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Elisha Johnson (1785–1866) was an engineer and early resident of Rochester New York. He served the then village as its fifth mayor.Johnson was born in Chautauqua County New York and graduated from Williams College. He moved to Rochester in 1817 and purchased 80 acres (320000 m2) of land on the east bank of the Genesee River from Enos Stone. Johnson built a horse railroad to Carthage by the Lower Falls of the Genesee and was the chief engineer and contractor of the Tonawanda Railroad.
