Ancestry of
James Preston Johnson

(c1878–1934)

James Preston Johnson

View famous kin of James Preston Johnson

• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1878 
  • Birth Location:
  • Madison Parish, Louisiana 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Apr 1934 
  • Death Location:
  • Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook, Illinois 
  • Notes: 
  • On a draft registration card, James reported that he was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Other sources claim he was actually born in Madison Parish, Louisiana just across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg.

• Marriages for James Preston Johnson

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  • Spouse:
  • Phoebe Moten
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Apr 1901
  • Marriage Location:
  • Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois

• Sources for James Preston Johnson

  • ¹ Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Death record for spouse Phoebe (Moten) Johnson.
  • ² U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Record for James Johnson.
  • ³ Swarns, Rachel L., American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama, New York: HarperCollins Publishers (2012), 31-32, 90, inside cover.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "Family of Barack Obama", (accessed 10/22/2012).