 1966.  
p.187
"Johnson,Dwight S.   400 s. Maple St.
Born  Dec 20, 1877  -  Milford Twp,Defiance Co, Ohio
Died  Sept 16, 1945  - Hicksville,Ohio
mwm    farmer, retired
Father - Sumner Johnson  -  Hicksville Twp, Defiance Co, Ohio
Mother - Mary Farnsworth - Milford Twp, Defiance Co, Ohio
Cem - Six Corners"
FCID:15947:1737
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Sumner E. Johnson - Mary Malissa Farnsworth

Sumner E. Johnson was born at of Milford Twp, Defiance, Ohio Abt 1845.

He married Mary Malissa Farnsworth 14 Jan 1875 at Defiance, Ohio . Mary Malissa Farnsworth was born at Milford Twp, Defiance, Ohio 26 Oct 1846 daughter of Oliver Farnsworth and Edna King .

They were the parents of 1 child:
Dwight S. Johnson born 20 Dec 1877.

Sumner E. Johnson died Aft 1920 at Defiance, Ohio .

Mary Malissa Farnsworth died 12 May 1933 at Hicksville, Defiance, Ohio .