A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Ohio > Franklin http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2553 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34481 Submitted by: Barbara Article Title: Columbus Dispatch Article Date: September 21 1881 Article Description: Death of a Pioneer Lady Article Text: Death of a Pioneer Lady MRS. SARAH A. JOHNSON, who died yesterday from mental depression, occasioned by the death of her daughter-in-law, MRS. P. C. JOHNSON, and other recent deaths in the family, was what may be termed a pioneer resident of Columbus. She was born in York, Pa., June 29, 1824, and removed to Columbus in October, 1838. She leaves one daughter, four sons and six grandchildren. Mrs. Johnson's husband was the late PETER JOHNSON, PH. D., of this city, who died in this city in April, 1868. DR. JOHNSON was Secretary of the Board of Education at the time of his death. He was quite a linquist, speaking eight different languages fluently, and he did much of the translating on which the late HON. JOHN H. F?LIPPART based his researches and valuable productions upon scientific and agricultural topics. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ OH-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com