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A NOTABLE GATHERING.  
A NOTABLE GATHERING.  
Five Generations Meet in This City--A Family's Strange History.
Five Generations Meet in This City--
A Family's Strange History.


Yesterday morning a reporter was directed to visit No.246 Linden square, where a colored family by the name of Johnson resided, and assured that he would there find an interesting item. Eilen Johnson, the mistress of the house, told a very peculiar story. She said that fifty years ago she and her mother were slaves, owned by Mr. Ben Johnson, of Frankfort, Ky. She was about ten years old when her mother was sold and taken away from her. When she was twenty-five years of age she came to Louisville, and has since lived here, having married in the meantime.  
Yesterday morning a reporter was directed  
to visit No.246 Linden square, where a  
colored family by the name of Johnson resided,  
and assured that he would there find  
an interesting item. Ellen Johnson, the  
mistress of the house, told a very peculiar  
story. She said that fifty years ago she and  
her mother were slaves, owned by Mr. Ben  
Johnson, of Frankfort, Ky. She was about  
ten years old when her mother was sold and  
taken away from her. When she was twenty-five  
years of age she came to Louisville,  
and has since lived here, having married in  
the meantime.  


She had not seen or heard of her mother since they parted, fifty years ago, until last February, when she received a letter from her parent, dated New Orleans. The old woman heard in some way that her daughter was living in Louisville and at once made up her mind to come and live with her. Shortly after this she was taken sick and was not able to travel.  
She had not seen or heard of her mother  
since they parted, fifty years ago, until last  
February, when she received a letter from  
her parent, dated New Orleans. The old  
woman heard in some way that her daughter  
was living in Louisville and at once made up  
her mind to come and live with her. Shortly  
after this she was taken sick and was not  
able to travel.  


Thursday night about 8 o'clock neighbors were surprised to hear a joyous uproar coming from No. 246. Everybody in the house seemed to be shouting and yelling at the top of their voices. The din sounded like a regular camp-meeting jubilee, and was prolonged until about 11 o'clock.  
Thursday night about 8 o'clock neighbors  
were surprised to hear a joyous uproar coming  
from No. 246. Everybody in the house  
seemed to be shouting and yelling at the top  
of their voices. The din sounded like a regular  
camp-meeting jubilee, and was prolonged  
until about 11 o'clock.  


Yesterday inquiries were made, and it was learned that the old woman, the mother of Eilen Johnson, who had been parted from her daughter for fifty years, had arrived. Mother and daughter of course did not recognize each other, but were overjoyed, nevertheless. The mother is 112 years old and her daughter 60. Living in the house with Mrs. Eilen are her great grand-children. This makes them the great great grandchildren of Mrs. Johnson's mother. Strange as it may seem, the reporter saw the great great grandmother, the great grand-mother, the grandmother, mother and children all assembled in the same room.
Yesterday inquiries were made, and it  
was learned that the old woman, the mother  
of Ellen Johnson, who had been parted from  
her daughter for fifty years, had arrived.  
Mother and daughter of course did not  
recognize each other, but were overjoyed,  
nevertheless. The mother is 112 years old  
and her daughter 60. Living in the house  
with Mrs. Ellen are her great grand-children.  
This makes them the great great  
grandchildren of Mrs. Johnson's mother.  
Strange as it may seem, the reporter saw the  
great great grandmother, the great grand-mother,  
the grandmother, mother and children  
all assembled in the same room.

Latest revision as of 22:29, 20 June 2020

A NOTABLE GATHERING. Five Generations Meet in This City-- A Family's Strange History.

Yesterday morning a reporter was directed to visit No.246 Linden square, where a colored family by the name of Johnson resided, and assured that he would there find an interesting item. Ellen Johnson, the mistress of the house, told a very peculiar story. She said that fifty years ago she and her mother were slaves, owned by Mr. Ben Johnson, of Frankfort, Ky. She was about ten years old when her mother was sold and taken away from her. When she was twenty-five years of age she came to Louisville, and has since lived here, having married in the meantime.

She had not seen or heard of her mother since they parted, fifty years ago, until last February, when she received a letter from her parent, dated New Orleans. The old woman heard in some way that her daughter was living in Louisville and at once made up her mind to come and live with her. Shortly after this she was taken sick and was not able to travel.

Thursday night about 8 o'clock neighbors were surprised to hear a joyous uproar coming from No. 246. Everybody in the house seemed to be shouting and yelling at the top of their voices. The din sounded like a regular camp-meeting jubilee, and was prolonged until about 11 o'clock.

Yesterday inquiries were made, and it was learned that the old woman, the mother of Ellen Johnson, who had been parted from her daughter for fifty years, had arrived. Mother and daughter of course did not recognize each other, but were overjoyed, nevertheless. The mother is 112 years old and her daughter 60. Living in the house with Mrs. Ellen are her great grand-children. This makes them the great great grandchildren of Mrs. Johnson's mother. Strange as it may seem, the reporter saw the great great grandmother, the great grand-mother, the grandmother, mother and children all assembled in the same room.