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

Johnson, Henry – On Section 32, Garfield Township, is located the 160-acre 
farm belonging to Henry Johnson, one of the most progressive and enterprising 
of Grundy County’s agriculturists, and a citizen who has ever had the welfare 
of his community at heart.  He is a native of Norway, and was born November 
24, 1865, a son of John and Annie (Tjeransen) Johnson, the former of whom was 
a fisherman, carpenter and laborer in Norway, where he died in December, 
1880.  His widow passed away there in December 1907, and all of their nine 
children, save one, came to the United States.

Henry Johnson received his education in the common schools of his native 
country, and as a lad and youth began his career by working out for farmers in 
his home neighborhood.  He was nineteen years of age when he decided to try 
his fortune in America, and immediately upon landing in this country came to 
Morris, Ill., where he secured employment on a farm.  He subsequently 
continued to be engaged in farm labor until his industry, thrift and 
perseverance enabled him to make a start on his own account on rented land, 
and by 1902, he was able to purchase his present land, which he has brought to 
a high state of cultivation.  His career has been one of constant endeavor, 
and the success which he has made of his ventures shows the benefits to be 
gained through steady and well-directed effort.  Among his neighbors and 
associates, he is known as a man of the highest integrity, whose business 
transactions have ever been of a legitimate nature and whose word is 
considered as good as his bond.  He is well satisfied with his present 
location, and intends to pass the rest of his life within the limits of Grundy 
County.  On October 7, 1898, Mr. Johnson was married to Mrs. Augusta (Larsen) 
Enersen, the widow of John Enersen, who died in 1887.  By her first marriage, 
Mrs. Johnson had four children:  Rosa Johnson; Lawrence, who died at the age 
of ten years; Elmer and John.  Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have had seven children:  
Herman, Lawrence, Anna, Alice, Lloyd Cornelius, LeRoy and May Elvira.  With 
his family, Mr. Johnson attends the Norwegian Lutheran Church.  In political 
matters he is a Republican, but is liberal in his views, and frequently 
exercises his right to vote for the man he deems best fitted for the office, 
irrespective of party lines.

page 841

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

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