Hayes Johnson

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Resolutions and Journal entries

• District No. 35 - Hayes Johnson, Mt. Pleasant. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

• Obituary and photo, "Final Rites for Hays Johnson, Sr.," 4/21/1966, front page. Courtesy Mount Pleasant Public Library. Birth date 7/31/1890 in Morris County, death date 4/16/1966. State Representative. Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Texas).

Military Service Notes

• Jim Hayes Johnson, birth date 7/31/1890 in Omaha, Texas, inducted at Daingerfield 7/18/1918. Sergeant, 1/1/1919. Training Detachment Austin Texas and Motor Transport Corps Repair Unit #304. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
• Sergeant, MTCRU (Motor Transport Corps Repair Unit) 304. Jim Hayes Johnson, birth date 7/31/1890, residence in Mount Pleasant, death date 4/16/1966. FamilySearch United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
• United States Army, Sergeant, World War I. Military grave marker, Jim Hayes Johnson, Sr., birth date 7/31/1890, death date 4/16/1966, burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Titus County. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

• Jim Hayes Johnson, Sr., birth date 7/31/1890 in Morris County, residence in Mount Pleasant, Titus County, in 1942, draft registration in Titus County 4/27/1942. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. Ancestry.com.
• Census of 1900 - Hayes Johnson, Justice Precinct 3, Morris County, age 9, born July 1890 in Texas, mother Josie P. Johnson, sister Nora E. Johnson.
  Census of 1910 - Hayes Johnson, Omaha, Morris County, age 19, born circa 1891 in Texas, mother Josie P. Smith, stepfather Charley A. Smith, sister Nora Johnson.
  Census of 1920 - J.H. Johnson, Justice Precinct 5, Morris County, age 29, born circa 1891 in Texas, farmer, spouse Exa, daughter Lurline.
  Census of 1930 - Hays Johnson, Justice Precinct 5, Morris County, age 39, born circa 1891 in Texas, farmer, spouse Exa, daughter Lerlene, son Hays, Jr.
  Census of 1940 - Hays Johnson, Mount Pleasant, Titus County, age 48, born circa 1892 in Texas, last place of residence on 4/1/1935: rural, Morris County, Texas, manager & owner/automobile agency, spouse Exa, daughter Lurline, son Hays. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940
• Jim Hayes Johnson, birth date 7/31/1890 in Omaha, Texas, farmer, single, draft registration 6/5/1917 in Morris County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
• Candidate announcement, "Hayes Johnson Is Candidate for Representative," Talco Times (Talco, Texas), 6/2/1944, p. 1, crediting Red River County Public Library. "I was born and raised in Morris county and until the last few years lived in what is known as the Snow Hill community . . . I served in the Army in the other World War." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
• 49th Legislature (1945) - Hayes Johnson, postoffice Mount Pleasant, Titus County, nativity Texas, age 54 (born circa 1891); farmer, auto dealer, and merchant. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

• Photograph. Hayes Johnson, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 49th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

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