V. W. Johnsen (b. 1843)

JOHNSEN, CROWELL

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/28/2005 at 23:03:45

Johnsen, V. W., farmer, Section 16; PO Bethel; owns 160 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre; was born in Waldo Co., Maine in 1843. Married Ella F. Crowell in 1866; she was born in Barnstable Co., Mass., in 1848; have three children --- Mary E., J. S. and Charles W. Came to Fayette Co., in 1869. Enlisted in 8th W.V.I., Co. H. in 1861 and was discharged in 1864; was at the siege of Corinth and all battles that regiment participated in.

Page 660, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"
Bethel Township