PARKER S. JOHNSON was born March 9, 1840, in West Pike Run township, Washington Co., Penn. He is a son of Thomas Johnson, who was born in October, 1807, in Maryland, where he grew to manhood, and was captain of a steamboat on the Monongahela river for several years. When a young man Thomas Johnson was married to Nancy Scott, a native of Fallowfield township, Washington Co., Penn., and she bore him three children, viz.: John, a car inspector for the Chartiers Railroad Co., living in Pittsburgh, Penn.; Barnett, a resident of Kansas City, Mo., and Parker S., whose sketch follows. The mother died in 1841, and in 1851 Thomas Johnson was married, for his second wife, to Dorcas Frew, a native of West Pike Run township, and daughter of Alexander Frew, a pioneer settler of Washington county. She died in 1855, and Mr. Johnson was then married to Mary Crow, a native of Allen township, this county, and daughter of Jacob and Ann Crow. To this union was born one son, William, now in the grocery business at California, Penn. The father was a member of the Republican party, and served for several years as constable of West Pike Run township, but devoted his principal attention to personal matters. He died September 19, 1885, at California, Penn., where Mrs. Johnson is yet residing. Parker S. Johnson, son of Thomas and Nancy (Scott) Johnson, attended the public schools, and passed his youth on the home place, where he was born. On September 26, 1860, he was united in marriage with Ruth A. Cooper, who was born August 31, 1842, in West Pike Run township, Washington Co., Penn. She is a daughter of Lemuel and Sarah (Krepps) Cooper; her mother was a native of Maryland, and when a small child came with her parents to Pennsylvania. Lemuel Cooper was a native of Washington county, born February 4, 1797, near Amity. He learned the fuller's trade and conducted a woolen mill on West Pike Run creek, afterward devoting his attention to agriculture. He died in 1882; Mrs. Cooper passed away in 1868. Lemuel Cooper was twice married, first time on September 21, 1820, to Mary Morton, by whom he had eight children. This wife died in 1840, and in 1841 Mr. Cooper married Sarah Krepps, to which union there were born four children, of whom only Ruth A., is now living. Parker S. and Ruth A. (Cooper) Johnson reside on a farm of 102 fertile acres, to which his principal attention is given. He is identified with all progressive movements in his locality, and votes with the Prohibition party. He and his wife are members of the M. E Church. One daughter has been born to their union, namely: Sarah S., wife of Columbus I. Long, a carpenter and farmer of Morgantown, West Virginia.

Text taken from page 1344 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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