Father: Joseph Johnson
Mother: *****

Spouse: Elizabeth B. Thompson
 m: 1/Mar/1849 - Van Buren Co., IA - div: ~1876

Child-1: Henry - b: 1857/1858 - Gentry Co., MO - nra: 1870
          2: Joseph A. - b: Aug/1859 - Gentry Co., MO
                                d: Nov/1922 - bur: Ingalls Cem., Payne Co., OK
          3: James Myron - b: 5/Mar/1862 - Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO
                                     d: 4/Nov/1946 - Yale, Payne Co., OK - bur: Gray Horse Indian Village Cem., Osage Co.
                                    m: Edith Jane Goad - 4/May/1887 - Crawford Co., KS
                                    m: Mary E. Bailey Hayden - 7/Mar/1910 - Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK
          4: Melissa Jane - b: 15/Jun/1864 - Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO
                                    d: 3/Sep/1940 - Platte Twp., Andrew Co., MO - bur: Lafayette Cem., Nodaway Co.
                                   m: William Franklin Coyle - 1881/1882
          5: Louella - b: 5/Sep/1867 - Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO
                            d: 25/May/1943 - Mercy Hosp., St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO - bur: Lafayette Cem., Nodaway Co.
                           m: Green Tenly Bell - 1884/1885

Biographical Details:

John Alford Johnson is thought to have been born in Culpeper County, Virginia, about 1822 or 1823.  (In the 1900 population schedule he apparently indicated that he had been born in May of 1822, but an average derived form ages he reported variously in previous federal census records, suggests that 1823 is more likely.)  He was the older brother of James M. Johnson and, therefore, consistent with the record of a suit of equity brought by James Johnson in Rappahannock County, Virginia, in October of 1843, it is probable that he was the son of Joseph Johnson; however, the name of his mother remains entirely unknown.  Apparently, John Alford emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky or Indiana with his parents and siblings sometime in the 1830's or 1840's.  Moreover, the two brothers, John and James, seem to have moved westward to Iowa together, presumably after the early death of their father.  According to oral family tradition, both John Alford and James M. Johnson worked on a steamboat on the Ohio River and if so it would seem likely that they traveled on the Mississippi River as well, perhaps, becoming acquainted with the Mormons at Nauvoo, Illinois, which is located on the east bank of the Mississippi just above the mouth of the Des Moines River.  What is certain, is that John Alford Johnson married Elizabeth Thompson in Van Buren County, Iowa, on March 1, 1849, and also that his younger brother, James M., married Elizabeth's sister, Sarah Ann, in Van Buren County a few days short of six weeks later.  They were daughters of Julius and Sarah Thompson, who apparently had been associated with the Mormons at Kirtland, Ohio, then in Caldwell County, Missouri, and later at Nauvoo.  Indeed, Van Buren County is located precisely on the route that the Mormons traversed when they left Nauvoo for "Deseret" (subsequently, the Utah Territory) beginning in the late winter and early spring of 1846 under the leadership of Brigham Young.¹  As with other pioneers and as at other places along the "Mormon Trail", it seems likely that the Johnson brothers and the Thompson family may have settled in Van Buren County more or less permanently, perhaps, with the idea that they would travel westward, viz., to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, at a later date.  Accordingly, it appears that sometime between 1850 and 1854, the Thompson and Johnson families did, indeed, move to western Iowa with the intention of migrating to the Utah Territory, or even California.  Even so, it is possible, but by no means certain, that they settled for a short time in Gentry County, Missouri, which, as noted elsewhere, may have allowed them to apply subsequently as squatters for land patents under the authority of the Preemption Act of 1841.  Nevertheless, it is evident that by 1856 John Alford and Elizabeth Thompson Johnson were resident in territory presently in southern Utah, since a daughter, Sarah, was born in the Utah Territory in March of that year.  There is some question as to the exact location of her birth since in the population schedule of the 1860 US Census for Gentry County, her birthplace was indicated as the "Washington Territory".  In contrast, "Utah" appeared as the location of her birth in subsequent census population schedules of 1870, 1880, and 1900.  As a matter of history, the federal Washington Territory was organized in 1853 and at that time corresponded to the area occupied by the present state of Washington along with portions of the present states of Idaho and Montana, west of the Continental Divide and north of a line extending roughly due east from the mouth of the Columbia River, i.e., by extension of the southern border of present state of Washington eastward.  This implies that in 1856, the Washington Territory was separated from the Utah Territory by the eastern portion of the Oregon Territory.  It was not until 1859 when the boundaries of the state of Oregon were fixed for admission into the federal union that the southeastern portion of the old Oregon Country was attached to the Washington Territory, which then consequently became adjacent to the Utah Territory along its northern boundary, i.e., at forty-two degrees north latitude.  Therefore, it would seem certain that instead of the federal Washington Territory, Washington County organized on March 3, 1852, within the federal Utah Territory (and which may have been unofficially called "Washington Territory" until a county government was organized in 1856), was implied by the 1860 census.  Moreover, at this time Washington County was the southernmost political division of the Utah Territory and covered a strip of land extending some six hundred miles, viz., all the way from the eastern territorial border to the western border.  This is much more land area than that covered by its present day remnant, which now occupies only the far southwestern corner of the state of Utah.  It would seem evident that the Utah Territory did not provide the expected opportunity for the Johnson and Thompson families since the 1860 US Census for Gentry County indicates that all three households were then living near the village of Island City.  Presumably, they all had traveled west and then returned to Missouri together.  Within this context, both John A. and James M. Johnson were granted land patents in Gentry County on October 1, 1859.²  The legal description of the land patented by John A. Johnson was  "the Southwest quarter of the Northeast quarter, the Northwest quarter of the Southeast quarter, and the East half of the Southwest quarter of Section Twenty-four in Township Sixty-two of Range Thirty-three".  This location is substantially confirmed by a plat of Gentry County published in 1877.³  According to Nadine Johnson McCampbell in her Johnson Family History, John Alford Johnson operated a grist mill at Island City during the Civil War.  Concomitantly, there is some evidence that he also may have served with volunteer militia loyal to the Union.  General economic conditions became quite difficult in the 1870's, viz., the Panic of 1873 and subsequent financial depression, which did not end at least until 1878.  Within this historical and economic context, it appears that John A. and Elizabeth Johnson became bankrupt and lost much, if not all, of  their property to foreclosure in the fall of 1876.⁴  Moreover, in addition to these financial troubles there may have been other strains on their domestic relationship as well and; hence, it appears that they separated permanently at about this same time.  Indeed, according to family tradition, John Alford Johnson sold or abandoned his grist mill, left his wife in Gentry County, and moved to Oklahoma taking two of his sons with him.  This account is substantially supported by Gentry County population schedules of 1870 and 1880.  To be specific, in 1870, John A. and Elizabeth Johnson together with six children, viz., Sarah, Henry, Joseph, James, Melissa, and Luella, were resident as a single household in Jackson Township; however, in 1880 the corresponding household consisted of only Elizabeth Johnson and four children, viz., Sarah, James, Melissa, and Luella.  Furthermore, the marital status of Elizabeth Johnson was specifically indicated in the population schedule as "divorced".  Therefore, one can conclude that John Alford Johnson, along with his two older sons, Henry and Joseph, left the family between 1870 and 1880.

