JOHNSON


[Marin County Obit Board]


Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 07:04:24 :

The Marin Journal
Thursday, May 21, 1914
Page 5


Death of Pioneer Railroad Man

James Madison Johnson, a well-known railroad conductor on the Northwestern Pacific road, between San Rafael and Fairfax, died in the hospital after about a month’s confinement here.

For 35 years he was a conductor on the railway between San Rafael and Ukiah and was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors. An old pioneer, he had resided in California all of his 56 years.

The funeral will be held today (Thursday) at 2 o’clock at Ukiah.

The deceased is survived by a wife, Matilda, and three children, Arthur, Glenn and James Johnson, Jr.



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