Background
Johnson, John was born in 1805 in near Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland.
United States representative politician
Johnson, John was born in 1805 in near Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland.
He came to the United States in 1816, and to Coshocton, Ohio in 1820. He learned the tanner"s trade from his step-father, James Renfrew. Later he served as a United States. Representative from Ohio"s 16th District from 1851 to 1853.
He is buried at Oakbridge Cemetery in Coshocton, Ohio.
He was a member of the merchandising and banking firm, West. K. Johnson & Company He entered politics in 1843, serving in the Ohio Senate, then later as a delegate from Coshocton County to the Ohio state Constitutional Convention in 1850 and 1851.