Ninth Generation (Continued)
Family of Willard Rhodes Johnson (1110) & Louisa Marie Coates

1373. Eliza E. Johnson (Willard Rhodes8, Silas7, Simeon6, Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Hamden, Ohio, on 21 Feb 1842. Died Pulcifer, Wis, on 6 Mar 1914. Buried Shawano, Wis.

Sources: LJ16, 17, 18, 19, Annals of Silas and Abigail Johnson Assoc., Bristol, Vt.

She married Erstus Darling, on 12 Aug 1860. Born Shawano, Wis., on 12 Jul 1835. Died Shawano, Wis., on 26 Nov 1897. Buried Shawano, Wis.

Of Eureka, Wis.

They had the following children:
i.  Eva. Born Eureka, Wis., on 28 Mar 1862. Died on 14 May 1863.
ii.  Alice E.. Born Eureka, Wis., on 6 Sep 1863. Buried Shawano, Wis.
She married H. B., Connors.
1519 iii.  Willard Nelson (1865-1919)
iv.  Charles H.. Born Eureka, Wis., on 18 Mar 1866. Died on 12 Dec 1924. Buried Shawano, Wis.
Lived in Shawno, Wis.

He married Nellie Peterson, on 1 Jul 1895.
1520 v.  Edith G. (1868-1936)
1521 vi.  Bert Loyal (1870-1948)
1522 vii.  Cora M. (1873-1926)
viii.  Rollin S.. Born Belle Plain, Wis., on 26 Apr 1875. Died Black Creek, Wis., on 14 Jun 1944. Buried Black Creek, Wis.
He married Bessie Fitzgerald, on 16 Jul 1913. Died on 19 Jul 1946.
1523 ix.  Pearl (1877-1938)
x.  May. Born Belle Plain, Wis., on 26 Nov 1879. Died on 7 Dec 1879.
1524 xi.  Maretta Munn (1881-)
xii.  Henry R.. Born in Oct 1883. Died in May 1884.

1374. Warren Rhodes Johnson (Willard Rhodes8, Silas7, Simeon6, Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Hamden, Ohio, on 27 Jul 1847. Died on 14 Mar 1925. Buried Winneconne, Wis.

Sources: LJ16, 17, 18, 19, Annals of Silas and Abigail Johnson Assoc., Bristol, Vt.

He married Kate Smith, on 12 Oct 1878.

They had the following children:
i.  Willard. Died.
ii.  Roy. Died on 17 May 1949.
An adopted son. Living in Milwaukee, Wis.

1375. Rollin Ronaldo Johnson (Willard Rhodes8, Silas7, Simeon6, Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Hamden, Ohio, on 16 Dec 1850. Died on 27 Apr 1917. Buried Benson, Minn.

Rollin came to Minnesota in 1874 with the advent of the Great Northern Railway, and acted as real estate agent for that road for many years. He surveyed much of the land in Swift County, and was Road Engineer for Swift and Pope counties in the early days of the automobile. He had an inquiring turn of mind. He had the first cement sidewalk in town, (Benson Minn.), where the youngsters came to roll hoops; his son Ainsley had the first high-wheeled bicycle with two huge wheels in front and one tiny one in back. He built the first electric light plant back in 1892 for his own home and the Congregational Church across the road. Presently he supplied his friends' homes, and with succeeding bigger plants, the whole town, until a socialistic mayor came along and encouraged the city to buy the electric plant from the "Capitalist Johnson." He had the town's first -wheeled automobile in 1898, a yellow-wheeled "Waterless Knox," with patent leather fenders, kerosene carriage lamps, chain drive, and an emergency brake which one operated after getting out of the car, and no wind shield, for the builders in those days were really carriage makers. He constructed a wireless set as soon its Marconi made his discovery public. He showed his children the stars and craters on the moon through his surveying telescope.
He encouraged the creation of a park when the town of Benson was in its frontier stage back in 1878, and became the county's first Road Engineer, which office his son Lynn fills. He, himself, had and he gave his three children the same fine, light hair which never turns gray, apparently an inheritance through the entire Johnson family.

Sources: LJ16, 17, 18, 19
Annals of Silas and Abigail Johnson Assoc., Bristol, Vt.
Benson, Swift County Records, Minnesota History, Vol. II, p. 1081. Lewis Pub. Co., Chicago, New York, 1915.

He married Emogene Helen Shove, daughter of Francis Shove & Mary Hallowes, on 24 Jun 1876. Born Waukau, Wis., on 15 Mar 1849. Died on 2 May 1920. Buried Benson, Minn.

