from The Fitchburg Sentinel, Thursday, 28 July 1904

Fusilier Veteran Dead:
M. R. Johnson, Formerly of This City, Who Sent Letter to June Reunion, Died July 4.

Gen. J. W. Kimball this morning received from Comrade James H. Fenney (i.e. Tenney) of Massilon, Ohio, a clipping from a Fort Wayne, Ind., paper, noting the death on July 4, of Marcus R. Johnson in that city, of uraemic poisoning, aged 66 years.

Comrade Johnson sent a very interesting letter to the general which was read at the annual reunion of the regiment (sic) at Whalom on June 23.

The clipping (from the Ft. Wayne Sentinel, 4 July 1904) says in part:
Marcus R. Johnson, a veteran of the War of the Rebellion, and for some years past an employe at the Electric Works in Fort Wayne, died, July 4, at his home, 827 West Jefferson street, aged nearly 66 years, of uraemic poisoning. Although not in the best of health for the past few weeks, suffering at times, as he did, from heart and kidney trouble, he had been at work. His death, while not entirely unexpected, came as a shock to his daughter and his wide circle of friends.

Mr. Johnson was born at Bedford, Mass., on Nov. 21, 1838. During his youth he learned the machinist trade, working at it in Fitchburg, Mass., and other cities. During the War of the Rebellion he enlisted in the Fifteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, Co. B, and served for three years in the Army of the Potomac. After the close of the war he went to Elgin, Ill., where for 17 years he was employed in the Elgin watch factory. In 1899 he went to Fort Wayne and took a position at the Electric works. He held the position of foreman of the tool making department at the time of his death.

Surviving him are four children. They are Arthur Johnson and Miss Mabel Johnson of Portland, Ore., George S. Johnson of Berkley, Cal., and Miss Elsie M. Johnson of Fort Wayne. The latter has resided with her father. Mrs. E. F. Gooding is a sister and E. A. Johnson a brother. Both reside at Elgin, Ill.

Mr. Johnson had a wide circle of friends and among the employes at the Electric works was highly esteemed and generally loved. He was well known among the old soldiers, being a member of the Lawton Post, G. A. R.
The burial was at Elgin, Ill.