Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1895 — Lived Under Every President. [ARTICLE]

Lived Under Every President.

An event of great interest was celebrated in the village of Fayetteville on Friday, when Peter Johnson readied the hundredth anniversary of his birth. Mr. Johnson has lived under all the Presidents of the United States, being born when Washington had served six years in that office. His first vote was cast for James Monroe, and be has voted for every President since then. Mr. Johnson's mind is clear, and he is in good health. Sixty descendants assembled on Aug. 10 in his honor. His wife is 87 years of age, and they have been married 04 years. Mr. Johnson’s first wife died, and in 1831 he married Eliza A. Perry of Rome, who was born in 1809. There are five children living and the grandchildren are twenty-two in number, and the great-grandchildren twenty-five in number, the eldest being 24 years old. Mr. Johnson Is able to walk supported by two canes. His recollections of early times are very interesting, and he remembers historical events of eighty years ago easily.— Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.