Barnafus Jefferson Johnson (1894 - 1949)

Born 1 Jan 1894 in Indian Territory, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Barnafus Jefferson 'Jeff' Johnson^[1] was born on January 1, 1894,^[2] in Indian Territory that is now Scraper (Cherokee County), Oklahoma, the son of Mary and her first husband, Jim;^[3] Mary remarried in 1896 to Thomas C. Young, I'm unsure what happened to Jim. He married Flora Dozier (1905–1989) on July 25, 1923, in Adair, Oklahoma.^[4] He died on December 20, 1949, at the age of 55, and was buried in Kansas, Oklahoma.^[5]

BURIAL^[6]
Kansas Cemetery
Kansas, Delaware County, Oklahoma, USA
PLOT 35 (Center Sect.) SEE Tyner's Map

MILITARY:
U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939^[7]

Name: Barnafus J Johnson

Departure Date: 3 Aug 1918

Departure Place: Hoboken, New Jersey

Residence Place: Christi, Okla

Mother: Maggie Young

Ship: Leviathan

Military Unit: 20 Mg Bn

Rank: Private

Service Number: 3510175

Notes: "A" Company 20th Machine Gun Battalion

U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940^[8]

Name: Barnafus Jefferson Johnson

Record Type: Military Service

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1894

Military Date: 3 Jul 1919

Residence Place: Westville, Oklahoma

Death Date: 20 Dec 1949

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970^[9]

Name: Barnafus Johnson

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1894

Service Number: 3510175

Unit: Co. A. 20th M. Gun. Bn.N

Company: Co. A. 20th Mu Gun B N

Enlistment Date: 27 Jun 1918

Discharge Date: 3 Jul 1919

Death Date: 20 Dec 1949

Cemetery: Kansas

Cemetery Location: Kansas, Oklahoma, USA

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942; The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Oklahoma; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147. Barnafus Jefferson Johnson of Kansas, OK, b.1 Jan 1894
2. ↑ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Registration State: Oklahoma; Registration County: Cherokee County. Barnsfus Jefferson Johnson of Cherokee County, Oklahoma, b.1 Jan 1894 @OK
3. ↑ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Barnafus Jefferson Johnson, b.1 Jan 1894 @Scraper, OK, ssn xxxxx1471, s/o Jim Johnson & Maggie Welch
4. ↑ Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995; Barnofus J Johnson age 29 & Flora Dozier age 19. Film Number 001305685
5. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/262326604735/facts
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29355558/barnafus-jefferson-johnson
7. ↑ The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 476
8. ↑ United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2019.
9. ↑ National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Township 19, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 1241844. Jefferson Johnson, b.Jan 1894 @IT, stepson of Cicero Young (24) & Maggie M Young (25); Race: Indian (Native American)

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Moodys, Cherokee, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1244; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 1375257. Jefison J Young, b.1894 OK, s/o Maggie Young (35); father b.GA

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Moodys, Cherokee, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1451; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 16. Jefferson B Johnson, b.1894 OK, relation to head: grandson (Thomas & Mary Welch)

• Year: 1930; Census Place: Moodys, Cherokee, Oklahoma; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 2341631. Jeff Johnson, b.1894 OK, h/o Flora Johnson (23); Age at First Marriage: 29. Children: Francis, 5; Maggie, 3; Cleo, 3mos. Enumerated April 23.

• Year: 1940; Census Place: Kern, California; Roll: m-t0627-00215; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 15-85B. Barnafus Johnson, b.1894 OK, h/o Flora Johnson (35); education: Elementary school, 4th grade. Children: Franz, 15; Maggie, 13; Cle, 10; Daril, 6; Joe, 3.