Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Frederick S 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Johnson, Frederick S., Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Deeds of Grundy County, 
is one of the influential men of this locality, and an excellent citizen of 
Morris, where his family is a well known and honored one.  Mr. Johnson was 
born in Wauponsee Township, this county, July 19, 1867, a son of Peter A. and 
Elizabeth (Claypool) Johnson, he born in Sweden and she in Grundy County.  The 
father started with his parents for the United States, but his father died on 
the way, and the mother alone brought her little brood to Grundy County, 
settling in Morris.  Here Peter A. Johnson grew up, being a school teacher and 
farmer, until 1882, when he moved to Morris and engaged in the agricultural 
implement business.  The business started by him was sold out to Cronin 
Brothers in 1901.  He is now living in Orange, Cal.  The children born to him 
and his wife were:  Perry A., of Santiago, Cal.; Frederick S., of Morris, 
Ill.; Francis A., of Audubon, Iowa; and Nellie M., now Mrs. H. L. Haynes of 
Abington, Ill.

Frederick S. Johnson attended the public schools of Morris, including the High 
school, and Bryant & Stratton’s Business College of Chicago.  Always prominent 
as a Republican, when he was twenty-two years old, he became deputy county 
clerk, serving for four years, when he went with the music house of Lyon & 
Healy, of Chicago, for a year.  Returning to Morris, he went into a store 
owned by his father, and spent two years more, and in 1896 he was elected 
circuit clerk and recorder of deeds, which office he has held ever since.

In November, 1892, Mr. Johnson was married to Carrie J. Gorich, born at 
Morris, Ill., daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Werner) Gorich, born at 
Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany.  Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have a daughter, Freda 
Louisa.  The Presbyterian Church holds his membership.  Fraternally, he is a 
Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery, and Mystic Shrine, 
Medinah Temple of Chicago.  He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias.  The 
faithful, conscientious work of Mr. Johnson as a county official has met with 
sincere appreciation from the people he serves, and he has been returned to 
office many times.  He is worthy of their approval, and is a man who stands 
well all over the county.

page 840

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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