Adamantine Johnson

1824 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Adamantine Johnson  [1]
  Born	17 May 1824	, Lincoln Co., Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I19105	Munro
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2007

  
  

  Family	Pocahontas Rebecca Cabell,   b. 29 Nov 1830, , Chariton Co., Missouri, USA ,   d. Nov 1881, , Chariton Co., Missouri, USA  (Age 50 years)
  Married	15 Mar 1848  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Edward Cabell Johnson,   b. 29 May 1849,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Adamantine Johnson, Jr.,   b. 21 Jan 1850,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Robert Fisher Johnson,   b. 25 Dec 1852,   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Emma Maud Johnson,   b. 19 Oct 1854,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Major Matthias Johnson,   b. 1857   6. Nova Zembla Johnson,   b. 1859,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Pocahontas Cabell Johnson,   b. 1861,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Susan Cabell Johnson,   b. 1863,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F6601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ********** The following is from the Monroe Johnson reference: Adamantine Johnson contributed much to Chariton County history. He was born in Lincoln County, Kentucky on 17 May 1824. In 1835, his parents and family moved to Howard County, Missouri, in a part that was later incorporated into Chariton County. In 1848, Adamantine married Pocahontas Rebecca Cabell (a direct descendant of Pocahontas). They had eight children. In 1856, he was the first president of the first bank started in Brunswick. He was the first elder of the First Christian Church in Brunswick. According to the 1860 Slave Roll, he owned 7 slaves. Adamantine Johnson and Thomas E. Gilliam were the first manufacturers of chewing tobacco. In 1868, he was the land dealer who sold Charles Ingall and Henry Quiner (Laura Ingalls Wilder's father and uncle) 80 acres of land each in Chariton County for $900 each just a few miles from his farm near Rothville. He was a major stockholder and on the first board of directors for two railroad lines being built during the 1860's and 1870's (Chariton and Randolph Railroad Company and Chillicothe and Brunswick Railroad Company). In 1868, he built a brick federal-style home for his family on a large farm (1000+ acres) he purchased in Chariton County near Rothville, Missouri. It was completed around 1872. The following is an excerpt from a local history book: The Adamantine Johnson house was better known in the area as the Charles Waugh home. Mr. Johnson was a successful business man who accumulated property and wealth very rapidly through merchandising, farming, stock raising, and tobacco farming. he owned several large farms near Brunswick. About 1868, he moved to rural Rothville where he built the two story house, the showplace of the community at a cost of $7000. ********** Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S344] Clan Munro files - Johnson, Monroe, Monroe Johnson, Descendants of Andrew Monroe - received 22 Apr 2004 - p. 66 (Reliability: 3).