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Samuel F. Johnson (Leavenworth Count, Kansas, druggist and soldier)

b. 1824 d. 1898

Leavenworth County, Kansas, druggist and soldier. Ohio native. Married to Mary E. Ellis Johnson in Christian County, Kentucky, on July 24, 1850. Father of Martha Johnson, Ansella Johnson, and Morris Johnson. Methodist Episcopal Church minister in Christian County in 1850. Druggist in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) as captain from September 6, 1862, to September 23, 1863. Served in the 52nd Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry (U.S.A.) as major and lieutenant colonel from March 3, 1863, to January 18, 1865. Served in the 17th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) as colonel from April 25, 1865, to September 20, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 423B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kansas Territory, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth, p. 587.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #000465562, p. 182.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 90.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0453.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 139.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #683273, Certificate #473695.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 506.

Find A Grave, "Samuel F. Johnson (1824-1898)," Memorial #X13175869, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13175869 (accessed October 13, 2020).

Citation

Johnson, Samuel F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202777 (November 12, 2026).

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