ELIZA JANE 'REDDICK' JOHNSON, daughter of Lewis Washington and Susan 'Groom' Reddick, was born in Weakley County, Tennessee on Dec 24, 1839. On January 4, 1860, in Weakley County, she married John Philip Johnson, son of John Philip and Mary 'Harral' Johnson. After moving to Arkansas in 1860, back to Tennessee in about 1866, then back to Arkansas again in about 1871, they finally migrated to Bowie County, Texas. Sometime between 1880 and 1900 they moved again to Lamar County, Texas, where they are found on the 1900 census.
Sometime after 1900 John and Eliza made their final move to Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma. John Philip died there on February 15, 1910, and Eliza Jane died there on December 3, 1916. They are buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, Oklahoma.
John Philip and Eliza Jane had eight children. They are: Washington P. born 1861, died 1961; Wiley Elijah, born 1862, died 1934; James W., born 1866, died 1936; Charles P., born 1868, died 1953; Mary S., born 1869; M.J., born 1872; W.E., born 1874; C.E., born 1878.
