William Remintmgton is son of , Mary Jane Johnson Remington. She is a daughter to Phoebe Johnson and half-sister to our ancestor Eli Johnson. My little brother likes Louie LaMour (sp) novels. I have never read one but it appears that Eli's half sister and her husband just kept moving to the new frontier. None of the following is my original work and came from the publication mentioned below. If I can determine how to do it legally, there is a picture of William Remington and his wife in the aforementioned publication.
To provide us perspective, in our linage, William Remington would have been a (half) first cousin to Thomas Johnson. Thomas Johnson fathered Hugh, Luke and Richard among others. These are the three most readily recognizable in my particular line. I hope that you enjoy!
William Remington
BIRTH 16 May 1815
Morganton, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA
DEATH 31 May 1883 (aged 68)
De Witt, Saline County, Nebraska, USA
BURIAL
Oak Grove Cemetery
De Witt, Saline County, Nebraska, USA
Picture added by Mary Olsen
Died age 67. Husband of Elizabeth
Family Members:
Parents:
Mary Jane Johnson Remington
1797–1876
Spouse:
Elizabeth Wood Remington
1822–1903
See more Remington memorials in:
Oak Grove Cemetery
De Witt
Saline County
Nebraska
USA
Memorials Region North America USA Nebraska Saline County De Witt Oak Grove Cemetery.
"Illustrated History of Nebraska...,", Volume I, by Morton J. Sterling, published 1905, pages 512 and 739-740:
REMINGTON, WILLIAM, pioneer of Saline county, was born in Tennessee, May 15, 1815, and died May 31, 1883, at his old home in Saline county, Neb. He was the son of Joseph and Mary (Johnston) Remington, who were natives of Tennessee, and whose ancestors for generations had been farmers. Mr. Remington acquired his education entirely in the common schools of those early days. When he was quite young his parents moved to Indiana, but in 1839 they settled on the extreme frontier, in Benton county, Ia.
In 1843 Mr. Remington went to Wisconsin, where he remained three yeas and then returned to Iowa. In 1860 he moved to Nebraska and located a claim in sec. 16, twp. 5, r. 4, E., in Saline county. As soon as the homestead law was passed, he preempted land in sec. 15 of the same township, and here he built the first log house in that vicinity. In 1861 his family joined him, and this was the first permanent settlement on Swan creek.
In politics Mr. Remington was a democrat and was an active worker in the party. He was the first sheriff of Saline county, and for many years was either director or treasurer of the school bard in his district. He was married April 26, 1842, to Elizabeth Wood, daughter of David Wood of Shelby county, Ky. To this union were born ten children: David, Jane, Joseph, William H., Mary A., John, Sarah M., Laura, Nicholas K., and Clara B. Three sons and one daughter are dead, and Mrs. Remington died in the fall of 1903. She would have been eighty-two years old had she lived until Feb., 1904.
Added by: phillipsp on 29 Aug 2016
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