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Honorable Sylvester Johnson

Honorable Sylvester Johnson

Male 1813 - 1889  (75 years)

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  • Name Sylvester Johnson 
    Title Honorable 
    Birth 14 Oct 1813  Nelson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 13 Jul 1889 
    Burial St. Catherine Cemetery, Nelson, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    John Johnson,   b. 1776, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1832, Nelson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)  (Father) 
    Eleanor O'Bryan,   b. 1746, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1806, Nelson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I5346  1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father John Johnson,   b. 1776, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1832, Nelson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Other Partners: Henrietta "Henny" Hill  m. 13 Sep 1820  
    Mother Dorothy Miles,   b. Between 1776 and 1780, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1820, Nelson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 13 Dec 1801  Nelson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2544  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mildred Boone,   b. Feb 1816, Nelson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1875, Nelson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 6 Aug 1835  Hardin County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • mary.yoder@verizon.net wrote: There is not a Mary "Shercliffe" m to Lewis Hayden in Nelson Co.

      Shercliff/Shircliff is the names in Nelson Co--

      Lewis (JR) Hayden m July Ann Rapier, sur Joseph Queen, 2 Sep 1845, Peter Chandy. She is a sister to Nicholas A. Rapier, partner to Sylvester Johnson--both men married Boones--Nicholas m Charlotte & Sylvester m Harriett.
      This couple has 12 children all born in Nelson Co.
    Family ID F609  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • kynelson@rootsweb.com
      kyfisher wrote:

      >This is a little "sneak Peek" of what is found in the book we have been
      >discussing. There is more....
      >
      >
      >HON. SYLVESTER JOHNSON [a photo of his home is included]
      >
      >Honorable Sylvester Johnson was born October 14, 1813. The parents were John
      >and Dorothy (Miles) Johnson, natives of Maryland. They came to Nelson County
      >in 1798, and settled near where New Hope now stands.
      >
      >Sylvester Johnson was brought up on a farm, and received a good English
      >education finishing off with two years at St. Mary's College in Marion
      >County. He taught school during the summer months and flatboated during the
      >winter, a business that was started by his uncle. Mr. Johnson was only 18
      >years old when he commenced the battle of life on his own. He flatboated and
      >merchandised until 1843, then he retired from boating and was elected
      >sheriff of Nelson County in 1857, and subsequently to the Legislature in
      >1859. He was solicited several times to offer for the same office, but
      >always declined. He drifted into the banking business, which he successfully
      >carried on for 16 years. He owned considerable property in the village of
      >New Haven.
      >
      >Mr. Johnson at one time was worth from $300,000 to $400,000, and gave to
      >charitable purpose $100,000 or more. For several years he clothed the
      >children at St. Thomas Orphan Asylum. In 1872 he built a parochial
      >schoolhouse in New Haven at a cost of $6,000, and donated it to the Roman
      >Catholic Church. He established two free Catholic schools and paid out his
      >own funds to the teachers for both white and colored schools. He gave about
      >$20,000 to a new Roman Catholic Church erected in New Haven at a cost of
      >$40,000. Mr. Johnson was married in August 1835 to Mildred Boone, whose
      >parents were Charles and Susan Howard Boone, who came from Maryland in 1798,
      >and settled in this county.
      >
      >Mr. Johnson died July 13, 1889.
      >
      KENTUCKY GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY VOLUME 5, Edited by Thomas W. Westerfield,
      Reprinted 1975, From: KENTUCKY: A HISTORY OF THE STATE, by Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th Edition, by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, p. 25-26
      "Hon. Sylvester Johnson was born October 15, 1813, in Nelson County and is one of nine children of John and Dorothy (Miles) Johnson, natives of St. Mary's County, Md. Mr. Johnson was married in August, 1835 to Mildred, a daughter of Charles and Susan (Howard) Boone, who came from Maryland in 1798. Mrs. Johnson was born in February, 1816, and died July 29, 1875."
      p. 242

      Hope this helps some. Judith Burger

      kynelson@rootsweb.com
      Jerry L. Clark wrote:

      >Here are the children of John JOHNSON and 1st wife Dorothy Miles who he
      >married 13 Dec 1801, Nelson County, KY
      >
      >5. Sylvester Johnson born 14 Oct 1813 , Nelson County, KY died 13 Jul 1889
      >Nelson County, KY m Mildred Boone born 16 Feb 1816 , Nelson, Kentucky died
      >29 Jul 1875 ,Nelson, Kentucky both buried at St. Catherine Cemetery, ,
      >Nelson, Kentucky married 6 Aug 1835 Hardin Co,Kentucky. Mildred BOONE d/o
      >Charles BOONE & Susan HOWARD.
      >