Lucinda Jane Wilson b. ABT 1846 of Pine Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States d. 23 NOV 1878 Bay Island, New Boston, Mercer, Illinois, United States: Jacob Strong Family

1846 - 1878

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Nickname Jane

Birth Abt 1846 of Pine Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States [2]

Gender Female

Died 23 Nov 1878 Bay Island, New Boston, Mercer, Illinois, United States [3]

Person ID I2269 Jacob Strong and Sarah Hill

Last Modified 26 Apr 2013

Father Samuel Wilson, b. Abt 1819, , , Pennsylvania, United States , d. Abt 1860

Mother Sarah Strong, b. 5 Dec 1822, Strongstown, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 28 Sep 1896, Monitor, Marion, Oregon, United States

Married Abt 1838 Of , Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States

Family ID F34 Group Sheet

Family Jonas Johnson, b. Abt 1828, Hälsingland, Gavleborg, Sweden , d. 24 Nov 1878, of Bay Island, New Boston, Mercer, Illinois, United States

Married 23 Feb 1865 , Mercer, Illinois, United States [4]

Children

	1. John J. Johnson, b. Dec 1865, near New Boston, Mercer, Illinois, United States , d. Aft 1906, of , Brown, Nebraska, United States
	2. Charles Johnson Wilson, b. Dec 1870, near New Boston, Mercer, Illinois, United States , d. 27 Nov 1936, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
	3. Emma Dora Johnson, b. 6 Jul 1872, near New Boston, Mercer, Illinois, United States , d. 20 Feb 1959, Monitor, Marion, Oregon, United States
	4. Esther Alida Johnson, b. 30 Apr 1875, near New Boston, Mercer, Illinois, United States , d. 13 Jul 1951, Park Place, Clackamas, Oregon, United States
	5. Infant Johnson, b. Nov 1878, near New Boston, Mercer, Illinois, United States , d. Dec 1878, near New Boston, Mercer, Illinois, United States

Family ID F962 Group Sheet

Notes
Listed as Lucinda in the 1850 Census

Sources

[S293] Johnson Families of Mercer County, http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com..
Contacts - June Carroll has shared her research on Jonas and Lucinda Jane Wilson Johnson. Much of it is given below. 10/2008 she sent us a link to the obituary of Charles Johnson Wilson (son of Jonas and Lucinda) which she has posted on Findagrave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30579869. Yes, Charles Wilson Johnson did change his name to Charles Johnson Wilson per June's research below.

There were many Johnson families in Mercer County. Since the subject of this Web Site is the history of New Boston and Eliza Townships in Mercer County we will confine ourselves to Johnson Families in those two townships for the time being.
Jonas and Lucinda Jane Wilson Johnson
Jonas Johnson owned land in Section 15 in Township 14N Range 6W as proven in his estate records after his death in 1878 (Description of Property from Estate). New Boston Township was composed of T14NR5W and a portion of T14NR6W fronting on the Mississippi River. Jonas’s land in Section 15 consisted of 305 acres and fronted directly on the Mississippi. In our collection of maps we are missing the New Boston portion consisting of T14NR6W from the 1875 Atlas and would dearly love to have it if anyone can share a copy. It is of no avail to use later versions (which we do have) as the Mississippi River was a constantly changing entity and the coastline of New Boston Township changed significantly over the years as did the adjoining islands in the River. Since the 1875 Atlas was close to the death of Jonas it should pretty accurately reflect his property. Part of the problem in doing research is that T14N Range 6W was also swampy and filled with creeks and lakes and was not really accessible to census takers.

According to death information obtained by June Carroll, Jonas was born about 1828 and had been in Mercer County about 26 years, thus arriving about 1852. He evidently purchased his property from a private party as it is not listed in public land purchase records for Mercer County. His marriage record in the Illinois Marriage Index tells us he married Lucinda J. Wilson on 2/23/1865 (license date?), so he was about 37 years old and Jane was about 20. Such age differences were not uncommon, particularly in 1865 at the end of the Civil War, when thousands of young males had been killed in the war.

Jonas’s house is actually shown on a portion of a Mercer County map (look along the river to the left edge of the map and you will see the house marked on Section 15 just above the "ippi" in the name of the River. For information on purchasing these maps see bottom of the page.) Jonas owned a small sliver of land separated from his main parcel which may have been timberland or perhaps his boat launching area.

Since Jonas and Jane do not appear in the 1870 census (T14NR6W was not censused) we are not sure of his occupation. He was not censused in 1860 either. Surely his occupation included some type of fishing, or perhaps hunting, on the islands in the River, or a combination of both. In his estate records there were some 470 posts for sale so he may also have cut and sold timber items.
Jane, This is Your Life (by June Carroll)
Lucinda Jane was born about 1846 probably in Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. I'm not sure about her birth date at this time but the 1850 census gives her age as 3 and 1860 census gives her age as 12.

Her grandparents also lived in Pennsylvania and they joined the Mormon faith in about 1836. Jane's parents were Samuel and Sarah (Strong) Wilson. Her parents didn't join the Mormon faith. Jane had at least 9 siblings but I only have found the names on seven of them, William, Jacob, Susan, Mary Ann, Mariah, James and Utah Elizabeth. The grandparent went on the exodus to Nauvoo, Illinois in about 1839 with others of that faith and from there to Utah. Sarah and her husband, Samuel and children didn't go with them but by 1860 they were living in Drury, Rock Island County, Illinois. At this time Jane was about 12 years old.

