James Rogers Johnson

Abt 1827 -

• Name	James Rogers Johnson  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1827	Pennsylvania   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1828	Pennsylvania   [3]
  Person ID	I37790	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of UKL
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2022

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Covel Dane,   b. Abt 1838, Massachusetts d. 24 Sep 1925, Alameda, Alameda, California (Age ~ 87 years)
  Marriage	22 Jan 1861	Amador County, California   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Phoebe Johnson,   b. 16 Nov 1861, Volcano, Amador, California d. 21 Jan 1936, Oakland, Alameda, California (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F22216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Also called James Rogers Johnston. "She has roots in eastern Oregon that go back to the early days of white settlement. Not long ago, she told me excitedly that she'd rediscovered records in the attic of her grandmother's childhood: 'My great-grandfather, with my grandmother age eleven, moved from California to Oregon in 1873. . . . They drove three hundred and fifty head of cattle up through Nevada and built a stone house on the back side of Steens Mountain. I don't think he made a claim; there was nowhere to make it. He was one of the very first ranchers in what is still very desolate country.' The family stayed there for five years before they moved on, in search of new grass or less isolation—her grandmother didn't say. The story gives hints of what Le Guin already knew: that the empty spaces of America have a past, and that loneliness and loss are mixed up with the glory." [Julie Phillips, "The Fantastic Ursula K. Le Guin," The New Yorker, 10 Oct 2016]

  
  

• Sources

  [S5089] California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980, on ancestry.com. [S2244] 1880 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S2228] 1850 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com.