Emogene Helen's father, Francis Shove, was born in Danbury, Conn., Aug. 30, 1817. His Emigrant Ancestor, the Rev. Edward Shove Jr. Gent., was born at Leigh, Surrey, England. He entered Kings College, Cambridge, when he was sixteen, matriculated, Easter term 1622; B.A., 1625, M.A., 1629. At the time that he took his master's degree there was sorrow and dismay in every Puritan household throughout the land. The hope of his father, Rev. Edward Shove, Vicar of Leigh - 1606-1614, and Rector, Gatton, Surrey, 1615-1646, that his first born son would succeed him, had crumbled to dust. The living of every Puritan Clergyman was threatened. Even if his son were presented to a living, he would in all probability be deprived or silenced by the King. New England was the promised land, but EdWard Shove Jr. never saw it. He sailed with his wife and children in the company of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, A.M., Kings, Cambridge, 1610. Edward had been appointed his assistant pastor. In the late summer of 1638 the unusually large and wealthy company requiring several ships, probably sailed secretly, for the Privy Council had forbidden all ships to sail to New England. Too much wealth was being taken out of England. Rev. Edward Shove, Jr. died on the voyage. His widow and the two children, Elizabeth, eight years old, and George, aged four, landed in Boston, Mass. about the first of December, 1638.
On the 13th day of September, 1650, George entered Harvard University. May 26, 1653 Elizabeth was married to John Mills, Jr. of Braintree, by Gov. Richard Bellingham. A year later, August 17, 1654, Mistress Margery married Richard Peacock of Roxbury, a member of the church of Roxbury, a Freeman, and an original donor of the Free Schools. Governor Bellingham performed the ceremony.
In 1664 George married Hopestill Newman, daughter of the Scholar and Pastor, Rev. Mr. Samuel Newman, M.A. Oxford. Her brother had married Elizabeth Winthrop, daughter of the Governor.
George Shove was ordained, Nov. 17, 1665, Minister of Taunton, then in the colony of Plymouth. He was also pastor in Danbury, Conn., and many of his descendants have lived in Danbury. He is buried there. Francis Shove, the aforementioned descendant, and Mary Hallowes, who came with her parents and three brothers from Ashburnham, Derbyshire, England, were married on May 23, 1844, in Middlefield Centre, Cherry Valley, New York, and settled in Wisconsin.
A Shove Memorial Chapel at Colorado Springs, Colorado, was presented to the Colorado College in 1929 in a gift of $350,000, by Mr. Eugene Percy Shove. The general mass and proportion of the chapel derived their inspiration from Winchester Cathedral where Edward Shove, Rector of Gatton, Surrey, A.D. 1615-1646 was ordained. It contains an original stone hewn from the church of Gatton Surrey, thus forming a link between the past and present, and witnessing the reverent and painstaking devotion of our common ancestors. -- "The Family Shove" -- by Benj. Jay Shove.

They had the following children:
i.  Ainsley Q.. Born Benson, Minn., on 4 Sep 1882. Died on 8 Jun 1950. Buried Westminster Cemetery, Long Beach.
He attended Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. Afterward, lie supervised a real estate office his father opened in Roseburg, Ore. He ranked as Ist Lieutenant in World War I, and taught Chemical warfare in France. He lived at Long Beach, Calif. An excellent marksman; bad many trophies. Inspector of Long Beach city oil lines since 1923. No children.

Sources: Annals of Silas & Abigail Rhodes Johnson Family Assoc., Bristol, Vt.

He first married Madge, in 1920. 
He second married Lola Amann, in 1949.
1525 ii.  Lynn Rollin (1886-)
iii.  Ada Florence. Born Benson, Minn., on 10 Jul 1890.
Ada is a graduate of the University of Minn., and has done further work there and at University of Southern California, and State College of Washington. The final editing of the Capt. John Johnson Genealogy came under her supervision, including the integrating of the manuscripts of Frank Leonard Johnson, Agawam, Mass., Paul Franklin Johnson, Altadena, Calif., Charles Gordon Johnson, Pasadena, Calif., Anna Velma Cooley, Bristol, Vermont, and Ada Johnson Modern, of this sketch. Summer address, Glenwood, Minn.

Sources: Annals of Silas & Abigail Rhodes Johnson Family Assoc., Bristol, Vt.

She married Frederick S. Modern M.D., on 19 Jan 1925 in Spokane, Wash. Born Pressburg, Czechoslovakia.

Frederick is a graduate of Prague University, a Lieutenant of the Austrian Army in World War I, it Lieutenant Commander in the Medical Corps of the U. S. Navy in World War II, and is now Chief of Medicine at Long Beach Veterans' Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif., a member of the American Medical Association, and the American College of Physicians, practiced medicine in Los Angeles for 15 years, and has don(, considerable of his research in diseases of metabolism, particularly diabetes.

1376. Willis Stone Johnson (Willard Rhodes8, Silas7, Simeon6, Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Eagle, Wis., on 7 Dec 1852.

They live at 1144 North 45th Street, Milwaukee, Wis. For many years, lie had the position of "Trouble Finder" for the American Express Company. At the age of 99, be writes letters in beautiful penmanship. His interest in world affairs is unflagging.

Sources: LJ16, 17, 18, 19.
Annals of Silas and Abigail Johnson Assoc., Bristol, Vt.

