James Marion JOHNSON

This post is a followup to my prior post on my Great x 2 Grandfather The Elusive Ike JOHNSON


I have been searching for quite sometime for anything I could find related to my JOHNSON side of the family. To recap my Great Grandmother was Alice Mae JOHNSON the only record I have that states her parents names is that of her death record. It only gives her fathers name as that of Ike JOHNSON. Her mothers name was not listed. With JOHNSON being such a popular surname I knew it was going to be quite an effort to find anything that might lead me to her.

This evening I got a message from a gentleman on 23andME who stated that we were a significant match and that I also was a match to several more of his relatives. He asked me to email him so that we could discuss our connections. I did so and am waiting to hear from him. So, while I was waiting I decided to take a peek at his profile and I saw the name of his one of his great grandmothers so I decided to plug her into Ancestry and see what I could find. From there it just snowballed and it led me to this man: James Marion JOHNSON, the subject of this post.

Now, with that being said I cannot say for certain that the man with whom I am a match is related to this gentleman, the search led me to this person though.  The reason why this person seems of great significance to me is two fold. Number one, the person who posted his information in their tree on Ancestry has given him the name: James Marion I. JOHNSON. I have no clue what the I stands for but I have to wonder if it might stand for Isaac aka Ike. Also, the second thing I noticed in this persons tree was the fact that this man had a daughter named: Alice. The only discrepancy with that is his daughter Alice was born in 1862 and my Grandmother Alice Mae JOHNSON was born in 1889. Now, with that being said there can be an explanation for that as well, please follow me. This does not conclusively rule him out.  My Great x 2 Grandfather Ike JOHNSON would have to have been born about 1871. (I took Grandmother Alice Mae`s birthday and subtracted 18 years, so if he was 18 when she was born that gives us a year of 1871 for his birth.).

James Marion JOHNSON and his wife had 8 children, according to the obituary for their daughter Cynthia Elizabeth JOHNSON (CORZINE). I have accounted for four of their children:

• William Jordan JOHNSON Jr. b. 1854
• Alice JOHNSON b.1862
• Cynthia Elizabeth JOHNSON b. 1863
• Jefferson Marion JOHNSON b.1869
• Uknown
• Unknown
• Unknown
• Uknown

That means that there are currently four of their eight children that are unaccounted for. Also, in looking at the birth dates of 1854-1869 it is highly possible that my Great x 2 Grandfather Ike may have been one of their sons. Thus he would have named his daughter Alice Mae after his sister Alice? I cannot say for certain but I am adding this to my research project for Ike JOHNSON and seeing if I can find anything of significant value, if I do, I will post.
Also, when I put the surnames into the search engine in my DNA profile I get lots of hits with folks who match me through those surnames. It is enough to say that I am onto something here, just do not know what, as of yet. Stay tuned!