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William Robert Johnson
1816 - 1899 (82 years)-
Name William Robert Johnson Born 22 Feb 1816 Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States 
[1] Gender Male Died 6 Jan 1899 Hamilton, Butte, Idaho [2] Buried N of Howe, Butte, Idaho [3] Person ID I8706 Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark Last Modified 11 Jan 2014
Father Robert M Johnston, b. Abt 1787, Ohio, United States , d. Yes, date unknown Mother Mrs Robert M Johnston, b. Abt 1795, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Yes, date unknown Married Abt 1810 Family ID F2474 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Tharp, b. 6 Mar 1825, Kentucky, United States , d. 27 May 1906, Cheney, Spokane, Washington, United States (Age 81 years) Married 1846 Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States [4] Children + 1. William Henry Johnson, b. 1849, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States , d. 12 Jan 1936, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 87 years)+ 2. Mary Matilda Johnson, b. 1855, Monroeville Twp, Colusa, California , d. 1873, Oregon, United States (Age 18 years)+ 3. Aimee Elizabeth Johnson, b. 29 Mar 1856, Colusa, California, United States , d. 3 May 1915, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States (Age 59 years)4. Sarah J Johnson, b. 1859, Monroeville Twp, Colusa, California , d. Yes, date unknown+ 5. James Madison Johnson, b. 1860, Monroeville Twp, Colusa, California , d. 2 Apr 1929, Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States (Age 69 years)+ 6. Moses Robert Johnson, b. 9 Mar 1862, Monroeville Twp, Colusa, California , d. 15 Jan 1948, Roberts, Jefferson, Idaho, United States (Age 85 years)7. Lydia L Johnson, b. 1865, Monroeville Twp, Colusa, California , d. Yes, date unknown8. Anna E Johnson, b. 1867, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States , d. Yes, date unknown9. Minnie A Johnson, b. Aug 1869, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States , d. Yes, date unknown10. Francis George Johnson, b. 1870, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States , d. 1874, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States (Age 4 years)Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 Family ID F2418 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 22 Feb 1816 - Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States 
Married - 1846 - Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - 1816 BIRTH: PA,Cambria-Johnstown: William Robert Johnson [Johnston] born Feb 22, 1816, son of Robert M Johnston (bn Ohio abt 1780-1790), mother [no name] (bn PA abt 1790-1795)
1830-1839 HIST, RELIGEON: July 1997 letter from Joyce Johnson Spaulding to Pam Wagner: "William Johnson [Johnston] lived in New Salem Ill from 1830-1839, family well acquainted with Abraham Lincoln. A cabin built to commerate the Wheelwright, R. M. Johnston in the New Salem Frontier Park, Petersburg, Illinois. They were Scotch-Irish Quakers."
1832 HIST: Oct 2003 letter from Joyce to Pam Wagner pg 9: "Black Hawk War 1832 Sauk & Fox Indian Uprising: Robert M. Johnston and William Robert Johnson, with all the New Salem men. Led by Abraham Lincoln."
1840 CENSUS: IL,Pike Co [Petersburg]-New Salem: Robert M Johnston-wife and 3 children, but not a 26-yr old son. Wm Robert had become independent by that age. We do know that he lived in New Salem and was very well acquainted with the great Abraham Lincoln, worshipped him, and spoke of their friendship all his life.
HIST: Oct 2003 letter from Joyce to Pam Wagner pg 9: "William Robert Johnson was a Wheelwright, like his father. He met his future bride, Elizabeth Thorp near Pekin, Tazewell Co, IL..."
1846 MARRIAGE: ILL,Peoria-Peoria: William Robert Johnson md Elizabeth Thorp [Tharp]Johnson in 1846
1849 HIST: Oct 2003 letter from Joyce to Pam Wagner pg 9: "...had a son, William H, in 1849. When news came to the young couple, William determined to go to California to investigate the possibilities of moving his family to the Gold Fields... he traveled 16,000 nautical miles around the tip of South America, stayed almost 6 months, then returned by the same route. The trip took almost 2 years.
1850 CENSUS: IL,Peoria Co: Anc Img 265 pg398,11-20,Dw 2886,2972:
JOHNSON, Wm 32/PA, farmer [$1600]; Elizabeth 26/KY; William H 1/IA
c1851 HIST continued: ..."Upon his return, he and Elizabeth and little Wm H Johnson, her younger brother, James M Thorp, and other friends gathered their belongings and supplies, joined a wagon train, and came by covered wagon on the Oregon Trail to the West. Elizabeth told her dau-in-law, Sarah Mabel (Kitty) Johnson, that the trip was very hard, and they had to guard against hostile Indians and renegade whites all the way. They stopped at old Ft Hall on the Snake River, in Idaho to rest the stock, and rejuvenate for the hard last leg of the trip to California..."
