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Ancestors of Harry Ferguson Johnson, Sr.

Generation No. 2

      2. Eugene Colistus Johnson, born 25 Sep 1880 in Ingold, Sampson Co., NC ²; died 18 Sep 1963 in Ingold, Sampson Co., NC. He was the son of 4. Cicero Howard Johnson and 5. Eugenia Theodora Robinson. He married 3. Daisy Cromartie Ferguson 14 Aug 1908 in Sampson Co., NC ³.

      3. Daisy Cromartie Ferguson, born 19 Jun 1884 in Bladen Co., NC; died 08 Aug 1976 in Ingold, Sampson Co., NC. She was the daughter of 6. Samuel Norman Ferguson and 7. Annie Cromartie Wooten.

Notes for Eugene Colistus Johnson:
Written in a letter by Annie Belle Johnson Stone to Donna Joy Johnson on December 15, 1996:

"Eugene Colistus was the oldest of six children. He graduated from N. C. State College in 1903 and was offered an excellent job in Pennsylvania with a railroad company. Trains were the thing in 1903. His parents told him he was needed at home to run the farm and cotton gin and provide for the family. I always felt he regretted not being able to go into his degree. He felt his duty to provide for the family. Eugene married Daisy Ferguson. They had four children. Eugene, Jr. died at 16 years of age, Harry 42, Albert 60 some.
During his life Eugene ran a sawmill, a cotton gin, garage and a hardware and grocery store in Clinton."

More About Eugene Colistus Johnson:
1900 Federal Census: Lisbon Twp., Sampson Co., NC, ED 95, p 90A, #182/183, age 19
1910 Federal Census: Lisbon Twp., Sampson Co., NC, ED 86, p 110B, #50/50, age 29
Burial: Unknown, Ingold Cemetery, Ingold, Sampson Co., NC
Occupation: merchant and farmer

Notes for Daisy Cromartie Ferguson:
Daisy's special interests were flower gardening and reading.

From a letter written by Annie Belle Johnson Stone to Donna Joy Johnson on December 15, 1996:
"Daisy Cromartie Ferguson attended Flora McDonald College - four years. She went to Ingold to teach, and married Eugene Johnson the next year - at that time married women were not allowed to teach, so she became a housewife."

More About Daisy Cromartie Ferguson:
1900 Federal Census: Bladenboro Twp., Bladen Co., NC, ED 3, p 29A, #97/98, age 16
1910 Federal Census: Lisbon Twp., Sampson Co., NC, ED 86, p 110B, #50/50, age 24
Burial: Unknown, Ingold Cemetery, Ingold, Sampson Co., NC
Education: Graduate of Flora McDonald College, 4-year.
Issue: 1910, no children
Occupations: school teacher, keeping house

More About Eugene Johnson and Daisy Ferguson:
Marriage: 14 Aug 1908, Sampson Co., NC³

Children of Eugene Johnson and Daisy Ferguson are:

Eugene Colistus Johnson, Jr., born 10 Jun 1916 in Sampson Co., NC; died 07 Oct 1931 in Sampson Co., NC.

More About Eugene Colistus Johnson, Jr.:
Burial: Unknown, Ingold Cemetery, Ingold, Sampson Co., NC
Cause of Death: Complications following appendix surgery.
Medical Information: Death followed a few weeks after surgery.

	1	ii.		Harry Ferguson Johnson, Sr., born 01 Apr 1921 in Sampson Co., NC; died 30 Apr 1964 in Raleigh, Wake Co., NC; married Mary Louise Howell 17 Apr 1948 in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Amherst Co., VA.
		iii.		Albert Campbell Johnson, born 13 Mar 1924 in Ingold, Sampson Co., NC; died 21 Sep 1986 in Sampson Co., NC³; married Evelyn Ruth Benton Private; born Private.

Notes for Albert Campbell Johnson:
[From "The Family of Cicero Howard Johnson] Albert Johnson developed diabetes at age sixteen. He attended Louisburg College but remained only two days because he was unable to receive the proper died for diabetes. Albert returned to Ingold where he farmed for the rest of his life. He lived to be sixty-three which was quite a miracle considering how severe his diabetes had been for forty-seven years.

More About Albert Campbell Johnson:
Occupation: Farmer and NASDA employee

More About Albert Johnson and Evelyn Benton:
Private-Begin: Private

iv.

Annie Belle Johnson, born Private; married Warren Gamaliel Stone Private; born Private.

More About Warren Stone and Annie Johnson:
Private-Begin: Private

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