Edward A. Johnson
Edward A. Johnson was born on February 1, 1856, in Scotland County, Missouri, to Thomas and Martha Johnson. His father was a farmer who owned $2,500 of real estate and $500 of personal property by 1860. The family moved to Gainesville, Texas, in the 1850s. His father served in the Confederate army, and he died during the final months of the war. His mother remarried in 1865, and the family moved to Jefferson, Missouri, soon afterward.
He moved to Montana in the late 1870s, and he married Helen A. Terill on July 10, 1895. They had at least two children: Marie, born around 1896; and Ila, who was born around 1899 and died on June 21, 1908. He earned a living as a farmer, fruit grower, and rancher in Ravalli County, Montana. He supported the Democratic Party, and voters elected him to the Montana state senate in 1902. He died of chronic myocarditis in Carlton, Montana, on April 6, 1919.
Image: Edward A. Johnson (courtesy Montana Historical Society Library and Archives)
DATABASE CONTENT
| (5454) | Johnson, Edward A. | 1856-02-01 | 1919-04-06 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (14129) [recipient] ~ Thomas W. Johnson to Edward A. Johnson, 3 October 1863
People - Records: 4
Places - Records: 2
Groups - Records: 1
- (1) [politician] ~ Democratic Party
SOURCES
1860, 1870, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Montana County Marriage Records, 1865-1993, available from Ancestry.com; Montana Death Index, 1907-2015, available from Ancestry.com; Montana State Deaths, 1907-2018, available from Ancestry.com; Ravalli Republic (Hamilton, MT), 11 April 1919
