He first married Maria L. Olmstead on March 8, 1832. They had two sons, John O. and Charles W., before she died August 31, 1838 at College Hill, Ohio. William married his second wife, Henrietta Wellsburger,about 1840 and probably in Ohio. She was a native of Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany and bore him nine children: Mary E., Benjamin Frank, Sarah, Hiram W., Jane L., Joseph Edward, Samuel Henry, Paul Frank, and Anna Catherine.
They moved with other Johnson family members to Jackson County, Iowa about 1843, but were in Dyer County, Tennessee by 1860, where he and Henrietta lived the rest of their lives. He was a brick mason.
He first married Maria L. Olmstead on March 8, 1832. They had two sons, John O. and Charles W., before she died August 31, 1838 at College Hill, Ohio. William married his second wife, Henrietta Wellsburger,about 1840 and probably in Ohio. She was a native of Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany and bore him nine children: Mary E., Benjamin Frank, Sarah, Hiram W., Jane L., Joseph Edward, Samuel Henry, Paul Frank, and Anna Catherine.
They moved with other Johnson family members to Jackson County, Iowa about 1843, but were in Dyer County, Tennessee by 1860, where he and Henrietta lived the rest of their lives. He was a brick mason.
Family Members
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Margaret Handy "Peggy" Johnson Lambertson
1800–1881
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Johanna Johnson Lindsay
1802–1872
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John Dashiell Johnson
1805–1877
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Samuel Johnson
1807–1811
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Benjamin Johnson Jr
1809–1853
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Charles Johnson
1813–1814
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Elizabeth "Betsy" Johnson Harding
1815–1850
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Samuel James Johnson
1818–1863
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Dr Edward Killiam Johnson
1821–1858
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