Edward Johnson was a Methodist circuit rider.
Johnson was born in Tyrone County, Ireland, near the town of Lisleen.[1]
Johnson worked as a local preacher. In 1809, he was accepted as a minister, and worked as an assistant to Gideon Ousley. Subsequently, he was sent to minister in the Canadas. In 1817, he was assigned to the Fort Wellington circuit.[1]
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edit- Carroll, John (1869). Case and his cotemporaries, or, The Canadian itinerants' memorial constituting a biographical history of Methodism in Canada, from its introduction into the Province, till the death of the Rev. Wm. Case in 1855. Vol. II. Toronto: Wesleyan Conference Office.