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5 - FLOYD EDWARD "BUCK" JOHNSON,
( 5th. Born to Floyd and Dorthy )
Born:
5-23-1913
Died: 1-20-1957
Married:
8-4-1931
Lewis Co., WV.
DOVIE DORRIS GARRISON, Born: 1914
Children: N/A
After "Buck’s " death, Dove remarried: Ferrell Friend
6 - GANNATH IRENE JOHNSON,
( 6th. Born to Floyd and Dorthy )
Born:
4-18-1915
Died 6-19-1974
Married:
1-28-1929
RUSSELL TINNEY, Born: 6-12-1907
Died: 7-17-1972
Irene and
Russell’s children: 1. Leah Ann Tinney
2. George Tinney
1. Leah Ann Tinney, ( 1st. Born to Irene and Russell )
Born:
Died:
Married:
Casto
Children:
Leah Ann ( Tinney ) Casto
9809 Basson Drive
Houston, Texas 77025
2. George Tinney, ( 2nd. Born to Irene and Russell )
Born:
Died:
Married:
Children:
7 - SUSAN INEZ LOUISE JOHNSON,
( 7th. Born to Floyd and Dorthy )
Born:
8-24-1917
Died: 1-28-1989
Married:
9-11-1938
ERNEST HOLT DAVIS, Born: 9-15-1910
Died: 7-28-1983
S/O Lewis Ellis Davis
Inez and Ernest’s children: 1. Ernest Lynn Davis
1. Ernest Lynn Davis, ( 1st born to Inez and Ernest )
Born: 4-14-1947
Died:
Married: 9-1-1966
Divorced:
Mary Louise Stern, Born: 4-24-1947
D/O Lewis Henry Stern
Ernest and Mary’s children: 1. Janet Lynn Davis
1. Janet Lynn Davis, ( 1st. Born to Ernest and Mary )
Born: 6-30-1968
Died:
Married: 6-6-1992
Thomas Glenn Dufour, Born: 1-27-1956
Died:
Ernest Lynn Davis
2nd. Marriage; ( twice married Mary Louise Stern )
Mary Louise Stern
Married: 5-15-1971
Divorced:
Ernest and Mary’s children this marriage: 1. Rada Susane Davis
1. Rada Susane Davis, ( 1st. Born 2nd. Marriage Ernest
and Mary )
Born: 9-18-1973
Died:
Married: N/A
Ernest Lynn Davis
3rd. Marriage
Married: 9-30-1985
Linda Marie ( Hayes ) Mellan
D/O Glenn Ray Hayes
Children: N/A
Ernest’s Step-son: Melvan Erran Mellan, III
Born: 5-1-1975
8 - JOHN MARSHALL JOHNSON,
( 8th. Born to Floyd and Dorthy )
Born:
3-16-1920
Died: 5-29-1970
Married:
2-9-1944
RACHEL TYLER, Born:
Died: 12-13-1957
John
and Rachel’s children: 1. Tyler Johnson
2. Mary Ann Johnson
3. Grady Joe Johnson
Tyler, Mary Ann, and Grady Joe, were very small when Rachel died.
Tyler and Mary Ann were adopted by a family by the name of Vance. Grady, was adopted by Rachel’s sister. Tyler goes by the name of Vance and Grady by the name of Hemphill. Marshall remarried - - - - - -.
