Johnson, Edith

Personal Information
Last Name	Johnson
First Name	Edith
Middle Name
Maiden Name	Jessup
Death Date	8/20/1900
Birth Date	1/26/1815
Obituary Source	Martinsville Republican, Aug. 23, 1900
Source Information	Friends Records
Cemetery	West Union

Family Information
Spouse	Gideon Johnson (died 1854)
Survived By	Four children: Sylvester of Chattanooga, Baron of Erie, Kansas, Leander of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Samantha Wilson of this city.
Other	Age 85. Born in Randolph Co., North Carolina; daughter of Josiah and Edith Ballard Jessup. "She came to Indiana while a small child. She married Gideon Johnson and to them were born 9 children, 4 still living. [They were married Oct. 29, 1837, in Hamilton Co., Ohio.] She was the last of 6 children. Since the death of her husband, she has made her home with her daughter here in Martinsville for about 14 years. Burial was at Monrovia." Preceded in death by husband and 5 children: Thomas, George, Junius, Robert and another, name unknown.
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