Inventor and Businessman. Invented a spring-driven motor for phonographs, replacing the old hand-cranked method. Manufactured and sold his own phonographs, and created the Victor Talking Machine Company. The company’s trademark – a dog seated before a phonograph – became internationally famous. Johnson sold his company to RCA in 1927. To this day the company is known as RCA Victor.  Family links:  Spouse:  Elsie Reeves Fenimore Johnson (1870 – 1961)*  Children:  Eldridge Reeves Fenimore Johnson (1899 – 1986)* *Calculated relationship