Martha Shands and Henry Lee Johnson

HENRY LEE JOHNSON, son of ELIZABETH KESSLER and BENJAMIN F. JOHNSON, was born March 25, 1883 in Jasper County, Missouri,⁷³⁸ and died January 14, 1944 in Preston Township, Jasper, Missouri.^{738, 103} He is buried in Fasken Cemetery, Carthage, Jasper, Missouri.^{738, 103}

He married MARTHA SHANDS on October 5, 1904 in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri,^{738, 940} daughter of MARY ELIZABETH DOERING and FRANK RIVES SHANDS. She was born July 13, 1885 in Woodbury County, Iowa,^{735, 46} and died October 1, 1960 in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri.^{46, 1828}

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Martha Shands)

Children of MARTHA SHANDS and HENRY LEE JOHNSON:

1. FRANK E. JOHNSON, b. March 16, 1905, Missouri;⁵⁶ m. CORA A. SUNDERLAND on November 14, 1928 in Carthage, Lawrence, Missouri^{940, 456}; d. September 18, 1993.⁵⁶
2. HUGH LEE JOHNSON, b. October 13, 1906, Jasper County, Missouri;⁷⁰⁶ d. March 14, 1931, Madison Twp, Jasper, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶
3. ELIZABETH P. JOHNSON, b. May 21, 1908;⁵⁶ m. IVAN SHAW on February 25, 1933 in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri^{738, 940}; d. July, 1987.⁵⁶
4. FERN IRENE JOHNSON, b. March 14, 1910, Jasper County, Missouri;⁵⁰⁷ m. (1) GLENN HAIZLIP in 1935^{738, 507}, m. (2) HARVEY GRESHAM in 1984⁵⁰⁷; d. September 27, 2003.⁵⁰⁷
5. MARK D. JOHNSON, b. 1911.
6. OLLIE MARIE JOHNSON, b. April 14, 1915, Jasper County, Missouri;¹⁰³ d. November 20, 1943, McCune-Brooks Hospital, Carthage, Jasper, Missouri.¹⁰³
7. MARTHA LEE JOHNSON, b. March 21, 1917, near Avilla, Jasper, Missouri;⁵⁰⁷ m. HENRY CHARLES REED on October 9, 1947 in Poplar Bluff, Jasper, Missouri⁹⁴⁰; d. August 7, 2009, McCune-Brooks Hospital, Carthage, Jasper, Missouri.⁵⁰⁷
8. GLENN D. JOHNSON, b. March 18, 1919;⁵⁶ d. January 21, 1986, Everett, Snohomish, Washington.⁷⁵⁶
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Obituaries

Joplin Globe, January 14, 1944⁷³⁸

HENRY LEE JOHNSON, 60, CARTHAGE FARMER DIES

Carthage, Mo., Jan. 14.—Henry Lee Johnson, 60-year-old Jasper county farmer living north of Carthage on route 3, died at noon today at his home. He had been in ill health for several months.

He was born March 25, 1883, in Jasper county and had lived in this district all of his live. He was married October 5, 1903, to Martha Shands, who survives.

Surviving besides the widow are four sons, Frank Johnson of Sarcoxie route 2, Mark Johnson of Carthage route 2, Hugh Johnson of the home and Glenn Johnson, who is in the navy, stationed at Arlington, Wash., and four daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw of Jasper route 2, Mrs. Fern Haizlip of Sarcoxie route 1 and Misses Martha and Dorothy Johnson of the home; one brother, D. M. Johnson of Jasper; three sisters, Mrs. Oscar Follmer, Mrs. Lafe Rist and Mrs. Walker Hubbard of Jasper, and seven grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Ulmer funeral home with burial in Fasken cemetery.

Joplin Globe, October 2, 1960¹⁸²⁸

Martha Johnson

CARTHAGE, Mo.—Mrs. Martha Johnson, 75 years old, a resident of Jasper county since she was 12 years old, was found dead in her apartment at 503 Fulton street at noon Saturday. Death was attributed to natural causes.

Mrs. Johnson was born July 13, 1885, at Kingsley, Ia., and came to Jasper county with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shands. She was married in 1904 to Henry Lee Johnson, who died in 1944.

Mrs. Johnson moved to Carthage in 1956. She was a member of the First Christian church here.

Surviving are three sons, Frank E. Johnson, Jasper; Mark D. Johnson, Topeka, Kan.; and Glen D. Johnson, Marysville, Wash.; four daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw, Carthage, Mrs. Fern Haizlip, Sarcoxie; Mrs. Martha Reed and Mrs. Dorothy Lou Slates, both Carthage; one brother, Elverton Shands, New Plymouth, Idaho; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Phelps, Alva, Okla; 16 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Ulmer funeral home.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 14, 1900722	Sheridan, Jasper, Missouri	Frank Rives Shands Mary Elizabeth Doering Edna Pearl Shands Elverton A. Shands Martha Shands William Shands Bessie Elizabeth Shands
May 10, 1910734	Sheridan, Jasper, Missouri	Henry Lee Johnson Martha Shands Fern Irene Johnson Elizabeth P. Johnson Hugh Lee Johnson Frank E. Johnson
January 19, 1920705	McDonald Township, Jasper, Missouri	Henry Lee Johnson Hugh Lee Johnson Elizabeth P. Johnson Fern Irene Johnson Mark D. Johnson Ollie Marie Johnson Martha Lee Johnson Glenn D. Johnson Frank E. Johnson
April 5, 1930704	McDonald Township, Jasper, Missouri	Henry Lee Johnson Martha Shands Hugh Lee Johnson Elizabeth P. Johnson Fern Irene Johnson Mark D. Johnson Ollie Marie Johnson Martha Lee Johnson Glenn D. Johnson Daughter Mary Elizabeth Doering
April 26, 19402751	Jackson, Jasper, Missouri	Henry Lee Johnson Martha Shands Mark D. Johnson Ollie Marie Johnson Martha Lee Johnson Glenn D. Johnson Daughter