Obituary, Mason County News, Friday 11 Jan 1901:
Last Monday evening at 5 o'clock the death of J.W. Johnson occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Julius Splittgerber, living two miles east of town. Mr. Johnson was born in Tennessee nearly 67 years ago. He went from that state into the Confederacy and fought for the southern cause. He came to Texas after the war and here farmed for many years. He lost his wife many years ago and for several years has made his home with his children, of whom he leaves 6, 4 daughters and 2 sons, Mrs. L.C. Looney, Mrs. Wm. Anderson, Mrs. Geo. Cooper, Mrs. Julius Splittgerber, Jess and J.T. Johnson. The funeral was conducted Tuesday evening at 3 o'clock by Elder Walter Knox of the Christian Church. The interment was at the Gooch cemetery. The News tenders sympathy to the sorrowing relatives.
Last Monday evening at 5 o'clock the death of J.W. Johnson occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Julius Splittgerber, living two miles east of town. Mr. Johnson was born in Tennessee nearly 67 years ago. He went from that state into the Confederacy and fought for the southern cause. He came to Texas after the war and here farmed for many years. He lost his wife many years ago and for several years has made his home with his children, of whom he leaves 6, 4 daughters and 2 sons, Mrs. L.C. Looney, Mrs. Wm. Anderson, Mrs. Geo. Cooper, Mrs. Julius Splittgerber, Jess and J.T. Johnson. The funeral was conducted Tuesday evening at 3 o'clock by Elder Walter Knox of the Christian Church. The interment was at the Gooch cemetery. The News tenders sympathy to the sorrowing relatives.
Obituary, Mason County News, Friday 11 Jan 1901:
Last Monday evening at 5 o'clock the death of J.W. Johnson occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Julius Splittgerber, living two miles east of town. Mr. Johnson was born in Tennessee nearly 67 years ago. He went from that state into the Confederacy and fought for the southern cause. He came to Texas after the war and here farmed for many years. He lost his wife many years ago and for several years has made his home with his children, of whom he leaves 6, 4 daughters and 2 sons, Mrs. L.C. Looney, Mrs. Wm. Anderson, Mrs. Geo. Cooper, Mrs. Julius Splittgerber, Jess and J.T. Johnson. The funeral was conducted Tuesday evening at 3 o'clock by Elder Walter Knox of the Christian Church. The interment was at the Gooch cemetery. The News tenders sympathy to the sorrowing relatives.
Last Monday evening at 5 o'clock the death of J.W. Johnson occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Julius Splittgerber, living two miles east of town. Mr. Johnson was born in Tennessee nearly 67 years ago. He went from that state into the Confederacy and fought for the southern cause. He came to Texas after the war and here farmed for many years. He lost his wife many years ago and for several years has made his home with his children, of whom he leaves 6, 4 daughters and 2 sons, Mrs. L.C. Looney, Mrs. Wm. Anderson, Mrs. Geo. Cooper, Mrs. Julius Splittgerber, Jess and J.T. Johnson. The funeral was conducted Tuesday evening at 3 o'clock by Elder Walter Knox of the Christian Church. The interment was at the Gooch cemetery. The News tenders sympathy to the sorrowing relatives.
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Page 88: Mason County Graves & Cemeteries, Compiled by Ruby E. & Julius DeVos, March 1975: Edited, Enlarged, & Updated by Jane B. Hoerster.
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