Hines, H. K. "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon." Chicago: Lewis
Pub. Co. 1893.  p. 1100.
 
H. H. JOHNSON

     County Clerk of the county of Clackamas, and a native son of Oregon City,
was born July 23, 1849.  He is the son of Rev. Hezekiah Johnson, a pioneer of
1845.
     Hezekiah H. Johnson, our subject, was the youngest child of the family, and
he was raised and educated in his native city.  He engaged in different
occupations as he was growing up, and received the appointment of Deputy United
States Surveyor.  He served in this capacity for eight years, and during that
time was engaged in Idaho establishing lines for the Government.  In 1888 he was
elected County Clerk, and gave such satisfaction that he received a re-election
in 1890, and is now serving his second term in a highly satisfactory manner.
     He was married, in 1886, to Miss Josephine Day, of Ohio, and the daughter
of Mr. Absalom Day.  Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had one daughter, Violet Olive, born
in Oregon City.  Mrs. Johnson died in 1899, and her husband has had the sympathy
of the whole community.  Not only did they sympathize with him, but they felt
that they all had lost a true and faithful friend in the death of Mrs. Johnson.
Mr. Johnson is a Republican and a man of excellent reputation.  He is proud of
having been born in Oregon City, and he is one of her sons, of whom she may well
feel proud.
     
*******************

Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in September 2006 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.