As a matter of history, the territory of the present state of Oklahoma had been reserved for Native Americans following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.  However, at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Texas forces moved north and the federal forces withdrew from the territory. Concomitantly, Confederate Commissioner, Albert Pike, negotiated formal treaties of alliance with all the major tribes and a delegate was sent to the Confederate Congress in Richmond.  Even so, minority factions opposed the Confederacy and Union soldiers together with "loyal Indians" invaded Indian Territory and defeated the Confederates at Honey Springs on July 17, 1863.  Contemporarneously, Congress passed a statute authorizing the President to suspend appropriations of any tribe if the tribe is "in a state of actual hostility to the government of the United States ... and, by proclamation, to declare all treaties with such tribe to be abrogated by such tribe."  Accordingly, after the Civil War in 1866. the federal government forced tribes that had allied with the Confederacy into new Reconstruction Treaties, which ceded most of the land in central and western Indian Territory to the government.  Some of this land was assigned to other tribes, but the central portion became so-called "Unassigned Lands".  Accordingly, in the 1870's "non-Indian" settlers began to occupy the Unassigned Lands believing them subject to the Homestead Act of 1862 and referring to them as "Oklahoma" and to themselves as "Boomers".  In contrast, the federal government considered such settlement illegal, but in 1884, in United States vs. Payne, the United States District Court in Topeka, Kansas, ruled that settling on lands ceded to the government by Native American tribes was not a crime.  Following initial resistance by the government, Congress soon enacted laws authorizing legal settlement.  In addition, Congress passed the Dawes Act, or General Allotment Act, in 1887 which required the government to negotiate with the tribes to divide tribal lands into individual parcels or "allotments".  Concomitantly, any lands remaining would be surveyed for settlement by non-Indians.  All of this culminated with the Land Rush of 1889 into an area opened to settlement that included all or parts of present Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne Counties.  The land run started at high noon on April 22, 1889, with an estimated fifty thousand people lined up to claim their piece of the available two million acres.  Within this context, it appears that John A. Johnson and his sons moved into the Unassigned Lands, perhaps, as early as the late 1870's or sometime in the 1880's and, as such, they would have been Boomers.  This is consistent with the absence of John A., Henry, or Joseph Johnson in any population schedule of 1880 since non-Indian residents of the Indian Territory were not enumerated in 1880.  Subsequently, however, in the special schedule for veterans and widows of the US Census of 1890, John A. Johnson was identified as a Civil War veteran living near the village of Ingalls in County 6 of the Oklahoma Territory (later renamed Payne County) and although details of his putative military service appear to be quite inaccurate, it is evident that he was actually resident in this locality.⁵  Ten years later, the population schedule of the 1900 US Census for Payne County, Oklahoma Territory, included John A. Johnson, aged seventy-eight years, born in Virginia, and resident in Cimarron Township with his unmarried, adult son, Joseph A. Johnson, aged thirty-seven, born in Missouri with father and mother born in Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively.  Indeed. this is in exact accord with the Johnson family and is further supported by a land patent issued to John A. Johnson on October 22, 1902, for just under one hundred and fifty acres in Section One in Township Eighteen North of Range Four East, which corresponds to a location in Payne County in the extreme northeastern corner of Cimarron Township about five miles northeast of the present town of Ripley, Oklahoma, and about three miles southeast of the village of Ingalls.⁶  This patent was issued under the authority of the Homestead Act of 1862, which required that a patentee reside on the land for at least five years and make suitable improvements, e.g., construction of a residence, farm buildings, etc., after which the patentee could file for a deed of title.  Subsequently, John Johnson was not included in the population schedule of the 1910 US Census but Joseph was and, moreover, a marker placed in Ingalls Cemetry indicates that he died in 1907.  Concomitantly, a land patent was issued to Joseph A. Johnson in 1910 for a parcel adjacent to the original homestead of his father.⁷  As indicated by the original survey plat and confirmed by an atlas of Payne County oublished in 1907, both parcels were non-standard.⁸  Geographically, Section One is approximately bisected by the Cimarron River with the northern half included in Cimarron Township and the southern half in Union Township; hence, John and Joseph Johnson evidently lived on the north side of the river.  Concomitantly, with the exception of approximately thirty acres of bottom land, current topographic maps reveal that most of the portion of Section One north of the Cimarron River consists of steep and heavily eroded bluffs and it would appear that the original residence was located immediately below the bluffs.  Sadly, it would seem that the family of John A. and Elizabeth Thompson Johnson became permanently ruptured with the failure of their marriage.  Indeed, their older surviving son, Joseph, remained in Oklahoma until his death and was buried in the Ingalls Cemetery in 1922.  Likewise, younger son, James, although included with his mother and sisters in the population schedule of the 1880 US Census for Gentry County, evidently also settled on Indian lands, perhaps, in the late 1880's, although such an early date remains to be proven.⁹  In contrast, John and Elizabeth's daughters, Melissa and Louella, remained in Missouri with their mother.¹⁰  As a matter of oral tradition, there is little evidence that John A. Johnson communicated with the family he had left behind in Gentry County, particularly with his ex-wife.  Even so, it is probable that members of the family did know the whereabouts of their father.

