Windsor County Vermont Biographies

J. H. Johnson

JOHNSON, J. H., Born in Woodstock, Windsor Co., Vt. March 17,1817; came to Illinois in September, 1836; was Deputy Clerk of Circuit Court, in 1838-9, also Clerk of Circuit Court from July 4, 1840, to December, 1856; studied law, and admitted to practice in 1851 ; was also Probate Justice and Clerk of County Commissioners; was Director of C. & N. W. R. R., and was engaged on the line between Chicago and Oshkosh, soliciting subscriptions to the stock, and securing the right of way and purchasing timber lands, until June, 1858. Been married three times; had four children, one living; present wife was Maria Richmond, of Chenango Co., N. Y. . Source: 1877 McHenry County, Illinois Directory - Contributed by K. Torp

M. L. Joslyn

JOSLYN, M. L., Attorney at Law, Woodstock; born in Livingston Co., N. Y., September 10, 1826 ; came to McHenry Co. in November, 1838; owns 20 acres of land and Masonic Hall Block, Woodstock; was Presidential Elector in 1856 on the Buchanan ticket; was in the Legislature one term, in 1865 ; was Supervisor for twenty years; also elected to the State Senate, in 1876, for four years. Married Mary Robinson, December 25, 1862, who was born in Pawlet, Vt., 1838; has two children. . Source: 1877 McHenry County, Illinois Directory - Contributed by K. Torp

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