Source: History of Whiteside County, IL, edited by Charles Bent, Morrison, IL 1877
Transcribed by: Denise McLoughlin, Tampico Area Historical Society www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com

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JEREMIAH H. JOHNSON was born in Whitehall, Washington county, New York, in 1797, and married Miss Harriet GETTY in 1828. Their children have been: George, now dead; Caroline, now dead; Helen S., who first married W. C. WHITMORE, and after his death, Thomas YOUNG, and now lives in Henry county, Illinois; Harriet E., wife of Dr. E. J. TALCOTT, living in Portland, and Adams, living in California. Mr. JOHNSON died in 1871.