1. Ralph Arnold, "The Mormon Trail across Van Buren County, Iowa", Van Buren County Historical Society, Keosauqua, IA. (showcase.netins.net/web/villages/mormvbc.htm & showcase.netins.net/web/villages/mormnew.htm, 1996.)
     "The Mormon Trail was traversed by thousands of Latter Day Saints beginning in 1846.  The lead parties came in February to improve roads and clear campsites for those coming later. Van Buren County was partly settled at this time.  Farmington was founded in 1833 and Keosauqua in 1839.  Bonaparte was described as '40 to 50 houses and a fine flour mill.'
     The first parties came too early in the season for grass to be growing that would provide graze for their stock.  They bought grain and hay for their stock, flour, beans and other supplies for themselves.  Many earned money by splitting rails and shucking corn.  The spring mud in Iowa made traveling difficult.  Crossing creeks and sloughs often required unloading the wagons, crossing empty, packing goods by hand and then reloading.
     Brigham Young's party entered the county at Farmington from the south, traveled along the northeast side of the Des Moines River, camped at Reed's Creek, crossed the river down stream from the current bridge at Bonaparte, traveled southwest three or four miles across the Vernon Prairie and then angled northwesterly toward Lebanon.
     Later parties took a more northerly route along the Dragoon Trail (about where highway 16 is now), the old Military Road southwesterly into Keosauqua, crossing the river at Ely's Ford and on to Richardson's Point Camp, where they spent several days.  Later still the river crossing was made at Pittsburg."
     "Of all the trails in the county, the Mormon trail is the best known, even though the Mormons mostly used already marked trails throughout the county as they moved west.  The reason for the notoriety probably came from the Works Progress Administration first marking the route with wooden markers and then later the Church and the state of Iowa cooperated in replacing the wooden markers with metal signs identifying the route along state highways.  It was estimated 15,000 people and 30,000 horses and cattle moved throughout the county by the winter of 1846-47.
     The vanguard of the Mormons seeking their Promised Land, entered the county at or near Farmington.  They moved upstream, along the left bank of the Des Moines River, and established the first camp in Van Buren County at the mouth of Reed's Creek, just east of Bonaparte.  This group contained most of the Church's leaders including Brigham Young.  Moving on, the caravan forded the river at Bonaparte and circled in a southwesterly direction, eventually striking the Keosauqua Portland road previously laid out by the county commissioners.  From one of the diaries kept by a Eliza Snow is the story of her dipping a cup of river water at the Bonaparte crossing and marveling at the water's sparkling and refreshing goodness.
     The Keosauqua-Portland road crossed the river at Rising Sun and sometimes at Ely's Ford.  Laid out up the Pittsburg hill, it followed closely the present-day county J40 road.  Just east of the Lebanon Cemetery it curved northwest and a mile-and-a-half north of Lebanon followed today's V64 crossing Chequest Creek at Green's Mill, one of the specifications for the road.  A short time later the road was extended west from where it had curved northwest, to Stringtown, near the Van Buren-Davis county line.  This is the road the Vanguard followed.
     Climbing Pittsburg hill they moved along the Portland road curving into Des Moines township then to the township lines between Des Moines, Van Buren, Jackson and Chequest.  Where the four townships corner at the Lebanon Cemetery is one of two sites where this occurs in Van Buren County.  The other place is at Utica.  The wagon trains run almost straight west through Lebanon towards Stringtown, however, in Section 32 of Chequest Township, the trail turned northwest and on the county line a camp was occupied at Richardsons'Point.
     As with all migrating pioneers, sickness and death stalked the Mormons.  A short distance east of Richardsons' Point, is a burial site of the deceased occupants of the camp.  It is thought there are at least 24 graves in the little burial site.  Old-timers tell of granite fieldstone with the letters J. S. and the numbers 46 being chiseled on it.  Diaries tell of the deaths of James Monroe Tanner and Edwin Little, a nephew of Brigham Young at this camp.  These graves have been marked.  There is another tale of a cache of weapons being buried here, too.
     The previously described route is the main Mormon Trail, but the Mormons fanned out all over the county to secure work to finance their trek to Utah.  They offered their labor to the citizens of the county for a mere pittance.  The price of labor market was already depressed with the influx of their services, the labor market became ridiculously low.  The material for many of the rail fences was cheaply prepared.  Innumerable cabins and substantial buildings were built with the cheap labor.  They left throughout the county, many exhibits of their handiwork."
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2. The United States of America; Preemption Certificate No. 24,065;  To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas John A. Johnson of Gentry County, Missouri, has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Plattsburg whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said John A. Johnson according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for the South West Quarter of the North East Quarter, the North West Quarter of the South East Quarter and the East half of the South West Quarter of Section Twenty Four in Township Sixty Two of Range Thirty Three in the District of Lands formerly subject to Sale at Plattsburg now Boonville Missouri containing one hundred and Sixty acres according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tracts have been purchased by the said John A. Johnson;  Now know ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said John A. Johnson and to his heirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said John A. Johnson and to his heirs and assigns forever.  In Testimony Whereof, I, James Buchanan, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.  Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the First day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Fifty nine and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty Fourth.  By The President: James Buchanan; By J. A. B. Leonard Secretary; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office   (US Land Patent Certificate No. 24065; MO, Vol. 483, pg. 457, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Oct 1859.  (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
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3. Edwards Brothers of Missouri, Historical Atlas of Gentry County, Missouri, Philadelphia, PA, 1877.
    J. A. Johnson:  1) Twp. 62 N; Rng. 33 W; Sec. 24; E½ of SW¼ - 80 acres.  2) Twp. 62 N; Rng. 33 W; Sec. 24; SW¼ of NE¼ - 40 acres.  3) Twp. 62 N; Rng. 33 W; Sec. 24; NW¼ of SE¼ - 40 acres.  4) Twp. 62 N; Rng. 33 W; Sec. 24; SE¼ of SE¼ - 40 acres.
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4a. TRUSTEE'S DEED UNDER SALE.  Whereas, John A Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson his wife by their Deed of Trust, dated the 6^th day of August A. D. 1868, and recorded in the Recorder's office in Gentry County, Missouri, in Book A, pages 615  616, conveyed to the undersigned Trustee the property hereinafter described, IN TRUST, to secure to him the payment of the promissory note in said Deed described:
     And Whereas, default was made in payment of Said Note and the interest thereon secured by said Deed, by reason whereof I did at the request of the legal holder of said note proceed to execute the powers to me given by said Deed, and did, on Tuesday the third day of October A. D. One thousand eight hundred and Seventy six having previously given Sixty days notice of the time, terms and place of sale, and of the property to be sold, by advertisement printed in the Albany Ledger, a newspaper published in the Town of Albany County of Gentry and State of Missouri, a copy of which advertisement is hereunto annexed at Albany in the State and County, aforesaid, expose to sale, for cash, to the highest bidder, at auction, the said property and real estate hereinafter described; and at said sale Orlando Hunt being the highest and best bidder, for the sum of One thousand and Sixty five Dollars, the same was struck off to him at that price and sum.
     Now Therefor, Know all men by these Presents, that I the undersigned Trustee in consideration of the premises, and of the sum of One thousand and Sixty five Dollars, to me paid by the said Orlando Hunt of the County of Andrew and State of Missouri, do BARGAIN, SELL AND CONVEY unto him, the said Orlando Hunt, the Real Estate in said Deed of Trust, described as follows, to-wit: The South West quarter of the North East quarter and the East half of the South West quarter all of Section No twenty four (24) in Township No Siaty two (62) of range No Thirty three (33) containing in all one hundred and Twenty acres more or less
     To Have and to Hold the same unto the said Orlando Hunt  his heirs and assigns FOREVER.
     In Witness Whereof, I the said Trustee have hereunto set my hand and seal on this the 3^d day of October A. D. 1876 /s/Edward Russell  Trustee (seal)  (filed: 3 Oct 1876, Bk. 28, Gentry Co., MO, pgs. 491-4; refiled: 25 May 1885, Bk. 55, Gentry Co., MO, pg. 539.)

