Ebenezer Wiley Johnson

Ebenezer Wiley Johnson

• Father: James Johnson
• Mother: Martha (?)

• Ebenezer Wiley Johnson was born on 5 May 1844 in Red Clay, Whitfield County, Georgia.
• He married Frances Louisa McMillan, daughter of Alexander Campbell McMillan and Louisa Freelove Melton, circa 1870.
• Ebenezer Wiley Johnson and Frances Louisa McMillan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mattie L. Johnson, Luther Alexander Johnson, James S. Johnson and Ernest N. Johnson.
• He was a drygoods merchant, according to the 1880 census.
• Ebenezer Wiley Johnson and Frances Louisa McMillan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, at West 6th Avenue. Other members of the household included Ernest N. Johnson, Frances L. Johnson, Robert Douglas Johnson, Wiley N. Johnson, William Hugh Johnson, Sloan Johnson, Minnie Johnson, Alexander Campbell McMillan and Mollie C. McMillan.
• He was a drygoods merchant, according to the 1900 census.
• Ebenezer Wiley Johnson and Frances Louisa McMillan appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, at 429 West 6th Avenue. Other members of the household included Wiley N. Johnson, William Hugh Johnson, Sloan Johnson, Minnie Johnson, Mollie C. McMillan and Minnie McMillan.
• He was a dry goods retailer, according to the 1910 census.
• Ebenezer Wiley Johnson and Frances Louisa McMillan appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, at 420 West 6th Avenue. Other members of the household included Sloan Johnson and Minnie Johnson.
• He was a retired merchant, according to the 1920 census.
• Ebenezer Wiley Johnson died on 23 December 1924 at age 80.
• His wife Frances Louisa McMillan became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 24 December 1924 in the Dallas Morning News: E. Wiley Johnson, 80 years old, died Tuesday morning at 2:40 o'clock in the family home on West Sixth avenue, after suffering from a stroke of paralysis since Saturday at noon. The funeral will take place Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock from the Third Avenue Presbyterian Church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. The Rev. ??on T. Jones, pastor of the church, will conduct the services. FINISH.

• Last Edited: 7 Apr 2007