JAMES M. JOHNSON
(Pages 387-390) James McCullough Johnson and Ann Caughey made their home on the Colerain farm with his brother John and his family. While living in Colerain, James and Ann became parents to Franklin A., born on February 28, 1830; Eliza R., born May 25, 1832; and Phebe Jane, born on June 3, 1834. James Johnson and Ann Caughey,
although removed several generations from the original Pennsylvania settlers, were possessed with the same pioneering spirit. In late 1835, James and Ann loaded a locally built Conestoga wagon and traveled west following the path of Ann's brothers and James' cousins to the new frontier of Ohio. James Johnson and Ann Caughey chose to settle in Canaan Township of Wayne County, Ohio. James and Ann were among the early settlers of Canaan Township where they acquired eighty
acres of land. With the help of friends and relatives James was able to clear some of his land to begin his farming. As his farm prospered, James added more acreage to his farm. His property was located a few miles north of the city of Wooster and a short distance south of the town of Creston. In Canaan, James and Ann enlarged their family with the addition of Ann M., born in 1837; John James, born in 1839; Martha S„ born in 1845; and Harriet P. "Hattie", born in
1849. Hard work took its toll and on February 18, 1854, James McCullough Johnson died, leaving his wife Ann Caughey Johnson with a large family and farm to manage. James is buried not far from the family farm in the Jackson Presbyterian Church Cemetery, located near Creston, Ohio. In 1861, James Johnson's will was probated and provided for his property to be divided among his wife Ann and their children. Ann and each child became the owner of a part of
the family farm with Mother Ann the guardian of the underage children's property. 
THE GRAVES OF JAMES AND ANN CAUGHEY JOHNSON
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After the death of their father, James and Ann Johnson's sons, Franklin A. and John James took over the operation of the family farm. They made a home for their mother
and sisters Phebe J. and Eliza R. The sisters never married but continued to live in the family homestead with their mother and brothers Franklin and John. 
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