BASCOM E. JOHNSON, Fairfield, was born August 24, 1831, in Meigs, County, Ind. He is a son of Abraham Johnson, who was born in. Washington County, Penn., in 1793.
Abraham Johnson emigrated with his parents to Ohio about 1811, and in 1813 settled in Meig County. There Abraham married Clarinda Eddy, and began life in Bedford Township, being the second settler within its limits. He remained there on the same farm until 1854, rearing a large family of children, all of whom grew to maturity. They removed to Wayne County, Ill., in 1854, and settled in Lamard Township, on a farm now occupied by a daughter, Mrs. Woodworth. Here he lived until his death which occurred in September, 1863. He was a zealous Christian man, sustaining the relation of local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church for more than forty years.
Clarinda Eddy was of English ancestry, who were represented on board the Mayflower in 1620. She was born in 1795 in Rutland County, Vt., and when three years old was taken by her parents to Ohio, who settled near Marietta. While she was yet a child, her father died, and she and her widowed mother experienced very much of the hardship incident to pioneer life. She was married to Abraham Johnson in 1817, and died on the old homestead in Wayne County in 1872.
B. E. Johnson came to this county in 1854 with his parents, and, after seeing them comfortably located, returned, to Ohio, and there married Maggie A. Bing, a daughter of Andrew C. Bing and Eliza Amaden:, of Ohio. They removed to Illinois, and to Jasper Township of this county in 1861. Her father was born in Gallia County, Ohio, in 1804, and died in this county September 1, 1868.
Eliza Amaden was born April 5, 1805, in Erie County, Penn., from where her parents came to Ohio about 1809, thence to Wayne County in 1863. Mrs. Bing was noted for her piety, and for a meek, lovable nature, which endeared her to all who knew her. She died in Wayne County, July 16, 1864.
Maggie A. Bing was born in Gallia County. Ohio, in 1834, married to B. E. Johnson in June. 1858. Two years later, they removed to this county, where Mr. Johnson followed the pursuit of farming until 1878, when they came to Fairfield. They are both honorable members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have a family consisting of
Mr. Johnson is a Republican, and has served two terms as a member of Town Council.
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