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and did not again enter the army. He died 

 at Lansdowne, Bristol township, Bucks 

 county, January 12, 1874, unmarried. 



2. Anna Rebecca Johnson, second child 

 of Lawrence and Alary (Winder) Johnson, 

 was born in Philadelphia, December 15, 

 1839. She was educated at the school of 

 Professor Charles D. Cleveland, in Phila- 

 delphia. In 1858 and 1859 she traveled 

 extensively in Europe, Egypt, and Pales- 

 tine, under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Gar- 

 del. She was married in Philadelphia, De- 

 •cember 3, 1863, to Theodore Hoe Mead, 

 of New York. Theodore Hoe and Anna Re- 

 becca (Johnson) Mead have been the par- 

 ents of six children, three of whom survive, 

 viz : Lawrence Johnson Mead, who mar- 

 ried, June 29, 1901, Anna Frances Ely, of 

 Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 daughter of Samuel L. and Mary (Knight) 

 Ely; Anna Johnson Mead, who married, 

 October 7, 1902, Herbert Gordon Thom- 

 son, of New York; and Gilbert Mead, 

 who married, July 25, 1903, Mary Comly 

 Ely, daughter of Samuel L. and Mary 

 Comly (Knight) Ely, of Doylestown, 

 Bucks county. (See Winder Family.) 



3. Mary Ella Johnson, third child of 

 Lawrence and Mary (Winder) Johnson, 

 was born in Philadelphia, September 22, 

 1841. After spending five years in Profes- 

 sor Cleveland's school in Philadelphia, she 



.traveled in Great Britain, Europe, Egypt, 

 the Sinaitic Peninsula, Palestine and Syr- 

 ia, as well as the rock-hewn city of Petra, 

 to which, it is said, no ladies had previously 

 ventured with the exception of two Eng- 

 lish ladies, somewhat earlier in the same 

 year. Miss Johnson married, December 

 4, 1862, William D. Stuart of Philadel- 

 phia, who died April 7, 1863, leaving no 

 children. Mrs. Stuart married a second 

 time^ January 11, 1870, Dr. James Ches- 

 ton Morris, of Philadelphia, by whom she 

 has eight children, all residing in Phila- 

 delphia. 



4. Caroline Fletcher Johnson, fourth 

 child of Lawrence and Mary (Winder) 

 Johnson, was born in Philadelphia, July 

 10, 1843, and was educated at Dr. Cleve- 

 land's school. She married, February 21, 

 1871, Anthony Taylor, son of Robert Tay- 

 lor, and a nephew of Hon. Caleb Newbold 

 Taylor, of Bristol, Bucks county, Penn- 

 sylvania. Anthony Taylor enlisted in the 

 Pennsylvania cavalry August 8, 1862, was 

 promoted sergeant. October 30, 1862 ; first 

 sergeant, March i, 1863; first lieutenant 

 of 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, May 8, 1863; 

 and captain, June i, 1865. He was awarded 

 a medal of honor for signal acts of bravery, 

 and was honorably mustered out June 21, 

 1865. He died in Philadelphia, May 21. 

 1894. Anthony and Caroline F. (Johnson) 

 Taylor were the parents of two children 

 Mary Lawrence Taylor, who married, Feb- 

 ruary 25, 1893, Bromley Wharton, now pri- 

 "vate secretary to Governor Samuel W. Pen- 

 nypacker; and Elizabeth Elmslie Taylor, 

 -who married, December 31, 1904, Houston 

 Dunn. 



5. Howard Lawrence Johnson, born Oc- 

 tober 31, 1845, died June 25, 1891 ; mar- 

 ried, May 7, 1876, Mary Evangeline Brad- 

 ley. They had no children. 



6. Russell Hampden Johnson, son of 

 Lawrence and Mary (Winder) Johnson, 

 was born in Philadelphia, September 15, 

 1847, and received his preliminary edilca- 

 tion in private schools in Philadelphia. He 

 entered Princeton University at the age of 

 seventeen years, and graduated in the class 

 of 1868, after a four years' course, with 

 the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then 

 made an extensive tour of Europe, and on 

 returning entered the medical department 

 of the University of Pennsylvania, where he 

 received the degree of Doctor of Medicine 

 in 1871. After serving as resident physi- 

 cian in the Episcopal Hospital of Philadel- 

 phia, he once more visited Europe, spend- 

 ing two years in travel, chiefly for the fur- 

 ther prosecution of his medical studies in 

 the University of Vienna. Returning to 

 Philadelphia he began the practice of medi- 

 cine there, where, excepting occasional vis- 

 its abroad, he has since lived and practiced 

 his profession. He married, December 13, 

 1877, Grace H. Price, of New York. Five 

 children blessed this union, all, like their 

 father, devotedly attached to the old home 

 on the Nashaminy, in Bucks county, where 

 the youngest daughter was born. The chil- 

 dren are : Russel Hampden, Jr., born Sep- 

 tember t6, 1878; Lawrence, born Septem- 

 ber 17. 1880; Anna Price, born September 

 20, i88r ; Louisa, born May 20, 1883; and 

 Paul Sears, bom October 24, 1896. 



7. Lawrence Johnson, seventh child of 

 Lawrence and Mary (Winder) Johnson, 

 was bom in Philadelphia. September 28, 

 1849. and was educated at private schools 

 there and at Princeton University. In 

 1868 he began his business career* as a 

 clerk in the shipping house of Isaac Hough 

 & Morris, where he remained for about two 

 years. On coming of age in 1870 he began 

 business for himself, under the firm name of 

 Lawrence Johnson & Company, shipping 

 and commission merchants and foreign 

 bankers, which business he has since fol- 

 lowed. On November 21. 1891. he was 

 elected a director of the Philadelphia Na- 

 tional Bank, and he is also a director of 

 the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances 

 on Lives and Granting Annuities, the In- 

 surance Company of North America, and 

 the Philadelphia Warehouse Company. He 

 married. December 6. 1877. Louisa Philler 

 Gaw, daughter of Henry L. Gaw, of Phila- 

 delphia. They have one child, Millicent 

 Gaw Johnson, born November 22, 1884. 



8. Walter Richards Johnson, eighth 

 child of Lawrence and Mary (Winder) 

 Johnson, was born at Lansdowne. Bucks 

 county. August 24. 1851. He was educated 

 at Dr. Faires' and other private schools 

 of Philadelphia. He married, October 31, 

 1876. his cousin. Mary Rebecca Winder, 

 daughter of Moses and Margaretta Winder. 

 He purchased a farm on the right bank of 

 the Neshaminy, in Bensalem township, 



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