Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Chris 1859 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

"GREENWOOD FARM"

THE "Greenwood Farm," the country home of Chris and Mary Johnson, four and
one-half miles west of Great Bend, is one of the best improved farms along the
road on which the residence fronts. The house is one and one-half story frame
containing ten rooms; and the barn is 32x42, and has mow and stable room for all
animals bred and in service on the farm. Then there are other necessary
outbuildings, windmills, an artificial lake, an orchard, and a fine grove of
forest trees. This farm was not purchased until 1894, and has not been in
cultivation as long as some others, but the improvements are all of a
substantial character, and the cultivation of the fields stamps Mr. Johnson as a
painstaking farmer and one sure to succeed in his chosen calling. The fencing is
in a good condition and everything about the premises is neat and tidy.

  Chris Johnson was born on October 22nd, 1859, in Denmark, and came to America
in 1878, when nineteen years of age. He first landed in New York and from there
went into Illinois, where he secured work making tile to drain the low. lands of
several counties. His headquarters were in Champaigne County until March 12th,
1884, when he came to Barton County, Kansas. At first he rented the McBride
farm, three miles west of Great Bend, and put in a crop and then on February
13th, 1885, married Miss Mary Hanson, of Jackson, Kansas. They have been blessed
with five children: Herman O., 23; Gilbert M., 21; Victor D., 18; Alexander H.,
11, and Mary Christina, 9.

[photo] Farm Home of Chris Johnson

  The farm owned by Mr. Johnson covers one hundred and sixty acres and cost
$1,500 in 1894, but he rents an adjoining quarter and cultivates three hundred
and twenty acres. This makes a nice farm, and as he and his family are
economical and good workers it is expected that they will be among the large
future land owners of Barton County.


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