Genealogy of Several Allied Families - Paperback

by Charles D. Johnson (Author)

The result of more than fifteen years of research, this genealogy includes the family histories of more than ten ancestral lines primarily hailing from Louisiana and Mississippi. The familes of Frazer, Owen, Bessellieu, Carter, Shaw Wright, Landfair, Briggs, Neill, Tidwell, and Johnson are among those included in this comprehensive volume.

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Discover the history of some of the oldest families in the South with Charles Owen Johnson's meticulously compiled records. His research delves into the lives of more than thirty families from Mississippi and Louisiana and their impact on the South. Johnson's work traces the genealogy of many original families, including:

- Bessellieu - Frazer - Owen - Briggs - Greene - Parker -Carter - Johnson - Shaw - Coleman - Landfair - Wright

Find family names of matriarchs and patriarchs easily in a table of contents organized by last name. Uncover details about each family, including careers, accomplishments, relatives, marriages, births, and deaths. All profiles have been verified through public documents of births, personal accomplishments, and family traditions as well as wills, census records, tombstones, deeds, marriage announcements, and obituaries.

Johnson's extensive background in ancestry research has made him the perfect guide to Southern genealogy. He was the first editor of the Hereditary Registry of the United States of America. He has a BA from Tulane University, LLB from Harvard Law School, JD from Tulane Law School, and LLM from Columbia Law School.

Author Biography

Advisor for the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America, Charles Owen Johnson is a distinguished attorney with an extensive background in genealogy and heredity studies. He has had a successful legal career in both Louisiana and Washington D.C., and he is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association. During a twenty-four-year period, he worked in the Tax Court Litigation Division of the Chief Counsels Office, Internal Revenue Service, and as chief of the Court of Appeals Branch for the Fifth Circuit. In addition to working as a lawyer, Johnson also served as the first editor of Hereditary Register of the United States of America. He is a member of dozens of organizations including the English-Speaking Union of the United States; the Harvard Club of Washington, D.C.; the National Gavel Society; the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution; and the National Society Descendants of Early Quakers. The founding member of such organizations as the National Society Sons of Colonial New England, Johnson is the recipient of the Jefferson Davis Medal Certificate, Cross of Military Service, and the Certificate of Arkansas Antebellum Ancestry, among others. He is also listed in Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in America, and others. Johnson graduated from Tulane University with a B.A., received a LL.B. from Harvard Law School, a J.D. from Tulane Law School, and a LL.M. from Columbia Law School. He also served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Johnson divides his time between Arlington, Virginia, and Palm Beach, Florida.