ISAAC VENDEVENTER JOHNSON - 2nd Lt-1st Lt., Co. H, 31st Virginia Infantry. He was brother to Mortimer C. JOHNSON. Born Barbour County 15 November 1837. Isaac was a prominent citizen who served the Barbour Circuit Court before the Civil War. Lt. JOHNSON was badly wounded in the thigh 13 December 1861 at Battle of Allegheny Mountain. Due to his wound disability he transferred to the Confederate Quartermaster Dept. at Richmond for the duration of the war. He was elected Clerk of the Barbour County Circuit Court in 1872 and was elected State Auditor of West Virginia in 1892. He married first, 24 December 1874 to Fanny LINK, with whom he had three daughters. Fanny died 25 August 1891. Isaac then married Fanny KEMPER, 20 September 1893. He died 13 May 1916 at Shepherdstown, West Virginia and is buried Masonic Cemetery, Philippi.

Name: Isaac Vandeventer Johnson
Rank: 1st Lieutanant
Company: H
Born Barbour County November 15, 1837, son of William. Prominent citizen, served Circuit Court. Enlisted Co. H, at Philippi May 14, 1861. Wounded in the thigh at Battle of Allegheny Mountain, Pocahontas County, December 13, 1861. Due to wound disability he served the CSA Quartermaster Dept. at Richmond for the duration of the Civil War. Later elected State Auditor of West Virginia for two terms in 1892. Died at Shepherdstown, WV. May 13, 1916 and is buried at the Masonic Cemetery, Philippi., Barbour County,
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