William Franklin Johnson

William Franklin Johnson

• Father: Alfred T. Johnson b. circa 1845, d. December 1890
• Mother: Mary E. Kent b. circa 1847, d. December 1889

• William Franklin Johnson was born on 13 October 1868 in Sharp County, Arkansas.
• Alfred T. Johnson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Piney Fork Township, Sharp County, Arkansas, enumerated next to the household of his parents. Other members of the household included William Franklin Johnson, Joseph Thomas Johnson. Alfred's wife Mary was not enumerated in the household (?)
• Alfred T. Johnson and Mary E. Kent appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Sullivan Township, Sharp County, Arkansas. Other members of the household included William Franklin Johnson, Joseph Thomas Johnson, Ira Johnson, Henry M. Johnson, Effie Johnson, Alfred Johnson and Harman Johnson.
• He was attending school and working on the farm, according to the 1880 census.
• He married Annie Alzada Martin, daughter of George Martin, circa 1888.
• William Franklin Johnson and Annie Alzada Martin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Sullivan, Sharp County, Arkansas. Other members of the household included Minnie L. Johnson, Bertha Virginia Johnson, Eunice L. Johnson and Sally A. Johnson.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
• William Franklin Johnson and Annie Alzada Martin appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Childress, Childress County, Texas. Other members of the household included Bertha Virginia Johnson, Eunice L. Johnson, Sally A. Johnson, Viola W. Johnson and Jewell Johnson.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
• William Franklin Johnson and Annie Alzada Martin appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Childress, Texas. Other members of the household included Bertha Virginia Johnson, Sally A. Johnson, Viola W. Johnson, Jewell Johnson, Whitt Franklin Johnson and Vernon A. Johnson.
• He was employed as a salesman by a grocery store, according to the 1920 census.
• William Franklin Johnson and Annie Alzada Martin appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Childress, Childress County, Texas, at 700 Avenue D. Other members of the household included Bertha Virginia Johnson, Viola W. Johnson, Whitt Franklin Johnson and Vernon A. Johnson.
• He was proprietor of a grocery store, according to the 1930 census.
• William Franklin Johnson and Annie Alzada Martin appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Childress, Texas, at 700 Avenue D. Other members of the household included Bertha Virginia Johnson and Vernon A. Johnson.
• William Franklin Johnson died on 24 May 1947 at age 78 in Childress, Childress County, Texas, at 700 Avenue D NE at his residence . Informant was Mrs. B. J. Teague, Childress.
• The following appeared on 24 May 1947 in a local newspaper: W. F. Johnson, 78-year-old retired grocery merchant, died at 1:20 Saturday afternoon after an illness of several weeks.
       Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the First Methodist Church with Rev. Fletcher S. Crowe, pastor, officiating. He will be assisted by Rev. W. H. Colson and Rev. Irwin Johnson.
       Pallbearers will be Tom Roberson, Arch Hayes, R. D. McBride, Fred Mitchell, Joe gibson and Percy Merrick. Burial will be in the Childress Cemetery by Newberry Funeral Home.
       William Franklin Johnson was born in Maxwell, Ark., October 13, 1868, and moved to Childress in 1901. He farmed until 1914 and moved into town and went into the grocery business. He retired from the grocery business in 1938.
       Survivors include his widow, two sons, Whitt and Vernon Johnson, both of childress; five daughters, Mrs. B. J. Teague, Mrs. Viola Johnson, and Miss Bertha Johnson, all of childress; Mrs. Paul O'Neal of wilmington, Del., and Mrs. E. J. Campbell of Waco; nne grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
• Annie Alzada Martin became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Childress Cemetery, Childress, Childress County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 12 Jan 2017