b.  In addition to the parcel described above, which was part of the original land patent of John Alford Johnson, an additional forty acres (Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section Twenty-four in Township Sixty-two of Range Thirty-three) was foreclosed and sold at the same time.  (It appears that this land was subsequently purchased by James Mallard Johnson about 1892.)  The note was secured by a Deed of Trust for this parcel dated March 26, 1864.  The trustee was George W. Lewis and the buyer was Thomas Cogdill, who paid fifty-two dollars.  (filed: 3 Oct 1876, Bk. 28, Gentry Co., MO, pgs. 489-91; refiled: 25 May 1885, Bk. 55, Gentry Co., MO, pg. 537.)
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5. In the special or "veterans" schedule of the 1890 census John A. Johnson claimed to have served as a private in Company I of the Fourteenth Missouri Infantry.  In addition, he apparently stated that he first enlisted on April 14, 1861, and was last discharged on September 16, 1865, for a cumulative length of service of two years and six months (presumably including some interim periods during which he was not on active duty, as was commonly the case, especially, for volunteer militia).  However, archived Missouri military records do not support this declaration.  Moreover, his enlistment date merely corresponds to the fall of Fort Sumter, which simply marks the traditional beginning of hostilities in the Civil War and may indicate that he said to the census enumerator something like, "I was in it from the beginning."  Even so, there is evidence that, as did many of his neighbors and relatives in Gentry County, John A. Johnson was enlisted in Company E of the Thirty-first Regiment of Enrolled Missouri Militia at Albany on August 1, 1862, but no additional records of his service have yet been found.
     Within this context, regimental histories published after the close of the Civil War reveal that the Fourteenth Missouri Infantry was originally organized at Benton Barracks near St. Louis during September and October of 1861 under the special patronage of Major General John C. Fremont and was described as a regiment of "Western Sharp Shooters" to serve as skirmishers.  Eight companies (presumably designated A through H) were collected, viz., three from Illinois, three from Missouri, and two from various other states.  The unit was mustered into United States service on November 23, 1861, and officially assigned as the Fourteenth Missouri Infantry Volunteers.  A ninth company (presumably Company I) was added on December 5th and the regiment was ordered into the field on the 12th, moving by rail to Centralia, Missouri, and camping on the prairie.  Between the 14th and 28th of December the unit skirmished with elements of Sterling Price's Confederates and on the 20th, Companies H and I briskly skirmished with Confederate scouts.  On Christmas Day, two soldiers (one each from Companies H and I) were killed and the following day the city of Columbia was captured.  Two days later the enemy was repulsed at Mt. Zion church and on the 29th the Fourteenth Missouri marched to the village of Sturgeon, a distance of about twenty miles.  There was little activity during the month of January, 1862, with scouting and minor skirmishing at Renick, Macon, and Centralia.  The Fourteenth Missouri Infantry left the state in early February, arriving in Paducah, Kentucky, on the 7th.  Subsequently, during 1862 it was active in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi, including being present at the terrible Battle of Shiloh in April.  For reasons not stated, but probably political in nature, on November 20, 1862, the Fourteenth Missouri Infantry was redesignated the Sixty-sixth Illinois Infantry by order of the Secretary of War, E. M. Stanton, and Governor, Richard Yates.  For the remainder of the war it served with the larger Union army at various places in the South ending with assistance in the capture of Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 13, 1865.  Later that spring and summer, the regiment participated in the Grand Review at Washington on May 24th, was mustered out of service on July 7th, and discharged on the 15th.
     There is no evidence that John A. Johnson ever left Missouri during the Civil War; however, it is possible that as a volunteer militiaman, he was in some way unofficially associated with the Fourteenth Missouri during its early operations in north central Missouri.  Concomitantly, annotations of "conf" appearing on the margin of the veterans schedule, probably made later at the Census Bureau, presumably indicate positive confirmation of military service.  As such, no such annotation was associated with the name of John A. Johnson, and, moreover, his name was marked with an "X", perhaps, signifying that details of his reported military service may have been considered doubtful.  Nevertheless, it seems probable that he was in the Missouri militia.  (unpublished notes)
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6. The United States of America,   Homestead Certificate No. 5385  Application 2002}  TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:
     Wheras, there has been deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States a CERTIFICATE of the Register of the Land Office at Guthrie, Oklahoma, whereby it appears that, pursuant to the Act of Congress approved 20th May 1862, "To secure Homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," and the acts supplemental thereto, the claim of John A. Johnson has been established and duly consummated in conformity to law, for the Lots  numbered one, Seven and eight and the South East quarter of the North East quarter of Section one in Township eighteen North, of Range four East, of Indian Meridian in Oklahoma, containing one hundred and forty-nine acres and three hundreths of an acre
     according to the Official Plat of the Survey of the said Land returned to the GENERAL LAND OFFICE by the SURVEYOR GENERAL.
     Now know ye, That there is, therefore, granted by the UNITED STATES unto the said John A. Johnson the tract of Land above described; TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of Land, with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said John A. Johnson and to his heirs and assigns forever.
     In testimony whereof I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused these letters to be made Patent, and the seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.  Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the twenty-second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-seventh   By the President: T. Roosevelt   By F. M. M^cKean Sec'y.   C. H. Bush, Recorder of the General Land Office.  (US Homestead Certificate No. 5385; OK, Vol. 79, pg. 377, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 22 Oct 1902.  (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
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7. The United States of America, Guthrie 02396.    PATENT NUMBER 124916    To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:  WHEREAS, There has been deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Guthrie, Oklahoma, whereby it appears that, pursuant to the Act of Congress approved 20th May 1862, "To secure Homesteads to Actual Settlers on the Public Domain," and the acts supplemental thereto, the claim of
     JOSEPH A. JOHNSON                has been established and duly consummated, in conformity to law, for the Lot two in Section one in Township eighteen north of Range four east of the Indian meridian, Oklahoma, containing thirty-nine and seventy-hundredths acres,
     according to the Official Plat of the Survey of the said Land, returned to the GENERAL LAND OFFICE by the Surveyor General:
     NOW KNOW YE, That there is, therefore, granted by the UNITED STATES unto the said Joseph A. Johnson the tract of Land above described; TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of Land, with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said Joseph A. Johnson and to his heirs and assigns forever.
     IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, William H. Taft, President of the United States of America, have caused these letters to be made Patent, and the seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.  GIVEN under my hand, at the City of Washington, the FOURTEENTH day of APRIL, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and TEN, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and THIRTY-FOURTH   By the President: Wm H. Taft   By M. P. LeRay, Secretary.   H. W. Sanford Recorder of the General Land Office.  (US Land Patent Certificate No. 02396; OK, Serial No. 124916, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 14 Apr 1910.  (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
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8a. Anonymous, Standard Atlas of Payne County, Oklahoma, Geo A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, IL, 1907.
     J. J. (sic - J. A..) Johnson: 1) Twp. 18 N; Rng. 4 E; Sec. 1; Lot 1 (NE¼ of NE¼) - 39.90 acres more or less.  2) Twp. 18 N; Rng. 4 E; Sec. 1; Lot 7 (SW¼ of NE¼) - 38.40 acres more or less.  3) Twp. 18 N; Rng. 4 E; Sec. 1; Lot 8 (part of N½ of SE¼) - 30.73 acres more or less.  4) Twp. 18 N; Rng. 4 E; Sec. 1; SE¼ of NE¼ - 40 acres.

