William, my Johnson line stays primarily in Pleasants County but they lived very close to the Wood County line. Let me know if any of these names are familiar. I have more information if you are interested. Judy Oklahoma City Descendants of Ruel Johnson Generation No. 1 1. RUEL H.2 JOHNSON (ISAAC1) was born August 07, 1782 in Pennsylvania, and died August 10, 1877 in Pleasants County, West Virginia. He married ELIZABETH LEAP, daughter of JOHN LEAP. She was born Abt. 1791 in Virginia, and died August 10, 1874 in Pleasants County, West Virginia. Children of RUEL JOHNSON and ELIZABETH LEAP are: 2. i. MIRANDA3 JOHNSON, b. May 31, 1831, Pennsylvania; d. July 02, 1871, Pleasants County, West Virginia. 3. ii. AMMIEL JOHNSON, b. December 15, 1814, Pennsylvania; d. February 16, 1899, Pleasants County, West Virginia. 4. iii. ELVIRA JOHNSON, b. January 01, 1823, Greene County, Pennsylvania; d. 1904, Pleasants County, West Virginia. Generation No. 2 2. MIRANDA3 JOHNSON (RUEL H.2, ISAAC1) was born May 31, 1831 in Pennsylvania, and died July 02, 1871 in Pleasants County, West Virginia. She married RICHARD RAWSON April 19, 1855 in Pleasants County, West Virginia, son of STEPHEN RAWSON and ELIZABETH. He was born May 03, 1831, and died March 10, 1895 in Pleasants County, West Virginia. Children of MIRANDA JOHNSON and RICHARD RAWSON are: i. RUEL4 RAWSON, b. October 15, 1860. ii. IDA V. RAWSON, b. March 07, 1862, Pleasants County, West Virginia. iii. ELVIRA N. RAWSON, b. May 11, 1868, Bull Creek, Pleasants County, West Virginia. iv. UNNAMED RAWSON, b. July 02, 1871, Grant Township, Pleasants County, West Virginia; d. July 16, 1871, Pleasants County, West Virginia. 3. AMMIEL3 JOHNSON (RUEL H.2, ISAAC1) was born December 15, 1814 in Pennsylvania, and died February 16, 1899 in Pleasants County, West Virginia. He married SOPHIA KING 1836 in Preston County, West Virginia, daughter of JOHN KING and ELISABETH SHAW. She was born February 06, 1814 in Pennsylvania, and died June 11, 1895 in Pleasant County, West Virginia. Children of AMMIEL JOHNSON and SOPHIA KING are: i. JAMES A.4 JOHNSON, b. February 13, 1837, Virginia; d. January 20, 1906, Waverly, Wood County, West Virginia; m. (1) RUTH FURMAN, December 22, 1863, Wood County, West Virginia; b. September 21, 1846, Virginia; d. May 16, 1878, Pleasants County, West Virginia; m. (2) FANNIE A. LATHRAM, October 07, 1880, Pleasants County, West Virginia; b. 1848, Virginia; d. March 01, 1925, Wood County, West Virginia. ii. MILTON B. JOHNSON, b. October 10, 1838, Virginia; d. May 21, 1883, Pleasants County, West Virginia; m. ELIZABETH GARD, July 12, 1859, Pleasants County, West Virginia; b. 1840, Virginia; d. 1922, Pleasants County, West Virginia. iii. PHINEAS JOHNSON, b. November 29, 1840; d. November 26, 1846, Pleasants County, West Virginia. iv. TABITHA JANE JOHNSON, b. November 19, 1842; d. September 21, 1912, Pleasants County, West Virginia; m. SAMUEL R. RAWSON, March 05, 1863, Pleasants County, West Virginia; b. July 12, 1837; d. April 25, 1901, Pleasants County, West Virginia. v. ELIZABETH ANN JOHNSON, b. May 06, 1845, West Virginia; d. April 08, 1935, Pleasants County, West Virginia; m. WILLIAM EVERLY, May 04, 1865, Pleasants County, West Virginia; b. October 23, 1841, West Virginia; d. May 05, 1936, Pleasants County, West Virginia. vi. MARGARET MELISSA JOHNSON, b. June 08, 1847, West Virginia; d. October 27, 1918, Pleasants County, West Virginia; m. ADAM EVERLY, June 26, 1866, Pleasants County, West Virginia; b. April 30, 1840, West Virginia; d. July 03, 1910, Pleasants County, West Virginia. vii. LYDIA CATHERINE JOHNSON, b. June 08, 1848, Willow Island, Pleasants County, West Virginia; d. September 07, 1925, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California; m. ELMER FURMAN, September 01, 1869, Washington County, Ohio; b. September 21, 1846, Greene County, Pennsylvania; d. February 04, 1913, Sherman, Los Angeles County, California. viii. BENJAMIN F. JOHNSON, b. July 10, 1849; d. July 20, 1849, Pleasants County, West Virginia. ix. ISAAC WILLIAM JOHNSON, b. October 10, 1853, Pleasants County, West Virginia; d. November 30, 1914, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio; m. ANNA ELVA STEERE, October 19, 1882, Pleasants County, West Virginia; b. July 23, 1865, Belmont County, Ohio; d. January 31, 1942, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. x. ALICE E. JOHNSON, b. November 1854, Wood County, West Virginia; m. WILLIAM H. BRISCOE; b. 1841; d. 1918. xi. RUEL HADLEY JOHNSON, b. November 26, 1855, Pleasants County, West Virginia; d. 1919, Turtle Creek, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; m. IDA BELLE STEERE, November 24, 1881, Pleasants County, West Virginia; b. April 15, 1860, Jefferson County, Ohio; d. May 17, 1884, Belmont County, Ohio. xii. IRAH JOHNSON, b. February 14, 1859, Bull Creek, Pleasants County, West Virginia; m. ELIZABETH, Abt. 1886; b. December 1860, Ohio; d. January 14, 1929, Bull Creek, Pleasants County, West Virginia. 4. ELVIRA3 JOHNSON (RUEL H.2, ISAAC1) was born January 01, 1823 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and died 1904 in Pleasants County, West Virginia. She married JAMES IRWIN July 07, 1848 in Marietta, Ohio, son of WILLIAM IRWIN and EUPHREMIA MURRAY. He was born March 03, 1820 in Maryland, and died September 20, 1895 in Pleasants County, West Virginia. Children of ELVIRA JOHNSON and JAMES IRWIN are: i. HARRIET4 IRWIN, b. August 14, 1845, West Virginia; d. January 13, 1919, Pleasants County, West Virginia; m. JOHN H. ROLSTON, September 01, 1870, Pleasants County, West Virginia; b. May 09, 1843, West Virginia; d. February 07, 1921, Pleasants County, West Virginia. ii. ARMINTIA IRWIN, b. January 1851; d. June 1851. iii. IDA IRWIN, b. September 07, 1853, Pleasants County, West Virginia; d. December 1855. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Grimmacme@aol.com> To: <WVWOOD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 6:51 PM Subject: [WVWOOD] Posey,Johnson,Maddox,Barnes,Sams,Milstead,Smitherman > I need help on all these families that lived at one time in Wood Co. > > Is anyone working on any of these fmilies? > > William Grimm Dewell > > ______________________________