MARY W. JOHNSON was born in Boone county, Kentucky, April 27, 1825, and is the daughter of David and Sybilla (Allen) Johnson, who were natives of Kentucky, and both deceased. In 1851, she married William Carter, who was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky, in November, 1826, and died in October, 1853, leaving two children Elizabeth, now Mrs. Baxter, and William S. In 1860, Mrs. Carter married Mr. J. J. Johnson, who was also born in Boone county, Kentucky, in November, 1808. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had five children: Anna Eliza, Lincoln D., Sybilla S. and Benjamin (twins), and John Quincy. They came to this county in the spring of 1877, and Mr. Johnson died in April of the same year. Mrs. Johnson owns eighty acres of land west of Springfield, worth $60 an acre, and is a member of the Baptist church, at Bethel.