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| Clarence R. Johnson |
Birth: 30 Jan 1872 Wisconsin
Death: 13 July 1954
Marriage: 28 May 1900
Buried: Lincoln Cemetery, Lincoln Co., KS
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| Clarence and Mina Johnson. c. 1900 Wedding photo? |
When Clarence Johnson was about two years old, he lost his hearing as a result of "a gathering in his head and ears." At about the same time, his mother, Mary A. Ray Johnson died. His father, John Johnson, married Cornelia Richardson in 1975, and the next year moved his family to Kansas.
At an unknown age, Clarence was sent to board at the Kansas Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, now the Kansas School for the Deaf, in Olathe, KS. At that time, the school emphasized vocational training, including leather working, baking, sewing, printmaking and other trades.
It was likely there that Clarence met Mina Strange, who also had a hearing loss. They used sign language and at least one of them could read lips.
28 May 1900 Clarence married Ella Mina Strange (22 July 1878 – 6 July 1942).
My mother told the story about Clarence and Mina bringing a teacher to live in their home so their children would learn to speak.
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Clarence "CR" and Mina Johnson,
with children Lillian and Edna
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Clarence and Mina had six children. Four lived to adulthood.
• John Roosevelt Johnon (28 Apr 1904 Mitchell County born and died the same day)
• Theodore Lewis Johnson (11 July 1905 - 31 May 1906 Lincoln Co., KS)
• Lillian Mary Johnson (4 Sept 1907 Lincoln Co., KS - 9 Mar 1939) Age 31
Married: Jesse E. Bell (1900 -
• Edna Cornelia Johnson (12 Apr 1911 - 3 May 1988 Lincoln Co., KS)
Married: Everett R. Gislar (1900 - 1981)
• Selma Frankie Johnson (27 Oct 1913 - 26 Dec 1987 Lincoln, Lincoln Co., KS)
Married: Willie Martin Webb (1906 0 1984)
• Roswell M. Johnson (29 Oct 1915 - 12 July 1972)
Married: Eleanor M. Hawkins (1915 - 1988)
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| Lillian and Jesse Bell |
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Clarence "CR" Johnson & grandchildren
Phyllis Gislar, Jack'a Bell, Dean Webb,
Gail Bell, Harold Bell, Janet Gislar, Lex Gislar
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| Roswell Johnson |
Clarence and Mina are buried at Lincoln Cemetery in Lincoln, KS. My older sister remembers going to Clarence's funeral with grandparents Harold D. and Cecil German.
Obituary of Clarence Johnson
