Johnson, Chris E. 1858 – 1941

JOHNSON, VOID

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Date: 4/1/2015 at 11:14:30

CHRIS E. JOHNSON

Chris E. Johnson, who owns and operates one hundred acres of fine land on section 15, Madison township, was born in Wisconsin. October 16, 1858, and is a son of Eric and Isabelle Johnson, natives of Norway. The parents came to America and located in Wisconsin in 1840 and there the father bought land which he operated until 1868, when he came to Winneshiek county, Iowa. He here bought two hundred acres on section 15, Madison township, and improved and developed this fine property until his death, which occurred, however, in 1870, two years after his arrival

Chris E. Johnson was educated in the district schools of Wisconsin and in Winneshiek county, whither he came when he was ten years of age. He remained with his mother until he had attained his majority and from childhood was thoroughly familiar with the details of farm operation, having learned them by practical experience upon the homestead. At the age of twenty-one he purchased one hundred acres from his mother and this he has developed and improved since that time, his farm being today one of the finest in his locality. Mr. Johnson has followed the most progressive and practical methods in its operation and his labors have been productive of excellent results, winning for him a place among the township's representative and substantial agriculturists.

On the 30th of October, 1888, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Christe Void, a daughter of Ole and Anne Void, natives of Norway, who came to America in 1853 and located in Winneshiek county, Iowa, where the father engaged in farming during the remainder of his life, dying in 1878. His wife had passed away in 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson became the parents of six children: Edward, who died in 1890; Tilda, who passed away in 1896; Anton, whose death occurred in November, 1911; Oscar, aged nineteen; Clarence, aged sixteen; and Ernest, aged twelve.

Mr. Johnson is a member of the Lutheran church and he gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He is a stockholder in the Norwegian Mutual Insurance Company and the Farmers Hog Buying Company of Decorah and in that city is recognized as a farsighted, able and discriminating business man as he is known throughout the township as an enterprising and progressive farmer.

Source: History of Winneshiek County, Iowa Vol. II Chicago the S. J. Clark Publishing Company 1913

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