(NOTE: Appears on the Joseph Wilson Patterson obelisk.)
Obituary, Baltimore Sun, July 16, 1907: "MR. JOHNSON'S BODY HERE. Funeral Will Take Place From Sister's Home Tomorrow. The body of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, who died early yesterday morning at the Chattolanee Hotel, Chattolanee, was brought to this city yesterday morning. Mrs. Charles G. Kerr, sister of Mr. Johnson, who had been staying with her brother at Chattolanee, returned to the city in the morning. Many friends of Mr. Johnson called later in the day to express their sympathy at the residence of Mrs. Kerr, 1513 Park avenue, where the body was taken. The flag of the University Club, of which he was a member for many years, was at half mast. Mr. Johnson was a large holder of the stock of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Much of it he inherited, but he added to his investments in that issue from time to time, having great confidence in the road and its possibilities. Prior to the reorganization of the company he invariably attended the annual stockholders' meeting and for 10 years or more served as chairman of those gatherings. The late Andrew Anderson, a typical Scotch gentleman, was secretary of the company of the time. He would read the resolutions offered and the minutes in his rich Gaelic tongue, while Mr. Johnson, in his soft and well modulated voice, would always put the motions and pass upon the voting. The two came to be regarded as parts of the meetings. One, perhaps, relied on the other, but none of the stockholders felt that the business for which they had assembled was complete without the two in their accustomed places. The reorganization of the Baltimore and Ohio in 1900 changed the policy completely. Mr. Anderson had died, and if Mr. Johnson had attended the meetings since it was more as an onlooker than as a participant. Another local enterprise in which he was a large stockholder and in which he took a keen interest was the Blue Mountain House on the line of the Western Maryland Railroad. He usually spent his summers at that place, and many of the picturesque paths along the mountainside to and from this hostlery were said to be due to his discriminating taste for rural beauty. he also laid out many of the walks directly around the hotel. Mr. Johnson was the oldest of a family of 11 children. They are Mrs. Charles K. Kerr, Mrs. Charles J. M. Gwinn, Mrs. J. Morris and Mrs. Washington Lewis, of Berryville, Va. The deceased sisters are Mrs. Andrew S. Ridgely, Mrs. William R. Travers and Mrs. Henry Daingerfield, of Alexandria, Va. His brothers, Messrs. Edward Contee Johnson, of Winchester, Va., Louis Johnson and Bowie Johnson, of Oakland, Md., died some years ago. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning. Short services will be conducted at the house for the family and will be followed by services at Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Johnson was senior vestryman. Rev. J. Houston Eccleston, rector of the church, will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. G. Maclaren Brydon. The honorary pallbearers will be the vestrymen of the church. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery to Mr. Johnson's private lot, where his wife is buried."
Obituary, Baltimore Sun, July 16, 1907: "MR. JOHNSON'S BODY HERE. Funeral Will Take Place From Sister's Home Tomorrow. The body of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, who died early yesterday morning at the Chattolanee Hotel, Chattolanee, was brought to this city yesterday morning. Mrs. Charles G. Kerr, sister of Mr. Johnson, who had been staying with her brother at Chattolanee, returned to the city in the morning. Many friends of Mr. Johnson called later in the day to express their sympathy at the residence of Mrs. Kerr, 1513 Park avenue, where the body was taken. The flag of the University Club, of which he was a member for many years, was at half mast. Mr. Johnson was a large holder of the stock of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Much of it he inherited, but he added to his investments in that issue from time to time, having great confidence in the road and its possibilities. Prior to the reorganization of the company he invariably attended the annual stockholders' meeting and for 10 years or more served as chairman of those gatherings. The late Andrew Anderson, a typical Scotch gentleman, was secretary of the company of the time. He would read the resolutions offered and the minutes in his rich Gaelic tongue, while Mr. Johnson, in his soft and well modulated voice, would always put the motions and pass upon the voting. The two came to be regarded as parts of the meetings. One, perhaps, relied on the other, but none of the stockholders felt that the business for which they had assembled was complete without the two in their accustomed places. The reorganization of the Baltimore and Ohio in 1900 changed the policy completely. Mr. Anderson had died, and if Mr. Johnson had attended the meetings since it was more as an onlooker than as a participant. Another local enterprise in which he was a large stockholder and in which he took a keen interest was the Blue Mountain House on the line of the Western Maryland Railroad. He usually spent his summers at that place, and many of the picturesque paths along the mountainside to and from this hostlery were said to be due to his discriminating taste for rural beauty. he also laid out many of the walks directly around the hotel. Mr. Johnson was the oldest of a family of 11 children. They are Mrs. Charles K. Kerr, Mrs. Charles J. M. Gwinn, Mrs. J. Morris and Mrs. Washington Lewis, of Berryville, Va. The deceased sisters are Mrs. Andrew S. Ridgely, Mrs. William R. Travers and Mrs. Henry Daingerfield, of Alexandria, Va. His brothers, Messrs. Edward Contee Johnson, of Winchester, Va., Louis Johnson and Bowie Johnson, of Oakland, Md., died some years ago. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning. Short services will be conducted at the house for the family and will be followed by services at Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Johnson was senior vestryman. Rev. J. Houston Eccleston, rector of the church, will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. G. Maclaren Brydon. The honorary pallbearers will be the vestrymen of the church. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery to Mr. Johnson's private lot, where his wife is buried."