He first married May M. Dent, on 1 Nov 1875. Born Virginia on 29 Jul 1853. Buried Mt. Olivet Cemetry, Wash., D.C.

They had one child:
i.  Willard Dent. Born Stevens Point, Wis., on 14 Aug 1880. Died on 2 Mar 1947. Buried Mt. Olivet Cemetry, Wash., D.C.
Lived 3614 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C.

He married Maria Vaux, on 24 Dec 1919.

He second married Ida E. Cook, on 25 Aug 1926.

1377. Lilly D. Johnson (Willard Rhodes8, Silas7, Simeon6, Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Eagle, Wis., on 20 Oct 1855. Died Lake Crystal, Minn., on 4 Nov 1929.

Sources: LJ16, 17, 18, 19, Annals of Silas and Abigail Johnson Assoc., Bristol, Vt.

She married Orlando Smith, in Shawano, Wis. Died Birnamwood, Wis., in Jun 1902.

They had the following children:
1526 i.  Flora
ii.  Marion.
1527 iii.  Mabel Clare (1883-)
1528 iv.  Ward (1896-)

1378. Silas Henry Johnson (Willard Rhodes8, Silas7, Simeon6, Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Eureka, Wis., on 28 Feb 1858.

He came to Minnesota in 1876. In July of that year, while lie plowed with oxen on a Lake Hazel homestead of his brother Rollin's a violent snowstorm whirled down through the air. In Appleton, Minn., he built up a good Farm Implement business and also had a Real Estate and Insurance Office. For many years, he has been the moving force behind the Swift County Fair Association, and its chief stockholder.

Sources: LJ16, 17, 18, 19, Annals of Silas and Abigail Johnson Assoc., Bristol, Vt.

He married Mary Ella 'May' Gerard, on 5 Nov 1884. Born Buffalo, N.Y., on 18 Apr 1865. Died Appleton, Minn., on 2 Dec 1935. Buried Appleton, Minn.

May Johnson was an able public speaker, with a keen, ready wit. Her work in Social Welfare in Minnesota was outstanding.

They had one child:
i.  Willard. Born Fargo, No. Dak., on 29 Jan 1903. Died Middleton, Minnesota, on 26 Mar 1949.
Adopted. Lived at 2715 Elmo Place, Middleton, Ohio; both were graduates of the Univ. of Minnesota; he was an official in the Amco Steel Company and had much of his work there patented by the company; child Marsha; b. about 1933.

He married Marlis Johnson, on 17 Aug 1930.

Of Appleton, Minn.

1379. Ida May Johnson (Willard Rhodes8, Silas7, Simeon6, Moses5, Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Humphrey2, John1). Born Eureka, Wis., on 8 Nov 1861. Died on 13 May 1941. Buried Tioga Cemetery, Athens, Pa.

Sources: LJ16, 17, 18, 19, Annals of Silas and Abigail Johnson Assoc., Bristol, Vt.

She married Richard Elmer Chandler, on 15 Feb 1880. Born Athens, Pa., on 17 Oct 1856. Died Chattahooche, Fla., on 2 May 1934. Buried Tioga Cemetery, Athens, Pa.

They had the following children:
1529 i.  Bertha Mae (1881-)
1530 ii.  Bessie Rebecca (1883-1947)
1531 iii.  Charles Warren (1885-)
1532 iv.  Guy Thomas (1887-1941)
v.  Leslie George. Born Athens, Pa., on 11 Aug 1889.
Live at Ithaca, N.Y.

He married Minnie Mae Ward, on 31 Dec 1911. Born Big Flats, N.Y., on 29 Aug 1888.
1533 vi.  Elizabeth Marie (1892-)
vii.  Stella Mildred. Born Sheshequin, Pa., on 15 Jul 1894.
She married Alexander Salton, on 12 May 1912. Born Hamden, N.Y., on 10 May 1894.
viii.  Harley Willard. Born Athens, Pa., on 12 Jul 1899.
Lives at 516 No. Franklin St., Gainsville, Florida.
Harley Willard Chandler entered service July 15, 1942, as lieutenant in U. S. Naval Reserve; stationed at Dartmouth College July 15, 1942-Sept. 8, 1942; at N.A.T.T. Center, Norman, Oklahoma, Sept. 8, 1942-Oct. 10, 1942; at N.A.T.T. Jacksonville, Florida Oct. 10, 1942-Jan. 19, 1945; at N.A.S.S. Whiting Field, Milton, Florida, Jan. 19, 1945-Sept. 5, 1945; promoted to Lieutenant Commander Oct. 17, 1944; returned to inactive duty Sept. 5, 1945; took up his duties as Dean of University of Florida at Gainsville, where he has been for many years.

Sources: Annals Silas & Abigail Johnson.

He married Irene Rinfrew, on 9 Feb 1944.

Had three children by her first marriage to Mr. Boyd.

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