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Poems by Claude Glenn Johnson
contributed by his granddaughter,
Sharon Houston
narrative by Sharon Houston
"My ancestors lived in Towns Co. - 2 different Johnson
families. I love my old pictures and my grandfather, who attended
Young Harris and served in WW I - then worked for several newspapers
- even though he was a lawyer and chose not to practice - wrote
many poems about the area - some are like this":
"I am descended like this: John
Battles Johnson and Loas Grigg Johnson parents of George Walton Johnson
who married Frances Johnson,
only child of John Johnson and Elizabeth Callahan Johnson, they had
many children - one was Thomas
Sherman Johnson who married Ella Matheson Johnson they had 3 sons Roy,
Fred and Claude. Claude
is my grandfather. I have a lot more on this family if anyone is
interested (please contact Webmaster)
"I also have photos of the Lorenzo Wellington Matheson family from
around the same time and would love to share the history as George
Walton Johnson and his brothers left Towns for TN in the Civil War and
all served for the North - While the Mathesons served for the South -
The Johnson and Matheson children are all on a list of attendees of
Young Harris. George's son Tom married Lorenzo's daughter
Ella. I
have a family photo of them also which includes my grandfather Claude -
I also have a wonderful diary that my grandfather kept in WW I.
He met
my grandmother Gilberte in a little French town where he was billeted
before his return to the US. My grandfather worked for newspapers
in
Atlanta, Macon, Tampa, and again in Atlanta. His poems were
published
in these newspapers. I think the poetry speaks so much of the
North GA
Mountains and his love for his home that it gives me so much pleasure
to share them with those who love those North GA Mountains and their
heritage there. Just as a side note my Grandfather attended law
school
with Oliver Hardy of Laurel and Hardy - and I do have some
correspondence he exchanged witheither the Gov. or Mayor of NY or NYC -
this official wrote him in response to one of his poems about a dog and
they exchanged doggie mails for a while. I believe many of George
Walton's children stayed in Towns Co. for a long time - however, some
did leave when their homes became part of the lake.
"George Walton Johnson's family is in Jerry Taylor's book The Hearthstones of Home.
One of the other Johnson families in that book is also in my line - the
George and Eufanny Johnson family - Eufanny - George's niece (from his
brother John) married George Walton Johnson - her name was Frances
Johnson. Their tombstones are in the pictures of graves from the
Baptist cemetery near Young Harris."
"This is Thomas Sherman Johnson, son
of George W. Johnson with his family, Ella Matheson Johnson, my grandfather, Claude,
and his brothers Fred and Roy. The Tom my grandfather refers to in this poem is his own father.
Ella/s father, Lorenzo Wellington Matheson fought for the South in the
Civil War - 6th GA Cavalry."
"I believe this to be George Walton
and Frances Johnson - from the age of the kids I would say it was taken
in 1870 - I have incorporated
one of my grandfather's poems again - it is one of my favorites:
A Night Spent on Bald
Mountain. The picture on
the left is of the cemetery where George, Frances, and some of their
children are buried."
If you have Towns County photos that you
would like to place on this site,
please e-mail me, at: [email protected]
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