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JOHNSON, Adine LouiseJOHNSON, AlvaJOHNSON, FloraJOHNSON, George EmeryJOHNSON, Gregory IrlJOHNSON, InfantJOHNSON, Irl Duane (VETERAN WWII)JOHNSON, John A.JOHNSON, AnnaJOHNSON, Richard EliJOHNSON, Minnie AnnJOHNSON, Tommy DanielJOHNSON, Ola V Additional JOHNSON Surnames in ADAIR County
JOHNSON, Cora M.JOHNSON, Elsie MayJOHNSON, Fred PerryJOHNSON, Henry TrumanJOHNSON, HenryJOHNSON, Helen JaunitaJOHNSON, Irene RoseJOHNSON, JamesJOHNSON, James F.JOHNSON, John WJOHNSON, Lemuel (VETERAN CW)JOHNSON, Mary MJOHNSON, Martha A.JOHNSON, Margaret ElizabethJOHNSON, MinnieJOHNSON, Nora JaneJOHNSON, Olva MaeJOHNSON, Orpha E.JOHNSON, Vesta MandanaJOHNSON, William D. (VETERAN WWII)JOHNSON, William D.
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Submitted: 10/29/19 • Approved: 10/29/19 • Last Updated: 11/1/19 • R822983-G822983-S3
John
Oct 28, 1865 Sweden
Jul 27, 1917 Novinger, Adair County, Missouri
Anna
Mar 4, 1867 Sweden
Aug 9, 1933 Novinger, Adair County, Missouri
John A. Johnson, a miner, 52 years of age and living in the Packing Plant addition, was accidentally killed this morning at the Star Coal mine by coming in contact with an electric wire. Coroner Waddill held the inquest shortly after the mans death was discoverd. Mr. Johnson leaves a wife and three children, one of them a grown son. He had lived here three or four years and was well-liked.
Mr. Johnson had been working at hauling water, it was testified at the inquest and about 10 o'clock sat down on one of the rails of the little track in the mine and leaned back against the sidewall. It happened that his head came in contact with an electric wire just inder the bulge at the base of the head and at the base of the brain, the singed hair shows.
Death apparently was instantaneous. A youngster employed nearby saw the body sag forward and thought the man wa suddenly taken ill. He called for help and two or three men ran up. Then Dr. George Stil was summoned. He sai the main had been several minutes.
Coroner Waddill and his jury examined the electric wire and found it was insulated and that the insulation was not worn near the spot where Johnson sat; also that it was a 220 volt wire. Ordinarly 220 volts would not suffice to end life, but it is explained that because the wire touched right at the base of the brain and the electric circuit was completed by the fact that he was sitting on the steel rail, the shock was sufficient to kill.
Mrs. Anna Johnson, 66 years old, died this morning at 5:30 o'clock at her home, 1008 S. Halliburton Street, following a brief illness with heart disease complicated by a throat infection.
Funeral services are to be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. Burial will be made in the Highland Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Johnson was born in Sweden, March 4, 1867, but came to America when a child. Prior to establishment of her residence in Kirksville 20 years ago, she lived in Chicago where she was married in 1897 to John A. Johnson.
Surviving are two daughters, Miss Marion, who teaches in the Junior High School and Miss Mabel, stenographer in the office of Rolston & Rolston. There is a sister is Sweden.
Mrs. Johnson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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