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     Florence Edith Johnson was born on 18 September 1894 in South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan.^3,2,4 She married first Walter Stewart Bell, son of John A. Bell and Huldah Talskie, on 24 July 1912 in Sandwich, Ontario, Canada.^2,5 Florence filed for divorce on 23 January 1929, charging non-support. The divorce was not contested, and was officially granted on 29 July 1929 in Oakland Co., Michigan.⁵ She married second George F. Weber, son of George Weber and Catherine Peifer, on 9 March 1937 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.⁶ She married third John Hoffman, son of Nicklas Hoffman and Julia Mowetry, on 13 February 1945 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.⁷ She died on 4 May 1975 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, at age 80.³
     She lived most of her life in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, and is listed there at 19 Lincoln St. in the 1920 census with her first husband Walter and their children Raymond and Doris.⁸ She and the children are again listed there, in the same house, in the 1930 census after her divorce.⁹ In 1940, after her second husband's death, she is listed as a widow living with her parents in Pontiac.¹⁰ No occupation is listed for her in the 1920 census or 1940 census, but she is listed as a factory worker in the 1930 census and in her 1937 marriage record.

     Archie Lullen Johnson was born on 18 December 1896 in South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan.^1,4,2 He married Edith Irene Spillman, daughter of Oscar M. Spillman and Ida B. Heffley, on 27 May 1938 in Lucas Co., Ohio.⁵ He died on 9 February 1988 in Ventura Co., California, at age 91.^6,7 He was buried on 12 February 1988 at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park (Lot BSP, Plot 2, Space 38) in Ventura, Ventura Co., California.⁷
     He lived with his parents until his marriage, first in South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan, then in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.^8,3,9,10 In 1940 he and his wife Edith were living in South Haven.¹¹
     He worked in the automotive business most of his life. He was employed by F. S. Milward, a Ford dealer in Pontiac in 1917, as a factory timekeeper in 1920, as an inspector in an auto factory in 1930 and for a cab company in 1940, and by the Yellow Truck & Coach company in 1942.^4,9,10,11,2
     He was said to be a "notable bowler."¹²

     Edwin Deo Johnson was probably born on 15 May 1899 in South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan.^2,4,5,6 He married Beatrice Minerva Weber, daughter of M. Weber and Eleanor Beadle, on 23 August 1927 in Lucas Co., Ohio.^7,8,9 He died on 4 November 1992 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, at age 93.^4,5,8 He was buried on 9 November 1992 at Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens in Novi, Oakland Co., Michigan.⁸
     He and his wife Beatrice were living in Huron Heights, Oakland Co., Michigan, in 1940.¹⁰ They later moved to Waterford, Oakland Co., Michigan, where they were residing at the time of their deaths.^8,9
     In 1918 he was working for the Willard Storage Battery Co. in Pontiac¹, and later worked on the assembly line at Pontiac Motors.^8,10

     Fay Carleton Johnson was born on 15 June 1901 in South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan.^4,1 He was married by Decatur N. Lacy, Pastor of the First M. E. Church, to Eva M. Daley, daughter of George Daley, on 4 April 1925 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.¹ He died on 15 July 1978 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, at age 77.⁴
     He and his wife Eva were living in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, in 1930. Eva's father George was then living with them.⁵ In 1940 they were living in Keego Harbor, Oakland Co., Michigan.⁶
     He was working as a tool clerk at the time of his marriage in 1925, as a milk driver for a creamery in 1930, and as a factory tool crib manager in 1940.^1,5,6

     Carlos Mayo Johnson was born on 30 December 1906 in Michigan.^3,2 He was married first, by County Judge Reid, to Alice Wittstruck on 14 April 1934 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska.^4,5 They were divorced on 25 January 1947 in Oakland Co., Michigan.⁶ He married second Alice Barbara Teller, daughter of Robert C. Teller and Ruth L. Gilland, on 27 January 1951 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.¹ They divorced before June 1959.⁷ He died on 8 January 1982 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, at age 75.^3,8 He was buried on 12 January 1982 at Perry Mount Park Cemetery in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.⁸
     In 1940 he and his first wife Alice were living in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, where he was working in an auto factory.⁹
     He was a Mason, a member of F. & A.M. #21, the Valley of Bay City Scottish Rite Cathedral, and the Saginaw Shrine. He was also a drummer, a member of the Elf Khurafeh Brass Band of Saginaw, and the Pontiac Federation of Musicians.^8,10

