Background
Johnson, Benjamin Newhall was born on June 19, 1856 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Rufus Augustus and Ellen Maria (Newhall) Johnson.
Johnson, Benjamin Newhall was born on June 19, 1856 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Rufus Augustus and Ellen Maria (Newhall) Johnson.
Preparatory education, Chauncy Hall School, Boston, and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire (U.S.) Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, highest honors in philosophy, Harvard, 1878. Law study Boston University and offices Ives, Lincoln & Huntress, Boston.
Honorary Master of Arts, Tufts College, 1929.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1880, and practiced at Boston. Member firm Ives, Johnson & Ives, 1882-1884, Johnson, Clapp & Underwood, 1889-1924, Johnson, Clapp, Ives & Knight, since 1919. President Carver Cotton Gin Сompany.
Vice president Essex Trust Company of Lynn, Lynn Institution for Savings, Lynn Gas & Electric Company.
Director Atlantic National Bank of Boston, Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Company Chairman Metropolitan Improvements Commission, Massachusetts, 1907. Member School Board, Lynn, 6 years.
Chairman of the executive committee Tercentenary Celebration, Lynn, 1929. Four-minute man and member Committee on Public Information, World War.
Was active trustee Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association.
Member firm Ives, Johnson & Ives, 1882-1884, Johnson, Clapp & Underwood, 1889-1924, Johnson, Clapp, Ives & Knight, since 1919. Member School; member Committee on Public Information, World War.
Married Ida Moore Oliver, June 15, 1881 (died May 27, 1894). Married second, Virginia Vernon Newhall (died July 5, 1926). Children: Romilly, Marian (Mistress Samuel Buchanan Charles).