Asahel Alanson Johnson (1842 - 1940)

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Asahel's Parents

John Johnson

Anna Balcom

Asahel Alanson Johnson

Rollin Johnson.

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John Johnson

Unknown - c. 1848

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Anna Balcom

Unknown - Unknown

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Rollin Johnson.

Unknown - Unknown

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Asahel Alanson Johnson & Elizabeth Engerson Johnson

Asahel Alanson Johnson

Elizabeth Engerson Johnson

Jenny June Johnson Lora L. Johnson Franklin F. Johnson

Portia Johnson Burr B. Johnson

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Elizabeth Engerson Johnson

Unknown - Unknown

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Jenny June Johnson

Unknown - Unknown

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Portia Johnson

Unknown - Unknown

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Lora L. Johnson

Unknown - Unknown

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Burr B. Johnson

Unknown - Unknown

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Franklin F. Johnson

Unknown - Unknown

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In 1842, in the year that Asahel Alanson Johnson was born, in January, William E. Clarke - a medical student at Berkshire Medical College - became the first person to use an inhaled anesthetic. He administered the anesthetic to pull a tooth.

In 1904, when he was 62 years old, the first underground line of the New York City subway system opened. London's underground system was opened in 1863 and Boston opened one in 1897, but New York quickly became the largest system in the U.S. More than 100,000 people paid 5 cents to ride under Manhattan that first day.

In 1913, Asahel was 71 years old when the Philippine–American War ended for good in June. While the official end of the war was in 1902, fighting continued for several years. An estimated 200,000 to 250,000 total Filipino civilians died and although the U.S. viewed its role as a colonial presence as one of preparing the Philippines for independence, American colonization drastically changed the character off the culture. The Catholic Church was no longer the state religion and English became the primary language of the government.

In 1922, when he was 80 years old, from October 22nd - 29th, 3,000 men of Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party marched on Rome. (Mussolini waited in Milan, he did not participate in the March.) The day after the March Mussolini went to Rome and the King of Italy handed over power to Mussolini, in part because he was supported by the military, the business class, and the right-wing factions of Italy.

In 1940, in the year of Asahel Alanson Johnson's passing, on September 16th, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, was enacted - the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. Men between 21 and 36 were required to register with their draft boards. When World War II began, men between 18 and 45 were subject to service and men up to 65 were required to register.