Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr. (November 12, 1838 – February 25, 1915) was an American politician, businessman, farmer, and rancher. He was the grandfather of U.S. president

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Early life

Johnson Family in front of home - B10144 - ca

Johnson was born in

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, the 10th child of Jesse and Lucy Webb ( Barnett) Johnson. Reared a

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, he later became a member of the

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. In his later years, he became a

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, following his wife and daughter.

Career

In the late 1850s, Johnson settled with his brother Jesse Thomas Johnson, better known as Tom Johnson, in a one-room log cabin on 320 acres that became headquarters for the largest cattle driving operation in seven counties. Sam enlisted in Company B, 26th Texas Cavalry Regiment on September 18, 1861, and served until the end of the

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on the coast of Texas and in Louisiana. Johnson participated in the Battle of Galveston and the Red River Campaign in Louisiana. After the war, he married Eliza Bunton of Caldwell County on December 11, 1867. In the fall of 1892, Johnson was the

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nominee for

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and Gillespie counties to the

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. He died in Texas of pneumonia in early 1915.

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Sam E. Johnson Sr. Cabin
at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Sam E. Johnson Sr. House
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