He first married Laura Emma Richards, with whom he had four children; Iva May, Plato Richards, Emma Mildred, and Braxton. After Emma's death in 1909, he married Mona Waldrep. Together they had six children; Dessie Sue, Andrew Waldrep, Dorothy Nell, Joe Aldine, Mona Jean, and William Edwin.
He was instrumental in the founding of the Red Bay, Hamilton, and especially the Vernon Alabama Church of Christ.
He was a teacher at West Alabama Agricultural School in Hamilton Alabama, Cherokee County High School in Centre Alabama, a teacher and the principal at Lamar County High School in Vernon Alabama, a teacher at Caldonia Mississippi, and a teacher at the Trades Training Institute of Mississippi State College at Prairie Mississippi in 1951 & 1952, where he taught Algebra, Geometry and Business Law, mainly to veterans under the G.I. Bill.
He also farmed on a small scale to support his family.
He first married Laura Emma Richards, with whom he had four children; Iva May, Plato Richards, Emma Mildred, and Braxton. After Emma's death in 1909, he married Mona Waldrep. Together they had six children; Dessie Sue, Andrew Waldrep, Dorothy Nell, Joe Aldine, Mona Jean, and William Edwin.
He was instrumental in the founding of the Red Bay, Hamilton, and especially the Vernon Alabama Church of Christ.
He was a teacher at West Alabama Agricultural School in Hamilton Alabama, Cherokee County High School in Centre Alabama, a teacher and the principal at Lamar County High School in Vernon Alabama, a teacher at Caldonia Mississippi, and a teacher at the Trades Training Institute of Mississippi State College at Prairie Mississippi in 1951 & 1952, where he taught Algebra, Geometry and Business Law, mainly to veterans under the G.I. Bill.
He also farmed on a small scale to support his family.
Family Members
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Julia Belle "Jala" Johnson Varnon
1873–1967
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Levanda Johnson Miller
1874–1961
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Ellie Evelyn "Bea" Johnson Smith
1876–1957
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Dr Galvin Luther Johnson
1878–1947
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Ida Mae Johnson Prater
1880–1934
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Eppie Johnson
1882–1925
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Ebbie Johnson Falkner
1882–1941
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Linnie Johnson Seay
1885–1910
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Hattie V Johnson Gilliam
1887–1936
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Sardis Minor Johnson
1889–1967
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Fletcher Marvin Johnson
1891–1946
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Maude Pearl Johnson Chandler
1893–1969
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Twin Babes Johnson
1895–1895
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