Martha A. Johnson/Lewis was born in Missouri, a daughter of James T. and Elizabeth (Bond) Johnson. She came to California in 1864 and lived in Woodbridge, San Joaquin county until 1866, and she was married May 15 of that year. Of the five children she bore her husband,
four survived at the time of her death, namely: Chloe E. married Edwin Hamlin; Rosa is the wife of A. Wann; George S., of Fairbanks, Alaska, is an engineer; and Ruby is Mrs. William Beare of Tulare. Charles is dead. Mrs. Lewis is a member of the Baptist church and with her husband she was formerly connected with the Grange.
SOURCE: History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical
Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913 Pp 445
She was a girl of six years when she accompanied her parents and two brothers across the plains to Salem, Oregon. Her mother died there in 1852 and they soon after sailed from Portland, Oregon for their old home in Missouri. On the way they stopped in San Francisco and then from there to Panama. They crossed the Isthmus of Panama by trail. Their father walked with the natives who carried the children. They sailed for New York when they reached the other side. Reaching New York they went by train to St. Louis, Missouri. The children lived near Troy, Missouri with their Grandfather Bond until their father remarried to Sarah East. In 1862 they moved to Illinois. They left Illinois from Pike County for California by horse team on April 10, 1864. They were six months on the way, but they stayed in Carson City a month to rest the horses.
In 1929, Patsy was taken for an airplane ride in a Boeing plane by her grandson, Harold Lewis. They travelled at the rate of 90 mph at an elevation of 3,500 feet over Oakland, San Francisco and San Francisco Bay.
There are some big trees in Woodville Cemetery by her husbands grave that she planted in the 1800's. She transported water by wagon for the trees which are still there today.
four survived at the time of her death, namely: Chloe E. married Edwin Hamlin; Rosa is the wife of A. Wann; George S., of Fairbanks, Alaska, is an engineer; and Ruby is Mrs. William Beare of Tulare. Charles is dead. Mrs. Lewis is a member of the Baptist church and with her husband she was formerly connected with the Grange.
SOURCE: History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical
Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913 Pp 445
She was a girl of six years when she accompanied her parents and two brothers across the plains to Salem, Oregon. Her mother died there in 1852 and they soon after sailed from Portland, Oregon for their old home in Missouri. On the way they stopped in San Francisco and then from there to Panama. They crossed the Isthmus of Panama by trail. Their father walked with the natives who carried the children. They sailed for New York when they reached the other side. Reaching New York they went by train to St. Louis, Missouri. The children lived near Troy, Missouri with their Grandfather Bond until their father remarried to Sarah East. In 1862 they moved to Illinois. They left Illinois from Pike County for California by horse team on April 10, 1864. They were six months on the way, but they stayed in Carson City a month to rest the horses.
In 1929, Patsy was taken for an airplane ride in a Boeing plane by her grandson, Harold Lewis. They travelled at the rate of 90 mph at an elevation of 3,500 feet over Oakland, San Francisco and San Francisco Bay.
There are some big trees in Woodville Cemetery by her husbands grave that she planted in the 1800's. She transported water by wagon for the trees which are still there today.
Martha A. Johnson/Lewis was born in Missouri, a daughter of James T. and Elizabeth (Bond) Johnson. She came to California in 1864 and lived in Woodbridge, San Joaquin county until 1866, and she was married May 15 of that year. Of the five children she bore her husband,
four survived at the time of her death, namely: Chloe E. married Edwin Hamlin; Rosa is the wife of A. Wann; George S., of Fairbanks, Alaska, is an engineer; and Ruby is Mrs. William Beare of Tulare. Charles is dead. Mrs. Lewis is a member of the Baptist church and with her husband she was formerly connected with the Grange.
SOURCE: History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical
Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913 Pp 445
She was a girl of six years when she accompanied her parents and two brothers across the plains to Salem, Oregon. Her mother died there in 1852 and they soon after sailed from Portland, Oregon for their old home in Missouri. On the way they stopped in San Francisco and then from there to Panama. They crossed the Isthmus of Panama by trail. Their father walked with the natives who carried the children. They sailed for New York when they reached the other side. Reaching New York they went by train to St. Louis, Missouri. The children lived near Troy, Missouri with their Grandfather Bond until their father remarried to Sarah East. In 1862 they moved to Illinois. They left Illinois from Pike County for California by horse team on April 10, 1864. They were six months on the way, but they stayed in Carson City a month to rest the horses.
In 1929, Patsy was taken for an airplane ride in a Boeing plane by her grandson, Harold Lewis. They travelled at the rate of 90 mph at an elevation of 3,500 feet over Oakland, San Francisco and San Francisco Bay.
There are some big trees in Woodville Cemetery by her husbands grave that she planted in the 1800's. She transported water by wagon for the trees which are still there today.
four survived at the time of her death, namely: Chloe E. married Edwin Hamlin; Rosa is the wife of A. Wann; George S., of Fairbanks, Alaska, is an engineer; and Ruby is Mrs. William Beare of Tulare. Charles is dead. Mrs. Lewis is a member of the Baptist church and with her husband she was formerly connected with the Grange.
SOURCE: History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical
Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913 Pp 445
She was a girl of six years when she accompanied her parents and two brothers across the plains to Salem, Oregon. Her mother died there in 1852 and they soon after sailed from Portland, Oregon for their old home in Missouri. On the way they stopped in San Francisco and then from there to Panama. They crossed the Isthmus of Panama by trail. Their father walked with the natives who carried the children. They sailed for New York when they reached the other side. Reaching New York they went by train to St. Louis, Missouri. The children lived near Troy, Missouri with their Grandfather Bond until their father remarried to Sarah East. In 1862 they moved to Illinois. They left Illinois from Pike County for California by horse team on April 10, 1864. They were six months on the way, but they stayed in Carson City a month to rest the horses.
In 1929, Patsy was taken for an airplane ride in a Boeing plane by her grandson, Harold Lewis. They travelled at the rate of 90 mph at an elevation of 3,500 feet over Oakland, San Francisco and San Francisco Bay.
There are some big trees in Woodville Cemetery by her husbands grave that she planted in the 1800's. She transported water by wagon for the trees which are still there today.
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