OHIO Family Group Sheets

HUSBAND:                                  Jesse JOHNSON
date and place of birth:           abt. May 1, 1797           
date and place of marriage:   Sept. 28,1820 Clark Co. OH
other marriages:                       0
military service:
date and place of death:           Oct. 12, 1829  Champaign Co. OH     
father:                                            James JOHNSON, Rev.
mother:                                         UNKN.
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WIFE:                                            Mellatiah WHITTRIDGE/WHITREDGE
date and place of birth:           ca. 1801 Mass.
other marriages:                       John DILTZ
date and place of marriage:  Feb 1, 1831  Champaign Co. OH
date and place of death:         July 11, 1863, Champaign Co. OH     
father:                                          Joseph (Capt.) WHITTRIDGE/WHITREDGE
mother:                                        Abigail FOSTER?
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CHILD 1:                                      Infnt.   JOHNSON
date and place of birth:           1821   Champaign Co. OH
married:
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
date and place of death:         1821     Champaign Co. OH
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CHILD 2:                                      H.? JOHNSON  
date and place of birth:           1823    Champaign Co. OH
married:
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
date and place of death:           unkn.
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CHILD 3:                                       Mary? JOHNSON
date and place of birth:           1825 Champaign Co. OH
married:   
date and place of marriage:   
other marriages:
date and place of death:           unkn.
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CHILD 4:                                      Abigail? JOHNSON
date and place of birth:           unkn. Champaign Co. OH
married:
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
date and place of death:         unkn.  
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CHILD 5:                                        Joseph W JOHNSON
date and place of birth:           1827 Champaign Co. OH
married:                                       Luretha BALDWIN
date and place of marriage:   Jun.5, 1851 Champaign Co. OH
other marriages:
date and place of death:          1902 Champaign Co. OH

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CHILD 6:                                      James JOHNSON        
date and place of birth:           1829 Champaign Co. OH
married:                                       Mary M WOODWARD
date and place of marriage:    1859 Champaign Co. OH
other marriages:                          0
date and place of death:         1902     Champaign Co. OH          

SOURCES:     Clark Co. Marriage Records; Beers History of Champaign Co. OH pg. 838; Tombstones & DAR Records of Union Chapel Cemetery, Union Twp. Champaign Co. OH; Champaign Co. OH Marriage Records;  Obits from Champaign Co. newspapers found in old Johnson Family Bibles. Champaign and Clark Co. Public Libraries.  OH census, Cable Cemetery Records.  Lisbon and Fletcher's Chapel Cemetery Records and Tombstones, Clark Co. OH.   Autpbiography of Thomas Worthington Whitredge (1/2 brother).
 
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NOTES: Union Chapel Cemetery: there are  2 identical stones for the spouses of Mellitiah JOHNSON-DILTZ and John DILTZ.  Mel and John's 1st wife share 1, and Jesse JOHNSON and John DILTZ share the other. There are missing tombstones on one side of the JOHNSON-DILTZ monuments, possibly the daughters of Mel?   A young child "Jesse JOHNSON, son of J and M JOHNSON" is buried on the opposite side of the Johnson-Diltz tombstones.    An identical stone sits next to it with the inscription "Frank JOHNSON, son of J and M JOHNSON"  Dates not fully legible, but believe these children  belong to James and Mary Woodward Johnson, who are buried on the other side of these tombstones.  There seems to be some discrepancy between daughters name between "Abigail" from 1 source and "Mary" from another.  It could've been the same person as often nicknames or middle names were often used.  But in 1830 census, Mellitiah Johns{t}on is listed as head of household.  There are 4 children listed; 2 boys under the age of 5, and 2, which accounts for Joseph and James,  and 2 girls listed between the ages of 5 - 10,   There are several spellings of "Mellitiah/etc."  -  " WHITTREDGE/WHITRIDGE/ETC"
Updated: 10/3/2004
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