Biography of A.P. JOHNSON - Henry County, Illinois

 

                               A. P. JOHNSON

Andrew P. Johnson is a successful contractor and builder of Orion, of
whose skill many notable examples are to be seen throughout Henry and
Rock Island counties. Thoroughly reliable in all things, the quality of
his work is a convincing test of his own personal worth and the same
admirable trait is shown in his conscientious discharge of the duties of
different positions of trust and responsibility to which he has been
chosen in business and political life.

Mr. Johnson was born on the 30th of August, 1843, in Sweden, where he
grew to manhood and learned the carpenter's and joiner's trade, which he
followed in that country for some years. In I869 he emigrated to
America, his destination being Henry county, Illinois, some friends of
his
from Sweden having previously located in Western township. For about
nine years he engaged in farming upon rented land, and then turned his
attention to his trade, being engaged in contracting and building for
the past twenty years. He has erected many of the business houses,
residences, barns and other buildings in this section of the state. In
1895 he also opened a lumber yard, which he has since successfully
conducted, carrying a good supply of lumber and all kinds of building
material, as well as coal, tile, etc., and he has already built up
an excellent trade.

On the 7th of June, 1873, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Johnson and
Miss August Magdalina Lunguin, who was also born and reared in Sweden.
They have a family of three children: Louise, now the wife of B. S.
Millett, of Jewell Junction, lowa; Marie, at home; and Arthur C., who
assists his father in business.

In his political affiliations Mr. Johnson is a stanch Republican, and
cast his first presidential ballot for Rutherford B. Hayes, but has
never taken a very active part in political affairs, though
he is now most capably serving as a member of the town board. He and his
wife are members of the Swedish Lutheran Church, and are held in high
regard by all who know them. He was elected a member of the village
board April, 1900, since which time the electric light has been
installed.

Source: The Biographical Record of Henry County Illinois
S. J. Clarke, Chicago Illinois, 1901, p. 173-174

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