 1879 - 1954 (74 years)
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| Name |
JOHNSON Asa Bernard [1, 2] |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Birth |
25 Sep 1879 [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1930 |
Colonial Heights, , Virginia  |
| 1930 Census |
- The 1930 Census shows the following people living at 303 Lafayette Avenue, Colonial Heights:
Asa B. Johnson 50 years old
Nelie A. Johnson 43
Harrison Johnson 10 (David Harrison Johnson, son)
Rosa Bland 23
Ruth Goodrich 21
Sarah Lane 19
1930 United States Census, Asa and Nellie are listed as living at 303 Lafayette Ave. Colonial Heights, Chesterfield County, Virginia,
The Census was done on April 15, 1930 and Nellie A. Johnson is listed as 43 making her birth year 1886. It gives the value of his home (Asa) as $3,500 and that he is a Merchant, Grocer, working on his own account. Listed in the household are: Asa, Nellie, their son Harrison Johnson (David Harrison Johnson), Rosa Bland, Ruth Goodrich, and Sarah Lane.
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| Employment |
Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States [2, 3] |
| Rogers Family Store |
- Asa, as a young boy, worked in the Rogers' family stores. One the old store in Spring Grove is no longer standing. The Rogers family owned several stores. One at Carsley and one at Spring Grove were two of them. Ramey, who was related to the Rogers family also owned a store.
Asa Bernard Johnson worked in the Rogers Store on Carsley road (corner of Carsley and Otterdam Roads) across the road from Carsley United Methodist Church when he was young. This store was owned by Asa's mother (Mahala Elizabeth Rogers') family. While working at the store, Asa wrote arithmetic equations and signed his name in several places on the plaster wall of the building behind the store. Rogers Store at the corner of Carsley and Otterdam Roads has been restored and is open as a museum. The signatures of Asa Bernard Johnson can be seen on the wall. At the present, there are numerous store ledgers still existing with many family names and what they purchased. Call the Surry County Historical Society to view the store and its many interesting contents.
A portrait painted by Asa's grand daughter, Brenda Johnson Duckwall, of Asa's father, David Peyton Johnson (husband of Mahala Elizabeth Rogers), hangs in the store.
He later owned a grocery store on Grove Avenue in Petersburg, Virginia.
note: per Doris Jean Goodrich Johnson this store was owned by Nora Rogers when Doris Jean was a child) and was on Rt.10 Rt.40 NW side at Spring Grove in the triangle. 2 story with an attached wharehouse type building.
Asa Bernard Johnson and his wife Nelie were very generous and kind people especially evident during the Depression Years. Asa was not much concerned with making a profit from his store. He frequently let people have food "on credit" whether or not they could pay him back. They also took people into their modest home at 303 Lafayette Avenue in Colonial Heights.
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| Employment |
Abt 1930 |
Petersburg, VA |
| Store at 627 Grove Avenue |
- Owned a store on Grove Ave in Petersburg
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| Military |
Colonial Heights, , Virginia |
| WW-II Draft Registration |
- WW II Draft Registration From Ancestry.com
Asa Bernard Johnson
303 Lafayette Ave.
Colonial Heights, VA
62 years old. Birthdate Sept. 25,1879
Birth: Surry County, Virginia
Wife: Mrs. Cornelia Harrison Johnson
Self-employed
A. B. JOHNSON'S GROCERY
627 Grove Avenue
Petersburg, VA
SIGNED A. B. Johnson
The painted name of this grocery was and may still be visible on the side of the actual grocery or a nearby brick building. The actual grocery store was at 627 Grove Avenue.
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| Residence |
1937 |
Petersburg, VA |
| 303 Lafayette Av |
- U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
about Asa B Johnson
Name: Asa B Johnson
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1937
Street address: 303 Lafayette av Colonial Hts
Residence Place: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Occupation: Salesman
Spouse: Nelia A Johnson
Publication Title: Petersburg, Virginia, City Directory, 1937
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| Death |
18 Feb 1954 [2] |
| Burial |
Petersburg, VA (Blandford Cemetary) [2] |
- Asa Bernard Johnson, Sr.