b. ibid.
     Joe Johnson: Twp. 18 N; Rng. 4 E; Sec. 1; Lot 2 (NW¼ of NE¼) - 39.70 acres more or less.
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9. John C. Leopard and Buel Leopard (Daviess Co.), R. M. McCammon and Mary McCammon Hillman (Gentry Co.), History of Daviess and Gentry Counties, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, KS, 1922:  pgs. 821-2.  (Reprint available from the Higginson Book Co., 148 Wash. St., P. O. B. 778, Salem, MA, 01970)
     According to the History of Daviess and Gentry Counties published in 1922, James M. Johnson was at that time married to Mary Bailey, an older daughter of James and Hester Bailey and the couple was then living in Oklahoma.  This assertion is supported by the population schedule of the 1910 US Census for Payne County, Oklahoma, in which James and Mary Johnson were listed as resident in Cimarron Township.  Concomitantly, her birthplace was given as Illinois and his as Missouri, which is in close agreement with what is known from other independent sources regarding these two individuals.  In addition, the name of Joseph Johnson, who can be identified with reasonable confidence as a son of James Alford Johnson, and, thus, James' older unmarried brother, appeared in the same population schedule on the line immediately preceding.  James M. and Mary E. Johnson apparently remained in Payne County for the remainder of their lives and, accordingly, were listed in corresponding federal census population schedules of both 1920 and 1930.  Within this context, the 1910 population schedule further indicated that James and Mary Johnson had married only quite recently and that, moreover, this was a second marriage for both of them.  Furthermore, three minor children, viz., a daughter, Cora, aged twelve years and two sons, John and William, aged eight and six, respectively, all born in Oklahoma Territory were included in the household and, as such, can be identified as James' children from a previous marriage.  (Likewise, Mary indicated that she was the mother of two living children, presumably from a previous marriage, but these individuals were very likely adults by 1910 and, thus, living elsewhere.)
     As such, Mr. Jody Aaron Goad, as well as other researchers, have identified the first wife of James M. Johnson as Edith Jane Goad.  Accordingly, a search of federal census population schedules of 1900 reveals that James M. Johnson, born in Missouri in 1862 was then living with his wife, Edith J. Johnson, and three daughters, Hulda, Lillie E., and Cora D., aged nine, seven, and two, respectively, within the territory of the Osage Indian Reservation.  In addition, it was further indicated that the couple had been married for thirteen years and that she had been the mother of six children, three of whom were then still living.  Geographically, the Osage Indian Reservation (now Osage County, Oklahoma) lies just to the northeast of Payne County.  Subsequently, Edith Johnson died in 1906 after which James remarried to Mrs. Mary E. Bailey Hayden in 1910.  As indicated elsewhere, there were several marriages between various members of the Johnson and Bailey families.  (Indeed, Mary's older sister, Cynthia, was married to James A. Johnson, a first cousin of James M. Johnson, and her younger sister, Florence, was married to Dade A. Johnson, another relative.)
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10. Descendants of John Alford Johnson are identified from civil and census records as well as oral family tradition:

First Generation

John A. Johnson, born May 1822 in Culpepper (subsequently Rappahannock) Co., VA, died 1907, buried Ingalls Cem., Payne Co., OK; married on 1 Mar 1849 in Van Buren Co., IA, Elizabeth Thompson, born 1 Nov 1827 in PA; died 14 Apr 1911 in Gentry Co., MO, buried La.fayette Cem., Nodaway Co., MO.  The marriage of John and Elizabeth Thompson Johnson evidently failed about 1876 after which he "left the country" apparently accompanied by two of his sons, Henry and Joseph.  There seems to be no further record of Henry Johnson in either civil or census records, which suggests that he died relatively young and never married.  In contrast, it is likely that John A. and Joseph Johnson were Boomers and settled on Unassigned Lands within the present state of Oklahoma.

