His parents were John Johnson and Catherine Taylor.
Roswell Daily Record
Sunday December 7, 1941
Funeral Services For Dr. Johnson This Afternoon
Funeral services for Dr. Samuel W. Johnson, Ph.D., who died Thursday night at eleven o'clock at Carrizozo after an illness of two weeks will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock from the Stetson school house in the White Mountains with the Rev. J. H. Schutt conducting the services. Music will be given by the choir of the Ruidoso church. Interment will be made in the Stetson cemetery, under the direction of the Ballard Funeral Home.
Dr. Johnson was born in Ohio, July 8, 1860. He was educated at Parsons college at Corning, Iowa, and after graduating he entered the Princeton Theological Seminary at Princeton, N. J., where he received his Ph.D. degree. He was active in the ministry of the Presbyterian church for twenty years, when he was forced to retire in 1909 for health reasons.
Dr. Johnson the moved to New Mexico and purchased the White Mountain Inn farm and was owner at the time of his death.
In 1915 he started working on national highway improvement. He then moved to Washington. He was one of the five men who drafted the first bill for improved highways. He was also the author of the bill that authorized the building of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, a construction costing between 15 and 20 millions. He was also the one to draft the bill that authorized the United States Army to turn over to the different states all the old world war excess equipment for the construction of their roads. After the bill was passed the state of New Mexico had Mr. Johnson to look after their interest in getting this equipment and it was said that nearly all of the equipment that was turned over to the state of New Mexico was all new.
It was Mr. Johnson that got the United States government to run a transcontinental highway through Roswell, Highway 70. It was Mr. Johnson who addressed the New Mexico legislature and got them to set up the machinery to set up the first highway department so that they would be eligible to receive the first federal aid for the construction of new roads.
He was the one to prove to the U. S. Army years ago that the roads over the U. S. were not good enough for the transportation of troops from one coast to the other. To prove this he got the Army to transport by truck a number of soldiers. On this trip it was found that the roads and bridges over the country were not adequate to transport these troops for national defense. That was the beginning of the highways we have today.
Dr. Johnson has received letters from four different Presidents, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt, commending him on his work on road construction.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Catherine Balcomb of Albuquerque, and by two sons, Rodrick Johnson and Herrick Johnson, both of Ruidoso, and by eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. His wife and children were with him at the time of his passing.
A Ballard funeral coach brought the remains to Roswell Thursday night.
Roswell Daily Record
Sunday December 7, 1941
Funeral Services For Dr. Johnson This Afternoon
Funeral services for Dr. Samuel W. Johnson, Ph.D., who died Thursday night at eleven o'clock at Carrizozo after an illness of two weeks will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock from the Stetson school house in the White Mountains with the Rev. J. H. Schutt conducting the services. Music will be given by the choir of the Ruidoso church. Interment will be made in the Stetson cemetery, under the direction of the Ballard Funeral Home.
Dr. Johnson was born in Ohio, July 8, 1860. He was educated at Parsons college at Corning, Iowa, and after graduating he entered the Princeton Theological Seminary at Princeton, N. J., where he received his Ph.D. degree. He was active in the ministry of the Presbyterian church for twenty years, when he was forced to retire in 1909 for health reasons.
Dr. Johnson the moved to New Mexico and purchased the White Mountain Inn farm and was owner at the time of his death.
In 1915 he started working on national highway improvement. He then moved to Washington. He was one of the five men who drafted the first bill for improved highways. He was also the author of the bill that authorized the building of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, a construction costing between 15 and 20 millions. He was also the one to draft the bill that authorized the United States Army to turn over to the different states all the old world war excess equipment for the construction of their roads. After the bill was passed the state of New Mexico had Mr. Johnson to look after their interest in getting this equipment and it was said that nearly all of the equipment that was turned over to the state of New Mexico was all new.
It was Mr. Johnson that got the United States government to run a transcontinental highway through Roswell, Highway 70. It was Mr. Johnson who addressed the New Mexico legislature and got them to set up the machinery to set up the first highway department so that they would be eligible to receive the first federal aid for the construction of new roads.
He was the one to prove to the U. S. Army years ago that the roads over the U. S. were not good enough for the transportation of troops from one coast to the other. To prove this he got the Army to transport by truck a number of soldiers. On this trip it was found that the roads and bridges over the country were not adequate to transport these troops for national defense. That was the beginning of the highways we have today.
Dr. Johnson has received letters from four different Presidents, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt, commending him on his work on road construction.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Catherine Balcomb of Albuquerque, and by two sons, Rodrick Johnson and Herrick Johnson, both of Ruidoso, and by eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. His wife and children were with him at the time of his passing.
A Ballard funeral coach brought the remains to Roswell Thursday night.