1860 CENSUS: CA,Colusa Co-Monroeville: Anc Img 13 pg 449,7-18,Dw 337,286:
JOHNSON, William 43/PA farmer [$1000,1200]; Elizabeth 35/KY; Wm H 11/ILL;
Mary M 6/CA; A E [female] 4/CA; Sarah J 2/CA; James M 6/12-CA;
James W Tharp 30/Ind-farmer [$100,700]
c1852-1866 HIST cont: "...6 more children were born to them in California. Abt 1866, they decided to move to Oregon, where new land was opening up. They spent some time in Western Oregon, then settled about 1867, in Pilot Rock, Umatilla Co OR. 3 more children were born to them in Oregon..."
1870 CENSUS: OR,Umatilla Co-Pendleton,Willow Creek Prec:Anc Img 10,6-14,Dw#101:
JOHNSON, William 52/PA farmer ($300); Elizabeth 45/KY keeping house;
William H 21/IL farm laborer; Mary M 15/CA; Annie E 14/CA;
Sarah J 12/CA; James M 10/CA; Moses R 8/CA; Lydia L 5/CA;
Anna E 3/OR; Minnie A 9/12-OR-bn August; James W Tharp
40/Ind-farm laborer [$1830]; Robert W Waucup 40/OH farm laborer
[$500,600]
1878 HIST: Oct 2003 letter from Joyce Spaulding to Pam Wagner pg 9: "Pauite and Bannock Uprising: William Robert Johnson, sons William H, James M and Moses R Johnson"
1880 CENSUS:OR,Umatilla Co-Alta,Lower Buttercrk:Anc 8 pg 21D,6-19,Dw 174,177:
JOHNSON, William 62/PA (OH,PA) farmer; Elizabeth-wife 55/KY (NJ,SC) keep house;
Moses R-son 18/CA (PA,KY) single laborer; Lydia-dau 15/OR at home;
Anna E-dau 13/OR, school; Minnie A-dau 10/OR-school; Dora E WENTZ
granddau 7/OR (France,CA)at school
1883 HIST continued: CA-Napa Co-Napa: "...In 1883, William and Elizabeth sold the homestead on Willow Creek, near Pilot Rock and moved to Napa CA to retire..."
1883 HIST: CA-Napa Valley: April 1997 letter from Joyce Johnson Spaulding to Pam Wagner: "The elder Johnsons returned to California (Napa Valley)... They sold their farm near Pilot Rock June, 1883.
c1898-99 HIST continued: "...Abt 1898, they made a trip back to Oregon and Idaho to visit their children and grandchildren. While visiting son Mose and family on a remote ranch on the Little Lost River, Butte Co ID, William became very ill and died. He is buried there on the trail. Elizabeth knit her beloved husband of 52 years some bootees to keep his cold, cold feet warm. The Idaho Historial Society recognized it as a Historical site, fenced it about 1965. Elizabeth went to live with Amy Wegner in Cheney WA, died 27 May 1906."
1899 DEATH,BURIAL: ID,Butte Co-Lost River[Hamilton]: William Robert Johnson died Jan 6, 1899 at Hamilton,Idaho; buried 10 miles no of Howe,ID-Little Lost River Rd., Butte Co, Idaho [St of ID fenced as a Historical Site]
ORD: FS IGI 2-04: Nothing found
- 1816 BIRTH: PA,Cambria-Johnstown: William Robert Johnson [Johnston] born Feb 22, 1816, son of Robert M Johnston (bn Ohio abt 1780-1790), mother [no name] (bn PA abt 1790-1795)
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Sources - [S191] Family Rcds: SPAULDING,Joyce Johnson.
"William Robert Johnson b Feb 22, 1816 in Johnstown,Cambridge,PA"
July 1997 letter from Joyce to Pam Wagner - [S191] Family Rcds: SPAULDING,Joyce Johnson.
"William Robert Johnson died Jan 6,1899 in Hamilton,Butte Co, ID, buried 10 mi N. of Howe, ID on Little Lost River Rd, Butte,ID (State of ID fenced as a Historical Site)"
July 1997 letter from Joyce to Pam Wagner - [S191] Family Rcds: SPAULDING,Joyce Johnson.
"William Robert Johnson died Jan 6,1899 in Hamilton,Butte Co,ID, buried 10 mi N. of Howe, ID on Little Lost River Rd, Butte,ID (State of ID fenced as a Historical Site)"
July 1997 letter from Joyce to Pam Wagner - [S191] Family Rcds: SPAULDING,Joyce Johnson.
"William Robert Johnson md Elizabeth Thorp in 1846, Peoria,Peoria,ILL"
July 1997 letter from Joyce to Pam Wagner
- [S191] Family Rcds: SPAULDING,Joyce Johnson.