Bio of JOHNSON, J. N. (b.1868), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 349
J. N. JOHNSON
J. N. Johnson, president of the J. N. Johnson Company, Incorporated, is one of
the pioneer tire men of the Northwest. He was born in Sweden on the 24th of
August, 1868, a son of John and Hanna Johnson.
The schools of his native country afforded J. N. Johnson his early education and
he came to America at the age of seventeen years. For the first six months after
arriv­ing here he worked for a farmer in Shakopee, Minnesota, and subsequently
came to Minneapolis. The second year of his residence in this city J. N. Johnson
started in business for himself, conducting a grain and feed business for some
twelve years, achieving substantial success. He ventured into the bicycle
business in 1893 and continued in that line until his keen foresight told him
that the automobile was coming to stay, and in 1902 he entered the tire
business. He opened an establishment at No. 1019 Nicollet avenue and has been in
his present location at No. 1018 Nicollet avenue for the past fifteen years. Mr.
Johnson is the pioneer tireman of the North­west, and is known in this
connection throughout the country, being held in high confidence and esteem by
all who know him. He introduced the first automatic tire into Minneapolis and
many of the leading automobile men of the country learned vulcanizing in his
plant. In addition to handling tires Mr. Johnson carries a com­plete line of
fire apparatus and trucks. In 1919 his business was incorporated as the J. N.
Johnson Company and he became president and treasurer. Mr. Johnson came to this
country as a boy of seventeen with no business training and today he is
num­bered among the foremost business men of Minneapolis. His record indicates
what may be accomplished through the wise use of time and opportunities when
enterprise. Industry and intelligence form the basis of success.
In Minneapolis on the 7th of January, 1912, was celebrated the marriage of Mr.
Johnson to Miss Clara Peterson of Red Wing, this state. She is a woman of much
personal charm and is active in the club and social circles of this city.
J. N. Johnson is essentially a public-spirited citizen. He is identified with
every organization that has for its purpose the upbuilding of the city, county
and state and he gives his undivided support to the republican party and the
principles for which it stands. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and
socially he is a member of the Minneapolis Athletic Club, the Automobile Club,
the Odin Club, of which he is president, and the Golden Valley Golf Club.