Florence Birdilla Johnson

George Emmet Johnson
(1855-1934)

Charity Ann Agler
(1859-1928)

Florence Birdilla Johnson
(1880-1959)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Benjamin Newton Dull

Florence Birdilla Johnson ¹ ²

Born: 6 April 1880, Van Wert County, OH ¹ ² ³
Marriage (1): Benjamin Newton Dull on 30 May 1896 in Van Wert County, OH ¹ ²
Died: 9 September 1959, Fort Wayne, IN at age 79 ¹ ³
Buried: 12 September 1959, Glenmore, OH ³

bullet Another name for Florence was "Birdie" Johnson.³

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Liberty Township, Van Wert County, OH on 1 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 85A, District 85, Dwelling 5, Family 5
Liberty Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
Married 4 years
Florence M. Dull..Wife..Apr 1880..20..OH..3/3
(Living with husband and 3 daughters.)
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• Her obituary was published in the Lima News on 10 September 1959 in Lima, OH.

³ GLENMORE - Mrs. Florence (Birdie) Dull, 79, Glenmore, died at 8:40 p.m. Wednesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Anna Chilcote, Ft. Wayne, Ind. She had been ill four months.

Born April 6, 1880 in Liberty Township, Van Wert County, she was a daughter of George and Charity (Agler) Johnson.

She was married May 30, 1896 to Benjamin N. Dull. He died in 1950.
Surviving are six daughters: Mrs. Minnie Brown of Huntington, Ind.; Mrs. Ercie McConnell of Decatur, Ind.; Mrs. Ocie Crabill of Houghton Lake, Mich.; Mrs. Anna Chilcote of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Mildred McConkey of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Eileen Reed of Richmond, Ind.; one son, Cecil Dull of Fort Wayne; two brothers, Carey Johnson of Van Wert and Willis Johnson of Glenmore; one sister, Mrs. Pearl Brown of Rt. 1, Ohio City; 19 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
She was a member of the Greenbrier United Brethren in Christ Church.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Cowan and Son Funeral Home, Van Wert, with Rev. S. F. Kochensparger officiating.
Burial will be in the Greenbrier Cemetery in Willshire Township.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

(Source: Lima News, Lima, Ohio, 10 Sep 1959)
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• She was buried on 12 September 1959 in the Greenbriar Cemetery in Glenmore, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #33969466
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Florence married Benjamin Newton Dull, son of Franklin Benjamin Dull and Rebecca Jane Walters, on 30 May 1896 in Van Wert County, OH.¹ ² (Benjamin Newton Dull was born on 7 March 1872 in Willshire Township, Van Wert County, OH,¹ ² ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ died on 15 August 1950 in Fort Wayne, IN ¹ ⁷ and was buried after 15 August 1950 in Glenmore, OH ⁷.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Liberty Township, Van Wert County, OH on 1 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 85A, District 85, Dwelling 5, Family 5
Liberty Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
Married 4 years
Benjamin N. Dull..Head..Mar 1872..28..OH..Day Laborer
Florence M. Dull..Wife..Apr 1880..20..OH..3/3
Minnie M. Dull..Dau..Oct 1896.3..OH
Ercie A. Dull..Dau..May 1898..2..OH
Oscie B. Dull..Dau..Dec 1899..5M..OH
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1 Lester LeMay, "Patterson, Boroff, Billings, Dull and related families," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=blemayll2 : accessed 4 Oct 2014).

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Liberty Township, Van Wert County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 85, sheet 85A, dwelling 5, family 5, Benjamin Newton Dull and Florence Birdilla Johnson; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 26 May 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 26 May 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33969466.

4 Timothy Steven Kubicek, "Ephriam Walters Family of Fayette Co. PA" (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/u/b/Timothy-S-Kubicek/index.html; Updated January 18, 2001).

5 "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680845 : accessed 5 Oct 2014), Name: Benjamin Newton Dull; Birth Date: 07 Mar 1872; Birthplace: Willshire Twp., Van Wert, Ohio.

6 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Willshire Township, Van Wert County, Ohio, p. 452D, Franklin Benjamin Dull and Rebecca Jane Walters; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1074.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 26 May 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33969473.

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