James Johnson, a razor manufacturer, may have been born on 20 April 1803, the son of Samuel (a cutler) and Lydia. In 1833, he was listed in Fitzwilliam Street. In 1837, he offered £20 for information, because he had discovered that ‘one or more persons have imitated his name, mark, number and label, and by foisting on the market a worthless article, at inferior prices, have injured his credit’ (Sheffield Independent, 14 October 1837). Samuel Parker Hall was one offender (Sheffield Independent, 4 December 1841). Johnson worked at Broomhall Street and Fitzwilliam Street (1830s and 1840s); Allen Street (1852); Eyre Street (1856); and Howard Street (1860).  In 1852, he was victualler at the Royal Oak, Allen Street. In the Census (1861), he was a razor whetter. But his fortunes had declined and at his death he was an applicant for an annuity from the Iron, Hardware, & Metal Trades Pension Society (Sheffield Independent, 29 May 1869).  He died at Paternoster Row on 28 May 1869, aged 66. His burial in the General Cemetery was unconsecrated. His widow, Martha, was buried in the same grave in 1887 (aged 80) and so, too, were their six children – all of whom died before reaching 21.