Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr. Birth: Oct. 11, 1877 Buda Hays County Texas, USA Death: Oct. 23, 1937 Austin Travis County Texas, USA He was the son of namesake of Johnson City, Texas, Samuel Ealy, Sr. His father was an early settler of Blanco County and a sheriff. He was the Father of US President Lyndon Johnson. Samuel Johnson was born in Buda, Texas, the fifth child of Eliza Bunton and Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr., and showed intelligence at an early age. When he was ten years old, his family moved from Buda to the Pedernales. On his familys Pedernales farm, he developed a strong sense of competition. In his teens he developed a desire to be more than a farmer and began attending a local school. However, at that time even so-called public schools required tuition, and his family struggled to afford the payments. When the barber of Johnson City retired, Sam bought his chair and tools with a loan and began practicing on his friends to gain skill at cutting hair. Once he learned, he was able to pay his schools tuition fees by selling haircuts in the evenings. He had to quit going to high school because of health problems, and his parents sent him to live on his uncle Lucius Buntons ranch in Presidio County, Texas for several months. When he returned home, Johnson had ambitions to become a teacher; however, the Texas hill country at that time had no state-accredited high schools and no colleges. He learned that he could get a state-issued teaching certificate without finishing high school by passing a state examination. In 1896, with the thirteen textbooks he needed to study for the exam, he moved to his retired grandfathers nearby home to study in quiet. Johnson passed the exam and, for the next three years, taught in one-room school houses throughout the hill country. He wanted to move on and become a lawyer, but financially he had to return home and work alongside his father on their family farm. Once his father became too old to work, Johnson began renting the farm from him and working it by himself. After a few years of plentiful rain and no flash floods, he had gained enough income to hire a number of farm hands and begin trading in cotton futures contracts in Fredericksburg, Texas. Considered a very friendly person, he became a popular figure in the area surrounding Johnson City. He married Rebekah Baines (1881–1958), daughter of Joseph Wilson Baines and his wife, on August 20, 1907. Their first child, Lyndon B. Johnson, was born on August 27, 1908. They had four more children: Rebekah (1910–1978), Josefa (1912–1961), Sam Houston Johnson (1914 - 1978), and Lucia (1916–1997). Parents: Samuel Ealy Johnson (1838 - 1915) Eliza Jane Bunton Johnson (1849 - 1917) Spouse: Rebekah Baines Johnson (1881 - 1958) Children: Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 - 1973)* Rebekah Luruth Johnson Bobbitt (1910 - 1978)* Josefa Hermine Johnson Moss (1912 - 1961)* Sam Houston Johnson (1914 - 1978)* Lucia Huffman Johnson Alexander (1916 - 1997)* Burial: Johnson Family Cemetery Stonewall Gillespie County Texas, USA --findagrave
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