Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-18

Death of Hon. William Samuel Johnson of Stratford.
 The Hon. William Samuel Johnson, of Stratford, who has been lying at the point of death for the past week, calmly passed away at six o'clock on Wednesday morning. Mir. Johnson was born in Stratford December 13
 1795, and was son of Samuel William and Susan Edwards Johnson Slaughter of Pierre pont Edwards and granddaughter of Jena-
 than Edwards, president of Princeton Col- lege) His grandfather was William Samuel Johnson, a prominent man in the politics of his time, from whom he derived his name,
 and member of the National Constitutional convention of 17SS. MT. Johnson removed
 to New York city in 1919 and entered as a I student in the law office of the Irish patriot 1 Thomas Addis Emmet. He was admitted to
 the bar in 1920 and became 8 partner with
 the Hon. Ogden Edwards, and was afterwards
 a partner of Judge William Kent, son of | Chancellor Kent, of New York. He was 8 i member of the Common Council of New | York in 1834-35, and it was largely through
 his influence and active exertions with those
 of Robert Emmet that the city was provided
 
 1 Croton river in place of it's miserable and in-
 sufficient supply from the carts of the Man haitian Waterworks company. He also
 originated and carried through the project of
 building the Tombs (city prison) on Center
 street to supersede the use of the old Bride
 well prison, and he gave active and efficient aid in the establishment and l erection of thelunatic asylum on Blackwell's 9o a nf V0Fk 1 Senate in I94S-49 and introduced the bill | which became laws relating to the Seneca | nation of Indians. He worked earnestly 1 for the welfare of this Indian nation and the
 passage of wholesome laws relating to them l in their relations to their white neighbors. On the 2Oth of April, 1924, he was married
 to Laura Woolsey 1sister of President Wool l sey, of Yale ColIege1, who died in Novem- 1 Der, 1880. The children born of their mar riage are General Samuel William Johnson of
 Mamaroneck, N. T., formerly of Ellicott- vile, N. r., and late commissary general of New York; Dr. WooIsey Johnson of New York city, Mrs Susan E. J. Hudson of this place. and Laura Carmalt, wife of Dr. Car malt, of New Haven, who all survive him. | Having become proprietor of large tracts of land in Oattaraugus county MT. Johnson opened his land office at ElhcottVille in 1846.
 The business of this office is still continued in that village under the supervision of his agent, E. D. Northrup, Esq. In 1851 he re- moved his family to ElIicottville, where they resided until 1858, when he removed them back to this place, although he remained at ElIicottviIle and retained his residence there until 1862, residing with his son, General s.
 ". Johnson. His long life has been an &C., tive one in good works. Of the strictest in
 tegrity and widest benevolence and Of an unss pretentious manner he combined the noblest
 qualities of man, seeking always the substan- tial good of all who came well in the circle of his acquaintance rather than the advance ment of his own popularity and advantages or the exercise of the power he commanded. He was devout worshiper at the Episcopal church and one of the vestrymen. Few men are more generally beloved and respect
 ed than William Samuel Johnson. His fu- neral will probably take place from Christ church on Friday Afternoon next.