Parsons, Col. William and Shiach, W. S.  "An Illustrated History of Umatilla
County and of Morrow County." Spokane, WA: W. H. Lever, 1902. p. 564.
 
JOHN H. JOHNSON

   Should we fail to incorporate in our volume an epitome of the leading
agriculturist and estimable citizen whose name heads this paragraph, we would be
subject to the charge of incompleteness, since this work purports to give not
only the history of the county, but of its leading and influential citizens.
	Mr. Johnson was born on the high seas on May 2, 1846, while his parents,
Hiram and Nancy E. (Goodridge) Johnson, were en route to America from Clair
county, Ireland, of which country they were natives.  They first settled in
Illinois, where our subject grew to manhood.  On account of the poverty of his
parents and the poor school facilities in their place, he attended school only
one day.  He left home at an early age and took up a seafaring life, which he
followed for many years.  During this time he saw the need of a better
educational training and set himself to the task of gaining the same, which he
did to a fine degree, being aided much by his travels.  He has learned to speak
the German and Spanish languages in addition to his mother tongue and is a
well-read man, manifesting fine capabilities.  During his travels he visited all
of the ports of any size in the entire world.  He crossed the plains in 1871 to
California, and in 1878 was employed as scout by the government in the Indian
war at that date.  Since quitting the seas he has devoted his attention to
farming and stock raising.
     On October 6, 1882, in Lewiston, Idaho, the marriage of Mr. Johnson and
Miss Mary S., daughter of James and Annie B. Hall, was solemnized and to them
have been born the following children:  Hiram; Guy M.; Lillie, deceased, January
2, 1897; Annie R., who died on January 20, 1897.  On December 31, 1894, Mrs.
Johnson died in Portland and was buried in Lexington, Oregon.  Mr. Johnson is a
member of the I.O.O.F. and the K.O.T.M. at Hardman.
     In the town of Hardman, on October 30, 1895, the second marriage of Mr.
Johnson occurred.  Mrs. Nancy E. (Royse) Hardman, widow of the late David N.
Hardman, then becoming his wife.  They reside about one and one-half miles east
of the town, where they own a fine farm of one hundred and eighty acres of
fertile land.  Mr. Johnson is occupied here in raising hay and feeding stock, in
which occupation he enjoys a very gratifying financial remuneration.  He is a
man of sterling integrity and upright principles, ever demeaning himself in a
praiseworthy and commendable manner.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in October 2009 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.