     Milford Caius Stacy was born on 5 December 1888 in Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska.^3,1,4,5 He married Bessie Lee Clements, daughter of Edwin Perry Clements and Lulu Luzetta Johnson, on 19 August 1910 at the bride's parents' home in Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska.^6,1 He died on 30 April 1919 in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, at age 30 from pneumonia, following a bout of the flu.⁷ He was buried at Ord Cemetery (First Addition, Lot 76) in Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska.⁸
     In April 1910 he was living with his parents in Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska, and working as a census taker. (He is named as the enumerator at the top of the page listing his family.)² He worked for several years for the Johnson Drug Co. in Ord¹, and later served as Ord's assistant postmaster.^3,1 In July 1918 he and his wife Bessie moved to Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska,¹ where he joined some cousins in business with the Skinner Packing company.¹

     Fay Vincent Johnson was born on 29 December 1915 in Arkansas.² He married Helen Baker Van Cleve, daughter of Thomas Corbin Van Cleve and Elsie Baker, on 2 May 1942 in the Washington, D.C..¹ He died on 12 September 1986 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, at age 70.² He was buried on 15 September 1986 at Saint Joseph Cemetery in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.²
     He went by the nickname "Bud."³
     He graduated in 1933 from Memorial High School in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, where he earned eleven letters in football, basketball, tennis, and baseball.³ (Another article says it was fourteen letters in five sports.)⁴ In his senior year the basketball team played in the 32-team National Catholic Tournament at Loyola University in Chicago, finishing fourth, and he was one of eight players named to the All-National Catholic Team.⁵
     He continued his athletic career at the Evansville College as a football player, playing center his first two years, then fullback. In 1935 he led all college scorers in Indiana, earned all-state honors in 1935 and 1936, and is now a member of the school's Football Hall of Fame.⁵
     He also excelled at tennis, winning the Evansville city singles title in 1935 and 1936, and doubles titles five times.⁵ He later wrote an athletic history of his high school.³ On 3 August 1980 he was inducted into the Sunday Courier and Press Tri-State Hall of Fame.⁴ He was also an avid quail hunter, and loved working with his bird dogs.³
     He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, enlisting at Bolling Field Anacostia in Washington, D.C., on 8 August 1941.⁶ He rose to the rank of master sergeant, and was selected to attend officer's candidate school. After graduating he was stationed in Orlando, Florida, working in finance. He next enrolled in intelligence school, was later sent to Tinian Island in the Pacific, and was there when the Enola Gay landed after dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.⁷
     After his discharge from the Air Force in 1946 he and Herb Simpson founded Publicity Associates, with Evansville College as one of their first clients.⁷ That led to an appointment as sports information director at the school, where he remained for five years. He later became publicity manager for Audubon Raceway, from 1964 to 1968, and again from 1972 to 1978, and for the Evansville Triplets baseball team from 1970 to 1971. He retired from active employment after suffering a heart attack in 1978.⁵
     He ran into some financial problems in the late 1950s, and on 20 December 1963 was arrested for failing to file federal income tax returns from 1958 to 1961.⁸ He was freed on bond, and on 7 February 1964 pleaded guilty to two counts (for tax years 1959 and 1961). Charges for tax years 1958 and 1960 were dropped.⁹ On 20 February 1964, after paying back taxes and interest of about $8900, he was fined $500 and received a six-month suspended sentence. He also owed $4000 in a civil penalty.¹⁰

     Catherine Elizabeth Johnson was born on 5 June 1914 in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas.^1,6 She married Thomas Albert Moorman, son of Albert J. Moorman and Eva E. Witzgher, on 14 June 1941 at Blessed Sacrament Church in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas.^7,2 They were divorced sometime between 1957, when they were listed together in the Denison, Texas, city directory, and June 1959, when Thomas remarried.^8,9 She died on 9 April 1970 at St. David's Hospital in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, at age 55 from lung cancer.¹ She was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas.¹
     She graduated in 1932 from Reitz Memorial High School in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana,¹⁰ then from the DePaul Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri,² and was a graduate nurse at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis.¹⁰ She later worked as a hostess for TWA, from 1938 to 1941.^2,10
     She and her husband Thomas may have lived apart for a time after their marriage, while he was in the service. When their first child Mary was born and died the same day in 1942, his residence was listed as St. Louis, while she was living with her parents in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.⁶ On 30 August 1942 Catherine left Evansville to join Thomas in Chicago, and from there they were to travel to Camp Adair in Benton Co., Oregon, where he was to be stationed in the medical corps.¹¹ They were both back in Evansville living with Catherine's parents when their daughter Elizabeth was born in April 1944¹², and then back in St. Louis, where their children Patricia and Thomas were born in 1946 and 1948.^13,14 They later moved to Denison, Grayson Co., Texas, where they lived from at least 1951 to 1957.¹⁵
     In 1960, after her divorce, Catherine was living in Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas,¹⁶ where she was a nurse at Spohn Hospital.¹⁶ Her parents Fay and Agnes (Friery) Johnson lived with her in Corpus Christi from 1959 until their deaths in 1964 and 1965.^3,5

