Msg two from Gaye. If you can help her, contact Gaye <Gjwillis@aol.com> gf >Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 13:10:19 -0600 >X-From_: Gjwillis@aol.com Mon Apr 26 13:10:19 2004 >From: Gjwillis@aol.com >Old-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:10:18 EDT >To: ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5106 >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >Subject: {not a subscriber} John Wesley and Matilda Craddock >JOHNSON: Alton/Upper Alton, abt 1837 to 1902 >X-Envelope-To: ILMADISO-L > >I'm researching the family of John Wesley and Matilda Craddock JOHNSON. I'm >hoping to find connections with other descendants and would welcome any >suggestions of where to look next. (I have the family census records from >1850 to >1900.) I'm also hoping to find a way to prove/disprove if they are the >relationship of Ira Isaac JOHNSON, b. 28 Sept 1860. Family tradition says >his >mother's maiden name was Johnson and his father's name was >REED/REID/READ. He >appears with Matilda Johnson in the 1870 and 1880 census. I'll post the >family >info below: > >Thank you! >Gaye Willis > >John Wesley JOHNSON, b. abt 1816 in Virginia. d. between 1860 and 1865 >(possibly 1 Feb 1863) Laborer. >Married 22 Sept 1836 in Virginia to: > >Matilda Jane Craddock: >b. abt 1816 in Virginia. Died 9 Jun 1902, buried in Upper Alton. > >Children: >William Craddock Johnson. b. abt 1838. brick moulder in 1850, Private B 22 >Ill Infantry, died 22 Jun 1872. Civil war pension application by his mother >says he did not leave a wife or children. > >Ellen Johnson, b. abt 1841. Possibility for mother of Ira. Cannot find her >after the 1850 census. > >Lucy Johnson, b. abt 1843. Possibility for mother of Ira. Cannot find her >after the 1850 census. > >Ruben Johnson. b. abt 1845, private in F Company 32 Illinois Infantry. >Marris Mattie Hoffman 16 Apr 1870. Cannot find them after the 1880 census. > >John Wesley Johnson. b. 18 Feb 1858, married to Louise Ehrler 5 Nov 1879. >1880 census worked in the flour mill. D. 27 Aug 1826. Burried in Upper >Alton >Cemetery. > >I have additional information or sources on the family if anyone sees a >connection.