(NOTE: Appears on the Joseph Wilson Patterson obelisk.)
Obituary, Baltimore Sun, July 16, 1907: "MR. JOHNSON'S BODY HERE. Funeral Will Take Place From Sister's Home Tomorrow. The body of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, who died early yesterday morning at the Chattolanee Hotel, Chattolanee, was brought to this city yesterday morning. Mrs. Charles G. Kerr, sister of Mr. Johnson, who had been staying with her brother at Chattolanee, returned to the city in the morning. Many friends of Mr. Johnson called later in the day to express their sympathy at the residence of Mrs. Kerr, 1513 Park avenue, where the body was taken. The flag of the University Club, of which he was a member for many years, was at half mast. Mr. Johnson was a large holder of the stock of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Much of it he inherited, but he added to his investments in that issue from time to time, having great confidence in the road and its possibilities. Prior to the reorganization of the company he invariably attended the annual stockholders' meeting and for 10 years or more served as chairman of those gatherings. The late Andrew Anderson, a typical Scotch gentleman, was secretary of the company of the time. He would read the resolutions offered and the minutes in his rich Gaelic tongue, while Mr. Johnson, in his soft and well modulated voice, would always put the motions and pass upon the voting. The two came to be regarded as parts of the meetings. One, perhaps, relied on the other, but none of the stockholders felt that the business for which they had assembled was complete without the two in their accustomed places. The reorganization of the Baltimore and Ohio in 1900 changed the policy completely. Mr. Anderson had died, and if Mr. Johnson had attended the meetings since it was more as an onlooker than as a participant. Another local enterprise in which he was a large stockholder and in which he took a keen interest was the Blue Mountain House on the line of the Western Maryland Railroad. He usually spent his summers at that place, and many of the picturesque paths along the mountainside to and from this hostlery were said to be due to his discriminating taste for rural beauty. he also laid out many of the walks directly around the hotel. Mr. Johnson was the oldest of a family of 11 children. They are Mrs. Charles K. Kerr, Mrs. Charles J. M. Gwinn, Mrs. J. Morris and Mrs. Washington Lewis, of Berryville, Va. The deceased sisters are Mrs. Andrew S. Ridgely, Mrs. William R. Travers and Mrs. Henry Daingerfield, of Alexandria, Va. His brothers, Messrs. Edward Contee Johnson, of Winchester, Va., Louis Johnson and Bowie Johnson, of Oakland, Md., died some years ago. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning. Short services will be conducted at the house for the family and will be followed by services at Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Johnson was senior vestryman. Rev. J. Houston Eccleston, rector of the church, will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. G. Maclaren Brydon. The honorary pallbearers will be the vestrymen of the church. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery to Mr. Johnson's private lot, where his wife is buried."
Obituary, Baltimore Sun, July 16, 1907: "MR. JOHNSON'S BODY HERE. Funeral Will Take Place From Sister's Home Tomorrow. The body of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, who died early yesterday morning at the Chattolanee Hotel, Chattolanee, was brought to this city yesterday morning. Mrs. Charles G. Kerr, sister of Mr. Johnson, who had been staying with her brother at Chattolanee, returned to the city in the morning. Many friends of Mr. Johnson called later in the day to express their sympathy at the residence of Mrs. Kerr, 1513 Park avenue, where the body was taken. The flag of the University Club, of which he was a member for many years, was at half mast. Mr. Johnson was a large holder of the stock of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Much of it he inherited, but he added to his investments in that issue from time to time, having great confidence in the road and its possibilities. Prior to the reorganization of the company he invariably attended the annual stockholders' meeting and for 10 years or more served as chairman of those gatherings. The late Andrew Anderson, a typical Scotch gentleman, was secretary of the company of the time. He would read the resolutions offered and the minutes in his rich Gaelic tongue, while Mr. Johnson, in his soft and well modulated voice, would always put the motions and pass upon the voting. The two came to be regarded as parts of the meetings. One, perhaps, relied on the other, but none of the stockholders felt that the business for which they had assembled was complete without the two in their accustomed places. The reorganization of the Baltimore and Ohio in 1900 changed the policy completely. Mr. Anderson had died, and if Mr. Johnson had attended the meetings since it was more as an onlooker than as a participant. Another local enterprise in which he was a large stockholder and in which he took a keen interest was the Blue Mountain House on the line of the Western Maryland Railroad. He usually spent his summers at that place, and many of the picturesque paths along the mountainside to and from this hostlery were said to be due to his discriminating taste for rural beauty. he also laid out many of the walks directly around the hotel. Mr. Johnson was the oldest of a family of 11 children. They are Mrs. Charles K. Kerr, Mrs. Charles J. M. Gwinn, Mrs. J. Morris and Mrs. Washington Lewis, of Berryville, Va. The deceased sisters are Mrs. Andrew S. Ridgely, Mrs. William R. Travers and Mrs. Henry Daingerfield, of Alexandria, Va. His brothers, Messrs. Edward Contee Johnson, of Winchester, Va., Louis Johnson and Bowie Johnson, of Oakland, Md., died some years ago. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning. Short services will be conducted at the house for the family and will be followed by services at Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Johnson was senior vestryman. Rev. J. Houston Eccleston, rector of the church, will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. G. Maclaren Brydon. The honorary pallbearers will be the vestrymen of the church. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery to Mr. Johnson's private lot, where his wife is buried."
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