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The death record of Wm. Johnson, Jr gives mother as "Julia Hutchison". This is probably incorrect.
Wm. Johnson married Hattie Winslow the widow of Roger Baker as follows:
1) Julia Hutchison was Hattie's mother's name
2) Julia Hutchison and Edward Winslow married on July 7, 1850 in Russell
3) Edward and Julia Hutchison Winslow were in Illinois when Hattie was born in 1858
4) Wm and Julia Johnson were in NY between 1856 and 1859 when their sons Wm Jr. and Fred were
born
5) In 1870, Julia Winslow (44) is living in Russell with her father Benjamin Hutchinson (77 b. Vt] and
two of her children: Leslie (19 b NY) and Hattie (12 b. Illinois)
6) In 1870, Wm Sr (40) and Julia (35) Johnson are living in Russell with their children Willie (14), Fred
(11), Edgar (7), and John (3)
7) On Nov 6, 1881, Roger Judson Baker, druggist, 27 of Hermon married Hattie B. Winslow born
Wheaton, Ill; her parents were Edwin Winslow and Julia Hutchinson
More About WILLIAM (WILLARD) JOHNSON, JR.:
Census: 1880, Russell (vol 88, ed 231, sheet 21, line 43): Wm Johnson, 24, laborer, unemployed for 2
months, cannot read/write; Eliza 19, Riley 4, Freddie 2, George age 8 mo [b. Sept 1879]; all b. NY w.
both parents b. NY
Property: December 01, 1905, Deed Book 167B, p. 828, Russell, Nellie Johnson and husband sell to
Harrison Maine.
Children of ELIZA COFFEE and WILLIAM JOHNSON are:
43. i. RILEY LEE 6 JOHNSON, b. October 20, 1876, Hermon, St. Lawrence County, NY, USA; d. April 01,
1955, Canton, St. Lawrence County, NY, USA.
ii. FRED EUGENE JOHNSON, b. 1878, Russell, St. Lawrence County, NY, USA ?? 92,93 ; d. March 30,
1934, Hermon, St. Lawrence County, NY, USA 94 ; m. FANNIE BLISS, Aft. 1906 95 ; b. Abt. 1882; d. Aft.
1920.
Notes for FRED EUGENE JOHNSON:
Farmer, 65, Long Ill, Is Suicide
Body Discovered in Cottage near Boyd Pond
Fred Johnson, South Russell
Man reported in Failing Health Two Years and Despondent Over Financial Affairs -- Formerly of
Pyrites
(Special to The Times) March 30, 1934
South Russell, March 30 -- Fred Johnson, 65, farmer of Blanchard Hill, near here, was found dead
this morning in a cottage on his farm at the edge of boyd Pond, apparently a suicide.
It was pointed out that Mr. Johnson had been in failing health for several years and was despondent
over financial affairs. He left a letter for his wife.
Mr. Johnson had occupied the Mrs. Margaret Royce farm on Blanchard Hill this winter, renting the
place. About 3:30 this morning he got up and went to his own farm on the shore of Boyd pond,
about a half mile away.
Shortly before 7 his body, pierced by a rifle bullet, was found in one of the cottages on the farm at
the pond shore. The rifle was near the body.
Dr. F. A. Teepell of South Russell was notified and later Coroner F. D. Allen of Richville was
smmoned here for an investigation.
Mr. Johnson had been a resident here for about 15 years, coming to this section from Pyrites. He is
survived by his wife and an adopted daughter.
[Mr. Johnson's neice, Olive Johnson Green Hinman wrote on the obituary, "my father's brother. He
was only 55. The body was found in his ice-cream stand rather than a cottage."]
More About FRED EUGENE JOHNSON:
Register Report of Various Families Coffee: 42