Gideon Southward Johnson.
Son of Daniel Johnson and Sarah Alden; born in Haverhill, Mass., April 25, 1810; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1835; in the Seminary, 1835-36 and 1838- 40, being, in the mean time, principal of Fairhaven (Mass.) Academy 1836-38; was licensed by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. Samuel C. Jackson, Andover, April 7, 1840. He was ordained at Haverhill, September 13, 1841, and labored as home missionary in Lucas and Fulton counties, Ohio, 1848-51, and was pastor of churches at Seward and Pecatonica, Ill., 1851-55. He was then compelled by the failure of his voice to discontinue preaching, and resided without charge at Pecatonica until 1858, at Rockford, Ill., until 1867, and afterwards in the town of Marion, Ill., being postmaster successively at Hale and at Stillman Valley from 1867 until his death.
He was married, May 25, 1841, to Mary White Jones, of Spencer, Mass., daughter of Dr. Asa Jones and Lucy Dunbar. She died November 8, 1857, and he married, second, October 22, 1860, Julia A. Woodward, of Warrensburgh, N.Y., daughter of David Woodward and Annie McDonald, who survived him. Of eight children, three are living.
Mr Johnson died of malignant corn, at Stillman Valley, Ill., December 25, 1888, in the seventy-ninth year of his age.
