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Scott County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Daughter of Willa Viley and Lydia Smith Viley. Married to George Washington Johnson. Mother of of Eliza Woolfolk Johnson, Willa Viley Johnson, Madison Conyers Johnson, Martha Lydia Johnson, Junius Ward Johnson, Warren Viley Johnson, Henry Viley Johnson, and Euclid Lane Johnson. Resident in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned twenty-six enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860.
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First governor of the provisional Confederate government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Georgetown, Kentucky, native. Son of William Johnson and Betsy Payne Johnson. Married to Ann Viley Johnson on August 20, 1833. Father of Eliza Woolfolk Johnson, Willa Viley Johnson, Madison Conyers Johnson, Martha Lydia Johnson, Junius Ward Johnson, Warren Viley Johnson, Henry Viley Johnson, and Euclid Lane Johnson. Educated at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Practiced law in Georgetown, Kentucky. Planter in Scott County, Kentucky, and Helena, Arkansas. Member of the Democratic Party. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Scott County from 1838 to 1840. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Owned twenty-six enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860. Member of the Southern Rights Party. First provisional Confederate governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from November 20, 1861, to April 8, 1862. Served as an aide to Confederate General John C. Breckinridge. Served in the 4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from April 6, 1862 to April 8, 1862. Died on April 8, 1862 from wounds sustained at the Battle of Shiloh.
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Quincy, Illinois, minister, chaplain, and soldier. Evansville, Indiana, native. Married to Sarah J. Jaquess. Father of Maggie W. Jaquess, Laura J. Jacquess, and William G. Jaquess. Graduated from Asbury University in Greencastle, Indiana, with undergraduate, A.M., and D.D. degrees. Licensed as a minister in 1847. Admitted to the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. President of Illinois Female College at Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1849. Resumed preaching in 1855. Served in the 6th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as chaplain and colonel to August 21, 1862. Served in the 73rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment as colonel from August 1862 to January 1865. Special agent to President Abraham Lincoln in July 1864. Commandant of Camp Nelson and superintendent of of the Colored Refugee Home at Camp Nelson, charged with its dismantling, from August 23, 1865.
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Seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana. Located on the Ohio River.
Seat of Adams County, Illinois. Located on the Mississippi River.
Settlement in Hardin County, Tennessee. Located on the Tennessee River.
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Madam
The sad tidings of
You may be assured that your deceased husband had every possible attention and every thing was done that could be done to alleviate his sufferings, and smooth his descent to the dark valey and shadow of death. I sang several hymns to him besides talking with him freely for all of which he seemed truly gratful
I am compelled to write in great haste, should you wish any farther particulars, I will gladly communicate any information that I may be in possession of at your request
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I would state that Mr. Johnson was wounded in that dreadful battle of
Yours truly
J. F. Jaquess