1. Tyler ( Johnson ), Vance, ( 1st. Born to Marshall
and Rachel )
Born: 4-16-1950
Died:
Married:
Ren’ee__________
Tyler and Ren’ee children: 1. Alisa Ren’ee Vance
1. Alisa Ren’ee Vance, ( 1st. Born to Tyler and Ren’ee )
Born: 10-10-1969
2. Mary Ann ( Johnson ) , Vance, ( 2nd. Born to Marshall and
Rachel )
Born: 2-10-1953
Died:
Married: 8-21-1971
Gerald Nunley, Born: 6-14-1953
Mary Ann and Gerald’s children: 1. Kasey Ann Nunley
2. Allison Nunley
1. Kasey Ann Nunley, ( 1st born to Mary Ann and Gerald )
Born: 4-5-1975
Died:
Married:
2. Allison Nunley, ( 2nd. Born to Mary Ann and Gerald )
Born:
Died:
Married:
3. Grady Joe ( Johnson ), Hemphill, ( 3rd. Born to Marshall
and Rachel )
Born: 8-21-1955
Died:
Married:
John Marshall Johnson
2nd. Marriage:
Married: 5-26-1962
Elizabeth Freeze
After Marshall’s death in 1970, Elizabeth remarried; Her married name Stinson
Elizabeth died October 26, 1995
9 - JAMES BURNELL JOHNSON,
( 9th born to Floyd and Dorthy )
Born:
1-2-1922
Died: 11-28-1985
Married:
6-19-1954
NORMA A. SAMPLES, Born: 12-13-1926
Died:
Burnell and Norma’s children: 1. Kenneth Brent Johnson
1. Kenneth Brent Johnson, ( 1st. Born to Burnell and Norma
)
Born: 4-29-1957
Died:
Married: 3-24-1979
Ann Gordon, Born: 7-5-1957
Died:
Brent and Ann’s children: 1. Jessica Ann Johnson
2. Jeremy Brent Johnson
1. Jessica Ann Johnson, ( 1st. Born to Brent and Ann )
Born: 4-1-1987
Died:
Married:
2. Jeremy Brent Johnson, ( 2nd. Born to Brent and Ann )
Born: 4-5-1989
Died:
Married:
James Burnell Johnson served in the military service and was Honorable
Discharged: 11-15-1945
age 23
I do not know to much about Floyd and Dorthy, for when I first knew them they were living on Old Woman’s Run. I do not know where they lived before then. That was in June 1952, and Floyd was working as janitor at the Braxton County courthouse in Sutton then. He retired from there in January of 1957 and died April 2, 1957. Dorthy, told me he was carrying the mail when Burnell was born and had been away from home a day or two when, Burnell, was born. When Floyd, heard he was born and him gone he fainted. Dorthy, always got a laugh out of it when she talked about it. As far as any other jobs he had, I do not know about. But, I think he worked at the courthouse for several years.
Burnell, was born in Sutton, West Virginia, on January 2, 1922. He was inducted into the U.S. Army on October 16, 1942, at the court house in Sutton, Wva. He was honorably discharged on November 15, 1945 at the Seperation center at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He served in the European Theater in the battle of Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and central Europe. He received the Good Conduct medal, American Theater Service Ribbon, European African Middle Eastern Service Ribbon, Meritorious Unit Award, World War II Victory Ribbon, and the Bronze Star Medal. I have certificates showing after being in the service, he completed courses in “Business Management for International Harvester, a welding school in Ohio, and finished a course at Mergenthaler Linotype School in New York for linotype machinists.” Before we were married he was a partner with his brother, “Buck”, in a Body and Paint Shop at Two Runs, just above Clay, West Virginia. And also a partner in the Clay County Free Press for a while, but, I do not know these exact dates. I only know for sure that he sold his interest in the Clay Free Press in 1954.
After we were married in June 19, !954, Burnell had a book binding business for a short while in Sutton, until he bought the Grantsville News and we moved to Grantsville in 1954. We had a printing shop, book binding and the newspaper combined under his company name of Grantsville Printing and Binding Company, Grantsville, Wva. until 1959. In January 1960, he was employed as machinist for the Waynesburg Daily Newspaper and was a Mechanical superintendent for the plant. Due to health reasons, he left Waynesburg, Pa., in 1964 and was employed at the State Record in Columbus, South Carolina, for about a year and a half. We than moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was employed 16 years at the Charlotte Observer as machinist, in the composing room, and special color ad setter. He retired on disability in July of 1984, and passed away on November 28, 1985, on Thanksgiving Day of an acute myocardial infraction. He was buried in Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, North Carolina. His hobbies included repairing small engine, fishing and restoring vintage Sunbeam cars. He had completely restored three Sunbeam before his death.
Sister: Virginia Sample
Married: Hugh H. Boggs, Jr.
Sister: Lenore Samples
Married: E. Ray Hardman
Sister: Dixie Samples
Married: John C. Hill
Work record; Worked 11 years as Financial Secretary of the Clay County Superintendent of schools, Clay, West Virginia, after graduating from Clay County High School in 1942.
Left Clay County when we were married in 1954, to work in our own printing business in Grantsville, for 5 years.
Did not work for six years while Brent was small.
While we lived in Columbus, South Carolina, I worked as a private secretary for the Director of the State Nursing board for one year.
After moving to Charlotte, North Carolina, I worked as a mathmatician for an industrial engineer, accounts payable clerk for an interior decorating firm, and retired from the Federal Government after 16 years for them. I was a word processor and computer operator. Retiring in March of 1992. I worked a total of 42 years in various jobs before retiring.
I received two certificates from Palmer College in Columbus, South Carolina - one in Speedwriting and one in Medical Terminology.
I am a charter member of the Idlewild ARP Church in Charlotte, and have belonged there for 24 years, and a membber of the National Ass. of Retired Federal Employees.
