I am searching for the family of my great-uncle Lee JOHNSON.

My first record of him is the 1880 Colorado Co. TX census.

He is listed as, George H.L.JOHNSON age 2

with his father and mother George & Malissa JOHNSON.

1900 Colorado Co. TX listed as head of household
Lee JOHNSON b. June 1878

Mother Mallise

Brothers Sydny, Walter, Fred

His brother Albert Sidney was my grandfather.

His sister Myra was married & living with her

husband Sam KUYKENDALL, in Burnet Co.TX


1910 Hardin Co. TX listed as head of household
George Lee JOHNSON age 31

with wife Ella D. age 25

son Cecil B. age 05

daughter Lizetta age 02

had been married 6 years, worked as night watchman

for Lumber Mill


1920 Jasper Co., TX listed as head of household
G L JOHNSON age 42

son Cecil age 15

widower, worked as Minister for Church


1930 Colorado Co., TX listed as head of household
George L. JOHNSON age 51 first marriage age 25

Wife Margaret age 28 first marriage age 20

Son Cecil age 24 single

Son Carroll age 19 single

Son Roy age 16 single

Son Fred age 12 single

Son "G.L." age 2 1/12

Worked as a Minister for Protestant church


This is the last record I have been able to find on him.

My aunt ( his niece ) is 93 years old and she tells me

that he was a Baptist preacher in the little east Texas

town of Bess May ( which is in Jasper Co.)

That his wife died of the flu ( around 1918, 1919 ),

& he had 5 children, the youngest boy was just a

baby. He had his mother Malissa come from Yoakum

Lavaca Co.TX, to help with the children and she took

the flu and died also. My mother ( his niece ) is 90 years

old and she said she was about 5 or 6 years old, when they

got the telegram that their Grandmother (Malissa ) JOHNSON

had died.

When my grandfather Albert Sidney passed away in 1958,

his obit listed his only living sibling as his brother,

Lee JOHNSON of Lampasas, TX.

Fred had died in 1909, Walter died in 1918, Myra died in 1955.

I have no idea how long Lee may have lived in Lampasas, or

if any of his family lived there, or maybe he was living with

one of his children, since he would have been 80 years old.

His mother was born in Burnet Co. She was a WOOLIVER,

and she had 2 WOOLIVER half sisters that married in Burnet Co.

in 1860. One married a RICH and the other a SCOTT.


If any of these names fit in with your family, please let me know.

Shirley Louann Roark