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-|image=File:The Father of President Johnson.jpg
-|caption="The Father of President Johnson" (''The Tiffin Tribune'', October 5, 1865, Page 3)
-|name        = Jacob Johnson
-|birth_name  =
-|birth_date  = April 17, 1778
-|birth_place = [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], U.S.
-|death_date  = {{Death date and age|1812|1|4|1778|4|17}}
-|death_place = Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
-|children    = {{hlist|William|Elizabeth|[[Andrew Johnson|Andrew]]}}
-|occupation  = [[hostler]], [[soldier]], [[Sexton (office)|sexton]], [[porter (carrier)|porter]]
-|spouse      = {{marriage|Mary McDonough|1801}}
-}}
-'''Jacob Johnson''' (April 17, 1778 &ndash; January 4, 1812)<ref>[http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I74317&tree=1 Jacob Johnson]</ref> was the father of [[Andrew Johnson]], the 17th [[president of the United States]].
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-==Early life==
-Jacob Johnson was born on April 17, 1778. The circumstances and location of his birth remain in dispute among scholars.{{clarify|date=August 2018}}
-==Marriage and family==
-Jacob Johnson married Mary "Polly" McDonough (July 17, 1783 &ndash; February 13, 1856) on September 9, 1801, in Wake County, North Carolina.<ref>Wake County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, Jacob Johnston to Polly McDonaugh, September 9, 1801, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.</ref><ref>Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greenville, Greene County, Tennessee.</ref> They had three children: William Patterson Johnson (1804&ndash;1865), Elizabeth Johnson (born 1806), and [[Andrew Johnson]] (December 29, 1808 &ndash; July 31, 1875).{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
-==Career==
-Known as "mud-sills" (lower-class people), Jacob and Mary Johnson were both employed at Casso's Inn, where Mary worked as a weaver and clothes washer, and Jacob was a [[hostler]]. Jacob also was a militia [[Captain (United States)|Captain]] of Muster Division 20, a [[Sexton (office)|sexton]] for the [[Presbyterian Church]]. He was appointed a [[porter (carrier)|porter]] for the [[State Bank of North Carolina]] (chartered in 1811) by Captain William Polk, a relative of President James K. Polk.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Polk |first=William Harrison |url=http://archive.org/details/polkfamilykinsme00polk |title=Polk family and kinsmen |date=1912 |publisher=Press of the Bradley & Gilbert Co. |others=New York Public Library |location=Louisville, Kentucky |pages=143 |language=en-us |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> Jacob Johnson is also said to have been the sole bell toller in Raleigh.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
-==Home==
-[[File:Andrew Johnsons First Home 2006.jpg|thumb|left|The home of Jacob and Andrew Johnson in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]]] The Johnson family home was an out-building of Casso's Inn, a popular antebellum inn northeast of the present-day [[North Carolina State Capitol]] building. Casso's Inn was owned by Peter Casso, a [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] soldier. The out-building is of two rooms, one on the main floor and one in the garret of the Dutch or gambrel roof.  The Johnson home is now preserved at Mordecai Historic Park in Raleigh, North Carolina.<ref>{{cite web|title=Encyclopedia of North Carolina|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/andrew-johnson-birthplace|website=NCPedia: Andrew Johnson Birthplace|publisher=UNC Press|accessdate=2 February 2018}}</ref>
-==Death==
-Jacob Johnson saved the lives of Colonel Thomas Henderson, the young editor of the ''Raleigh Star'', and his friend Mr. Callum, when the enthusiastic group of fishermen capsized their fishing skiff on Walnut Creek near Hunter's Mill in December 1811. The third occupant of the skiff, Mr. William Peace, had no trouble getting to shore. Johnson jumped in the water and saved Henderson and Callum, to the detriment of his own health.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} He died several weeks later, ironically, while ringing the funeral bell at the State Capitol Building. He was buried at the [[City Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina)|Old City Cemetery]] in Raleigh, North Carolina.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
-Johnson's obituary from the ''Raleigh Star'' of January 10, 1812,{{page needed|date=May 2017}} read:
-*''"Died, in this city, on Saturday last, Jacob Johnson, who had for years occupied a humble but useful station in Society. He was a city constable, sexton, and porter of the State Bank. In his last illness he was visited by the principal inhabitants of the city, by all whom he was esteemed for his honesty, industry, and humane and friendly disposition. Among all whom he was known and esteemed none lament him more (except, perhaps, his relatives) than the publisher of this paper; for he owes his life, on a particular occasion, to the boldness and humanity of Johnson."''
-Following his death, Mary (McDonough) Johnson married Turner Daughtrey (or Daugherty) on May 6, 1812, in Wake County, North Carolina.<ref>Hans L. Trefousse, ''Andrew Johnson:  A Biography'', New York:  W. W. Norton Co., 1989, p. 20</ref> She is buried in the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greenville, Greene County, Tennessee after her death in 1856.
-==Dedication of grave==
-[[Image:Jacobjohnson.JPG|thumb|right|Jacob Johnson's grave at the Old City Cemetery in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]]] Jacob's grave remained marked only by "J.X.J." until 1867, when the current marker was erected.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} The writing on the marker has been obliterated from weather and vandalism, but an early account indicates that it was inscribed as follows:
-*''"In memory of Jacob Johnson. An honest man, loved and respected by all who knew him."''{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
-Then-president Andrew Johnson was invited by [[List of mayors of Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh Mayor]] [[William Dallas Haywood]] to attend the public erection of Jacob's monument. He agreed to attend the dedication; this marked Johnson's only trip to the south during his term as [[President of the United States|President]]. He departed [[Washington, DC]] on June 1, 1867, stayed at [[Richmond, Virginia]] on the 2nd, and arrived in [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] on the 3rd. Johnson stayed at the [[Yarborough House]] Hotel on Fayetteville Street during his stay, and delivered a lengthy speech about various topics shortly after arriving.  The gravesite dedication took place on June 4. At the ceremony, the president called his father an "honest and faithful friend, a character I prize higher than all the worldly fortunes that could have been left me." He spent the 5th and 6th in Chapel Hill, where he attended one of the [[Graduation|commencement]] ceremonies for the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]], and left for Washington on the 7th.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
-==Citations==
-{{reflist}}
-==References==
-Websites:
-*State Library of North Carolina Encyclopedia Entry for Andrew Johnson: [http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/bio/public/johnson.htm]
-*Legacy Family Tree entry for Jacob Johnson: [http://users.legacyfamilytree.com/uspresidents/6590.htm]
-*[http://www.raleighpublicrecord.org/?p=355 Andrew Johnson’s father, a hero in his own right]
-Books:
-*Bergeron, Paul H. et al. ''The Papers of Andrew Johnson, Volume 12, February - August 1867''. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press.  1995.
-*Savage, John. ''The Life and Public Services of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States''. New York: [[James Cephas Derby|Derby & Miller]], Publishers. 1866.
-*Stryker, Lloyd Paul. ''Andrew Johnson: A Study in Courage''. New York: The MacMillan Company. 1936.
-*Thomas, Lately. ''The First President Johnson: The Three Lives of the Seventeenth President of the United States of America''. New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc. 1968.
-*Winston, Robert W. ''Andrew Johnson: Plebeian and Patriot''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1928.
-Journals:
-*Graf, LeRoy and Ralph W. Haskins, Editors. "This Clangor of Belated Mourning". ''The South Atlantic Quarterly''. Volume 62.3, 1963.
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