Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Portrait and Biographical Album of Huron County, Michigan Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884 [324] L. S. JOHNSON, foreman of the lumber yard of F. CRAWFORD at Caseville, was born Dec. 30, 1847, in Lorain Co., Ohio, and is the son of THOMAS and NANCY (LANG) JOHNSON. The parents are still residents in that county. At the age of 15 years MR. JOHNSON enlisted in the Union service of the United States. He enrolled in Company H, 43d Ohio Volunteer Veterans. The regiment was assigned to the command of GEN. H. A. HUBERT, 16th Army Corps, and Fourth Division, under GEN. DODGE. In the spring of 1864 he was transfer- red to the First Division, 17th Army Corps, under GEN. F. P. BLAIR; GEN. MORROW, Division Commander. The Second Brigade was commanded by GEN. JOHN W. SPRAGUE, of Huron Co., Ohio. MR. JOHNSON served in the ranks until the fall of Atlanta, when he was detailed as an Orderly on the staff of GEN. SPRAGUE, and continued to perform the duties of the position until he received his discharge. He did not miss an engagement while he was in,the service, and was in the hospital but about four hours,; while suffering from the effects of heat. May 1, 1864, his regiment joined SHERMAN'S army at Chattanooga. The first battle in which he was under fire was at Decatur, Ala. At the fight at Resaca he sustained a slight wound in the flesh above the left knee joint. The blood filled his shoe, but he did not fall out. He partici- pated in the succeeding battles of Dallas, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain and Peach-Tree Creek, where he aided in removing E. F. NOYES, then Colonel of the 39th Ohio, from the field. COL. NOYES lost his life as a result of his wound, but he gained the stars of a General. MR. JOHNSON was also in action at Atlanta when GEN. HOOD was in command of the rebel troops. On receiving, his discharge he returned to Lorain Co., Ohio. He was married Feb. 18, 1867, to CLARA CASE, and they are the parents of six children: NELLIE, born Aug. 15, 1869; ELLEN A., Jan. 2, 1872; THOMAS, Feb. 21, 1875; LEONARD, June 24,1877; NANCY, Jan. 1, 1880; FRANK, June 17, 1884. MRS. JOHNSON was born Sept. 24, 1847, in Racine Co., Wis., and is the daughter of SEYMOUR and ROXANA (MOON) CASE. Her parents reside in Crawford Co., Mich., where her father is in the lumber business. MR. JOHNSON removed his family in 1869 from Lorain Co., Ohio, to Saginaw City, where he operated five years as an engineer, in the employ of G. F. WILLIAMS & Bros. He was engaged in a blast furnace in Ohio. In March, 1874, he removed from Saginaw to Case- ville, and entered the employ where he has since been engaged, and is now operating as a scaler and shipper of lumber and salt. He is a Democrat, and has served two years as Deputy Sheriff. He is now (1884) filling his fourth term as Township Clerk. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ===========================================================================