Asa Bernard Johnson, Sr. 74, Merchant, residing at 303 Lafayette Avenue, Colonial Heights, died yesterday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock in Petersburg General Hospital after an illness of six months.
Mr. Johnson was a native of Surry County but had lived in Colonial Heights for the past 28 years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nelie Harrison Johnson of Colonial Heights, two sons: Asa Bernard Johnson, Jr. Of Macon, GA and David Harrison Johnson, of Petersburg; brother, Wilder Johnson, of Richmond, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Chapel of J. T. Morris and Sons. The Rev. James B. Douglass, Pastor of Highland Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Blandford Cemetery.
Deceased: ASA JOHNSON
Deceased InformationLast Name: JOHNSON
First Name: ASA
Middle Name: BERNARD
IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 2/18/1954
Interment Date: 2/20/1954
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 74
Other InformationParentage: DAVID & MAHALIA JOHNSON
Birthplace: SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. P. THWEATT
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 18427
Ward: RR
Section #: 10
Square: 7 (W 1/2)
Location: W 1/2 2ND SW CORNER
LocationGrave #: 1
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: B
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| Notes |
- Deceased: ASA JOHNSON
Deceased Information Last Name: JOHNSON
First Name: ASA
Middle Name: BERNARD
Identifiers Birthdate:
Date of Death: 2/18/1954
Interment Date: 2/20/1954
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 74
Other Information Parentage: DAVID & MAHALIA JOHNSON
Birthplace: SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave Purchase Address:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
Attending Doctor: J. P. THWEATT
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
Grave Id: 18427
Ward: RR
Section #: 10
Square: 7 (W 1/2)
Location: W 1/2 2ND SW CORNER
Location Grave #: 1
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: B
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| Person ID |
I2910 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
14 May 2015 |
| Father |
JOHNSON David Peyton, b. 5 Aug 1840, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States d. 12 Aug 1919, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States (Age 79 years) |
| Mother |
ROGERS Mahala Elizabeth, b. 20 Sep 1844, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States d. 8 May 1923 (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
29 Jan 1867 |
Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States [4] |
- married at Pleasant Hill farm [2]
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| Family ID |
F132 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
HARRISON "Nellie" Cornelia Adelaide, b. 7 Sep 1887 d. 19 Jul 1959 (Age 71 years) |
| Marriage |
19 Dec 1906 |
Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States [2] |
- Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
about Asa Bernard Johnson
Name: Asa Bernard Johnson nbsp;
Gender: Male nbsp;
Marital Status: Single nbsp;
Age: 26 nbsp;
Birth Date: 1880 nbsp;
Birth Place: Surry, Virginia nbsp;
Marriage Date: 19 Dec 1906 nbsp;
Marriage Place: Surry, Virginia nbsp;
Father: David P. Johnson nbsp;
Mother: Mahala Johnson nbsp;
Spouse: Cornelia Adalaide Harrison nbsp;
FHL Film Number: 34153 nbsp;
Reference ID: P.110 #74
Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Nellie's marriage certificate has her as 21 years old on the date of their marriage which took place in Surry County, Virginia on Dec. 19, 1906. This birth year does not match with any other birth year for her.
Nellie's name on her marriage certificate is Cornelia Adalaide Harrison putting Cornelia ahead of Adalaide in this document. Later documents show her using the name "Nellie" (taken from Cornelia), Mrs. N. A. Johnson or Nellie Adalaide Johnson.
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| Children |
| | 1. JOHNSON Asa Bernard, Jr., b. 29 Nov 1907, Danville, Pittsylvania County, VA. d. 27 Aug 1976, Macon, GA (Age 68 years) |
| | 2. JOHNSON David Harrison, b. 16 Sep 1918, Petersburg, VA d. 16 May 1989 (Age 70 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1038 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Apr 2015 |
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| Sources |
- [S16] Doris Jean Goodrich Johnson (Reliability: 3).
- [S1099] Brenda Johnson Duckwall Notes, Brenda Johnson Duckwall Notes.
- [S217] Doris Jean Goodrich Johnson's records (Reliability: 3).
- [S296] Rogers Family Assoc, Rogers Family Assoc (Reliability: 3).
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