Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Charles Jacob 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

CHARLES JACOB JOHNSON. The large trade which Mr. Johnson has built up in his 
chosen business proves him to be possessed of excellent judgment and 
determination of character. When he came to the United States he had limited 
means and was unfamiliar with the customs and usages of our country; but, 
beginning with a determination to succeed, he soon gained the confidence of 
his associates and the esteem of the general public. June 10, 1882, found him 
in Joliet, where he has since made his home. Of recent years he has been 
engaged in the grocery business, occupying a store on the corner of Jackson 
and Collins streets, where, in the spring of 1898, he built a two-story and 
basement stone structure, known as the Johnson and Ahlvin block.

Mr. Johnson was born in the province of Westerbotten, Sweden. April 22, 1861, 
a son of John and Mary Johnson, the former of whom inherited and occupied the  
ancestral farm, "Sefver." He is still living in his native land and is now 
(1899) more than seventy-five years of age. His wife died many years ago, when 
our subject was five years of age. Of seven children comprising the family 
four remain in Sweden, Ned is a farmer in Minnesota, Erik and Charles Jacob 
are in Joliet. The last-named was reared on the home farm, where he continued 
to reside until his emigration. His brother, Erik, who crossed the ocean in 
1880, settled in Burlington, Iowa, but in a very short time came to Joliet; 
two years later, in 1882, Ned and Charles Jacob joined him in this country, 
crossing on a steamer from Hull and Liverpool to New York, thence to Joliet, 
where our subject worked in a quarry for James Bruce. Three years later he 
entered the employ of the Illinois Steel Company, and for five years was in 
their converting department. His next enterprise was embarking in the grocery 
business on the corner of Jackson street and Park avenue, as a member of the 
firm of Peterson & Johnson. Two years later he bought his partner's interest, 
continuing the business in the same location until he erected his business 
block  in 1898.

In the building of the Swedish Lutheran Church Mr. Johnson took an active part 
and he has served as a trustee for a number of years. The Republican party has 
had his allegiance ever since he became an American citizen, and he has been a 
delegate to conventions at different times. He holds membership in the Swedish 
Republican Club. Since coming to Joliet he married Miss Jennie Anderson, who 
was born in Skane, Sweden. They and their children, Carl Elmer, Ethel Ingeborg 
and Clarence Siegfried, have a neat and pleasant home at No. 1005 Ohio street.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900


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