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Melville Shepherd “Griff” Johnson

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Melville Shepherd “Griff” Johnson

Birth
Death
19 Dec 1923 (aged 63)
Burial
Sandstone, Summers County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Melville was born at Greenbrier Co, VA, on 24 Feb 1860.

He was the son of Melville Shepherd Johnson and Isabel Elizabeth Meadows.

He married Lucinda Bell Cales at Sandstone, Summers Co, WV, on 12 Mar 1882. Married at the home of Riley Adkins by Rev. John R. Harrah. Lucinda was the daughter of James and Nancy C. Cales.

Occupation: farmer in Jan 1920 at Brooks Rd, Green Sulphur Dist, Summers Co, WV.

Melville died on 19 Dec 1923 at Hinton, Summers Co, WV, at age 63. Died of bronchial pneumonia.

His body was interred on 20 Dec 1923 at Chestnut Mtn, Brooks, Summers Co, WV, at Johnson Cem.

Children

Laura Belle "Tess" Johnson b. 6 Dec 1882, d. 30 Dec 1954
◦Melville Randolph Johnson b. 6 Jan 1885, d. 13 Nov 1902
◦Minnie Mae Johnson+ b. 6 Sep 1886, d. 23 Jan 1978
◦Una Alice Johnson+ b. 3 Aug 1888, d. 6 Oct 1953
◦Charles Dunn Johnson+ b. 24 Jun 1890, d. 28 May 1954
◦Nannie Myrtle Johnson+ b. 24 Jan 1892, d. 25 Feb 1978
◦James Dow Johnson+ b. 28 Dec 1894, d. 14 Apr 1951
◦Estella Florence Johnson+ b. 15 Feb 1897, d. 8 Mar 1979
◦Samuel Owen Johnson+ b. 28 Mar 1899, d. 22 Oct 1981
◦Oken Enfield Johnson+ b. 18 Feb 1901, d. 3 Jun 1951
◦Charlotta Ellen "Lottie" Johnson+ b. 9 Mar 1903, d. 15 Nov 1993
◦Raymond Ray Johnson+ b. 2 Feb 1905, d. 5 Dec 1971
◦Adolphus Sanford Johnson+ b. 30 Jul 1908, d. 27 Feb 1993
◦Bertha Johnson b. 2 Sep 1911, d. 2 Sep 1911



Melville was born at Greenbrier Co, VA, on 24 Feb 1860.

He was the son of Melville Shepherd Johnson and Isabel Elizabeth Meadows.

He married Lucinda Bell Cales at Sandstone, Summers Co, WV, on 12 Mar 1882. Married at the home of Riley Adkins by Rev. John R. Harrah. Lucinda was the daughter of James and Nancy C. Cales.

Occupation: farmer in Jan 1920 at Brooks Rd, Green Sulphur Dist, Summers Co, WV.

Melville died on 19 Dec 1923 at Hinton, Summers Co, WV, at age 63. Died of bronchial pneumonia.

His body was interred on 20 Dec 1923 at Chestnut Mtn, Brooks, Summers Co, WV, at Johnson Cem.

Children

Laura Belle "Tess" Johnson b. 6 Dec 1882, d. 30 Dec 1954
◦Melville Randolph Johnson b. 6 Jan 1885, d. 13 Nov 1902
◦Minnie Mae Johnson+ b. 6 Sep 1886, d. 23 Jan 1978
◦Una Alice Johnson+ b. 3 Aug 1888, d. 6 Oct 1953
◦Charles Dunn Johnson+ b. 24 Jun 1890, d. 28 May 1954
◦Nannie Myrtle Johnson+ b. 24 Jan 1892, d. 25 Feb 1978
◦James Dow Johnson+ b. 28 Dec 1894, d. 14 Apr 1951
◦Estella Florence Johnson+ b. 15 Feb 1897, d. 8 Mar 1979
◦Samuel Owen Johnson+ b. 28 Mar 1899, d. 22 Oct 1981
◦Oken Enfield Johnson+ b. 18 Feb 1901, d. 3 Jun 1951
◦Charlotta Ellen "Lottie" Johnson+ b. 9 Mar 1903, d. 15 Nov 1993
◦Raymond Ray Johnson+ b. 2 Feb 1905, d. 5 Dec 1971
◦Adolphus Sanford Johnson+ b. 30 Jul 1908, d. 27 Feb 1993
◦Bertha Johnson b. 2 Sep 1911, d. 2 Sep 1911



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