William O. Johnson and Mary Ann Carter Headstone Photo, Sunrise Christian Cemetery

Wm. O. Johnson, Died Sept. 23, 1896, Aged 69y 3m 3d. Mary Ann, wife of W.O. Johnson, died Feb. 8, 1865, aged 40y 3m 28d. Martha, wife of W.O. Johnson, died Jan. 10, 1880, aged 37y 8m. William Otis Johnson gave the land for this church and cemetery. He was born June 20, 1827 in Virginia. On Nov. 9, 1848 in Callaway Co., Missouri, he married my 2nd great grandaunt, Mary Ann Carter. She was born in Kentucky, a daughter of Robert P. Carter and Mary Polly Smith. They had 6 children. After Mary Ann's death, he married Martha Dowell on Oct. 2, 1866. They had 9 children.

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