Selena Elizabeth Jackson

Other Events:

• Ethnicity: American
• Race: Black
• Name: Elizabeth Selena Johnson
• Name: Salena Johnson
• Name: Salina J Johnson
• Negro Assaulted A Woman- William Upton...: 20 Nov 1900, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; William Upton Tears Things Up in Apple Avenue and is Arrested- Assaults Children of Mrs. Selena Johnson at 1206 Apple Avenue.
• Residence: 1910, 313 Necatarine street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 84; CanRead: No; CanWrite: No; EnumerationDistrict: 0056; NativeLanguageCode: English; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 6; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 4; MaritalStatus: Widowed; RelationToHead: Mother
• Oldest Colored Woman in City-Born a Slave-Dies: 19 Feb 1919, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Oldest Colored Woman in City, Born a Slave, Dies
The death of Mrs. Salena Johnson, said to be the oldest colored resident in Harrisburg, occurred last night at her home, 812 East Street.
Mrs. Johnson was born a slave in Virginia, July 4, 1824, and was 94 years, 7 months and 11 days old. When she was freed from bondage after the Civil War she came north with her daughter, the late Mrs. A.W. Dennee, living in Carlisle for many years. Removing to Harrisburg, she lived in this city up to the time of her death. She was a member of the Wesley Union A.M.E. Church and was widely known here.
Mrs. Johnson is survived by three children, Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Eleanora Washington of Philadelphia; and George W. Johnson, with whom she made her home; three grandchildren, Mrs. Mary Jackson of Toronto, Canada; Mrs. Frances Johnson, of this city; and George E. Johnson, who is with the Army in France; three great-grandchildren, Dr. A.L. Marshall, Dr. W.E. Marshall, of this city and Dr. F.S. Marshall, who returned from France on Sunday with the 351st Field Artillery; and one great-great-grandchild, Margaret Jane Marshall.
Funeral arrangements will be made on the arrival of her daughters and will be announced later."
*Published in The Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg Pennsylvania) February 19 1919.

Funeral Services of Aged Woman Tomorrow
MRS. SALENA JOHNSON
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Salena Johnson, the oldest colored resident of the city, will be held tomorrow afternoon at her late residence, 812 East Street, with the Rev. Stephen McNeil, pastor of the Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church, in charge. The services will be at 2 o'clock and interment will be made in the Lincoln Cemetery at Penbrook.
*Published in The Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg Pennsylvania) February 20 1919.

Buried:
Lincoln Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Robert Johnson. Robert was born in 1818 in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Annie Francis Johnson was born on 2 Apr 1848 in Virginia, USA; died on 1 Nov 1916 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
2. George W Johnson was born in 1866 in Virginia, USA.