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    1. [KYOHIO] Jesse Robson Johnson
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    3. I found the following in a book titled History of KY by William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter, Vol 5, published 1922. I am not related and have no further information. "Jesse Robson Johnson. No class of men are more independent than the agriculturalists, especially in these days when telephones and automobiles connect with centers of industry and culture, farms of outlying dis-tricts and afford opportunities for development and social intercourse as well as methods of speedily trans-acting business. One of the men of Daviess County who has won his place among the successful farmers of Kentucky, is Jesse Robson Johnson. He was born in Ohio County, Kentucky, March 7, 1862, a son of Thomas L. and Margaret (Murray) Johnson. Thomas L. Johnson was born in Ohio County, Kentucky, July 25, 1834, a son of James and Lucinda (Taylor) Johnson, who were also natives of Ohio County. On January 19, 1858, Thomas L. Johnson, and Margaret Murray were married. She was born near Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky, September 30, 1836, and died at Owensboro, April 11, 1911. Mrs. Johnson was a daughter of James Murray, who lived and died in Nelson County, Kentucky. Both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were earnest members of the Baptist Church. They had the following children born to them; Alverta, Lizzie, Jesse Robson, James Murray, Allen, Blanche Lou, and Clarence B., the last three deceased, and Nina. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Johnson settled on a farm in Ohio County, Kentucky, near the Daviess County line. Here Mr. Johnson was engaged in farm-ing, and prospered. Later he became a tobacconist at Whitesville. In time he moved his business to Owens-boro, but subsequently went back to Ohio County. Once more he became a resident of Owensboro, and there he died March 9, 1903. Jesse Robson Johnson was reared on his father's farm and with the exception of fifteen years when he was in business at Owensboro, he has been entirely occupied with agricultural matters. About 1905 he bought his present valuable farm, near Owensboro, and here he lives, his eldest sister being with him, neither of them having married. He has a beautiful residence and grounds, and his premises show that the owner takes a pride in having everything in fine order. Since buying this farm he has made many improvements upon it, and it would be difficult to find one in a more highly developed state. Both Mr. and Miss Johnson are held in high esteem in the neighborhood where they have lived for so many years. Their interests are all cen-tered here, and they take pleasure in supporting local movements, and enterprises, and are rightly numbered among the leading people of their township."

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