B. F. Johnson

    B. F. Johnson, Superintendent of the schools of Benton County, is a native of Muskingum County, Ohio, and was born at Zanesville, October 4, 1847, and is a son of Abel and Sarah (Smith) Johnson, who were of English and Franco-German descent respectively. the family emigrated to Huntington County, Indiana in 1850, and three years later removed to Wells County, where they still reside. B. F. Johnson attended the common schools, and for one year was a student at Ridgeville College. In 1868, he became a public teacher, and his first six terms were equally divided between Indiana and Illinois. For eight years he was Principal of the schools of Montpelier, Ossian and Oxford, but in 1881 was elected Superintendent of the school of Benton County.

     Mr. Johnson is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a Republican. November 8, 1873, he was united in marriage to Mary C. Fox. To this union has been blessed by three children -Louise M., Lee F. and Edward M. The parents are members of the Baptist Church.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.