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George Washington Johnson

Schoolteacher and poet George Washington Johnson produced his biggest contribution to the globe of popular track when he wrote the lyrics to the typical “When You and We Were Small, Maggie” for his new wife, Maggie Clark, who was simply ailing from tuberculosis. Given birth to in 1839 near Toronto, …

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George W. Johnson

b. George Washington Johnson, 29 Oct 1846, Virginia, USA, d. 1914, NEW YORK, NY, USA. Delivered into slavery, during Reconstruction, Johnson transferred north, ultimately settling in NY. With the 1870s and 80s he led a precarious lifetime before beginning a profession being a documenting artist. Provided the time, around 1889, …

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