Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Frank A ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com October 5, 2007, 12:44 am Author: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Will County FRANK A. JOHNSON. The family represented by this gentleman is one of the oldest Westrejutland, Sweden. As far back as the genealogy can be traced its members have been identified with the history of that region and have contributed to its development. His father, Johannes Anderson, has spent his entire life as a merchant in Boras and is still living there, active in spite of his seventy years. He married Catherine Anderson, whose father, Andrew, was a farmer, and who died many years ago, leaving three sons: Edwin, who remains in Sweden; Frank A.; and Adolph, a machinist, who has made his home in Joliet since 1882. In the village of Boras, Frank A. Johnson was born March 19, 1857, and there he received a public-school education and gained his early knowledge of business by clerking in his father's store. After his marriage, in 1883, he left home and settled upon a farm, where he and his wife began housekeeping. The money which he saved enabled him to purchase a home of his own, but in 1886 he sold out and came to America, arriving in Joliet on the 23d of May. Soon he secured employment in the wire mill, where he remained as a fence maker, in the wire fence department for twelve years. Finally he resigned and embarked in a business of his own, becoming a member of the firm of Johnson & Larson, in February 1899. The firm established headquarters at No. 606 Cass Street, and built up a good trade in coal, flour and feed. He sold his interest in this business in October, 1899, and then bought a half interest in an undertaking establishment at No. 503 Cass Street. The name of the firm is Wunderlich & Johnson. Stanchly Republican in his views, Mr. Johnson is a member of the Swedish- American League of Republican Clubs and has also been active in the Swedish Republican Club, serving on various prominent committees. In the Swedish Lutheran Church he is a member of the board of trustees. He carries insurance in the Fraternal Aid of Milwaukee, and is a member of the Knights of the Globe. The residence which he built at No. 318 Harris avenue makes a neat and pleasant home for himself and his wife, who was Emma Johnson, a native of Sweden. They had but one child, Erik Arthur, and were bereaved by his death when but three years and seven months old. 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/johnson1802nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb