I am searching for information on Josephine Florence Gonzales or her family from Cuba. She was born May 1, 1806 in Havana, Cuba. She married my Great, Great, Great Grandfather Samuel Johnson on Feb 24, 1822 in Fernandina, Amelia Island in Florida, USA. Josephine was only 16 years old and Samuel was 24 when they married. He was a soldier in the US Army Artillery and served for 41 yrs in the US Army through the War of 1812, the Indian Wars & the War with Mexico. He enlisted as a Drummer Boy in the US Army at the age of 10 in 1808.

They had at least 6 children that I could locate: Joseph Taylor Johnson (1822-1891), Caroline Virginia Johnson (1827-1907), Augustus Frederick Johnson (1831-1877), Ann Maria Johnson (1834-1877), Samuel Valentine Johnson (1836-1885), Emily Johnson-Coleman (1845-1927).

Josephine died of stomach cancer on Feb 10, 1888 (age 81) and is buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Baltimore, MD next to her husband who died in 1871 (age 72).