Sunday, February 4, 2018

Lucy Frances Johnson Washbon



Born 12 September 1896 at Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana
Died 17 February 1986 at Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana

Lucy was the fifth of six children born to Heber Goode Johnson and Amelia Josephine Noe Johnson. She was raised at Greencastle where her father was a house carpenter. Lucy married to Henry Russell Washbon at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church on 14 March 1931 at New York City, Borough of Manhattan. They made their home first at Morris, New York where her husband was a farmer and Justice of the Peace. They had no children and were divorced on 28 February 1933 at Reno, Nevada. In 1935, she resided at Louisville, Kentucky and by 1940, she had relocated permanently to her home town of Greencastle where she was a Public Administrator with State Welfare Department. Lucy died of heart disease at Putnam County Hospital and was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery at Putnam. Lucy was John More Association Jean Line cousin #M55151 and the wife of my fourth cousin twice removed.

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