On February 23, 1865 Jane married Jonas Johnson in Mercer County, Illinois. The property they lived on was in New Boston Township, Mercer County, Illinois. The property was located right on the Mississippi river with Eliza Lake and Creek running very close to this land on the east side making the area look much like an island. The description of the property put it in Section 15, Township 14 North, Range 6 West.

John was their first child and he was born in December of 1865. In December of 1870 their second son, Charles was born. He was followed by two sisters: Emma "Dora" born July 6, 1872 and then Alida "Esther" who was born April 30, 1875. Tragedy hit the family in Nov of 1878 when their last child was born. Jane died shortly after giving birth to her last baby and the baby died shortly thereafter. Jane's death was on Nov 24, 1878. Jonas died a couple of days later. Jonas died of tuberculosis. There were quite a bill list of medicines listed in his probate records such as quinine, sulphur etc.

I have a bill that was submitted by David Kirlin after they died for one coffin. The price was $12.50 and was bought on the 25th of November, two other coffins were purchased on November 26 for wife and child. The price for those was $12.50 for wife and $5.00 for child. They were charged $6.50 for digging 3 graves. By Jonas' death certificate he was 50 years old when he died and Jane would have been about 32. Jonas' death certificate and the children's papers from the orphan home states that Jonas was born in Ljusdal, Halsingland, Sweden.

In a letter written by Jane's mother, Sarah (Strong) Wilson, in 1880 to her family in Utah it stated: "My daughter and her husband both died a year ago last November. One died the 24th and the other the 26th and left five children, an infant 4 days old. It died a month old. There are two boys and two girls. One boy 14 years old. We have him and the others are in an Illinois orphan home. I sent and got the girls but we could not keep them on account of their estate not being in Iowa and that caused me a good deal of trouble".

It seems that Charles, Emma Dora, and Alida Esther were admitted into the Swedish Andover Orphanage in Andover, Henry County, Illinois on August 26, 1879. They lived there until they come of age. I believe John continued to live with his uncle William and family in America, Plymouth County, Iowa as I found him on a census there in 1880 but by 1900 he is living in Johnstown, Brown County, Nebraska with his two sisters Dora and Esther. They are all living next door to their cousin Jonas Wilson and family. I can't locate John anywhere else but was told he delivered mail in Carrolls, Cowlitz County, WA for a time. (This hasn't been confirmed)

It stated in papers I received from the Andover orphanage that Charles changed his last name to Wilson which was his mother's maiden name. I believe when Charles was 18 he headed for college and by 1895 he secured a position at North Park College in the Science Dept in Chicago, Illinois. In about 1899 he married Jenny (Modine) and in the 1900 census I find him and Jenny living with his in-laws. In 1910 they are on their own in Chicago, Cook County, IL and they have added two children to their family, Stanley born about 1900 and Bernice born about 1904. Charles died on November 27, 1936 in Chicago, Cook County, IL but at present I don't know where he is buried.

I think Dora, Esther, and probably Johnnie headed for Oregon in about 1905. Dora married Benjamin Silas Prather on Nov 24, 1906 in Kalama, Cowlitz County, Washington. In 1919, 1920 and 1930 they are living in Killin Pct. Clackamas County, OR. Together they had two children, Cleo Hartman Prather born Aug 20, 1906 and Roland W. Prather born July 8, 1913. Looks like Benjamin was a farmer by all of the census reports. Dora died on February 20, 1959 in Monitor, Clackamas County, Oregon and she and her husband are both buried in the Miller cemetery in Silverton, Marion County, Oregon.

Esther married Frank H. Louis Blaue in about 1901. I'm not sure if they were still in Nebraska or not. By census their only child, Stanley Blaue, was born in Nebraska on Dec 11, 1904. His obituary states in was born in Oregon City, Clackamas County, OR. Esther died on July 13, 1951 at Park Place, Clackamas County, Oregon. She and her husband are buried in the Mt View Cemetery in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon.
[S267] Census: 1850, Pennsylvania, Indiana County, Pine Township, www.Ancestry.com..
Age 3 in 1850 Census
[S292] Death Certificate: Illinois.
Good Morning Florie,
Looks like we have pretty much the same thing on Jane's family. There are a few minor differences on deaths. I do have a death certificate for both Jane and Jonas but wasn't able to get one on the baby. Even having the death certificates I'm not sure about the dates on them but we have to use something. till later, June

State of Illinois
Certificate of death
Lucinda Jane Johnson
Female, white
Date of death: Nov 23, 1878, 10 PM
Place where born: America
Place of death: Bay Island, New Boston
Cause of death: Metritis (Puerperal)
[Medical dictionary states: inflammation of the uterus, death due to child birth]
Duration of disease: eight days
Place and date of burial: New Boston, November 23, 1878 [same day as death... I don't think so]
Name and place of Undertaker: David Kistin/Kirlin [not sure about spelling on last name] New Boston
Dated at: New Boston Dec 20, 1878 Walter f. Suiter MD, New Boston
[provided by E. June Carroll]
[S857] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, www.cyberdriveillinois.com..
[groom] JOHNSON, JONAS [bride] WILSON, LUCINDA J [date] 02/23/1865
[vol./page] 00A/0095 [license no.] 00001915 [county] MERCER