Edward Winder JOHNSON

1838 - 1874  (35 years)

• Name	Edward Winder JOHNSON  [1]
  Birth	12 Apr 1838	Philadelphia, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	1E535FEFC9414D5298307E521FA082E1220C
  Death	12 Jan 1874	Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I5976	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2006

  
  

  Father	Lawrence JOHNSON,   b. 23 Jan 1801, , Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England d. 26 Apr 1860, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Mary WINDER,   b. 18 Jun 1814, , Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Feb 1877, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	29 May 1837	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  I. Edward Winder JOHNSON, eldest son of Lawrence and Mary (WINDER) JOHNSON, was born in Philadelphia, April 12, 1838. In the summer of 1847 he accompanied his father on a trip to Europe. He was educated at Mr. Fay's boarding school at Elizabeth, New Jersey, and at Dr. Faires' and other private schools in Philadelphia. In 1856 he traveled under the care of an agent of his father to Havana, Mexico, Texas, and up the Mississippi river, and to Cincinnati, Ohio. In the latter place he remained for some months, working in a branch type foundry established there by his father. On October 23, 1857, he was commissioned as a midshipman on the flagship "Powhattan," and on December 9, following that frigate left Norfolk, Virginia, on a long cruise, with ex-President Franklin Pierce and wife on board. She sailed first to Maderia, St. Helena, and Cape Town, preceeding thence to Hong Kong, stopping on the way at Mauritius and Singapore, and arrived at Hong Kong in May, 1858, and proceeded to Japan in the following July. Becoming ill in Japan, Midshipman JOHNSON obtained a dismissal from service on the U. S. frigate "Powhattan," and embarked as a passenger on board the "Minnesota," October 3, 1858 to return home, arriving in Boston, Massachusetts, May 29, 1859. On September 26, 1860, he sailed from New York on the clipper "Messenger" for Hong King, intending to enter into business with A. W. HABERSHAM, in Japan. He arrived in Yokohama, April 20, 1861, where he remained for some time, engaged in business. On learning of the outbreak of the civil war in America he left Japan on the steamship "Carrington," and arrived in San Francisco, California, October 20, 1861, from which place he proceeded at once to New York. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company G of the Anderson Cavalry, and fought in the battles of Antietam and Murfreesboro. Afterwards his regiment was reorganized, and he became a member of Company A of the Anderson Cavalry. He was also in the battle of Chickamauga, under General Rosencrans. On December 30, 1863, he returned home on a furlough, and did not again enter the army. He died at Lansdowne, Bristol township, Bucks county, January 12, 1874, unmarried.

  
  

• Sources

  [S116] Bucks County PA History, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/lawrencejohnson.html), May 2002 (Reliability: 3). [S60] Robert Winder Johnson, Winders of America, (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1902), Chart IV (Reliability: 3). [S60] Robert Winder Johnson, Winders of America, (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1902), Chart III (Reliability: 3).