Person:JOHNS, George Sibley (1857 - 1941)

JOHNS, George Sibley (1857 - 1941)
Family(s):	Johns,McDearmon
Person ID (Link to genealogy):	GED link I559
Sex:	M
Date born:	1857
Father:	JOHNS, John Jay (1818 - 1899)
Mother:	DURFEE, Jane Amanda (1829 - 1915)
Spouse(s):	McDEARMON, Minnehaha (1869 - 1940)
Children:	JOHNS, George McDearmon (1886 - 1944) JOHNS, Orrick Glenday (1887 - 1946) JOHNS, Horace Durfee (1888 - 1917) JOHNS, John Hoyt (1889 - 1890) JOHNS, Frederick Winston (1894 - 1964) JOHNS, John Jay (1898 - 1993)
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Biography

George Sibley Johns was born in St. Charles, Missouri, to John Jay Johns and Jane Amanda Durfee. He was named after George Champlain Sibley, founder of Lindenwood College. George attended Princeton University, where he met Woodrow Wilson. They remained friends for the rest of Wilson's life. Upon returning to St. Charles, George studied law briefly with his uncle, Theodoric McDearmon. He and his brother, Glover Johns, started a weekly paper, the St. Charles Journal. Later, George went to work for Joseph Pulitzer at the St. Louis Post Dispatch, where he eventually became editor and was known as one of Pulitzer's "Fighting Editors".

Johns was married to Minnehaha McDearmon, with whom he had six sons, George McDearmon Johns, Horace Durfee Johns, John Hoyt Johns, Frederick Winston Johns, John Jay Johns and the poet and playwright Orrick Glenday Johns.

References on this Site

Writings

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• JOHNS, George Sibley to Maggie Johns - 1865-11-05

Letters Received

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• GAUSS, Charles Henry to George Sibley Johns - 1913-01-18

Mentioned in Letters:

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• BORDEN, E. Shirley to Anne Durfee Gauss - 1924-10-31 (Letter)

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• DURFEE, Jane Amanda to Charlotte Elizabeth Johns - 1891-12-28 (Letter)

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• GLENDAY, Ann to Hellen Glenday - 1884-12-05 (Letter)

Mentioned in Census:

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• JohnsJohnJ-StCharlesMissouri-1860

Mentioned in Other Documents:

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• George S. Johns - Book of St. Louisans

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• JJJJ-p1899/2
• JOHNS, Arthur Clifford (1853 - 1935) (Obituary)
• JOHNS, George McDearmon (1886 - 1944) (DeathCertificate)
• JOHNS, George Sibley (1857 - 1941) (Obituary)
• JOHNS, George Sibley (1857 - 1941) (DeathCertificate)
• JOHNS, George Sibley (1857 - 1941) (CemeteryRecord)
• JOHNS, George Sibley (1857 - 1941) - 1923-12-20 (Article)
• JOHNS, Horace Durfee (1888 - 1917) (DeathCertificate)
• JOHNS, John Hoyt (1889 - 1890) (CemeteryRecord)
• JOHNS, Orrick Glenday (1887 - 1946) (Obituary)
• John Jay Johns Family Bible

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• MCDEARMON, Minnehaha (1860 - 1940) (DeathCertificate)

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• Time of OurLives - The Contents
• Tribute 1941, Baltimore Sun

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