Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Johnson Family

Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Johnson Family

Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 229.

JOHNSON, HON. W. CAREY [Editor inserted: William Carey Johnson], of Oregon City, was born in Old Town, Ross County, Ohio, October 27, 1833, and came to Oregon in 1845. He clerked in Oregon City, was a compositor on the Spectator and Argus, and studied law, being admitted in 1856. In 1857 he ran for the legislature on the first Republican ticket in Clackamas County. He has held offices of City Attorney, Reorder and Treasurer of Oregon City. In 1862 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the Fourth District, and to the State Senate in 1866. He was chosen a member of the state central committee in 1858, 1860, 1866, 1876, and member of the state convention almost continuously for twenty years and chairman in 1876.

William's parents were Hezekiah Johnson and Eliza Sheppard Harris.

Descendants of Hezekiah Johnson

1 Hezekiah Johnson b: 06 Mar 1799 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey d: 13 Aug 1866 in Oregon
.. +Eliza Sheppard Harris b: 14 Oct 1808 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey m: 16 Dec 1826 in Hillsborough, Highland County, Ohio d: 29 Dec 1879 in Oregon
........ 2 Martha Johnson b: 01 Sep 1827 in Ohio d: 12 Aug 1831 in Highland County, Ohio
........ 2 Mary Evelyn Johnson b: 09 May 1829 d: 05 Dec 1894
............ +James Winston, Jr. b: 1822 in Hanover County, Virginia m: 24 Jul 1850
........ 2 Olive Johnson b: 15 Jan 1832
............ +William Clement Dement m: 04 Jul 1845 d: 02 Jan 1865
................... 3 Julia Dement b: 1848 in Oregon
....................... +Charles Pratt Church b: 1845 in Pennsylvania m: 1868 d: 1924
............................. 4 Harriet Church b: 25 May 1869 in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon
............................. 4 Genevieve Church b: 1871
............................. 4 William Dement Church b: 1873 d: in `
............................. 4 Beatrice Amy Church b: 1876
........ 2 Tappen Johnson b: 02 Nov 1835 in Ohio d: 29 Jul 1936 in Ohio
........ 2 Franklin Harris Johnson b: 03 Nov 1836 in Ohio
........ 2 William Cary Johnson b: 17 Oct 1833 in Ohio
............ +Josephine DeVore b: Apr 1845 in Illinois m: 15 Dec 1868 in Oregon d: in Oregon
................... 3 Ralph Johnson b: 1870 in Oregon
....................... +Mary P. b: 1885 in Oregon
............................. 4 Stella Johnson b: 1905 in Oregon
............................. 4 Delna Johnson b: 1907 in Oregon
............................. 4 Nancy Johnson b: 1909 in Oregon
................... 3 Neil Johnson b: 1871 in Oregon
................... 3 Merle Devore Johnson b: 1875 in Oregon
....................... +Margaret b: 1877 in California
............................. 4 Helen Johnson b: 1907 in New York
............................. 4 Marian Johnson b: 1909 in New York
................... 3 Reynold Johnson b: Nov 1883 in Oregon
........ 2 Julia Johnson b: 03 Jan 1839 in Iowa d: 02 Jan 1890
............ +H. L. McNary
........ 2 Hugh Johnson b: 01 Nov 1840 in Iowa d: 04 Dec 1840 in Iowa
........ 2 Charlotte Johnson b: 09 Dec 1841 in Iowa d: 04 Jun 1873 in Oregon
............ +Owen Wade b: 1831 in Ohio m: 08 Aug 1865
................... 3 Harry Johnson Wade b: 1868
........ 2 Lucetta Johnson b: 16 Jan 1844 in Iowa d: 17 Jan 1844 in Iowa
........ 2 Emma Johnson b: 1845 in Iowa
........ 2 Albert Johnson b: 03 May 1847 in Oregon Territory d: 27 May 1851
........ 2 Hezekiah Johnson b: 22 Jul 1849 in Oregon Territory
........ 2 Nobel E. Johnson b: 21 Jun 1851 in Oregon Territory d: 20 Oct 1869