     Israel Gorton III was born about 1755 in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹

     Mercy Gorton was born in 1765 in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹ She died on 28 June 1813.¹

     Thomas Gorton was born in 1765 in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹ He died in 1814.¹

     Job Gorton was born in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹

     Othneil Gorton was born in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹

     Ezra Gorton was born in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹

     Sarah Gorton was born in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹ She married David Atwood on 12 October 1828.¹

     David Atwood married Sarah Gorton, daughter of Israel Gorton Jr. and Anne Searle, on 12 October 1828.¹

     Cyrus Gorton was born in April 1788 in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹ He died in 1835 in Millburg, Massachusetts.¹

     Lucy Burlingame was born in 1763.¹ She died on 30 May 1833.¹

     Richard Burlingame was born on 27 March 1767.¹ He died on 30 July 1838 at age 71.¹

     Cyrus Burlingame was born in 1772.¹ He died on 26 July 1854.¹

     Charles Burlingame was born on 24 March 1775.¹ He died on 26 January 1832 at age 56.¹

     Jabez Burlingame was born in 1778.¹ He was married by Eld. Samuel Littlefield to Ann Rice, daughter of Thomas Rice and Rosanna Blanchard, on 6 September 1816 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island.¹ He died on 11 July 1845 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island.¹
     He and Ann had no children.¹

     Ann Rice was born on 17 July 1779 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island.¹ She was married by Eld. Samuel Littlefield to Jabez Burlingame, son of James Burlingame and Abigail Knight, on 6 September 1816 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island.¹ She died on 23 April 1861 in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, at age 81.¹
     She and Jabez had no children.¹

     Abigail Burlingame was born on 22 February 1780.¹ She died on 14 April 1859 at age 79.¹

     Mercy Burlingame was born about 1782.¹ She married Russell Atwood.¹

     Russell Atwood married Mercy Burlingame, daughter of James Burlingame and Abigail Knight.¹

     James Burlingame III was born about 1785.¹ He married in New Jersey but the name of his wife is unknown.¹
     He lived in Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.¹

     Rosilla M. Breeson was born on 11 June 1865 in Branch Co., Michigan.^4,5 She married first Gilbert S. Gulliksen, son of Svend Gulliksen and Martha Gunderson, on 31 October 1888 in Columbus, Platte Co., Nebraska.³ She married second Leroy Sylvester Orton, son of Chauncy P. Orton and Harriet Tucker, on 28 August 1901 in Grand Island, Hall Co., Nebraska.⁶ She died on 12 July 1935 at Jones Nursing Home in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, at age 70 from arteriosclerosis, with Parkinson's disease as a contributing factor.⁴ She was buried at Olney Cemetery (Block 16, Lot 22, Grave 3) in Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon.⁷
     She is listed twice in the 1880 census, once in Union, Branch Co., Michigan, as a boarder living with Edward and Cordelia Scott (enumerated on 1 June 1880), and again in Union Twp., Adams Co., Iowa, living with her half-brother John Stahlnecker and his family (enumerated on 15 July 1880).^8,9
     In 1900 she was working as a servant in the household of John Mock and his family in Egan, Moody Co., South Dakota. Her four children were also living there, listed in the census as boarders. At the same time, her husband Gilbert was being held as a prisoner in nearby Flandreau, by the county sheriff Charles McFarland. Both are listed as married.^5,10
     She and her second husband Leroy lived in La Grande, Union Co., Oregon. In the 1910 census her children Samuel and Imogene from her first marriage to Gilbert Gulliksen are listed with them, but as Leroy's son and daughter, and with the surname Orton. Also listed with them as Leroy's children are Agnes and Milton Orton, ages 27 and 29, presumably from his previous marriage.² Imogene was still with them in 1920, again with the surname Orton and as Leroy's daughter.¹¹ In 1930, after her husband Leroy's death, she and Imogene were living together in West Linn, Clackamas Co., Oregon.¹²
     She and her first husband Gilbert had four children, all born in South Dakota: Bertha (b December 1889), Philip (b February 1894), Samuel E. (b April 1896), Imogene M. (b April 1899).^5,2