JOHNSON, LUE, was born about 1786, at Middlebury, Vermont. A short time before his birth, his father had a difficulty with an Indian of the St. Regis tribe, who were on friendly terms with the whites. In a scuffle the Indian threw Mr. Johnson, and was about to take his life, when a chief of the same tribe came to his rescue, and killed the Indian, in order to save the life of his white friend. The name of that chief was Lue--pronounced Lu-e, and Mr. Johnson named his first born son for the dusky friend who saved his life. The father of Lue Johnson died when he was five years old, and his mother married Orson Douglas, an uncle to Stephen A. Douglas. Lue Johnson was married in Ferrisburg, Vt., to Betsy Benham, who was born in 1787, in Cheshire, New Haven county, Ct. They had seven children in Vermont, and moved in 1829 to Pontiac, Michigan, where Mrs. Johnson died in 1833. Lue Johnson moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of 1836, near Rochester. Of his seven children--

HENRY, born June 30, 1816, at Burlington, Vt., went with his parents to Michigan, and preceded his father to Sangamon county, arriving Oct. 7, 1832, at Rochester. He left Michigan by stage. The stage broke down in Indiana, fifty miles from Chicago. He enjoyed the hospitality of an Indian wigwam one night, walked to Chicago, which then consisted of a fort, a few huts, and 1,000 Pottowattomie Indians. He did not think the place worth stopping at, and came on to Sangamon county. Henry Johnson was married Nov. 8, 1838, near Rochester, to Joanna Twist. They had nine children in Sangamon county. CALVIN C., born Jan. 14, 1840, married in Sangamon county to Amelia St. Clair. They have one child, EMMA FAY, and live at the Union Stock-Yards, Chicago. MARY N., born March 9, 1842, married in 1868 to William Lowe. They have two children, and live near Edinburg, Christian county. ELIZABETH A. and ORSON D., twins, born Aug. 3, 1844. ELIZABETH A. married William Shipley. They have one child, ALBERT R., and live in Springfield. ORSON D. enlisted Aug. 4, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf., and died at Memphis, Tenn., Jan., 1864. His remains were brought home, and buried west of Rochester. LAURA R., born Sept. 19, 1853, HENRY F., born Nov. 25, 1857, CHARLES A., born Aug. 25, 1859, and FLORA E., born Sept. 6, 1861, reside with their parents, three miles northeast of Rochester, Sangamon county, Ill. Henry Johnson served from 1867 to 1872 in the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors. He displayed such splendid horsemanship at the Sangamon county Fair, in a contest not mentioned in the programme, Sept., 1875, that he was presented with a fine goldheaded cane, purchased by an improptu collection from the spectators.

MARY A., born July, 1830, in Vermont, was married in Springfield, Ill., to William Cole. They had one child, FLORA, born in 1851, in Springfield, married Abner Thompson. They have two children, and live in Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Cole died in Iowa.

ANNELIZABETH, born in 1825, in Vermont, was married in Springfield, Ill., to Peter Fields, who died in 1852. She married Alexander Fisher. See his name.

ORSON D., born in 1827 in Vermont, married in Rochester to Lydia Eggleston. They have four children, two of whom are married, and live in Mt. Pulaski, Logan county, Ill.

FLORA A., born in 1829 in Vermont, died in 1845 in Springfield.

LUE, Jun., born in 1831 in Vermont, and died in 1837 near Rochester.

Lue Johnson, Sen., died Sept., 1838, near Rochester, Ill.