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1Title:  Johnson Family Papers     
 Creator:  Johnson Family 
 Dates:  1811-1977 
 Abstract:  John Cumming Johnson (1828-1892) moved to Memphis, Tennessee, from Franklin, Ohio, in 1854. In 1856 he married Mary Anne Elizabeth Fisher (1834-1883). They were active in many philanthropic enterprises, especially education. Johnson and his son, William Cumming Johnson (1870-1958), were involved in the cotton trade. William Cumming Johnson was a major stockholder in the Tennessee Fiber Company and had extensive real estate dealings in Florida. In 1877 he married Sarah Evangeline Harvey (1870-1930). Their son, William Cumming Johnson, Jr. (born 1904), married a great-granddaughter of Noah Mayo Farrin and Agnes Saline Faris Farrin. The collection consists of diaries of John and Elizabeth Johnson, correspondence of the Farrin and Johnson families, genealogical material on the Johnson, Fisher, Plume, Van Wagenen, Schenck, and Brown families, two memory books of William Johnson, Jr., an index to the memory books of Evangeline Johnson, and miscellaneous documents including clippings, estate papers of John and William Johnson, memorials for John and Elizabeth Johnson, and a key to the family code. Major topics of the papers include World War I and women's rights. 
 Call #:  MS 3782 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Johnson family. | Farrin family. | Fisher family. | Plume family. | Van Wagner family. | Schenk family. | Brown family. | World War, 1914-1918. | Women's rights.
 
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2Title:  Donald Fisher Lybarger Papers     
 Creator:  Lybarger, Donald Fisher 
 Dates:  1847-1970 
 Abstract:  Donald Fisher Lybarger (1896-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio lawyer who became Cuyahoga County Recorder (1932-1949), a county judge (1949-1967) and Chief Justice of Cuyahoga County (1967-1969). He was also an amateur genealogist and stamp collector and was involved in many civic and social organizations. the collection consists of early family papers, family correspondence, scrapbooks of clippings, other family mementos, speeches of Jesse J. Lybarger, speeches and writings of Donald Lybarger, notes, publications, correspondence, clippings and other sources related to these writings, and correspondence, family histories, notes, family crests, lineage charts, record forms, maps, clippings, and other genealogical materials. 
 Call #:  MS 3322 
 Extent:  10.80 linear feet (9 containers and 10 bound volumes) 
 Subjects:  Lybarger, Donald Fisher, 1896-1970. | Lybarger family. | Baldwin family. | Belden family. | Crum family. | Dowler family. | Fisher family. | Grimwood family. | Hartshorne family. | Januszewski family. | Miller family. | Shuler family. | Postage stamps -- Collectors and collecting -- United States. | Ohio -- History.
 
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