Ophelia Arnold

b. 5 June 1894, d. 7 December 1968
  • Ophelia Arnold was born on 5 June 1894 in Mississippi.
  • She married William Homer Johnson, son of George W. Johnson and Rebecca L. Rikard, on 7 September 1913 in Riverton, Colbert County, Alabama.
  • William Homer Johnson registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, while living in Belmont with his wife Ophelia, self-employed there as a merchant.
  • William Homer Johnson and Ophelia Arnold appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, enumerated next to the household of Bud's brother Sam. Other members of the household included Edgar T. Johnson, Dexter D. Johnson and Maude Mae Johnson. Son Edgar (age 21) was identified as William E. Johnson in 1880. Bud's sister Maude (age 26) is identified as Mollie Smith, and she and her two children also are enumerated in 1920 in the Tishomingo County household of her sister Eva Goss.
  • William Homer Johnson and Ophelia Arnold appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, at East Port Road. Other members of the household included Dexter D. Johnson and Ray Warren Johnson.
  • William Homer Johnson and Ophelia Arnold appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Ray Warren Johnson. Also was grandson William Borden (age 13.)
  • Ophelia Arnold became a widow at the 8 December 1946 death of her husband William Homer Johnson.
  • Ophelia Arnold died on 7 December 1968 at age 74.
  • She was interred at Mount Evergreen Cemetery, Iuka, Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
  • Last Edited: 3 Jun 2015

Family: William Homer Johnson b. 27 March 1880, d. 8 December 1946