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- Bell's History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
PETER V. JOHNSON was born in Rush township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, son of Henry B. and Mary (Vastine) Johnson. His father was a millwright and followed that business in his younger life, but in after years he engaged in farming. His family consisted of eight children, six of whom grew to maturity: Jackson B., who was killed in the army and buried near Hagerstown, Maryland; Thomas J., who enlsted in 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served nine months, participating in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and the Wilderness; Peter V.; Lydia, widow of Jesse Conway; Ann, wife of J.S. Bassett, and Katharine, wife of T.W. Campbell. Peter V. Johnson was educated in the common schools, and taught school during his early life, but is now a farmer. He married Mary A., daughter of Casper J. Reed. Politically he is a Republican.
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