Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Joseph Johnson

Full Name: William Joseph Johnson
Birth date: February 15, 1845
Death date: 1915

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
(3) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

21st Legislature (1889) - William J. Johnson, postoffice Mount Pleasant, nativity Tennessee, age 44, merchant, 31 years in Texas, Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
W.J. Johnson (1845-1915), burial in Edwards Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Titus County, wife Sarah A. Johnson (1849-1915). Cemeteries of Texas 2000.
Census of 1870 - William Johnson, Titus County, age 25, born circa 1845 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Allice.
W.J. Johnson and Susan Alice Armstrong, parents of Jennie June Johnson, birth date 9/27/1879 in Titus County.
Census of 1880 - William J. Johnson, Titus County, age 35, born circa 1845 in Tennessee, editor and publisher, wife Susan A.
Census of 1900 - William Johnson, Titus County, age 55, born February 1845 in Tennessee, merchant, wife Susan A.
Census of 1910 - W.J. Johnson, Mount Pleasant, Titus County, no age listed, born in Tennessee, wife Alice. FamilySearch . Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 1910

W.J. Johnson, burial in Edwards Cemetery, Titus County, spouse Sarah Alice Armstrong Johnson (1849-1925). No grave marker photo. Find a Grave .
Mentioned, pp. 75, 111, 112. W.J. Johnson published a newspaper called The Patron. Courtesy Franklin County Genealogical Society. History of Titus County, Texas, 1846 to 1960 1961.
William Joseph Johnson, Democrat, merchant, age 44 in 1889, born in Tennessee. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
Biographical sketch, W.I. Johnson, p. 240. Born 2/15/1845 in Bedford County, Tennessee, married S.A. Armstrong of Upshur County in 1865, edited newspaper in Franklin and Titus counties. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Confederate States Army, 1st Texas Cavalry. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.