Imperial County CA Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Charles Frederick 1858 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

CHARLES FREDERICK JOHNSON.—In reviewing the careers of the pioneers of Imperial
Valley, prominent mention should be made of the subject of this review. He is in
every respect a self-made man. He started out in life on his own resources and
through his energy and business foresight he has accumulated a handsome
competency and has achieved success in life as a result of his own efforts. Mr.
Johnson has overcome many obstacles in life, as he was left fatherless when he
was young. He was born in Sweden, July 15, 1858, and in 1882 he came to America.
His father died when he was five years of age. His mother passed away the
following year. Mr. Johnson located in Princeton, where he found employment at
farming for some months. He then worked for the C. B. & O. railroad when that
company was constructing a double track between Chicago and Council Bluffs, and
again took up farming, which he continued in Illinois until he was twenty-three.
He worked for others until he was married. He then rented land and in 1893 he
removed to Wichita, Kansas, and purchased eighty acres of land seven miles from
that city. Here he remained for seven years. In 1907 he purchased fifty acres
and paid cash. Mr. Johnson improved that place and disposed of his holdings and
came to Imperial County and bought his present place of one hundred acres, which
have been brought up to a high state of cultivation. Corn and alfalfa have been
planted successfully each year. Mr. Johnson disposed of twenty acres in the fall
of 1917 to his son-in-law, T. I. Young. Mr. Johnson acquired only a limited
education, but has gained a wider scope of knowledge in the school of
experience. His buildings are of the most modern type. All of his stock are of
superior grade. While a resident of Illinois, Mr. Johnson was married in 1887 to
Miss Sarah E. Wickblad, who is a native of that far-off land of Sweden. Her
birth occurred in 1866. She came to America in 1881, and was a daughter of John
and Sarah Wickblad. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have been born nine children:
William L., born in 1888, has served in the U. S. army for five years; Mamie D.,
born in 1890, now the wife of G. P. Pruitt; Lillie E., born in 1891, wife of
Thomas I. Young, residing opposite Mr. Johnson; Fritz H., born in 1894, now
serving in the U. S. army and at present located at Camp Lewis; Laura M., born
in 1899; Veva H., born in 1901; Sumner C, born in 1904; Roy C, born in 1906; and
Hattie C, born in 1908. The last four children are residing at home. Mr. Johnson
has never aspired to public office, but takes an interest in matters that will
better the conditions in his locality. The Johnson family are well known in
Calexico and vicinity and are esteemed by all.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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