JOHNSON, ANDREW, was born in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, and came to America when he was a young man, and to Sangamon county as early as 1826 or '7. He was a millwright, and built a mill on the South Fork of Sangamon river for Edwark Clark. Andrew Johnson was married about 1827 to Mrs. Mary Barker, whose maiden name was Williams. They had three sons, namely--

JOHN, born Oct. 23, 1828, in Sangamon county, married March 1, 1849, to Phoebe E. Bell. They had five living children. ISAIAH B., born May 9, 1851, married April 27, 1871, to Annie Lovelace. They have one child, ELIZABETH, and live two and one-half miles south of Rochester. LAURA J., born Feb. 14, 1854, married Dec. 30, 1869, to Henry R. Hedrick. They have two children, and live two miles west of Clarksville. ROBERT SUMNER died, aged four years. JOHN A., born March 1, 1861, and MINNIE S., born Sept. 17, 1866. The two latter live with their father. Mrs. Phoebe E. Johnson died Feb. 17, 1871, and John Johnson was married June 13, 1873, to Theresa Taff, who was born Oct. 21, 1846, near Mechanicsburg. They reside two miles south of Rochester.

SAMUEL, born Sept. 18, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 22, 1852, to Lavina J. Baker; had one child, JANETTA F., born Sept. 5, 1854, married Dec. 14, 1871, to Joseph Sharp, and live in Cotton Hill township. Mrs. Lavina J. Johnson died March 24, 1856, and Samuel Johnson was married Aug. 26, 1856, to Louisa Taff, who was born July 4, 1839, near Athens, Menard county, Illinois. They have eight children, MARIETTA, THERESA A., JAMES E., IDA F., FLORA A., MARTHA C., ARTHUR and IRO, and reside three-quarters of a mile southwest of Clarksville, Berry Postoffice.

ANDREW, Jun., born in 1833, and died, aged twelve or thirteen years.

Andrew Johnson died in Sangamon county, and his widow married Greenberry Baker. See his name.