The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-12

Der of the L 0. o. F., and under the
auspices of that organization the flu
neral viii occur, at an hour and date
yet to be fixed
THE FAMILY TREE.
His genealogy is traced back to Ire
land, in the following fashion:
Robert of County Wicklow, Ireland
came to America about 100. bringing
a. son, then aged years. named Rob
ert, jr., who married Catherine, q
daughter Of Simon Hadley, in 1I2l. Six
sons and four daughters were born OF
this union, among them being Isaac
who married, in 1870, Lydia, daughter
of Isaac and Hannah Miller of Chester
county, Pa. and they had six sons and
six daughters. Among the sons was
Isaac Miller who, in 1906. married Ann
HAMMOND Douglas. widow of Thomas
Douglas daughter of William Hay
mond and Cassandra Clelland of Mont
S.r1-r3 county, Nd, who was born IN
1161, and died near Creve Occur Lake,
ST. Louis county, Mo, in 1923. Two sons
and one daughter were born or this
marriage, the youngest son was Had
ley Douglas Johnson, norn in Brook
Vile. Franklin county, IND, sept i
1872.
His father. DIR. Johnson, emigrated
to the west fioated down the Ohio on
d raft, and settled in Bro0kville, Frank
lin county, Ind.
In 1921 DR.. Johnson and family moved
20 ST Louis county, Mo, settling in the
rich lands near CreTe Occur, opposite
ST Charles. not far from the present
county seat-Clayton. His wife died
there IN 1923
Young Hadley returned to reside with
his older sisters in Indiana soon after
his mothers death, riding the whole
distance on an Indian pony, purchased
for the trip. He went TO the old fed
school" the only school he ever attend
ed. where he learned 10 read, write ana
cipher as far as the Rule of Three.
MARRIED MISS WOODWORTH.
In 1884. ON the oath day of June, he
was married to Eliza II. Woodwork,
daughter of Ryleigh and keturah
Woodwork both residents of the coan-
ty of Franklin, Indiana, and engaged in
merchandising at Brookville in the
same state. During this time he began
to read law In 1916 both himself and
wife were long afflicted with severe
siclness-wherein the old fashioned
home remedies were applied with not
the usual results-until at last the ply
sician induced them 10 try "a special
prescription" which resulted in an i'm
mediate cure.
After reading law several months he
was admitted TO the bar by Judge
George H. Dunn in the year 1S47, and
began the practice at Laurel, Ind. HaY
ing from early youth espoused the
Democratic faith in politics, in the
campaign of 1S4S he took public part,
riding the circuit with Thomas A. Hen
bricks in support of Cass and Butler
for president and vice president.
In 1850 he moved from Indiana to
Council Bluffs, Ia. and engaged in the
practice of law-the firm being john
son & Cassidy, afterwards Colonel j.
D. Test becoming a member of the firm.
ELECTED STATE SENATOR.
In 1852 he was elected to represent
the western senatorial district, COM
posed of 90 counties, in the sta.e sem
ate. At the same session the late Colo
mel Elijah Sells, afterwards of Salt
Lake, served in the lower house.
Here he accomplished what may be
considered his greatest work. He was
just 40 years old, strong in mind and
body, and possessed of the traits which
make a successful legislator. At the
previous session a memorial had been
passed asking congress to donate land
in aid of the construction of railroad
<~nni Dubuque to Keokuk, but the ses-