A woman before her time, out of the ashes of violence and abuse, she truly was the Phoenix Rising

Oney’s Story: Phoenix Rising

Part I

One Woman’s Struggle to Overcome Violence and Abuse

‘Oney’ was born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina in 1843 to George and Elizabeth Johnson. She was their fifth and youngest daughter. We know that her father and mother were born in South Carolina; George Johnson’s parents’ origins were Virginia. George made his living as a farmer and a cobbler. Why Oney’s family left the…