WILLIAM HENRY CLAY JOHNSON

 

 

 

SURNAMES: JOHNSON, GILLETT, FLOWERS, BOWLES, BOYLES, WAGNON, WARD, ALLEN, FALCONER, BRAN, NUM, BLETCH, SEARS, OWEN, BURKE, COBB.

     William Henry Clay Johnson, b February 24,1825 in Tennessee, d May 14, 1893 at Reagan, Falls County, Texas and buried in Johnson Cemetery - was a son of Hezekiah George Johnson, b 1797 in South Carolina, and his wife, Elizabeth, b 1799 in Tennessee. In 1850, the family was living in Montgomery County, Texas with ten children - four of whom were born in Alabama before the family moved to The Republic of Texas in 1836.

     On July 15, 1873 in Falls County, Texas, W. H. C. Johnson was married to Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth (Gillett) Flowers, b May 11, 1842 in Texas, d January 3, 1923 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas and buried there in Calvary Cemetery - a daughter of Reverend Ro- swell and Martha S. (Bowles) Gillett, who settled about 1833 in Texas (then Mexico). W. H. C. had been married twice previously, but both wives died without issue soon after their marriages. He and Hannah lived in his log cabin at Reagan, where six of their seven children were born:

     Mary Telephus Johnson, b April 23, 1874 - married first on November 24, 1892 to Francis Marion Boyles, who died in 1917; married second on March 19, 1919 to Reverend Andrew Asbury Wagnon, and had six children.

     Maldanetta Cowan Johnson, b November 5,1875, d 1912 - married on August 7,1894 to Ben F. Ward, and had seven children - including Mary Frances Ward, who married Walter Allen - son of Dr. Walter H. and Nettie (Falconer) Allen, of Marlin.

     Hezekiah George Johnson, b February 16, 1878, d February 29, 1960 - married ca 1909 to Mary Brannum, who died in 1943. He married second to Mrs. Laura (Bletch) Sears. Hezekiah and Mary had one daughter, Helen Johnson.

     Bessie Lena Johnson, b September 3, 1879, d September 3,1961- married Walter Wyche Owen, and had four children.

     Lillie Myrtle Johnson, b March 11, 1881- married June 10, 1900 to Ernest Robbins Boyles.

     Leona Pearl Johnson, b November 30, 1882, died at Reagan - married December 11, 1904 to Zebulon A. Burke, who died April 1963 and buried at Reagan. They had Elizaabeth Burke, and W. Zebulon Burke.

     Frances Gillett Johnson, b February 9, 1886, d July 16, 1970 in Marlin, Texas - married November 16,1911 to Henry Lawrence Cobb.

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 252 Column 2.  
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