Background
Johnson, Benjamin Franklin was born on April 3, 1856 in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. Son of Richard Nutt and Ann Miller (Wheatley) Johnson.
Johnson, Benjamin Franklin was born on April 3, 1856 in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. Son of Richard Nutt and Ann Miller (Wheatley) Johnson.
Education public and private schools.
Began publishing school books in Richmond, Virginia, 1876. Organizer, 1900, president, 1900-1907, and still largest stockholder, B. F. Johnson Public Company, Richmond. Organizer, 1908, and president, B. F. Johnson, Incorporated., Washington, District of Columbia.
Director Equity Savings Bank, Washington.
The purpose of human existence is to love, worship, and serve God in thought, word, and deed, and, grounded in this relationship with God, to love and serve others
Married Lucie Davis, October 2, 1877 (died 1891). Married second, Blanche T. Wynne, July 19, 1892.