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Johnson, Bushrod Rust

soldier, educator, was born Oct. 7, 1817, in Bel- , was born Oct. 7, 1817, in Belmont county, Ohio. He became professor and subsequently superintendent of the Western Military institute of Kentucky at Georgetown . He entered the confederate service in 1861, and was commissioned brigadier -general. He died Sept. 11, 1880, in Brighton, Ill.

Johnson, Charles P

lawyer, state legislator, was born Jan. 18, 1836, in Leb- , was born Jan. 18, 1836, in Lebanon, Ill. In 1859 he was elected city attorney of St. Louis; in 1866 was a member of the state legislature; in 1866 was appointed circuit attorney for the city and county of St. Louis; in 1872 was elected lieutenant-governor; and in 1892 was tendered and accepted the professorship of criminal law in the law department in the university of St. Louis.

Johnson, Clifton

author, was born in 1865 in Massachusetts. He is a writer and illustrator of Hadley, Mass., best known by his photographic illustrations to White's Selborne and other books. He is the author of What They Say in New England ; A Book of Country Clouds and Sunshine ; The Country School in New England; The Farmer's Boy; and The England Country.

Johnson, D. B

lawyer, jurist, was born in New York. He was appointed an associate justice of the United States for the territory of New Mexico, residing at Santa Fe.

Johnson, David

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, governor, was born Oct. 3, Oct. 3, 1782, in Louisa county, Va. He was a member of the legislature of that state in 1812. He was judge of the court of apof appeals from 1824 to 1835; and chancellor from 1835 to 1846. He was governor of South Carolina from 1846 to 1848. He died Jan. 7, 1855, in Limestone Springs, S. C.

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Johnson, David

artist, was born May 10, 1827, in New York city. He was . He was one of the founders of the Artists' Fund society, and has exhibited at the academy Echo Lake; On the Wallkill River; New Berlin, N. Y.; View of Tarrytown, N. Y. , N. Y.

Johnson, David B

lawyer, jurist, was born April 17, 1833, in Lowndes coun- Lowndes county, Ga. He has attained eminence as an able lawyer; and for many years was county judge of Hamilton county , Fla.

Johnson, Edward

soldier, was born April 16, 1816, in Chesterfield county , Va.

In 1861 he joined the confederate army, was appointed colonel of the twelfth Georgia volunteers, brigadier-general in 1862, and major-general in 1863. He died Feb. 22, 1873, in Richmond, Va.

Johnson, Edward Augustus

lawyer, educator, author, was born in Rain Raleigh, N. C. He attended the Atlanta university, and has become a prominent lawyer of his native city. For many years he was engaged in educational work; and is the author of a School History of the Negro Race.

Johnson, Edwin A

clergyman, author, was born in 1829 in New York. He is a methodist clergyman; and the auand the author of Half-Hour Studies of Life; The Live Boy, or Charley's Letters; Winter Greeneries at Home; and The Lilyvale Club and Its Doings.