James Tipton "Tip" Johnson, Clay & Nicholas Cos WV
Tip Johnson registered for the World War I draft in Clay County, West Virginia, on 12 Sep 1918.
JAMES TIPTON JOHNSON
Resident of the town of Bentree, Nicholas Co WV.
Age 34.Born 2 Jan 1884.Race:white.Natural born citizen.
Occupation:Track layer for the Coal Bell Coal Co. of Bentree.
Nearest relative:Oma Johnson, Bentree.
James was medium height, slender build, light blue eyes and dark brown hair.
Birth record from FamilySearch.org shows James Tipton Johnson, son of Alfred Johnson and Lucy Proctor, was born 2 Jan 1884 at Rock Camp, Clay Co WV.
"Tipton" Johnson married Pond Gap VA 23 Mar 1909 Laoma Coalman or Coleman, b 17 Jul 1892 Gallipolis, Gallia Co OH, d 26 Aug 1949 Montgomery, Fayette Co WV, bur Hughes Creek Cem, Hugheston WV.
According to the death record of James T. Johnson, b 1-3-1884 WV, coal miner, living at Rt 1, Box 78, Elkview, Kanawha Co WV, he died June 29, 1961, at Elkview of a coronary occlusion and was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Rock Camp WV.Informant was John Johnson, address not given, but possibly same as place of death.
Obit of Mrs. Oma Lee Johnson in Charleston Gazette of 27 Aug 1949 shows her survivors as husband James T. Johnson, Dixie; one daughter, Mrs. Sarah Ramsey, Dixie; two sons, Marion Johnson, Dixie, and John H. Johnson, Struthers, Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Katie Toney, Whorton; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Oma's death record shows her as having died at Laird Memorial Hospital, Montgomery.Father's name John Coleman; mother's maiden name not known.Informant was Marion Johnson of Dixie WV.