Early Life and Education
Robert Ward Johnson was born in Scott County, Kentucky to a politically prominent family. His siblings included a sister Juliette.
His paternal uncles were Richard Mentor Johnson, a US Representative and Senator, and Vice President of the United States under Martin Van Buren; and his brothers James Johnson and John Telemachus, who were each elected as US Representatives from Kentucky.
In 1821 when Robert was seven, his parents moved the family to Arkansas Territory, where they settled in Little Rock. The boy was later sent back to Kentucky to study at Choctaw Academy and St. Joseph's College in Bardstown.
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