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Adolph
Benjamin Johnson Sr. Charles A. Johnson Adolph B.
Johnson (1849–1911) was the son of a Swedish couple
who died in Hudene Parish, Sweden. He
emigrated to the United States in 1867. Margaret "Maggie" Dorris (1861–1933) was born in Van Buren County, Arkansas, but by 1880 she was living in her mother's home on Sears Street in Denison, Texas. In 1881 she married Adolph Johnson. By 1887, Adolph had set himself up as a "merchant tailor" at 108 West Main Street. That year, the Denison City Directory said that he lived above the shop. Four years later, in 1891, he and Maggie were rooming at 321 West Morton Street. Later they acquired the property and lived there until Adolph's death in 1911. Maggie was still living there in 1930.
Advertisement for A. B. Johnson Merchant Tailor Adolph Johnson had a brother named Emil Johnson (1860–1951).
He arrived in
the United States from Sweden in 1885. His first wife was Marie L.,
with whom
he had as many as six children. By 1891 he had joined Adolph in the
Denison
tailor shop. In 1893, Emil married Adda
B. McMillan (1858–1911). In 1895, they had a daughter,
Luella. The 1910
Census found the couple living in St. Louis, Missouri, where Emil
worked as a
tailor. Adda passed away in 1911, as did Emil's brother Adolph. By 1913
Emil
was back in Denison, living alone at 412 South Fannin Avenue. Adolph and Maggie Johnson had five
children: Eva
Johnson Puckett (1884–1949); Lottie Johnson
Rockwell Anderson (1886–1958); Charles A. (18821954); Harry
(1890–?); and
Adolph Benjamin Jr. (1885–1958). By 1909, Charles had
joined his father in
the merchant tailor shop, now called A. B. Johnson & Son. The
store had
moved to 228 West Main Street. The 1910 Census listed Adolph as a
tailor in
"own store"; Charlie was a tailor in "father's store"; and
Lottie was a saleslady in a millinery shop. That year Eva had married Justus Garfield Puckett, a clerk in a
railroad office, and the couple lived a few doors away from Adolph and
Maggie. On November 6, 1911, Adolph Johnson
passed away. He
was buried in Denison's Oakwood
Cemetery, as was his wife Maggie. In 1913, according to the City
Directory, Charles A.
Johnson was a merchant tailor at 409 West Main and was living with his
mother
at 321 West Morton. His uncle Emil had returned to town and was working
with
him in the tailor shop. At this point, Lottie Johnson was a
stenographer at W.
D. Collins Safe & Fixture
Company. She boarded at 331 West Heron Street. Charles was living in Sulphur
Springs, Texas, when
he registered for the draft for World War I. On July 12, 1919, he
married Mary C. Curran (1882–1975) in Denison. Mary
had moved there from Parsons, Kansas, with her widowed mother after
1905. Charlie spent the rest of his life working as a men's tailor in downtown Denison. He and Mary lived at 622 West Owings Street. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage on January 1, 1954. Mary lived a long time after that, passing away in Houston, Texas, at age 91, on January 6, 1973. Both were buried in Calvary Cemetery in Denison. They had one child, Mary V. Johnson.  Detail, Mural of Early Denison Shops. Mural by Vicki Roberson. Located at 200 West Main Street, along South Austin Avenue. Depicts storefronts in 100 block West Main Street, south side, late 1800s  Biography Index Denison History Swedish-American Research Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