1. Henry Johnson., born ~1857 in MO.
2. Joseph A. Johnson, born Aug 1859 in MO, died 1922, buried  in Ingalls Cem., Payne Co., OK.  Never married..
3. James Myron Johnson, born 5 Mar 1862 at Island City, Gentry Co., MO, died 4 Nov 1946 at Yale, Payne Co., OK, buried in Gray Horse Indian Village Cem., Osage Co., OK; married (1) on 4 May 1887 at Farlington, Crawford Co., KS, Edith Jane Goad*, born 20 Mar 1871 in Greene Co., IN, died 10 May 1906 in Osage Co., Oklahoma Territory, buried in Gray Horse Indian Village Cem.; married (2) 7 Mar 1910 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK, Mrs. Mary Hayden, born 1862/1863 in IL, died 12 Jun 1942 at Yale, Payne Co., OK.
4. Melissa Jane Johnson, born 15 Jun 1864 in Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO, died 3 Sep 1940 in Platte Twp., Andrew Co., MO, buried Lafayette Cem., Washington Twp., Nodaway Co., MO; married William F. Coyle, born 1855 in MO, died 1935 in MO.
5. Louella Johnson, born 5 Sep 1867 in Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO, died 25 May 1943 St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, buried Lafayette Cem., Washington Twp., Nodaway Co., MO; married Green Tenly Bell, born 11 Nov 1862 in IN, died 13 Aug 1946 in Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO, buried Lafayette Cem., Washington Twp., Nodaway Co., MO.

*Some researchers of the Goad family have asserted that Edith Jane Goad was born in 1871 in Crawford County, Kansas; however, this is not supported by census records, which indicate that in 1880 she was eight years old and living with her parents, Abraham and Sarah Goad, in Richland Township, Greene County, Indiana.  In addition, although difficult to read, the population schedule of the 1900 US Census for the Osage Indian Reservation also indicated her birthplace as Indiana.  Accordingly, it would seem almost certain that Edith Goad Johnson was born in Indiana rather than Kansas.  Moroever, both 1886 and 1887 have been proposed as the year James M. Johnson and Edith J. Goad married.  In either case it is clear that she would have been quite young at the time of her marriage and, although marriages of girls of age fifteen were by no means unheard of or even uncommon, the later year seems more likely.

a.  Census records indicate that Joseph A. Johnson evidently remained in Payne County for the remainder of his life.  (1910 US Census Population Schedule for Payne County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 26A, (microfilm: roll T624_1269; img. 54). & 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Payne County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 14B, (microfilm: roll M625_1482; img. 601).)

Second Generation

3. James Myron Johnson does not appear to have moved with his father and brothers to Indian lands, but remained behind in Missouri (at least for a few years).  Nevertheless, he evidently moved to Crawford County in southeastern Kansas and married Edith Jane Goad in 1887.  Even so, James and Edith Johnson evidently were living in the Oklahoma Territory after 1890 and it may be supposed that their move was coincident with the opening of the territory for settlement in 1889.

3-1. Blanche May Johnson, born 2 Sep 1888 in Crawford Co., KS, died 23 Sep 1896.
3-2. Hulda Priscella Johnson, born 11 Dec 1890 or 1891 in Oklahoma Territory, died 1 Aug 1949 in Dinuba, Tulare Co., CA, buried in Smith Mountain Cem.; married 28 Sep 1907 in Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma Territory, John Edward Tindel, born 14 Apr 1881 in Moniteau Co., MO, died 15 Nov 1951 in Dinuba, Tulare Co., CA, buried in Smith Mountain Cemetery.  They had Viola Naydean, Bethel May, Gladys Lorlene, Helen Marie, Laura Ellen, John Edward, Remus Allen, Virginia Louise, Wilmer Leon "Cotton", and Alice C. Tindel.
3-3. Lillie Inola Johnson, born 21 Jan 1893 in Oklahoma Territory, died 27 Sep 1993 in Payne Co., OK, buried Ingalls Cem.; married (1) 25 Aug 1908 in Stillwater, Payne Co., OK, Fred Butcher**, born 18 Jul 1882 in KY, died 8 Jan 1928 in Cimarron Twp., Payne Co., OK, buried Ingalls Cem..  They had Rose Marie, Bessie, Bonnie M., Alvin C., and Melvin F. Butcher, married (2) 27 Apr 1945, William Anderson Haddock, born 14 Jul 1888 in Denton Co., TX, died 2 Oct 1973 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK, buried Fairlawn Cem., Payne Co., OK.
3-4. Oscar Karl Johnson, born 11 Dec 1895, died 28 Mar 1896.
3-5. Andrew Johnson, born 6 Sep 1896, died 10 Jan 1897.
3-6. Cora Bell Johnson, born 29 Nov 1897 at Grey Horse, Oklahoma Territory, died 30 Jun 1989 in Payne Co., OK, buried Lawson Cem., Yale, OK; married (1) 23 Sep 1914 in Stllwater, Payne Co., OK, Walter Esley Dawes, born 26 Nov 1892 in MO, died 11 Aug 1920, buried Ingalls Cem., Payne Co., OK.  They hade Russell Eugene and Leonard S. Dawes; married (2) 19 Jul 1922 in Stillwater, Payne Co., OK, Jesse Adams Boyd, born 9 Aug 1890 in County 6, Oklahoma Territory, died 19 Jan 1961, buried Lawson Cem., Yale, OK.  They had Harold Ray and Edward L. Boyd.  According to census records, Jesse evidently had two sons from a previous relationsip.
3-7. Viola Johnson, born 29 Jun 1901, died 5 Jul 1901.
3-8. John Alfred Johnson, born 4 Sep 1902, died 19 Oct 1992 in Yale, Payne Co., OK, buried Lawson Cem.; married 14 Sep 1921 at Quay, Payne Co., OK, Hazel Alice Hoskins, born 7 May 1904, Beaver Co. Okla Terr., died 1 Apr 1998 in Yale, Payne Co., OK, buried Lawson Cem.  They had James W., Kenneth A., Wayne A., and Pauline Johnson..
3-9. William Abraham Johnson, born 13 Jan 1905 in OK, died 16 Feb 1964.  Evidently never married.
2-10. James M. Johnson, born 14 Apr 1906, died 9 Jan 1907.

married (2) Mrs. Mary Bailey Hayden.  She was the daughter of James and Hester Bailey and evidently married James Hayden in 1885 or 1886.  Accordingly, in 1900 James and Mary Hayden were living with a daughter and son, viz., Jennie and Francis, in Sisson Township in Howell County, Missouri.  However, James evidently died between in the first decade of the twentieth century and in 1910 Mrs. Mary Hayden of West Plains, Missouri, married James M. Johnson in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  They remained in Oklahoma after the marriage and evidently had no children of their own.

