Minerva Colebank was born November 22, 1818 in Greene County, Pennsylvania to parents Samuel Colebank and Elizabeth Everly Colebank. She married Richard Johnson, son of Thomas Johnson, born August 21, 1816, and they resided in Rosedale, Monongalia. In the 1860 federal census, Minerva and Richard were living in Dunkard Township with a Davistown post office address. Richard and his 21-year-old son Thornton were farmers and Minerva kept house. In the 1879 census, the family was living in Section 19, Union Township, Monongalia County. Richard lists himself and James Quinter as stone masons. Sarah J., age 19, was "at home". William, age 16, Marshall, age 12, and Jesse, age 11, worked on the farm. Jefferson was age 7. In the 1880 federal census, Minerva was widowed and lived with her sons Jesse, age 19 and Jefferson, age 16, in Dunkard Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. She was listed as "keeping house" but was suffering from "throat disease." Richard died January 16, 1877 and Minerva died February 28, 1896 in Morgantown, West Virginia. Both are buried in Everly Cemetery No.2, near Fort Martin, Monongalia Co, WV. The children of Minerva Colebank and Richard Johnson were: Thorton Johnson, b. 1839, West Virginia, d., Morgantown WV. He married Nancy Huggins. She was born about 1837 in Pennsylvania. Thornton and Nancy appeared on the 1850 federal census in District 70 of Dunkard Township, Greene County, PA. Thornton was 41 and Nancy 43. Thornton described himself as a stone mason and Nancy kept house. Thornton lists himself as being born in West Virginia. Living with them were their children M. E., age 18, N. M., age 17, W. B., age 15, M. A., age 13, R. J., age 11, George E., age 9, S.P., age 7, Milbert, age 6, Edward, age 4, and Bessie, age 2. Corban Johnson, b. 1843, WV, d., Morgantown WV. Mary Johnson, b. 1845, WV, d., Morgantown WV. Richard Johnson, b. 1846, WV. He married Christia (Christy) A. Calvert or Calvart (born May 1850) in 1870. Their children were: Joseph S. (born 1874), Clemer D., (born 1877), Ida M., (born 1880) and Luther (born May, 1882). Richard and Christy lived in Union in Monongalia County where Richard was a farm laborer. Richard died on 21 Jan 1877, Morgantown WV. James Quinter Johnson, b. 1849 in Southwestern PA. James was a minister or "circuit preacher" in the Church of the Brethren. Around 1870/1871, he married Mary Ellen STAFFORD, b. 1847 in or near Stewartstown, W.V. He was probably named after James Quinter (1816 - 1888, pioneer educator, publisher) (See James Quinter Johnson page) Sarah J. Johnson born 1851. William Osborne Johnson, was born January 15, 1853 in Rosedale, Monongalia Co., West Virginia and died June 21,1933 in Monongalia Co., WV. He married Jemimah Ann Stewart in 1874, daughter of Daniel Stewart and Rebecca Blosser. She was born about 1857 in Monongalia Co., VA, on the Old Stewart Farm, and died 1911. (See William Osborne Johnson page) Marshall (Buchanan) Johnson was born October, 1857 in Rosedale, Monongalia Co, WV. or in Greene County, PA. Marshall and his wife Laverna F., born December, 1859, were married in 1881 and farmed in Union Township, Monongalia, West Virginia. In 1910 Marshall was working in a glue factory in District 82 of Union Township. His son Erving, age 23, was working in a restaurant. Son Fred, age 17, was a watchman for the railroad. The children of Marshall and Laverna were: Lulu B., born in 1885, Erving, born 1887, Fred, born in 1893, and Cora. Marshall died in Dilliner, Pennsylvania. Jesse M. Johnson was born 1860 in Rosedale, Monongalia Co, WV, and died in Mt. Pleasant, PA. Jefferson Johnson, b. 1863, Western, PA, d., Morgantown WV. |
| MINERVA COLEBANK JOHNSON |
| Albert Gallatin Memorial Bridge (Point Marion Bridge), which carried Pennsylvania Route 88 over the Monongahela River between Point Marion in Fayette County and Dunkard Township in Greene County in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. |
Iron bridge over Dunkard Creek
Dunkard Creek
| PETER COLEBANK, father of SAMUEL COLEBANK, father of MINERVA COLEBANK |