EDWARD FRANCIS JOHNSON

Edward Francis Johnson, son of Noah and Letitia Margaret (Claggett) Johnson, was born October 21, 1842, at Hollis, New Hampshire. He received his preparatory education at Nashua, New Hampshire, and entered college at the beginning of the Fall term, August 24, 1860.

Immediately after graduation, he went to Hollis, New Hampshire, where he taught school until the Winter of 1864, at which time he entered the office of William Barrett, Esq., of Nashua, New Hampshire, and commenced the study of law. He was a student at Harvard Law School from September, 1865, until June, 1866, at which date he was admitted to the bar of Suffolk County, at Boston, Massachusetts. He then returned to the office of William Barrett, Esq., at Nashua, New Hampshire, and remained there until October, 1866, when he formed a copartnership with James T. Joslyn, Esq., and practised his profession at Hudson, Massachusetts, until April, 1867, when they opened another office at Marlborough, Massachusetts, where he has since resided. He has a constantly growing practice in a town which has doubled its population since he has been there. In June, 1882, he was commissioned as Judge of the Police Court in Marlborough, which office he still holds. He has an office at 28 State street, Boston, Massachusetts, where he attends to legal business from nine o'clock in the morning until two o'clock in the afternoon, returning to Marlborough after that hour and holding court daily.

He is a Director of the First National Batik of Marlborough. He has been a member of the Middlesex County Republican Committee, and also its Treasurer; and he is at present a member of the Republican Congressional Committee of his district. He has always taken an active interest in political matters, but has never been a candidate for any office. His political preferences are indicated by the positions he holds.

His religious preference is for the Congregational church.

He was married June 1, 1870, to Miss Arabella Gertrude Carleton, of Lynn, Massachusetts. They have had four children: Mabel, born August 2, 1871; Letitia, born October 21, 1872; Lizzie, born June 6, 1874, and Grace, born November 23, 1875.

Letitia died May 19, 1874.

Source: "Memorialia of the Class of '64 in Dartmouth College" complied by John C. Webster, Shepard & Johnston, Printers, 1884, Chicago

Submitted by Deborah Crowell