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Source:             Honor Roll, Linn County, Iowa. An Illustrated Biography - Page 45
Name:               Lieut. Harry S. Johnson
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Lieut. Harry S. Johnson 

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 

Born Compton, Ill., August, 1888. Son of Rosa and Truman Johnson. Volunteered 
May, 1917. Battery E, 126th Field Artillery. France. 

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In the 1900 census, Cerro Gordo county, Harry is in the Truman Johnson 
household under the surname "Stambrook."

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The Cedar Rapids Gazette 
Thurs., July 7, 1949, page 1. 

Judge Harry Johnson 
Dies; Rites Saturday 
__Cedar Rapids News - 
__Harry S. Johnson, 60, superior court judge in Cedar Rapids and a long-time 
figure in minor league baseball, died Thursday at 1:45 a.m. at University 
hospital in Iowa City. 
__He underwent surgery there Tuesday for a brain tumor. His son Larry, said 
Thursday that hospital authorities reported Judge Johnson's death, following 
the operation, was unexpected. 
__He had been in poor health for the last year and a half although he continued 
his duties as judge until two weeks ago. 
__He is survived by his wife, Florence, the son, Larry, and an aunt, Mrs. Ada 
Beau (sic - Bean?), of Clear Lake. 
__Services Saturday. 
__Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in the Turner chapel 
by the Rev. Marvin B. Kober. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery. 
__He first became judge in 1940, when he was appointed by Gov. George A. Wilson 
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Superior Court Judge Thomas B. 
Powell. He was then elected to the office for the next term and continued to 
hold the position until his death. 
__Before his appointment to the judgeship he served as assistant city attorney 
from 1930-34 and from 1936-40. He was city attorney from 1934-36. 
__He also served three terms as clerk of the district court from 1921-26. 
__Born in Illinois. 
__Judge Johnson was born in Compton, Ill., and he attended public schools at 
Clear Lake. He received a law degree from Drake university in 1913. During 
World war I he served overseas as a first lieutenant with the 126th field 
artillery. 
__He was always a baseball enthusiast. After graduation from high school at 
Clear Lake he pitched semi-pro baseball and then played in the Three-I, 
Nebraska State and the old Iowa State leagues. 
__His playing career was halted in 1911 after he suffered an arm injury while 
playing with the Jacksonville, Ill., club. The following year he umpired in the 
Iowa-Minnesota league. 
__He first came to Cedar Rapids [photo inserted with caption, "Judge Johnson"] 
in 1914 to open a law practice and from that time was always actively 
associated with the Cedar Rapids Baseball Association, either as a member of 
the board of directors or as an executive officer. 
__President of Raiders. 
__The Cedar Rapids teams, both the Bunnies and the Raiders, had strong seasons 
under Johnson. 
__While he was serving as vice-president, the Bunnies won the Mississippi 
Valley league pennant in 1922, '25 and '30. When the club was reactivated as 
the Raiders in 1934, it won the Western league pennant in 1937 while Johnson 
was president. 
__His most successful term with the Raiders came from 1939-42 when the team was 
in the Three-I league. In '39, '40 and '42 the team won the pennant and in '41 
placed second in the league. It also won the Shaughnessy championship playoffs 
in '40, '41 and '42. 
__Judge Johnson was a member of the Masons, Iowa Consistory, El Kahir Shrine, 
Odd Fellows, Chamber of Commerce, the Elks club, the Forty and Eight club and 
the American Legion. 
__He was commander of Hanford post No. 5 of the Legion in 1930. He was honored 
by that organization last year for outstanding membership work. In 1949 he 
signed up 331 new members, the largest number ever recruited for the post by 
any individual. 


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