**"Fred Butcher   Fred Butcher, 45, died Sunday night, January 8, 1928, at his home in Cimarron town ship, Payne county, Oklahoma.
     Funeral services were held at the home at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.  Burial was in the Ingalls cemetery.
     The decedent was born in Kenucky in 1882.  He lived many years in Payne county.  He is survived by his widow, three daughters, two sons, his mother, one sister and one brother.  The children are Rosie, Bessie, Bonnie, Alvin and Melvin Butcher, all at home; the mother is Mrs. Caroline Butcher, the brother, Tom Butcher, of Ingalls, and the sister, Mrs. Mary Case, of Seminole."   (obituary: Newspaper unknown.)

b. The Osage Indian Reservation was located within the Cherokee Outlet, which was negotiated between commissioners of the United States and leaders of the Eastern Cherokees at New Echota, Georgia, on December 29, 1835.  In part, the agreement provided an assurance to the Cherokee Nation of a "perpetual outlet west" through a strip of land, running west of the ninety-sixth meridian and approximately fifty-seven miles wide (commonly known incorrectly as the Cherokee Strip, which was actually a two and one half mile wide strip of land lying north of the thirty-seventh parallel as a consequence of surveying error and which was ceded to the United States following the Civil War).  In 1870, the Osages were persuaded to sell their lands in Kansas and purchase land from the Cherokees within the Indian Territory.  Thus, they obtained most of the territory in the Cherokee Outlet west of the ninety-sixth meridan and east of the Arkansas River.  (A small tract at the northwestern extremity became the Kaw Reservation.)  In 1890, the Osage Reservation was included within the Oklahoma Territory instead remaining in Indian Territory and was organized as a separate county at statehood in 1907.  (1900 US Census Population Schedule for the Osage Indian Reservation, Oklahoma Territory, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 182A, (microfilm: roll M623_1344; img. 682); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Payne County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 26A, (microfilm: roll M624_1269; img. 54); 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Payne County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 21B, (microfilm: roll M625_1483; img. 43); 1930 US Census Population Schedule for Payne County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 94A, (microfilm: roll M626_1925; img. 776); & 1940 US Census Population Schedule for Payne County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 495A, (microfilm: roll T627_3323; img. 1004).)

c. Marriage Records, Payne County, Stillwater, OK:  Bk. 5, pgs. 280 & 518.

d. Marriage Records, Payne County, Stillwater, OK:  Bk. 8, pg. 115.

e. Marriage Records, Payne County, Stillwater, OK:  Bk. 11, pg. 523.

f. Marriage Records, Payne County, Stillwater, OK:  Bk. 12, pg. 242.

g. California Death Index, 1940-1997, Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, P. O. B. 942732, Sacramento, CA, 94234-7320. (Available online at www.ancestry.com)

h. Katy Rasmussen,"Lawson Cemetery", unpublished. (Payne County OKGenWeb Archives, 2006.)

i. Smith Mountain Cemetery, Tulare County, California (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=8378&CScn=Smith+Mountain&CScntry=4&CSst=6&CScnty=236&, continuously updated).

j. Lawson Cemetery, Payne County, Oklahoma (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98799&CScn=Lawson&CScntry=4&CSst=38&, continuously updated).

k. Fairlawn Cemetery, Payne County, Oklahoma (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98387&CScn=Fairlawn&CScntry=4&CSst=38&, continuously updated).

l. Jody Aaron Goad,"The Goad Genealogy", www.jodygoad.com, 2003.

4. Melissa Jane Johnson, married William F. Coyle.  They were probably married in Gentry Co., Missouri, and appear to have remained for their entire lives on a farm in Jackson Township.

4-1. Dora Belle Coyle, born 24 Feb 1882 in Gentry Co., MO, died 18 Aug 1955 in Andrew Co., MO, buried in Flag Springs Cem.; married 8 Dec 1901 in Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO, Fred R. Rowland, born 1879, died 1952, buried in Flag Springs Cem., Andrew Co., MO.  They had Clifford L. and Virgil F. Rowland.
4-2. Lilliian Mae Coyle, born 11 Dec 1885 in Gentry Co., MO, died 19 Aug 1960 in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, buried in Flag Springs Cem., Andrew Co., MO; married 25 Dec 1907 in Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO, George Alfred Tisdale, born 3 Sep 1885 in Bond Co., IL, died 22 Aug 1931 in Andrew Co., MO, buried in Flag Springs Cem.  They had Elza Otto, Kenneth W., Margaret, Dorothy, Virginia V., Charles B., Wilma Wyoma, Marjorie, George A., and Delores Tisdale.  In 1960, Lilie Tisdale was evidently a victim of a homicide.
4-3. Minnie A. Coyle, born 17 Feb 1887 in MO, died 1950, buried in Whitesvelle Cem., Andrew Co., MO; married Craig Vetter Lester, born 17 Aug 1889 in Andrew Co., MO, died 23 Jul 1956 in Andrew Co., MO, buried in Whitesville Cem.  They had Freeman E. Lester.
4-4. Mary Elizabeth Coyle, born 25 May 1890 in Gentry Co., MO, died 19 Aug 1963 at St. Francis Hosp., Maryville, Nodaway Co., MO, buried in Miriam Cem., Maryville; married 30 May 1906 in Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO, James Elias Thompson, born 10 Apr 1881 in Wayne Co., IA, died 3 Oct 1960 in Andrew Co., MO, buried in Miriam Cem., Maryville, Nodaway Co., MO.
4-5. Nellie L. Coyle, born 1 Sep 1894 in MO; married 3 Feb 1917 in Stanberry, Gentry Co., MO, Winfred Thorpe Gay, born 27 Dec 1884 in Gentry Co., MO, died 12 Jun 1959 at St. Francis Hosp., Maryville, Nodaway Co., MO, buried in High Ridge Cem., Stanberry, Gentry Co., MO.  They had one son, Elmo, who died three days after his birth in 1924.  Winfred was buried with his second wife, Olive.
4-6. Ella Lucille Coyle, born Jun 1899 in MO

m. Children of William and Lissie Coyle are affirmed by  Gentry County census records.  (1900 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pgs. 278B-279A, (microfilm: roll M623_865; imgs. 564-5); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 264A, (microfilm: roll T624_781; img. 527); & 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 134A, (microfilm: roll T625_919; img. 838).)

