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Darius Gandy Johnson 1840–1915 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Sep 1840

Birth Location: Choctaw County, Alabama, USA

Death Date: 23 Feb 1915

Death Location: Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA

Father: David Johnson

Mother: Damaris Gandy

Spouse(s): Nancy Cato

Children(s): Minnie Johnson, William Johnson, Demerious Johnson, Alexander Johnson, James Johnson, Annie Johnson, Ida Johnson

Darius Gandy Johnson was born in 1840 in Choctaw County, Alabama, USA, the child of David Johnson And Damaris Gandy. Darius Gandy Johnson married Nancy Ann Cato, and had children including Alexander Cephus Johnson, Annie F Johnson, Demerious Elizabeth Johnson, Ida Missouri Johnson, James Ervin Johnson, Minnie Johnson, William Lafayette Johnson. Darius Gandy Johnson passed away in 1915 in Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA.

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Biography

  • Darius Gandy Johnson was born in 1840 in Choctaw County, Alabama, USA, the child of David Johnson And Damaris Gandy.
  • Darius Gandy Johnson married Nancy Ann Cato, and had children including Alexander Cephus Johnson, Annie F Johnson, Demerious Elizabeth Johnson, Ida Missouri Johnson, James Ervin Johnson, Minnie Johnson, William Lafayette Johnson.
  • Darius Gandy Johnson passed away in 1915 in Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Darius Johnson's Ancestors

Self
Darius Johnson
1840–1915
Birth Place: Choctaw County, Alabama, USA
Parents
David Johnson
1810–1855
Darlington, Darlington, South Carolina, USA
Damaris Gandy
1810–1898
Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Abraham (W.) Johnson
1775–1854
Darlington County, South Carolina, USA
Catharine Quarles
1780–1870
South Carolina, USA
Booker Gandy
1771–1844
Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
Delilah Edmunds
1775–1859
Darlington, Darlington, South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Abraham Johnson
1733–1826
Magdalen James
1742–1804
Brinkley Gandy
1742–1836
Martha Chambliss
1749–1840
Samuel Edmunds
1758–1799
Susan Cogburn
1761–1795
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel James
1700–1754
Rachael Buffington
1724–1746
Edward Gandy
1715–1817
Elizabeth Allen
1715–1800
John Jr.
1728–1803
Sarah Lee
1731–1767
Howell Edmunds
1700–1770
Mary Briggs
1700–1777
John Cogburn
1745–1810
Hannah Harry
1750–1837

Darius Johnson's Descendants

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Darius (Gandy) Johnson (Sep 1840–23 Feb 1915) m. Nancy (Ann) Cato (1843–1906)
  1. 1. Minnie Johnson 1878–1925
  2. 2. William (Lafayette) Johnson 1873–1950
  3. 3. Demerious (Elizabeth) Johnson 1869–1954
  4. 4. Alexander (Cephus) Johnson 1875–1962
  5. 5. James (Ervin) Johnson 1871–1940 m. Kizziah (Ann (Kizzie)) Dean 1872–1945
    1. 1. Goldie (Evelyn) Johnson 1890–1969 m. Edward (Tobias) Garner 1875–
      1. 1. James (Edward Garner) Sr. 1911–1980 m. Bama (Virginia) Long 1913–2012
        1. 1. Faye (Pauline) Garner 1943–2008
      2. 2. Cecil (Eura) Garner 1917–1997
      3. 3. Walter (Hulon) Garner 1913–1984
      4. 4. Stafford (J.) Garner 1915–1991
      5. 5. Willie (Tully) Garner 1922–2020
    2. 2. Jasper (Ervin) Johnson 1909–1990 m. Vida (Viola) Keen 1909–1968
      1. 1. Kate (Jeanette) Johnson 1936–2011 m. Oscar (Emanuel) Boyer 1914–1998
  6. 6. Annie (F.) Johnson 1881–1968 m. Jesse (Winston (Wincy)) Bunyard 1884–1915
    1. 1. Ethel (M.) Bunyard 1912–2010 m. Cebron (Horace Creel) Sr. 1911–1991
      1. 1. Cebron (Horace Creel) Jr. 1929–2005
      2. 2. Albert (Arthur) Creel 1936–2015
      3. 3. Delois Creel 1940–2019 m. Austin (D.) McCary 1936–2017
      4. 4. Jesse (Felton) Creel 1942–2018 m. Patricia (Lee) Appleman 1947–2004
    2. 2. Claudia (Mae (Claudie Mae)) Bunyard 1907–1999 m. Albert (Louis) Creel 1907–1996
      1. 1. Winster (Louis) Creel 1929–2019
  7. 7. Ida (Missouri) Johnson 1888–1921 m. Thomas West 1881–1966
    1. 1. Essie (Mae) West 1912–1998
    2. 2. Emmitt (P.) West 1919–1988
    3. 3. William (Henry) West 1907–1985 m. Helen (Elizabeth (Nell)) Lowery 1910–1994
      1. 1. Thomas (Payton) West 1935–1999
      2. 2. William (Wayne) West 1939–1999
    4. 4. James (R.) West 1916–2005
    5. 5. Thomas (D.) West 1908–1962
    6. 6. Louella West 1913–1997

Darius Johnson's Timeline

2 Records

1840
Sep 1840
Birth of Darius Gandy Johnson in Choctaw County, Alabama, USA
Choctaw County, Alabama, USA
1915
23 Feb 1915
Age 75
Death of Darius Gandy Johnson in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA
Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Sep 1840
    Event Place: Choctaw County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Feb 1915
    Event Place: Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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