David Pegleg Johnson left his mark in Lassen County, as a mountain known as Pegleg is named for him. He died April 5, 1904 at Napa, California and was buried at Mountain Meadows, Lassen County. Will put more material together for you later today. Tim Purdy "Lisa L. Jones" wrote: > After many years of despair, and after losing hope of ever finding my > grandmother, I think I'm finally on to something! My grandmother > Gladys/Julia Johnson was born 3 Nov 1900 in Red Bluff, CA. She was > orphaned at an early age, and raised by relatives/foster families > (WICKS/SPENCER). It's possible that one or more adoptions occurred. Until > recently I didn't have much hope of finding info on her -- not easy with a > name like Johnson. > > Now, thanks to an alert reader who turned me on to the Lingenfelter > Archives, I have hope again! > > Here's the family I'm looking at: (Info from Lingenfelter Archives) > > DAVID J (PEGLEG) JOHNSON Born Wales died intestate near Susanville April > 5, 1904 married Martha Jane Treadwell born France 1829 died Mountain > Meadows, near Westwood Oct 12, 1864 > > Children: > > RALPH W JOHNSON died Mountain Meadows Sept 26, 1884 > > ELIZABETH ANN JOHNSON born Missouri April 19, 1853 died Red Bluff July 21, > 1931 married George W Howard. Elizabeth in Tehama Co 67 years > > MARY JANE JOHNSON born Quincey, Illinois 1845 died Jan 25, 1947 married J A > Heckle born Ft Smith, Arkansas > > JOHN WESLEY JOHNSON born Illinois (Iowa) May 26, 1851 died Burney August > 15, 1908 (Will June 15, 1908) married 1st Tehama Co July 12, 1880 Mrs Mary > J (Maite) Gurnsey born New York 1852 (a divorcee) died Red Bluff Jan 11, > 1893; he married 2nd Tehama Co April 19, 1893 Mrs Katie Wilcox born Calif > 1868 > > It looks like David "Pegleg" Johnson and family arrived about 1864. I'm > hoping that with a name like Pegleg, he left his mark (if not his leg!) > somewhere along the line. > > What happened to John Wesley Johnson? Did his second wife, Mrs. Katie > Wilcox Johnson, die at the same time, or earlier? Why did my grandmother > end up with her cousin, Mary Howard Hicks, daughter of Elizabeth Ann > Johnson Howard. Was there an adoption? Why didn't my grandmother ever > know the names of her natural parents? She would have been nearly eight > years old when her father died. > > I would very much appreciate hearing from anyone with connections to this > Johnson family, or ancillary families of HICKS, SPENCER, WILCOX, HOWARD, > GURNSEY, TREADWELL. I REALLY want to fill in this big hole on my family > tree! > > Thank you in advance for your time, > > Lisa L. Jones > mailto:lljones@teleport.com > > ==== CATEHAMA Mailing List ==== > Tehama County, California CAGenWeb > http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/tehamcty.htm