Thomas Casey JOHNSON, died at his home, two and a half miles north of town, at 7:30 last night of a complication of disease after an illness of two or three months duration.

Deceased ws born on the homestead where he died, June 14, 1827, and was the next to the youngest of a large family of which the surviving members are Lewis, William, and Abe Johnson, Mrs. Betsy Satterfield and Mrs. Jane Armour.

January 14, 1847 he was married to Miss Sarah Frost from which union eight children were born, all of whom are living except one son who died in infancy.

Mr. Johnson was one of the pioneers of the county and was widely known and respected.

The children of the deceased are Mrs. Emma Byard, Mrs. Eliza Petit, Mrs. Laura Beal, Mrs. Alice Cherry, Mrs. Lucy Hershey, Mrs. Ella Rine and John A. Johnson.

The funeral was held at the family residence at 3 o'clock this afternoon under the direction of Rev. J. C. Kinnison and the pastor of the M. E. church at Woodlawn. Interment was at Old Union cemetery.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register News
Date: September 19, 1898
Submitted by Sharlet Bigham LaBarbera