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John Telemachus Johnson
John Telemachus Johnson
  • Born October 5, 1788 - Scott Co., KY
  • Deceased December 17, 1856 - Lexington, Lafayette Co., MO,aged 68 years old
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JOHNSON, John Telemachus, (brother of James Johnson and Richard Mentor Johnson and uncle of Robert Ward Johnson), a Representative from Kentucky; born at Great Crossings, Scott County, Ky., October 5, 1788; pursued preparatory studies; attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Georgetown, Ky.; served in the War of 1812 as an aide to Gen. William H. Harrison; member of the State house of representatives and served five terms; elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and reelected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1825); chairman, Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Eighteenth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1824; appointed judge of the court of appeals April 20, 1826, and served until December 30, 1826; minister of the Christian Church for a number of years; became editor of the Christian Messenger in 1832, the Gospel Advocate in 1835, and the Christian in 1837; was instrumental in establishing the old Bacon College at Georgetown, Ky., in 1836; died in Lexington, Mo., December 17, 1856; interment in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
--- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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                                                                             _____|16_Edward Johnston 1638-1704
                                                   _____|8_William Johnston, Cpt. 1697-1769
                                                  /                         ¯¯¯¯¯|17_Elizabeth Walker 1657-1725
                         _____|4_William Johnson 1724-1765
                        /                        \                          _____|18_Larkin Chew 1678-1728
                       /                          ¯¯¯¯¯|9_Ann Chew 1703-1742
                      /                                                     ¯¯¯¯¯|19_Hannah Roy ca 1680-1734
|2_Robert M. Johnson 1745-1815
|                    \                                                     _____|20_William Cave, Rev. ca 1637-1713
|                     \                           _____|10_Benjamin Cave, Capt. 1680-1762
|                      \                         /                         ¯¯¯¯¯|21_Anna Stonehouse 1662-
|                       ¯¯¯¯¯|5_Elizabeth Cave 1720-1785
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|                                                 ¯¯¯¯¯|11_? ?
|--1_John Telemachus Johnson 1788-1856
|                       _____|6_James Suggett
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|3_Jemima Suggett 1753-1814
                      \                                                     _____|28_Patrick Spence 1658-
                       \                           _____|14_Patrick Spence 1685-1739
                        \                         /                         ¯¯¯¯¯|29_Penelope Anne Ewell 1670-
                         ¯¯¯¯¯|7_Jemima Spence
                                                  \                         _____|30_Lawrence Pope ca 1678-/1723
                                                   ¯¯¯¯¯|15_Jemima Pope ca 1704-/1755
                                                                             ¯¯¯¯¯|31_Jemima Waddy 1682..1685-