His parents were John Johnson and Catherine Taylor.
Roswell Daily Record
Sunday December 7, 1941
Funeral Services For Dr. Johnson This Afternoon
Funeral services for Dr. Samuel W. Johnson, Ph.D., who died Thursday night at eleven o'clock at Carrizozo after an illness of two weeks will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock from the Stetson school house in the White Mountains with the Rev. J. H. Schutt conducting the services. Music will be given by the choir of the Ruidoso church. Interment will be made in the Stetson cemetery, under the direction of the Ballard Funeral Home.
Dr. Johnson was born in Ohio, July 8, 1860. He was educated at Parsons college at Corning, Iowa, and after graduating he entered the Princeton Theological Seminary at Princeton, N. J., where he received his Ph.D. degree. He was active in the ministry of the Presbyterian church for twenty years, when he was forced to retire in 1909 for health reasons.
Dr. Johnson the moved to New Mexico and purchased the White Mountain Inn farm and was owner at the time of his death.
In 1915 he started working on national highway improvement. He then moved to Washington. He was one of the five men who drafted the first bill for improved highways. He was also the author of the bill that authorized the building of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, a construction costing between 15 and 20 millions. He was also the one to draft the bill that authorized the United States Army to turn over to the different states all the old world war excess equipment for the construction of their roads. After the bill was passed the state of New Mexico had Mr. Johnson to look after their interest in getting this equipment and it was said that nearly all of the equipment that was turned over to the state of New Mexico was all new.
It was Mr. Johnson that got the United States government to run a transcontinental highway through Roswell, Highway 70. It was Mr. Johnson who addressed the New Mexico legislature and got them to set up the machinery to set up the first highway department so that they would be eligible to receive the first federal aid for the construction of new roads.
He was the one to prove to the U. S. Army years ago that the roads over the U. S. were not good enough for the transportation of troops from one coast to the other. To prove this he got the Army to transport by truck a number of soldiers. On this trip it was found that the roads and bridges over the country were not adequate to transport these troops for national defense. That was the beginning of the highways we have today.
Dr. Johnson has received letters from four different Presidents, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt, commending him on his work on road construction.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Catherine Balcomb of Albuquerque, and by two sons, Rodrick Johnson and Herrick Johnson, both of Ruidoso, and by eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. His wife and children were with him at the time of his passing.
A Ballard funeral coach brought the remains to Roswell Thursday night.
Roswell Daily Record
Sunday December 7, 1941
Funeral Services For Dr. Johnson This Afternoon
Funeral services for Dr. Samuel W. Johnson, Ph.D., who died Thursday night at eleven o'clock at Carrizozo after an illness of two weeks will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock from the Stetson school house in the White Mountains with the Rev. J. H. Schutt conducting the services. Music will be given by the choir of the Ruidoso church. Interment will be made in the Stetson cemetery, under the direction of the Ballard Funeral Home.
Dr. Johnson was born in Ohio, July 8, 1860. He was educated at Parsons college at Corning, Iowa, and after graduating he entered the Princeton Theological Seminary at Princeton, N. J., where he received his Ph.D. degree. He was active in the ministry of the Presbyterian church for twenty years, when he was forced to retire in 1909 for health reasons.
Dr. Johnson the moved to New Mexico and purchased the White Mountain Inn farm and was owner at the time of his death.
In 1915 he started working on national highway improvement. He then moved to Washington. He was one of the five men who drafted the first bill for improved highways. He was also the author of the bill that authorized the building of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, a construction costing between 15 and 20 millions. He was also the one to draft the bill that authorized the United States Army to turn over to the different states all the old world war excess equipment for the construction of their roads. After the bill was passed the state of New Mexico had Mr. Johnson to look after their interest in getting this equipment and it was said that nearly all of the equipment that was turned over to the state of New Mexico was all new.
It was Mr. Johnson that got the United States government to run a transcontinental highway through Roswell, Highway 70. It was Mr. Johnson who addressed the New Mexico legislature and got them to set up the machinery to set up the first highway department so that they would be eligible to receive the first federal aid for the construction of new roads.
He was the one to prove to the U. S. Army years ago that the roads over the U. S. were not good enough for the transportation of troops from one coast to the other. To prove this he got the Army to transport by truck a number of soldiers. On this trip it was found that the roads and bridges over the country were not adequate to transport these troops for national defense. That was the beginning of the highways we have today.
Dr. Johnson has received letters from four different Presidents, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt, commending him on his work on road construction.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Catherine Balcomb of Albuquerque, and by two sons, Rodrick Johnson and Herrick Johnson, both of Ruidoso, and by eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. His wife and children were with him at the time of his passing.
A Ballard funeral coach brought the remains to Roswell Thursday night.
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