Daniel Dye Johnson (28 April 1836 - 18 December 1893) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He later became a state senator and Senate President of the West Virginia Senate from Tyler County and served from 1872 to 1877 and from 1879 to 1881.[1][2][3] He died in 1893.[4][5]
Family
Johnson was one of 17 children of William Henry Johnson (1789-1871), by his second wife Elizabeth Dye Johnson (1809-1869). Johnson's older brother Okey Johnson (1834-1903) was a lawyer, politician, and West Virginia Supreme Court judge; he also served as the Dean of the West Virginia University Law School. Their much younger brother Thomas Corskadon Johnson (1848-1922) was a prominent Baptist minister in Charleston who served many terms as the moderator of the Kanawha Valley Baptist Association and was a local leader in the fight for prohibition.
References
- ↑ Atkinson, G.W.; Gibbens, A.F. (1890). Prominent Men of West Virginia: Biographical Sketches, the Growth and Advancement of the State, a Compendium of Returns of Every Election, a Record of Every State Officer. W. L. Callin. p. 467. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ↑ Joyce Dabiri, Kelly L. Pruett (March 8, 2012). "Johnson, Daniel Dye" (PDF). Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ↑ Myers, S. (1915). Myers' History of West Virginia. Vol. 2. Wheeling News Lithograph Company. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ↑ "West Virginia Vital Research Records - Record Image". wvculture.org. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Tree Details — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
