1.2.2.6 Joseph Martin Johnson 
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3 Apr 1840, Hoosic Falls, NY |
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(Capt. John, Isaac, Nathaniel, John, Edward, John, John, Leonard.) |
ROLL OF HONOR
Mr. Johnson, born in Hoosic Falls, N. V., April 3, 1840, was educated in the public schools of Broome County, N. Y., and studied law with Judge Horace Griswold in Binghamton. He was admitted to the bar of New York in November, 1865, and to practice in United States District Court, May 15, 1874.
Mr. Johnson was an active Republican speaker in war times and did good work for the Union cause. In September, 1861, he enlisted forty-eight men, which formed part of Company K, 89th New York Infantry, but he was forced to resign in December on account of illness from overwork. He is properly a veteran of the Civil War, and few more patriotic than he. He was elected Clerk of Broome County in November, 1867; was re-elected in 1870; was Clerk six years. He was elected Mayor of Binghamton, N. Y., in February, 1886, and served one term. With his family, he is now, March, 1909, living in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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