Luke and Anna Johnson Timeline

Timeline of the events in the lives of Luke and Anna Johnson

Luke and Anna (Hellums) Johnson are the great-grandparents of our Grandma Baldwin (Mabel Leffel Baldwin).  
Luke Johnson married Anna Hellums on 12 April 1819 in Cahawba County, Alabama.  They continued to live in Alabama for the next fifteen years.  During that time, Luke and Anna had 6 children that are known to present day researchers: Susan, Roenna (our 2nd great-grandma), William H., Mary Caroline, Alfonzo Sterret, and Elizabeth.   In about 1835, the Johnson family moved to Tippah County, Mississippi and lived there until Luke's death  in 1847.   After her husband's death, Anna moved her family to Calhoun County, Arkansas.  Anna Hellums Johnson died on 11 Sep 1852 in Calhoun County.  All the living Johnson children would end up moving to Texas.

Box-Hellums-Johnson Relationship Chart

Trying to figure out the relationships between the Box-Hellums-Johnson families always seemed a little confusing - to say the least.  So, I made a relationship chart to help me know who was married to who and how they were all related.

Posts about some of the above families:
Michael and Mary (Fulcher) BOX
Thomas and Clarkey (Carpenter) BOX
Roenna JOHNSON BOX Headstone
Lydia BOX McCollum

If there are any corrections or additions to the chart, please leave a comment

Rush Springs Cemetery - Roenna Box Headstone

Roenna Johnson Box was the grandmother of our Grandma Baldwin - the mother of Caldona Jane Box Leffel.  Grandma said she could remember her grandmother Roenna living with them when she was small.

The Rush Springs Cemetery is in Rush Springs, Grady County, Oklahoma. Rush Springs is one of the oldest communities in Grady County. In 1901, our Box and Leffel families moved from Texas to the Rush Springs area. They probably lived in-between Rush Springs and Rocky Ford, since they attended church in Rocky Ford.

Roenna Johnson Box was the daughter of Luke Johnson and Anna Hellums.  She was born 15 October 1822 in Alabama - probably in Cahawba County but it could have been Fayette County.  When she was about 16 years old, Roenna married Grief Johnson Box, who was her half-1st cousin.  They were the parents of 10 known children, but in the 1900 Census, Roenna states that she gave birth to 13 children and only 4 were still living in 1900.  That means she outlived nine (9) of her children.  So sad😢😢

Roenna Johnson Box died in 1904 and was buried in the Rush Springs Cemetery. Here are pictures of the cemetery and her headstone.

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