Johnson, Louis

JOHNSON, GROTE

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner
Date: 7/22/2006 at 15:59:16

JOHNSON, LOUIS

Louis Johnson, one of the successful young farmers of Garfield township, still in his early manhood, with bright promise before him, as the testimony of a host of friends and well wishers attest, was born on a farm in Lyon County in 1877, and was the seventh member in order of birth of a family of ten children. He was reared to manhood in his native county, and given such schooling as the scanty opportunities of the times afforded.

Remaining at home until he was twenty-four years of age, Mr. Johnson then entered into business cares for himself, and bearing self so wisely and well that he has won a good standing among his friends and neighbors, may well be satisfied with the progress that he has made before reaching the age of twenty-seven years. He was married March 20, 1900, to Miss Caroline Grote. She was born in Illinois, while her father, Phillip, who was a life-long farmer, was a native of Germany. To this very happy union come one child, a daughter, Vilma, who was born in 1902.

As a home for himself and family, Mr. Johnson bought a farm of eighty acres in section 15, all wild prairie land, but of fine promise. Here he built a house 18 by 20 feet, as well as other buildings needed for the successful cultivation of the place, and has worked out a very profitable and creditable farm. In these years he has proved himself a public-spirited citizen, and has met every responsibility placed upon him in a broad and generous spirit. At the present time he is a farmer a quarter section of land, and gives his attention to both grain and stock raising.

Source: Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Lyon County, Iowa. Published under the Auspices of the Pioneer Association of Lyon County. Geo. Monlun, Pres.; Hon. E. C. Roach Sec’y; and Col. F. M. Thompson, Historian. Geo. A. Ogle & CO., Published, Engravers and Book Manufacturers. Chicago, 1904-1905

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