Family Group Sheet
NameJohn F. Johnson
Birth4 Oct 1887, Ringos Mills, Fleming Co., Kentucky
Death10 Aug 1924, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio
SpouseAddie Maude Fawns
Birth5 Sep 1882, Fleming Co., Kentucky
BurialHillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming Co., Kentucky
FatherJohn W. Fawns (1857-1939)
MotherSarah Catherine Lykes (1857-1938)
Other spousesBert Evans
Children
Birthabt 1910, Kentucky
SpouseClyde Oliver Sexton , 3C4R
Birth7 Feb 1913, Fleming Co., Kentucky
Death10 Aug 1924, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio
Birth25 Nov 1914, Fleming Co., Kentucky
Death15 Aug 1980, Fleming Co., Kentucky
Notes for John F. Johnson
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917, records John F. Johnson, age 29, residence Ringco Mill, Ky, born 4 Oct 1887 in Ringco Mill, USA, farmer, married supporting wife and 3 children under 12.
His death certificate records John F. Johnson, age 33 years 9 months 26 days, born 14 Oct 1890 in Ky, died 10 Aug 1924 in Hanover township, Butler Co., Ohio, residence Hillsboro, Ky, married, husband of Adda (Fawns crossed out and replaced with Johnson), farmer, father J. M. Johnson, mother’s maiden name Ada Fawns, both born in Kentucky, cause of death multiple injuries struck by train while in an auto, informant Rollie Evans, New Castle, Ind, burial in Hillsboro, Ky.
The informant, Rollie Evans, has mistakenly entered the maiden name of John’s wife into the mother’s maiden name field, and also has his birth date wrong. Rollie is the second husband of Lula Markwell, who was the mother of Roy Fawns and his sister Leila who died in the same train accident. John’s wife Addie was a sister of Lula’s first husband William T. Fawns, making her an aunt of Roy and Leila. So Rollie’s relationship to John is very tangential.
His gravestone, like his draft card, has his birth date as Oct. 4, 1887.
A newpaper article on the accident in which he died reported:
“Four Die at Crossing
OXFORD, OHIO - Four persons from Ringo Mills, Ky., were killed and a fifth was seriously injured in an automobile which was struck at a crossing of the Cincinnati, Indiana, & Western Railroad near here late Sunday. The persons were on their way to New Castle, Ind.
The dead are Roy Fawns, aged 20, Lelia Fawns, age 15, a sister, and J. F. Johnson, age 35, and his daughter Dolores, age 11. Mrs Roy Fawns, a bride of two days, was probably fatally injured.
According to the engineer of the train, the automobile was speeding up a grade toward the crossing when he first noticed it. The automobile had crossed half the track when the engine struck it, throwing the machine about 50 feet. The gasoline tank exploded, covering the wrecked auto with fire.
Mrs. Fawns was burned on the head and body, and physicians said at the hospital she probably would die.
Mr & Mrs Fawns, the newly married couple, intended making their home in New Castle.”’’
His death certificate records John F. Johnson, age 33 years 9 months 26 days, born 14 Oct 1890 in Ky, died 10 Aug 1924 in Hanover township, Butler Co., Ohio, residence Hillsboro, Ky, married, husband of Adda (Fawns crossed out and replaced with Johnson), farmer, father J. M. Johnson, mother’s maiden name Ada Fawns, both born in Kentucky, cause of death multiple injuries struck by train while in an auto, informant Rollie Evans, New Castle, Ind, burial in Hillsboro, Ky.
The informant, Rollie Evans, has mistakenly entered the maiden name of John’s wife into the mother’s maiden name field, and also has his birth date wrong. Rollie is the second husband of Lula Markwell, who was the mother of Roy Fawns and his sister Leila who died in the same train accident. John’s wife Addie was a sister of Lula’s first husband William T. Fawns, making her an aunt of Roy and Leila. So Rollie’s relationship to John is very tangential.
His gravestone, like his draft card, has his birth date as Oct. 4, 1887.
A newpaper article on the accident in which he died reported:
“Four Die at Crossing
OXFORD, OHIO - Four persons from Ringo Mills, Ky., were killed and a fifth was seriously injured in an automobile which was struck at a crossing of the Cincinnati, Indiana, & Western Railroad near here late Sunday. The persons were on their way to New Castle, Ind.
The dead are Roy Fawns, aged 20, Lelia Fawns, age 15, a sister, and J. F. Johnson, age 35, and his daughter Dolores, age 11. Mrs Roy Fawns, a bride of two days, was probably fatally injured.
According to the engineer of the train, the automobile was speeding up a grade toward the crossing when he first noticed it. The automobile had crossed half the track when the engine struck it, throwing the machine about 50 feet. The gasoline tank exploded, covering the wrecked auto with fire.
Mrs. Fawns was burned on the head and body, and physicians said at the hospital she probably would die.
Mr & Mrs Fawns, the newly married couple, intended making their home in New Castle.”’’
