Philip JOHNSON, Jr.

1822 - 1914  (92 years)

• Name	Philip JOHNSON
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	30 Mar 1822	Marion County, Ohio   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Jun 1914	Coventry, Kent Co., RI   [1, 2]
  Burial	Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI
  Person ID	I00330	Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Philip JOHNSON, Sr.,   b. 1786   d. 21 Oct 1823, Ohio (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Priscilla NICHOLS,   b. 30 Oct 1785   d. 27 Jul 1879 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1807
  Family ID	F00164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Tryphena Hoxsie GREENE,   b. 19 Aug 1827   d. 9 Jul 1866, Coventry, Kent Co., RI (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1849	West Greenwich, RI   [3, 4]
  Notes	I have a photocopy of the original record from the official book of the Town of West Greenwich for 1851, p. 77. They were married on 25 Nov 1849 by Caleb Green, Minister of the Gospel, and the marriage was recorded by John James, Town Clerk, about a year and a half later. The minister, Elder Caleb Green(e) (elsewhere it is spelled with a final "e"), was married to Lucetta Nichols, daughter of Susanna Whitford and Ambrose Nichols.
  Children	1. Harty Potter JOHNSON,   b. 12 Apr 1850, Coventry, Kent Co., RI d. 27 Nov 1917, Coventry, Kent Co., RI (Age 67 years)   2. Philip Rhodes Johnson,   b. 28 Apr 1852, Coventry, Kent Co., RI d. 12 Apr 1916 (Age 63 years)   3. Tryphena Hoxie Johnson,   b. Abt 1854, Coventry, Kent Co., RI d. 21 Aug 1899 (Age 45 years)   4. Edna Priscilla Johnson,   b. Between 1861 and 1862, Coventry, Kent Co., RI d. 1940 (Age 79 years)   5. Patience Jane Johnson,   b. Between 1864 and 1866, RI d. 13 Jan 1882 (Age 18 years)
  Family ID	F00163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Phebe Wood,   b. 1829   d. 1917 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	11 Jul 1867	Coventry, RI
  Children	1. Zilpha Wood Johnson,   b. Abt 1869
  Family ID	F00835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show
  		Johnson family group
  		Gr-gr-gr-grandpa Philip Johnson with Margaret Estelle Whitford

  
  

• Notes

  We have a nice five-generation picture which includes Philip in 1913, when he was ninety. There is another one taken around the same time in which he has Margaret Estelle Whitford on his lap. The story is that he was blind in his old age. Philip's gravestone has been photographed. According to the RI Cemetery Database, the Maple Root Cemetery "is a very old cemetery containing many inscribed field stones for the earliest settlers in this area. Records at Town Hall indicate that the first lot in the newer section was sold to Philip Johnson on 7 Nov 1893." I would guess that this was my 3xGreat-grandfather Johnson, or else his son Philip R. Johnson. In the 1860 Federal Census, Philip & Triphina H. Johnson are living in Coventry, RI. In the home are Hearty P. 10, Philip R. 9, and Triphina 5, as well as Persilla Johnson, 74, Philip's mother. By 1870 Philip has remarried, and he and Phebe are at Coventry with three children in the household: Ednah P. 9, Patience J. 6, and Zilpha W. 1. In 1880 they are still at Coventry, and two daughters are with them: Orvilla P. 24 and Zilpha W. 11. Orvilla is Phebe's daughter from her previous marriage to Isaac Paine.

  
  

• Sources

  [S012489] Gravestone at Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [S012488] Coventry Town Records, Deaths 1900 - 1923, p. 41. [S012486] West Greenwich Town Records, Marriages & Births Book #3, p. 77. [S012452] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, West Greenwich -- Marriages, 22 & 30.