Brent Johnson - - -
Brent, was born April 29, 1957 in Charleston, West Virginia. he is a graduate of Independance High School, has an associate degree in Computer Science from CPCC (Central Piedmont Community College) and a BS degree in Business Administration from Pfeiffer College, Charlotte Campus. he is employed as a computer specialist for Check Solutions, a company based in memphis, Tennessee, but, works at their facility here in Chalotte, N.C.
Brent’s wife:
Patrica Ann “Ann” (Gordon) Johnson
D/O James S. and Patrica (Myatt)
Gordonf
Charlotte, North Carolina (parents
deceased)
Patrica’s brother:
James Mathew Gordon
“Ann” is a graduate of East Mecklenburg High School and has a BS degree in Business Administration from Pfeiffer College, Charlotte, campus.
She is employed at Nationbank, Charlotte, in the corporate investments department
Brent and Ann’s children: Jessica
Ann, born 1987
Jeremy Brent, born 1989
In the state of West Virginia in the county of Braxton; in the clerk’s office of the County Commission, it being the office of record do hereby certify that the records in this office show FLOYD JOHNSON, was born FLOYD JOHNSTON, in the county of Braxton and state of West Virginia, on the 2nd. of April, 1883. The parents were Benny T. Johnston, father and Mary L. Johnston, mother. Recorded in birth record No. 1 at page 160.
In the state of West Virginia in the county of Braxton; in the clerk’s office of the County Commission; it being an office of record do hereby certify that the records in this office show DORTHY IRENE GREENE , was born in the county of Braxton and state of West Virginia, on the 21st. of January, 1891. The parents were John M. Greene, father and Susan Greene, mother. Recorded in birth record No. 2.
In the county of Braxton, in the state of West Virginia to-wit: in the office of the County Commission in and for the said county and state ( the same being a court of Record ) for the Records of Marriage, do certify said records show that FLOYD JOHNSON whose age was 23 years and DORTHY IRENE GREENE, whose age was 15 years were married by J.C.Reese at the home of the brides parents on the 9th. Day of November 1905. Recorded in Marriage Book No. 6, page 421.
NOTE: Floyd Johnston was the second born to Benjamin T. Johnston and Mary Louisa ( Brown ) Johnston. Birth Certificate verifies. The marriage certificate of Floyd and Dorthy shows Johnson ( without the (t) ).
After their marriage, they lived at Little Buffalo near Sutton, Braxton County. Later moving to Sutton, living at the upper end of Main Street in an apartment building. Floyd worked for the county. His work entailed janitorial procedures in the Braxton County Courthouse. They built a home on “ Old Woman’s Run “. Most of the carpenter work done by their son J. E. Edgil Johnson.
On April 2, 1957, seventy-four years to the day ( born April 2, 1883 ), Floyd passed away. Cause of death, carcinoma of the stomach. Floyd and Dorthy were together for 52 years. Interment in the Bealls Mills Cemetery, Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia.
Mother of nine ( 9 ); Occupation “ housewife “.
- advisor, trouble shooter, referee, consultant,’ chief cook and bottle
washer’, preparative of all things.
- nurse, doctor, quite an occupation,
beyond “ housewife “.Different from today ? In some ways still the same.
- in those ‘ good ol days’ the labor was far from today’s generalization of the term “ housewife “. There was also the garden work and then preparing for the harvest for storing. The lending an extra hand in the fields to a relative or neighbor.
- she was a strong built lady, or it may have seemed, a very pretty lady; jovial, seemed she was always smiling, if only with her eyes, and easy going. That was my brief impression.
- her background, bloodline, was generated from strong and tough ancestry. The families of Skidmore, Lyons, Greene, Cooper, being some of the first pioneer families to settle in the Sutton , Braxton County ,(western ) Virginia Area.
Although, my brief visits were made memorable, it would leave one to have wished for many such privileges. There are perhaps many of you that have your own memories. The grand-children are the only link to those memories today, and two daughters in-law. Burnell’s wife, Norma, and Boyd’s wife Eliza.
The children of Dorthy and Floyd are as well all deceased.
- Gertrude, in 1928; Genevieve, 1981; Boyd, 1975; J.E. Edgil, 1981; Floyd "Buck", 1957; Irene, 1974: Inez, 1989; Marshall, 1970; Burnell, 1985;
Dorthy Irene ( Greene ) Johnson, was 78 years 2 months 8 days, when she passed away on March 13, 1969. Cause of death, coronary thrombosis, arteriosclerotic vascular disease. Interment Bealls Mills Cemetery, Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia on March 15, 1969.
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