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Johnson, Dan, Williston, is a farmer, and was born in Williston, Vt, on December 26, 1817. He was a son of Nathan
and Polly (Bennett) Johnson. His paternal grandfather was Dan Johnson, who was a native of Windham, Conn., who
settled in Williston Vt, in 1787, on the farm now owned by John Johnson, which he cleared and improved himself,
and on which he resided until the time of his death. His children were Nathan and Anna (now Mrs. Uriah Stevens).
At the death of his father Nathan came into possession of the homesteads, where he resided until his death. He
had a family of five children - William, Dan, John, Mary, and Myron. Dan Johnson was born and brought up in Williston,
Vt., and settled on his present farm of 216 acres in 1854. He was married in 1839 to Sarah Marshall, a daughter
of Lewis and Mary (Mead) Marshall, of Hinesburg, Vt. They had a family of eight children born to them - Horatio
S., Nathan, Henry, Leonard, William B., Sarah J. (Mrs. Alfred Reed), Luella (Mrs. George Perry), and Maria.
From:
History of Chittenden County, Vermont
Edited by: W. S. Rann
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, New York. 1886
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