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Ellen Lucinda Huggins Johnson
May 1841 – 1915
| Birth | May 1841 |
| Death | 1915 |
| Cemetery | Gravel Hill Cemetery Vernon Parish , Louisiana , USA |
| Added by | Jean plummer on 13 Feb 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28852473 |
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Died circa 1915
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Ellen Lucinda Huggins Sex: F Birth: MAY 1841 in Alabama Marriage: Aaron Johnson b: 14 FEB 1832 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry, Louisiana Children William Charnal (Dock) Johnson b: 26 FEB 1862 in Cravens, Vernon, Louisiana Mary Lou (Keech) Johnson b: 3 MAY 1864 in Sugartown, Beauregard, Louisiana John Johnson b: 1866 Ellana G. (Pet) Johnson b: 21 MAR 1869 in Louisiana Aaron Johnson , Jr. b: 1870 Massena (Sugar) Johnson b: 3 NOV 1871 in Cravens, Vernon, Louisiana Robert B. Johnson b: 15 DEC 1872 in Louisiana Lucinda (Cindy) Johnson b: FEB 1879 Ellen Johnson b: 14 DEC 1880 Harmon (Bud) Johnson b: 24 OCT 1881 in Cravens, Vernon, Louisiana David Edward (Dave) Johnson b: 11 JUN 1885 ==== Read more about Ellen Johnson in the book: Whiskey Chitto Woman By Marguerite Hudson Description The opening scene depicts my great grandmother Ellen Johnson fanning her children as they nap on a pallet in the dogtrot of their home in western Louisiana. Laying her palmetto fan aside, she greets John Johnson, her father in law, as he brings a letter from her husband, Aaron Johnson. It is the summer of 1865, and Aaron's name has never appeared on the list of the dead. His right leg was amputated just below the hip after being hit by a mini ball in the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana, and he was sent to Shreveport where he stayed for 16 months to recover. Then he was sent by steamboat to Alexandria where he is paroled. He writes for someone to come take him home. The young determined wife insist on making the 60-mile trip herself, yet after much ado, is convinced to take a 16-year-old neighbor boy, Sammy James, to accompany her. The journey is fraught with many incidents as they travel through the Sabine Free State, an area famous for outlawry, jayhawking, and marauding. The plot illustrates unbelievably beautiful scenery of (then) Rapides Parish, the roughness of wagon travel and camping, but most of all, the courage and bravery of this young woman. About the Author Marguerite Hudson, a retired English Teacher, wrote Whiskey Chitto Woman, her first novel. She wrote Emmett Cope: A Tribute of Remembrance, and was part of a trio who wrote Creme de la Creme, a cookbook. She holds two MA Degrees, one from Northern Colorado University at Greeley and one from Northwestern University at Natchitoches, LA. She taught at Ouachita Parish High School, Monroe, LA; Haynesville High School; Bossier High School; Bossier Parish Community College; Centenary; The Barksdale Air Force NCO Academy and Louisiana Tech at Barksdale. She served eight years on the Bossier Parish School Board. Presently, her plans are writing another novel and traveling to South Texas where she enjoys a set of special friends.
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- William Charnel "Dock" Johnson 1862–1947
- Robert Johnson 1868–1956
- Ellaney C Johnson Calhoun 1869–1911
- Masenia Johnson 1871–1925
- Ellen Johnson Buxton 1880–1949
- Harmon "Bud" Johnson 1881–1954
- Dave E Johnson 1885–1940
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