----- Original Message ----- From: janemc <janemc@airmail.net> To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 7:10 PM Subject: Joseph Johnson/Mary Elizabeth > I am looking for the parents and siblings of my GG Grandfather, Redden H. > Johnson who was born Aug. 26, 1845 or 1846 in North Carolina. He evidently > fought in the Civil War and wound up in Texas and married Cecila Ann > Fortenberry Miller. Cecila Ann had been married to a Henry B. Miller and had > two children by him, Jeff and Dona Miller. I think Henry died in the Civil > War. Then Cecila married Redden Johnson in about 1866 or so. Their oldest > son was born in Jan. 1867. Cecila was born in Mississippi but had moved to > Nachadoches Co., Texas as a child and went to school there. They lived in > Milam County, Texas in Buckholts where Redden was a blacksmith and a farmer > and Cecila ran a hotel in town. They had 5 children, 1. William Benjamin > Johnson--my great grandfather, born in 1867 > 2. Joseph L. Johnson--who was born about 1870 and died at age > 13 > 3. Mary{Mollie} Virginia Johnson who married Bud Pollock and > then Frank Yaws > 4. Francis Marion Johnson--who was a druggist in town and > later moved to Raleigh, N.C. to bury his wife and > stayed there and remarried and began a new family. > 5. Martha Elizabeth Johnson--who married a Dr. Meissner. > After Cecila Ann died, Redden Johnson went to see his son in Raleigh, N.C. > and met a lady named Minnie and married her. He died in N.C. and is buried > there. > Does anyone know of this Johnson family? Sure would appreciate some > help. > > Thank You, > > Jane Little McEndree > > janemc@airmail.net > >