Ohio Family Group Sheet for the Jesse JOHNSON Family

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Updated: 10/3/2004
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Husband: Jesse JOHNSON
Birthdate: abt. May 1, 1797
Birthplace:
Death date: Oct. 12, 1829
Place of death: Champaign Co. OH
Father: James JOHNSON, Rev.
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: Sept. 28,1820 Clark Co. OH
Marriage date: Feb 1, 1831 Champaign Co. OH

Wife: Mellatiah WHITTRIDGE / WHITREDGE
Birthdate: ca. 1801
Birthplace: Mass.
Death date: July 11, 1863
Place of death: Champaign Co. OH
Father: Joseph (Capt.) WHITTRIDGE/WHITREDGE
Mother: Abigail FOSTER?
Other spouses: John DILTZ

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Infant JOHNSON
Birthdate: 1821 Champaign Co. OH
Spouses' names:
Marriage date:
Death date: 1821 Champaign Co. OH

Child No. 2: H.? JOHNSON
Birthdate: 1823 Champaign Co. OH
Spouses' names:
Marriage date:
Death date: unknown

Child No. 3: Mary? JOHNSON
Birthdate: 1825 Champaign Co. OH
Spouses' names:
Marriage date:
Death date: unknown

Child No. 4: Abigail? JOHNSON
Birthdate: unknown Champaign Co. OH
Spouses' names:
Marriage date:
Death date: unknown

Child No. 5: Joseph W JOHNSON
Birthdate: 1827 Champaign Co. OH
Spouses' names: Luretha BALDWIN
Marriage date: Jun.5, 1851 Champaign Co. OH
Death date: 1902 Champaign Co. OH

Child No. 6: James JOHNSON
Birthdate: 1829 Champaign Co. OH
Spouses' names: Mary M WOODWARD
Marriage date: 1859 Champaign Co. OH
Death date: 1902 Champaign Co. OH

Documentation:
* Clark Co. Marriage Records;
* Beers History of Champaign Co. OH pg. 838;
* Tombstones & DAR Records of Union Chapel Cemetery, Union Twp. Champaign Co. OH;
* Champaign Co. OH Marriage Records;
* Obits from Champaign Co. newspapers found in old Johnson Family Bibles.
* Champaign and Clark Co. Public Libraries.
* OH census,
* Cable Cemetery Records.
* Lisbon and Fletcher's Chapel Cemetery Records and Tombstones, Clark Co. OH.
* Autobiography of Thomas Worthington Whitredge (1/2 brother).

Notes:
* Union Chapel Cemetery: there are 2 identical stones for the spouses of Mellitiah JOHNSON-DILTZ and John DILTZ. Mel and John's 1st wife share 1, and Jesse JOHNSON and John DILTZ share the other. There are missing tombstones on one side of the JOHNSON-DILTZ monuments, possibly the daughters of Mel? A young child "Jesse JOHNSON, son of J and M JOHNSON" is buried on the opposite side of the Johnson-Diltz tombstones. An identical stone sits next to it with the inscription "Frank JOHNSON, son of J and M JOHNSON". Dates not fully legible, but believe these children belong to James and Mary Woodward Johnson, who are buried on the other side of these tombstones.
* There seems to be some discrepancy between daughters name between "Abigail" from 1 source and "Mary" from another. It could've been the same person as often nicknames or middle names were often used. But in 1830 census, Mellitiah Johns{t}on is listed as head of household. There are 4 children listed; 2 boys under the age of 5, and 2, which accounts for Joseph and James, and 2 girls listed between the ages of 5 - 10, There are several spellings of "Mellitiah/etc." - " WHITTREDGE/WHITRIDGE/ETC".