Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Amos 1838 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

AMOS  JOHNSON

ONE of the really old timers of Barton County and one who had a great deal to do
with the upbuilding of Great Bend and the development of the county is the
subject of this sketch, Amos Johnson. He was born in Champagne County, Ohio,
November 12, 1838. He resided in his native state until 1859 when he went to
Texas. He stayed there a year. Then he went to Illinois. He came to Barton
County in the month of November, 1875. He purchased a quarter of railroad land
and took up a homestead in Lakin township. He was actively engaged in the
farming business until 1898 when he retired and camp to the county seat to live.
He has, however, given his personal attention to superintending the work on all
his farm land which is now operated by renters. He was married in Clinton,
Illinois, in 1860, to Miss Emma Nagley and they are the parents of ten children,
nine of whom are living: Charles, 51 years, is farming In Oklahoma; Clearchus,
49 years, is at home; Clarence, 46, resides, in Hutchinson; Clay, 44 years, is
farming in Gray County; Clyde, 42 years, is farming near Conway Springs; Clara,
40 years, is at home, Clinton, 38, is in the banking business at Ellinwood;
Eason, 31 years, is farming on his father's, land; Pearl, 29, is living at home,
and (Emma who died when she was ten years of age.) Mr. Johnson was a member of
the Forty-first Illinois regiment and belonged to Company F. He served three
years and twenty days, from August 7, 1861 to August 27, 1864. He took part in
the battles, of Fort Donaldson, Shiloh and was at Jackson and the Siege of
Vicksburg. He is a member of the Pap Thomas Post G. A. R., and was commander of
the Post in 1911. Mr. Johnson now owns three quarters in Lakin township and a
quarter in Great Bend township all of which is under cultivation. He also owns
nine lots in Great Bend and five dwelling houses in addition to his residence
which is located at 1814 Broadway. The residence is thoroughly modern and
contains ten rooms in addition to bath, closets, pantries, etc. Mr. Johnson
spent five years in the mining business in Chaffee County, Colorado and still
retains some interests in that state. With all his private business he has found
time to take an active part in the affairs of the community in which he lives
and has held township offices and served on the school board. He is one of those
men who made Barton County from an almost barren wilderness and by development
work has made of it one of the best in the State of Kansas. It is to such men as
Mr. Johnson who came here in the early days and withstood all the adverse
conditions with which the old timers had to contend that this county owes its
high place among the best agricultural sections of the entire country.


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