Benjamin F. Johnson
Benjamin F. Johnson, farmer, is a son of John L. Johnson, a native of Highland County, who came to Greene County when a young man, where he married Miss Elizabeth Watson (our subject's mother), and lived the remainder of his life, dying January 31, 1865. Mrs. Johnson is still living.
Our subject was born April 4, 1845, in Greene County, where he married Miss Louisa Jackson, who has borne him three children: Clara E., Jennie M., and Etta L. The latter died at the early age of five years. Mrs. Johnson died September 29, 1871. He then married Miss Mary A. Knapp, January 10, 1873. He has a farm of seventy-eight acres, situated two and a half miles northwest of Jeffersonville. He was elected trustee of this township in 1879, and' served two years. He and his wife are members of the Disciple Church. They are good neighbors, and respected citizens.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County