Ermina Augusta Johnson

Ermina Augusta Johnson

Ermina Augusta Johnson Benchley, 1849-1939

• Father: Orange Johnson b. 1825, d. 1891
• Mother: Hannah Hixon b. circa 1828

• Ermina Augusta Johnson was born in 1849 in Michigan.
• She was known as Augusta.
• Orange Johnson and Hannah Hixon appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Eaton County, Michigan. Other members of the household included Ermina Augusta Johnson, Clemena A. Johnson.
• Orange Johnson and Hannah Hixon appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Oneida, Eaton County, Michigan. Other members of the household included Ermina Augusta Johnson, Clemena A. Johnson, Truman Johnson, Ida Johnson and Loren Johnson.
• Orange Johnson and Hannah Hixon, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Oneida Township, Eaton County, Michigan. Other members of the household included Ermina Augusta Johnson, Truman Johnson, Ida Johnson and Ada Johnson.
• She married Merritt R. Benchley, son of Nathan Benchley and Mary L. (?), say 1878.
• Merritt R. Benchley and Ermina Augusta Johnson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Middlebury, Wyoming County, New York. Other members of the household included Walter Benchley and Mary L. (?)
• Mrs. M. R. Benchley of Dale, New York, was a granddaughter.
• Ermina Augusta Johnson became a widow at the 21 April 1925 death of her husband Merritt R. Benchley.
• Ermina Augusta Johnson died on 21 April 1939.
• She was interred at Dale Cemetery, Middlebury, Wyoming County, New York.

• Last Edited: 21 Jun 2011