Mr. George
Johnson, who has been suffering for several weeks from an injury which
he had received in July, and which developed into gangrene, and also
from dropsy, passed peacefully away at his late home, Evergreen Farm,
Saturday evening, 4th inst, and was interred in Zion cemetery on
Monday afternoon, 6th inst.
Deceased was born in Saltfleet
township, Wentworth County, on Feb. 6th, 1838, was the third son of
the late Gilbert Johnson and came to Townsend, Norfolk County, in
1870.
Early in life he accepted
Christ as his Savior and joined the Methodist church at Tweedside. He
was a Sabbath School teacher and steward in the church and later
joined the Wilsonville church, of which he was a consistent member,
and during his illness made inquiries of his pastor, Rev. A. Springer,
how the church was prospering.
Deceased was a dutiful son, a
loving brother and a kind neighbor. With a patience and peace rarely
if ever surpassed, he bore his suffering without a murmur.
He leaves to mourn his demise
three brothers, Mr. A., of Boston, T. Stewart of Tweedside, Gilbert
Henry of Daytona, Fla., five sisters, Mrs. N. J. Owen of Townsend,
Mrs. A. G. McCrimmon of Windham, Mrs. M. H. Webster of Westfield,
N.Y., Mrs. S. Wilcox of Burford, and Miss Z. A., at the home.
Absent he is indeed to the
outer eye but present yet to the inner sight.
