Jane Jaques (Janie) JOHNSTON

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Jane Johnson [Jane Johnston]
Age: 4
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1880: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Yates Johnson [Johnston]
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's name: Susan Johnson [Johnston]
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

1900 United States Census
Name: Janie Johnston
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Birth Date: Apr 1876
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Single
Home in 1900: Civil District 1 Knoxville city Ward 7, Knox, Tennessee
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Jno Johnston 58
Susan A Johnston 51
Janie Johnston 24
Sue Johnston 20
Bridget Conner 30 [Servant]
Ella Conner 36 [Servant]
Henry Fuller 70 [Servant]

1910 United States Census
Name: Janie Saunders
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Birth Year: abt 1877
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Married
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Home in 1910: Knoxville Ward 2, Knox, Tennessee
District: 81
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household: 253
Household Members:
John Yates Johnston 70
Susan Johnston 60
Sue Johnston 25 [sister]
Ebenezer H Saunders 40
Janie Saunders 33
Henry Fuller 70 [Servant]
Mary Thompson 40 [Servant]
Patience Griggs 26 [Servant]
Lixo Cox 30 [Servant]

1920 United States Census
Name: Jennie J Saunders [Janie]
Gender: Female
Age: 43
Birth Year: abt 1877
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Married
Home in 1920: Civil District 14, Knox, Tennessee
Race: White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household ID: 145
Household Members:
Ebenezer H Saunders 54
Janie J Saunders 43

1930 United States Census
Name: Janie J Saunders
Gender: Female
Age: 54
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Married
Home in 1930: District 14, Knox, Tennessee,
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household: 90
Household Members
E H Saunders 66
Janie J Saunders 54

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Janie J Saunders
Age: 63
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Knox, Tennessee
Street: Topside Road
Farm: Yes
Inferred Residence in 1935: Knox, Tennessee
Residence in 1935: Same House
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: $14,000
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members:
Janie J Saunders 63
David C Chapman 63
Sue J Chapman 59

Her home at 421 West Main Street in Knoxville, was noted for its gardens.

Source: A Historical Sketch of the Alcoa Highway, Maryville Pike Section of Knox County 1776-1976, p. 9

TOPSIDE ROAD

Mr. & Mrs. E. Hepburn Saunders gave Topside Rd. its name in 1912 when a bridge over the L &N was built with the flagstop on their property, Their house was the first on the right of the road. Two trains a day stopped there and
charged twenty-five cents fare to Knoxville. Mrs. Saunders was Col. David Chapman's wife's sister. When the Chapmans beautiful home "Annandale" burned in the late 1930's, he and his wife Sue Johnston Chapman went to live with the Saunders on Topside.



Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80144110

Died:
Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955
Name: Janie Johnston Saunders
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 20 Nov 1950
Event Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status:
Race:
Age: 76
Birth Year (Estimated): 1874
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: John Yates Johnston
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Susie Ayers

Jane married Ebenezer Hepburn Saunders 24 Oct 1901, Knox County, TN. Ebenezer was born 07 Nov 1864, Virginia; died 24 Nov 1933, Knoxville, Knox Co. TN; was buried , Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox Co. TN. [Group Sheet]