ISAAC JOHNSON
Isaac Johnson, who resides in Edna Township, came in November, 1858.
Isaac Johnson was born in the town of Bethany, Genesee county. New York, in 1827, and there grew to manhood. He resided on a farm until he was fifteen years of age, when he learned the shoemakers' trade. His father, Seril Johnson, was a native of Vermont, and when four years of age his parents emigrated to the Western frontier, and settled in Genesee county. He married Miss Launda Greene. Isaac Johnson worked at his trade until he was eighteen years of age his parents emigrated to the Western frontier, and settled in Genesee county. He married Miss Launda Greene. Isaac Johnson worked at his trade until he was eighteen years of age, when he moved to Ohio, and settled in Ashtabula county, at Rock Creek, and there worked at his trade. In 1850 he started with a team for Wisconsin, driving through Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, and after driving about nine weeks, he located in Rock county, Wisconsin, and there remained until the fall of 1850, when he returned to Ohio, and there spent eighteen months, when he returned to Rock county, and continued farming, and working at his trade until November, 1858, when he started with a team for Cass county, and bought a homestead in Victoria township, and lived a short time in Lewis. In 1860 he made a visit to Pike's Peak, and on his return he began to work at his trade, at Lewis. In 1865 he settled at his present location, on section 5, Edna township, where he owns a farm of two hundred acres of land, and has one of the finest residences in the township. Mr. Johnson was married in January, 1847, to Miss Sophronia Walden, and by their union they have been blessed with six children--Earl W., Lafayette M., Vernett J., Oscar F., Eugene M. and Elmer G.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 753-754.
