William Robert Johnson 1544
- Born: 22 Feb 1816, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA 1544
- Marriage (1): Elizabeth Tharp in 1846 in Peoria County, Illinois, USA 1544
- Died: 6 Jan 1899, Butte County, Idaho, USA at age 82 1544
 Research Notes:
William lived in New Salem, Illinois as a youngster. He was well acquainted with Abraham Lincoln. The Historical Society reconstructed 12 original cabins of residents associated with Lincoln. One of those cabins belonged to Robert M. Johnston / Johnson, the Wheelwright, William Robert Johnson's father.)
The lone grave of William Robert Johnson was fenced by the Historic Society of Idaho about 1975. William and Elizabeth were retired in Napa, California, visited their three sons in Idaho. While staying with son, Moses Robert Johnson (my Grand-father) and family, William became ill. They loaded the entire family in the buckboard, tried to get him to Idaho Falls, Idaho, an 80 mile distance, for medical treatment. He died about 20 miles from the Ought-Six (Hawley Ranch) where Mose was the Foreman. They could not bury him in the frozen ground, so built a pine casket. Neighbors buried him in the spring. The family went on to the Snake River Valley, and the next June moved by team and wagon to Montana to homestead property. Elizabeth Tharp Johnson went by train to live out her life with Amy Johnson Wegner and family.)
1544
Death Notes:
Hamilton Mining Town
William married Elizabeth Tharp, daughter of Andrew Tharp and Elizabeth "Betsy" Truitt, in 1846 in Peoria County, Illinois, USA.1544 (Elizabeth Tharp was born on 6 Mar 1825 in Fleming County, Kentucky, USA,1544 died on 27 May 1906 in Cheney, Spokane, Washington, USA 1544 and was buried in Fairview Cemetery (Cheney, Spokane, Washington, USA) 1544.)
|