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Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr.

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Spouse(s)
  
Eliza Bunton Johnson

Name
  
Samuel Johnson,


Children
  
Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr.


Born
  
November 12, 1838 (
1838-11-12
)
Alabama, U.S.

Occupation
  
Civil War Soldier {Confederate}; rancher

Relatives
  
Lyndon B. Johnson (grandson) Lynda Johnson Robb (great-granddaughter) Charles S. Robb (great-grandson-in-law) Luci Baines Johnson (great-granddaughter) Lady Bird Johnson (granddaughter-in-law) Sam Houston Johnson (grandson)

Died
  
February 25, 1915, Stonewall, Texas, United States

Grandchildren
  
Lyndon B. Johnson, Sam Houston Johnson, Rebekah Johnson, Lucia Johnson, Josefa Johnson

Great grandchildren
  
Luci Baines Johnson, Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, Sam Johnson, Josefa Roxanne Johnson

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Parents
  
Lucy Webb Barnett Johnson

Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr., (November 12, 1838 – February 25, 1915) was a cattleman and a soldier, and the paternal grandfather of future US President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Family

Johnson was born in Alabama, the tenth child of Lucy Webb (Barnett) and Jesse Johnson. He was raised a Baptist, but later became a member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). In his later years, he became a Christadelphian, following his wife and daughter.

He was the father of Texas politician Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr., grandfather of Lyndon Baines Johnson, and the uncle of Johnson City, Texas founder James Polk Johnson.

After serving in the Civil War, Sam married Eliza Bunton of Caldwell County on December 11, 1867.

Career

In the late 1850s, Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr. settled with his brother Jesse Thomas "Tom" Johnson in a one-room log cabin on 320 acres (1.3 km2) that became headquarters for the largest cattle driving operation in seven counties.

Sam enlisted in Col. Xavier Debray's regiment on September 18, 1861, and served until the end of the American Civil War on the coast of Texas and in Louisiana. He was present at the Battle of Galveston and at the Battle of Pleasant Hill in Louisiana.

In the fall of 1892, Sam Ealy Johnson Sr. offered himself as the Populist candidate for Blanco and Gillespie County's seat in the state legislature.

References

Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr. Wikipedia