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Richard Mentor Johnson 1780 – 1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Oct 1780

Birth Location: Beargrass, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

Death Date: 19 Nov 1850

Death Location: Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, United States

Father: Robert Johnson

Mother: Jemima Suggett

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It was in 1780 that Richard Mentor Johnson was born in Beargrass, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, a child of Robert Johnson and Jemima Suggett. Richard Mentor Johnson was deceased by 1850 in Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, United States.

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Robert Johnson
1745 – 1815
Birth Location: Orange, Virginia
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Jemima Suggett
1753 – 1814
Birth Location: Orange, Orange, Virginia, United States
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 17 Oct 1780
    Event Place: Beargrass, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
    Record Source: Canada Obituary Collection, Newspaper: Toronto Star; Publication Date: 16 Dec 2003; Publication Place: Toronto , On , Can.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 19 Nov 1850
    Event Place: Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, United States
    Record Source: Canada Obituary Collection, Newspaper: Toronto Star; Publication Date: 16 Dec 2003; Publication Place: Toronto , On , Can.
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