n. Marriage Records, Gentry County, Albany, MO:  Bk. 5, pg. 343, (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 37664; img. 348).

o. Marriage Records, Gentry County, Albany, MO:  Bk. 6, pgs. 245, 365, (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 37664; imgs. 248, 366)).

p. Marriage Records, Gentry County, Albany, MO:  Bk. 8, pg. 349, (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 53447; img. 352))..

q. Death Certificates, Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO, (Death Certificate No. 16117 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City; Death Certificate No. 25203 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO; Death Certificate No. 60-029750 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO; & Death Certificate No. 63-033070 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO).

r. Flag Springs Cemetery, Andrew County, Missouri (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2177599&CScn=Flag+Springs&CScntry=4&CSst=26&, continuously updated).

s. Whitesville Cemetery, Andrew County, Missouri (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=686520&CScn=Whitesville&CScntry=4&CSst=26&CScnty=1398&, continuously updated).

t. Miriam Cemetery, Nodaway County, Missouri (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1987829&CScn=Miriam&CScntry=4&CSst=26&CScnty=1470&, continuously updated).

5. Louella Johnson, married Green Tenly Bell.  They were probably married in Gentry County.  In addition, Luella's mother, Lizzie Johnson, lived with them for many years after the end of her marriage to John A. Johnson.

5-1. Bessie Bell, born Mar 1886 in MO.
5-2. Blanche Lillie Bell, born 10 Sep 1887 in MO, died 16 Oct 1970, buried Rockvale Cem., Carbon Co., MT; married on 1 Sep 1907 in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, Thomas Leo Clements, born 29 Jan 1882 in IL, died 26 Sep 1958 in Yellowstone Co., MT, buried Rockvale Cem., Carbon Co., MT.  They had Edna Ruth., Sarah L., Bessie Ferne, Thomas H., Irma H., and Doris Naomi Clements.
5-3. Emmett P. Bell, born 14 Jan 1891 in MO, died May 1965 in WA; married Bertha *****, born 1892/1893 in IL  They had June W., Juamita B., and Erma J. Bell.
5-4. Dollie Bell, born/died 11 Mar 1893, buried Lafayette Cem., Washington Twp., Nodaway Co., MO.
5-5. Ruth M. Bell, born 21 Aug 1901 in MO, died Jan 1971 in Washington Twp., Nodaway Co., MO; married Cleo Smith, born 9 Nov 1885 in Lincoln Co., KY, died 30 Mar 1964 in Washington Twp., Nodaway Co., MO.  They had Nina, Robert, Jean, and Joan Smith.

u. Children of G. T. and Ella Bell are affirmed by Gentry County census records.  (1900 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 275B, (microfilm: roll M623_865; img. 558); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 262B, (microfilm: roll T624_781; img. 524)  & 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 134B, (microfilm: roll T625_919; img. 839)).

v. Marriage Records, Buchanan County, St. Joseph, MO:  Bk. W, pg. 450, (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 46206; img. 514).

w. Death Certificates, Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO, (Death Certificate No. 26804 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City).

x. Rockvale Cemetery, Carbon County, Montana (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=21078&CScn=Rockvale&CScntry=4&CSst=28&, continuously updated).

y. Death Master File, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC, continuously updated.

(unpublished notes)
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Additional Citations:

11. 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Van Buren County, Iowa, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 287B, (microfilm: roll M432_189; img. 87).

12. 1860 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 687, (microfilm: roll M653_620; img. 42).

13. 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 623B, (microfilm: roll M593_776; img. 466).

14. 1890 US Census Special Schedule for County 6, Oklahoma Territory, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 1, (microfilm: roll M123_76; img. 13).

15. 1900 US Census Population Schedule for Payne County, Oklahoma Territory, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 43B, (microfilm: roll M623_1341; img. 548).

16. Chancery Records, Rappahannock Co., Washington, VA, Case #88, (Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - Chancery Records #42; img. 557)).

17. Marriage Records, Van Buren County, Keosauqua, IA.  ("Early Van Buren Co IA Marriages", Van Buren County IAGenWeb Archives, www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/VBCmarriages.html, 2002.)

18. Missouri Military Records Database, Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO, (record group: Off. of Adj. Gen., Rec. of serv. card, Civil War; box 44; reel s781).

19. Anonymous, 66th Illinois Infantry, Regimental and Unit Histories, Illinois Adjutant General's Report, electronic pub., Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL, 2006: pgs. 214-6.  ("Illinois Civil War Regiment and Unit Histories", www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/reghist.pdf, 2006.)

20. H. C. Stallings,"Ingalls Cemetery", unpublished. (Mollie Stehno (sub), Payne County OKGenWeb Archives, 1999.)

21. Ingalls Cemetery, Payne County, Oklahoma (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98705&CScn=Ingalls&CScntry=4&CSst=38&, continuously updated).

22. Nadine McCampell, Johnson Family History, The Printery, Albany, MO, 1982: pgs. 12-4.

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23. Marriage Licenses, Crawford County, Girard, KS, Bk. E, pg. 295.

24. Marriage Records, Tulsa County, Tulsa, OK:  Bk. 2, pg. 627.

25. Death Certificates, Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO, (Death Certificate No. 31275 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO & Death Certificate No. 17368 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO).

26. Gray Horse Indian Village Cemetery, Osage County, Oklahoma (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98543&CScn=Gray+Horse&CScntry=4&CSst=38&CScnty=2184&, continuously updated).

27. Lafayette Cemetery, Nodaway County, Missouri (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=179853&CScn=Lafayette&CScntry=4&CSst=26&CScnty=1470&, continuously updated).

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