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Benjamin B. Johnson
(1818-1871)
Catherine Morris
(1823-1879)
Joshua J. Davis
Mary E. Shockley
Rufus Johnson
(1845-1916)
Tabitha Wise Davis
(1866-1890)
Judge Benjamin Alvin Johnson
(1887-1943)

 

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Judge Benjamin Alvin Johnson

  • Born: 23 Dec 1887, Wicomico Co., MD 1
  • Died: 22 Oct 1943, Wicomico Co., MD
  • Buried: Abt 25 Oct 1943, Parsons Cemetery, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD
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Born Benjamin Alvin Johnson on December 23, 1887, in Wango, Wicomico County, Maryland. Son of Rufus and Tabitha Wise Davis Johnson. Attended Wicomico County public schools; Washington College, 1911; Baltimore Law School, 1912. Admitted to the Maryland bar, February 3, 1913. Married to Ethel Holloway; six children. Died October 22, 1943, in Salisbury, Maryland. Buried at Parsons Cemetery, Salisbury, Maryland.

Chief Judge, First Judicial Circuit of Maryland, 1934-1943. Lawyer, Long & Johnson, 1915-1934. City Solicitor, Salisbury, 1914-1920. Member, Board of Visitors and Governors, Washington College and Morgan College. President, Farmers Bank of Willards. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Kiwanis; Elks; and Greenhill Country Club.


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1 1900 MD Census, Listed as born in Dec 1887 in the 1900 Nutters, Wicomico Co., MD Census.


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