Ancestry of
Eleanor Johnson

(c1811–1849)

Eleanor Johnson

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John Johnson 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1811 
  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Sep 1849 
  • Death Location:
  • Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana 
  • Notes: 

  • In 1849, the steamer Embassy exploded on the river just above Evansville, Indiana. Eleanor Johnson was among those who volunteered to tend to the wounded passengers and crew. During this time, she contracted a cold and a few weeks later died.

• Marriages for Eleanor Johnson

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  • Spouse:
  • Matthew Watson Foster
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Jun 1829
  • Marriage Location:
  • Petersburg, Pike, Indiana

• Sources for Eleanor Johnson

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/23/2015).
  • ² Foster, John W., Biographical Sketch of Matthew Watson Foster, 1800-1863, Astor Place, New York: F. F. Little and Co. (1896), 25, 53.
  • ³ Motter, H. L., editor, The International Who's Who: Who's Who in the World, 1912, New York: The International Who's Who Publishing Co. (1911), 470.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "John W. Foster", (accessed 04/21/2015).