Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Frederick S 1867 - 
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Author: Bio/Gen Record LaSalle/Grundy 1900

Frederick S. Johnson

This gentleman is serving as clerk of the circuit court, and is a well known 
resident of Morris and Grundy county. He was born in the city which is still 
his home on the 19th of July, 1867, and is a son of Peter A. Johnson, one of 
the early settlers of the community. His father followed farming during the 
youth of Frederick, who was in consequence reared upon the old homestead farm 
and attended the common schools of the neighborhood. His preliminary 
education, however, was supplemented by a course in Morris high school, where 
he was graduated at the age of twenty years. Subsequently he pursued a course 
in Bryant & Stratton’s Business College, of Chicago, and thus well fitted for 
the practical duties of life he entered upon his business career. On the 1st 
of October, 1889, he became deputy county clerk and acceptably filled that 
office until April, 1893, when he went to Chicago and for one year acted as a 
bookkeeper in the large music house of Lyon & Healy. In January, 1894, he 
returned to Morris and became associated with his father and brothers in the 
agricultural business, from which he retired in 1896, being elected in that 
year to the office of circuit-court clerk as the Republican candidate. He is 
the present incumbent, his term expiring in 1900. By virtue of the office he 
also serves as the county recorder. He is very exact and prompt in the 
discharge of his duties, and has won the approval of all concerned.

On the 23d of November, 1892, Mr. Johnson married Miss Carrie J., a daughter 
of Jacob Gorich, of Morris, and their union has been blessed with one child, 
Freda L.  Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Presbyterian church, and he 
also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Sons of Veterans, the Knights of 
the Globe, and in the Masonic fraternity has attained the Knight Templar 
degree. Since casting his first presidential vote he has supported the men and 
measures of the Republican party and is an active factor in political circles. 
His laudable ambition and enterprise have brought him success, and he is 
numbered among the representative men of his native town.

Additional Comments:
Source:  Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle and Grundy Counties 
Illinois, Volume 11, Chicago, 1900, pages 576-577

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