Nantucket,” “ Bo-Peep” (exhibited at the Royal academy, London), “Barn Swallows, a Group of Children,” “What the Shell Says,” and “Old Whalers of Nantucket.” His portraits, besides those already mentioned, include likenesses of Grover Cleveland, Chester A. Arthur, Dr. James McCosh, and William M. Evarts.
JOHNSON, Edward, historian, b. in Heme
Hill, Kent co., England, in 1599 ; d. in Woburn,
Mass., 23 April, 1672. He is supposed to have come
to New England with Gov. John Winthrop in 1630,
and was active in the organization of the town and
church of Woburn, Mass., in 1642, being annually
elected as its representative, with the exception of
the year 1648, from 1643 till 1671, and holding at
the same time the office of recorder from 1642 till
his death. In 1655 he was speaker of the Massa-
chusetts house of representatives, and in 1665 he
was one of the commissioners to meet Robert Carr,
George Cartwright, and Samuel Maverick, who had
been sent to England to " assure the king of the
loyalty of his subjects and at the same time to en-
deavor to establish the rights and privileges then
enjoyed." His "Wonder-working Providence of
Zion's Saviour in New England " (London, 1654 ; re-
printed in " Massachusetts Historical Collections ")
is a somewhat rambling history of the countrv
"from the English planting in 1628 till 1652."
JOHNSON, Edward, soldier, b. in Chesterfield
county, Va., 16 April, 1816 ; d. in Richmond, Va.,
22 Feb., 1873. He was graduated at the U. S.
military academy in 1838, was brevetted captain in
1847 for meritorious service during the Florida
wars, and major in 1848 for gallantry at Chapulte-
pec and the city of Mexico, being presented on his
return with swords of honor by his native state and
county. He was commissioned 1st lieutenant in
1839, and captain in 1851. In 1861 he resigned, and,
joining the Confederate army, was appointed colo-
nel of the 12th Georgia volunteers, brigadier-gen-
eral in 1862, and major-general in 1863. He
commanded a division at Gettysburg, was taken
prisoner, with his entire force, at Spottsylvania
Court-House, 12 May, 1864, and subsequently was
recaptured at Nashville in December of that year.
At the close of the war he retired to his farm in
Chesterfield county, Va.
JOHNSON, Evan Malbone, clergyman, b. in
Bristol, R. I., 6 June, 1791 ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
in 1865. He was ordained by Bishop Griswold at
Newport, 8 July, 1813, served for a year as curate
at Grace church, New York city, and removed
thence to Newtown, N. Y., where he was rector
until 1826. In 1826 he built, on his own ground
and at his own expense, St. John's church, Brook-
lyn, and served it, without remuneration, for more
than twenty years. His personal history is inter-
woven with the interests of the city of Brooklyn.
To his exertions is due the opening of the impor-
tant thoroughfare of Myrtle avenue. On the peti-
tion asking for it was his single name, and, though
he was opposed by 400 remonstrants, his energy and
resolution prevailed. In 1847 Mr. Johnson estab-
lished a mission church, St. Michael's, which he
served until his death.
JOHNSON, Frank Grant, inventor, b. in East
Windsor, Conn., 30 Jan., 1835. He was graduated
at Wesleyan university in 1849, taught, and studied
medicine in North Providence, R. I., and Wethers-
field, Conn., and received his degree from Castleton
medical college, Vermont, in 1851. He practised
his profession in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1852-'6, and
still (1887) resides in that city. He has taken out
about 100 patents for his inventions, which include
philosophical charts for schools, unpiekable locks,
water-metres, the revolving book-case, an automatic
dredging-bucket, steel railroad-ties, and passenger*
elevators. He has published "The Water-Metre
and the Actual Measurement System" (New York,
1862), and " The Nicholson Pavement, and Pave-
ments Generally" (1867); "Health Lifts " (1877) ;
and " Infected Air and Disinfectants " (1884).
JOHNSON, Henry, senator, b. in Tennessee, 14
Sept., 1783 ; d. in Point Coupee, La., 4 Sept., 1864.
He studied law in Louisiana, began to practise at
Bringiers, and in 1809 was clerk of the territorial
court. He became judge of the parish court of St.
Mary in 1811, a delegate to the State constitutional
convention in 1812, and in the same year was a de-
feated candidate for congress. He was elected to
the U. S. senate in place of William C. C. Claiborne,
who had died before taking his seat, and was re-
elected, serving from 1818 till 1824, when he re-
signed to become governor of Louisiana, which
office he held four years. He was a defeated candi-
date for the senate in 1829, and served as a repre-
sentative in congress in 1834-'9, having been
elected as a Whig. On the death of Alexander
Porter, Judge Johnson was chosen to the U. S. sen-
ate to fill his place, and served from 1844 till 1849.
JOHNSON, Sir Henry, British soldier, b. in
Dublin, Ireland, in 1748 ; d. 18 March, 1835. He
entered the army in 1761, became captain in the
28th foot in 1763, lieutenant-colonel of the 17th in
1778, colonel in 1782, major-general in 1793, and
general in 1808. While he was stationed in Phila-
delphia he married Rebecca, daughter of David
Franks, of that city, who was celebrated for her
wit. He commanded a battalion of light infantry
early in the Revolution, and was severely wounded..
While he was in command at Stony Point he was
surprised by Gen. Anthony Wayne (q. v.) in the
night of 15 July, 1779, and made prisoner with his
entire force. He returned to England in 1782, and
served during the Irish rebellion of 1798. On 3
March, 1818, he was created a baronet.
JOHNSON, Herman Merrills, educator, b. in Butternuts, Otsego co., N. Y., 25 Nov., 1815 ; d. in Carlisle, Pa., 5 April, 1868. He was graduated at Wesleyan university in 1839, held the professorship of ancient languages in St. Charles college, Mo., in 1839-'42, and then that of ancient languages in Augusta college, Ky., till 1844. In the latter year he was appointed professor of ancient languages and
literature in the Ohio Wesleyan university, where he remained until 1850. During his first year in this institution he was its acting president, organized its curriculum, and was interested in introducing therein a course of biblical study as a means of ministerial education. In 1850 he became professor of philosophy and English literature in Dickinson college, which post he retained for ten years. In 1860 he was called to the presidency of the college and the chair of moral science, which he held till his death. He entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1845, and received
the degree of D. D. from Ohio Wesleyan university in 1852. Dr. Johnson was a frequent contributor to the " Methodist Quarterly Review " and other periodicals, and published an edition of the " Clio " of Herodotus (1850). He edited " Orientalia Antiquaria Herodoti," and at his death had nearly completed a German work on synonymes.
JOHNSON, Herrick, clergyman, b. near Fonda, N. Y., 21 Sept., 1832. He was graduated at Hamilton college in 1857, and at Auburn theological seminary in 1860, and held Presbyterian pastorates in Troy, N. Y., Pittsburg, and Philadelphia, Pa. In 1874 he became professor of homiletics and pastoral theology in Auburn theological seminary, and
