The Man Himself

LBJ's Ancestors

Group photo of the Johnson family with all posed around an automobile.
Johnson family photo, ca. 1912
Johnson family gathering. Lyndon B. Johnson (ca. 4 years old) is standing in front of the automobile. The third adult from the left (back row) is LBJ's father, Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr. LBJ's mother, Rebekah Baines Johnson, is in front of LBJ's father. Eliza Bunton Johnson, LBJ's paternal grandmother, is seated in the wheelchair.

A list of Lyndon Baines Johnson's ancestors.

Family Tree

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Born: Aug. 27, 1908

Died: Jan. 22, 1973

Married: Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor

Nov. 17, 1934

Father

Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr.

Born: Oct. 11, 1877

Died: Oct. 23, 1937

Married: Rebekah Baines Johnson

Aug. 20, 1907

Mother

Rebekah Baines Johnson

Born: June 26, 1881 

Died: Sept. 12, 1958

Married: Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr.

Aug. 20, 1907

Paternal Grandfather

Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr.

Born: Nov. 12, 1838

Died: Feb. 25, 1915

Married: Eliza Bunton

Dec. 11, 1867

Maternal Grandfather

Joseph Wilson Baines

Born: Jan. 24, 1846

Died: Nov. 18, 1906

Married: Ruth Ament Huffman

Sept. 12, 1869

Paternal Grandmother

Eliza Bunton

Born: June 24, 1849

Died: Jan. 30, 1917

Married: Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr.

Dec. 11, 1867

Maternal Grandmother

Ruth Ament Huffman

Born: Dec. 10, 1854

Died: Feb. 13, 1936

Married: Joseph Wilson Baines

Sept. 12, 1869

Paternal Great-Grandparents

Jesse Johnson

Born: April 28, 1795

Died: May 15, 1856

Married: Lucy Webb Barnett

Nov. 14, 1817

 

Lucy Webb Barnett

Born: Jan. 14, 1798

Died: March 13, 1857

Married: Jesse Johnson

Nov. 14, 1817

 

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Robert Holmes Bunton

Born: Sept. 17, 1818

Died: Aug. 22, 1895

Married: Priscilla Jane McIntosh

1840

 

Priscilla Jane McIntosh

Born: July 8, 1821

Died: April 28, 1905

Married: Robert Holmes Bunton

1840

Maternal Great-Grandparents

George Washington Baines

Born: Dec. 29, 1809

Died: Dec. 28, 1882

Married: Melissa Ann Butler

Oct. 20, 1840

 

Melissa Ann Butler

Born: June 2, 1824

Died: Jan. 21, 1865

Married: George Washington Baines 

Oct. 20, 1840

 

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John Smith Huffman, Jr.

Born: May 7, 1824

Died: June 22, 1865

Married: Mary Elizabeth Perrin

1848

 

Mary Elizabeth Perrin

Born: June 27, 1826

Died: July 12, 1916

Married: John Smith Huffman, Jr.

1848

Descendants of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson

Lynda Johnson, Luci Johnson, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson
Johnson family portrait, 1963
Johnson family portrait. L-R: Lynda Johnson, Luci Johnson, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson.

Lynda Bird Johnson Robb

Born: March 19, 1944

Married: Charles Spittal Robb (b. June 26, 1939) on Dec. 9, 1967

     

Children

Lucinda Desha Robb (b. Oct. 25, 1968)

Married: Lawrence Bennett Florio (b. March 11, 1969) on June 3, 2004

  • Children: 1) Daughter - Madeline Taylor Florio (b. May 15, 2006)

 

Catherine Lewis Robb (b. June 5, 1970)      

     

Jennifer Wickliffe Robb (b. June 20, 1978)

Luci Baines Johnson Turpin

Born: July 2, 1947

Married: Patrick Nugent (b. July 9, 1943), Aug. 6, 1966; divorced, August 1979.

Married: Ian Johnstone Turpin (b. Nov. 29, 1944), March 3, 1984

 

Children

Patrick Lyndon Nugent (b. June 21, 1967)

Married: Nicole Tatum (b. March 23, 1967) on Feb. 14, 1992

  • Children: 1) Daughter - Tatum Rebekah Nugent (b. Oct. 24, 1995)

    2) Daughter - Taylor Baines Nugent (b. March 24, 1998)

 

Nicole Marie Nugent (b. Jan. 11, 1970)

Married: Richard Brent Covert (b. Oct. 10, 1966) on May 20, 1992

  • Children: 1) Son - Johnson Saunders Covert (b. Nov. 14, 1996)

    2) Daughter - Claudia Robinson Covert (b. Aug. 20, 1998)

 

Rebekah Johnson Nugent (b. July 10, 1974)

Married: Jeremy McIntosh (b. Aug. 22, 1974) on Nov. 7, 1998

  • Children: 1) Daughter - Eloise Patrick Turpin McIntosh (b. Sept. 16, 1999)

    2) Son - Tucker Williams Thomas McIntosh (b. May 20, 2001)

    3 Daughter - Luci Bella Rogers McIntosh (b. Sept. 26, 2003)

 

Claudia Taylor Nugent (b. March 17, 1976)

Married: Steven Howard Brod (b. Aug. 23, 1975) on Jan. 4, 2003

  • Children: 1) Daughter - Sophia Baines Brod (b. Feb. 5, 2004)

    2) Daughter - Isabella Taylor Brod (b. Oct. 18, 2005)

LBJ's Siblings

Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson and his brother Sam Houston Johnson look at newspaper headlines proclaiming LBJ's victory.
Lyndon B. Johnson with his brother, Sam Houston Johnson, May 1956
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson and his brother Sam Houston Johnson look at newspaper headlines proclaiming LBJ's victory. May 9, 1956.
Lyndon Johnson with his siblings
Lyndon Johnson with his siblings, 1935
Lyndon B. Johnson with his siblings in 1935. L-R: Sam Houston Johnson, Rebekah Baines Johnson, Josefa Hermine Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Lucia Johnson Alexander.

Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt

Born: Sept. 12, 1910

Died: Feb. 4, 1978

Married: Oscar Price "O.P." Bobbitt (d. Jan. 2, 1995) on May 10, 1941

 

Children: 1) Son - Philip Case Bobbitt (b. July 22, 1948)

Josefa Johnson White Moss

Born: May 16, 1912

Died: Dec. 25, 1961

Married: Willard White, May 16, 1940; divorced April 18, 1950.

Married: James B. Moss on April 23, 1955

 

Children: 1) Son - Rodney Moss (April 14, 1948-Feb. 4, 1989)

Sam Houston Johnson

Born: Jan. 31, 1914

Died: Dec. 11, 1978

Married: Albertine Summers, Dec. 28, 1940; divorced in 1944.

Married: Mary Michelson Fish, Jan. 27, 1955; divorced date unknown

 

Children: 1) Daughter – Roxanne Johnson Goldsmith (b. Sept. 28, 1941)

2) Son – Sam S. Johnson (b. Oct. 5, 1942)

Lucia Johnson Alexander

Born: June 20, 1916

Died: Nov. 19, 1997

Married: Birge Davis Alexander on Sept. 18, 1933

 

Children: 1) Daughter – Rebekah Sterling Alexander (b. Feb. 13, 1944)

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