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Latest revision as of 07:17, 28 June 2025
Lemuel Johnson (5 May 1844 – 1918) was an American farmer, lumber merchant, judge, and politician who served in the Georgia State Senate.
He was born in Appling County, Georgia to Hon. Dunkin Johnson, a judge who served two terms in the state legislature, and Loujoy née Sellers Johnson. Dunkin Johnson fought in the Creek War of 1836 and died in 1857.[1]
Lemuel Johnson married Anna J. Youmans of Pierce County, Georgia in 1869 and they had five children.[2] He was elected to the Georgia Senate in 1880 and reelected in 1884. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity and was a dictator in the Knights of Honor.[1]
He enlisted in Company F of the 26th Georgia Regiment during the Civil War.[3]
He founded the St. Marys and Kingsland Railroad in 1865. It became the Atlantic, Waycross and Northern Railroad after hid death in 1918.[4]
A memorial to "Captain Lemuel Johnson, Confederate Veteran and benefactor of this city" was erected in a park in St. Mary's, Georgia in 1918.[5]
The 1885 Lemuel Johnson House at 401 Gilmore Street in Waycross, Georgia is part of the Waycross Historic District.[6][7]
See also
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[edit]- ^ a b "Biographical Souvenir of the States of Georgia and Florida: Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families in These States". Southern Historical Press. June 27, 1889 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ga.), Harrison, James P. , & co , publishers (Atlanta (June 27, 1882). "Georgia's General Assembly of 1880-1: Biographical Sketches of Senators, Representatives, the Governor, and Heads of Departments ; Illustrated with Portraits". J.P. Harrison – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Memoirs of Georgia: Containing Historical Accounts of the State's Civil, Military, Industrial and Professional Interests, and Personal Sketches of Many of Its People". Southern Historical Press. June 27, 1895 – via Google Books.
- ^ "A Day on the St. Mary's Railroad | Metro Jacksonville".
- ^ "Captain Lemuel Johnson Memorial and Park, a War Memorial". www.hmdb.org.
- ^ Taylor, George (July 7, 2012). "Lemuel Johnson House Waycross GA". George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery.
- ^ Brown, Brian (May 2, 2017). "Lemuel Johnson House, 1885, Waycross".
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