Ovid Frazer Johnson and Jane Alricks

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Husband Ovid Frazer Johnson ^{1 2 3 4}

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            AKA: Ovid F. Johnston 5
           Born: 25 Mar 1807 - near Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co, PA 3 4
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           Died: 12 Feb 1853 or 1854 - Washington, D. C. 3 4 6
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         Father: Rev. Jehoiada Pitt Johnson (1767-1830) 7 8
         Mother: Hannah Frazer (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage:  - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

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Wife Jane Alricks ^{3 4 9 10}

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            AKA: Jane Alrichs 5
           Born: 1808 - Oakland Mills, Lost Creek Valley, Juniata Co, PA 3
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           Died: 21 Dec 1891 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 3
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         Father: James Alricks (1769-1833) 11 12 13
         Mother: Martha Hamilton (1776-1830) 11 14 15 16

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Children

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1 F Fanny Alrichs Johnson ^{7 17}

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         Spouse: Hon. Samuel T. Shugert (1809-1895) 17 18

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2 F Hannah Ianthe Johnson ^{5 7}

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3 F Martha Alricks Johnson ^{5 7}

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4 M Ovid Frazer Johnson ^{5 7}

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General Notes: Husband - Ovid Frazer Johnson

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He was born in the Wyoming Valley, near the town of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

At the close of his early education in which he had as school and classmates many who afterwards rose to positions of eminence and distinction, he commenced the study of the law with John N. Conyngham, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, afterwards Judge Conyngham. He was duly admitted to the bar and entered into the practice of the law at that place. In 1833 he removed to Harrisburg, and in 1839, at the early age of thirty-two years, his talent secured for him the appointment as attorney-general of Pennsylvania. In 1841, seeking a wider field for the practice of his profession, he removed to the city of Philadelphia. In 1842, his term of office having expired, he was re-appointed, and served through a second term until 1845.
As an orator, Mr. Johnson was brilliant; as a lawyer he had superior abilities, and somewhat of a wide-known reputation, being frequently employed to try cases in different states of the Union.
In personal appearance, Mr. Johnson was fine-looking, being six feet two or three inches in height, large and well developed in proportion. He died at Washington, D. C., whither he had gone in the interest of a prominent legal claim, in the month of February, 1854. It may be here remarked that, in addition to Mr. Johnson's legal ability, he had a high reputation as a political writer. He was the author of the celebrated "Governor's Letters," published during the administration of Governor Ritner, and which purported to give the ludicrous side to the political characters then figuring in the politics of the state.

1 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 32.

2 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 462, 508.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 231.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1495.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 181.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 509.

7 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 33.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1494.

9 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 31.

10 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 462, 509.

11 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 461.

12 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 196.

13 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 30.

14 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 199.

15 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 181.

16 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 27.

17 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 181, 193.

18 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 225, 254A.