History of Posey County Indiana, The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago,
1886. Reprinted by Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, IN 1967
[Hardin Co]

THOMAS J. JOHNSON, county surveyor, was born where he now resides, 
January 11, 1845.  He is a son of Moses and Elizabeth (Johnson) Johnson,
and is of English and Irish descent.  His father was born in Posey County
in 1817, and his mother in Hardin County, Ky., in 1813.  His paternal
grandfather, Thomas H. Johnson, was born in Franklin County, N.C., in
1787, and immigrated to this Territory in 1812, where he remained about
six years.  He then went to Hardin County, Ky., and remained until 1830,
when he returned to Posey County, Ind.  His death occurred in Clay County,
Ill., in 1869.  His maternal grandfather was Elias Johnson, also a native
of North Carolina, born in 1789, and died in Posey County in 1860.  The
father of the subject of this sketch was the first elected county
surveyor of Posey County in 1854.  He was again elected in 1872, and
died in office May 9, 1874.  He was a man of much general information,
gaining his knowledge through his own exertions.  He was a prominent
citizen and much respected by the entire community.  The mother of our
subject still resides on the old home farm.  He himself was raised on
the farm and attended the common schools.  In 1863 he entered the State
University at Bloomington, remaining two years.  In the winter of 1864-65
he attended a course of law lectures at the University by Judge Bicknell.
In 1870 he was admitted to the Posey County bar and practiced law for
some time.  In 1870 he was elected surveyor of Posey County and served
one term, and was subsequently appointed to fill the vacancy in that
office caused by his father's death.  He is a prominent Democrat and takes
an active part in local politics.  His long service in the office of 
county surveyor is merely indicative of the fact that he is one of the
most reliable surveyors the county has ever had.  He was married in 1869
to Mrs. Elizabeth C. Barrett, formerly Miss Miller of Posey County, and
a daughter of John Miller.  Mrs. Johnson died December 17, 1881.  She 
was a most estimable woman, and a devoted member of the Christian Church.

Johnson Bicknell Barrett Miller
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Posey-IN Franklin-NC Clay-IL

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