Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Frank A 1872 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com March 25, 2006, 4:57 pm Author: Bio/Gen Record LaSalle/Grundy 1900 Frank A. Johnson Frank A. Johnson, one of the leading merchants of Morris, was born on a farm in Grundy county, February 22, 1872. He is a graduate of the Morris high school and received his business training in Bryant & Stratton’s Business college, of Chicago. He then put to the practical test the knowledge he had acquired by accepting a position in the wholesale dry-goods house of J. V. Farwell & Company, of that city, but after a brief time he returned to Morris, where for a year and a half as acted as salesman in the dry-goods store of Henry H. Baum. When that period was ended he spent five months in his father’s store, and in September, 1893, returned to Chicago, where for a year and a half he was in the employ of the United States Express Company. In February, 1895, he again returned to Morris to work in his father’s store, and in May following was admitted to a partnership in the business under the name of Peter A. Johnson & Sons, dealers in hardware, farm implements and carriages. The father established this store in 1882. It is now under the management of Frank A. Johnson, and his careful supervision, keen discernment and executive force are bringing to it an excellent success. The firm now enjoys the largest trade in its line in the county, and the store is fully equipped with everything found in a first-class establishment. In 1896 was celebrated the marriage of Frank A. Johnson and Laura A. Williams, and they now have an interesting little son, Ralph. Mr. Johnson exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, but has never sought political preferment for himself. Socially he is connected with the Knights of the Globe, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. The hospitality of the best homes of Morris is freely extended them, and they fully merit the high regard in which they are uniformly held. Additional Comments: Source: Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle and Grundy Counties Illinois, Volume 11, Chicago, 1900, pages 453-454 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/johnson615nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb