Bio of JOHNSON, Martin L. (b.1857), 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 559
MARTIN L. JOHNSON
In 1879 Martin L. Johnson came to Minneapolis a poor young man; today he is one
of the respected business men of the city and head of a prosperous corporation.
Martin L. Johnson was born in Norway, on the 25th of September, 1857. In his
native country he received his early schooling and also learned the trade of
woodworker. When he came to the United States he took employment in that line of
work, continuing to perfect himself in his craft, picking up American ideas and
methods, and mastering the English language. In 1894 he found himself in a
position to start in business for himself. He was successful from the start, and
in 1904 he built the fine brick planing mill on Yale avenue Southeast, which is
the business home of M. L. Johnson & Sons corporation.
As his sons grew up they joined their father in the business, and in December,
1913, the company of M. L. Johnson & Sons was incorporated under the laws of
Minnesota. The officers of the company are: M. L. Johnson, president; H. J.
John­son, first vice president; J. O. Johnson, second vice president; and O. D.
Johnson, secretary and treasurer.
The company manufactures sash, doors, blinds, mouldings and all kinds of
interior finish, and its reputation for high class work and honorable business
methods has given the firm a splendid standing in Minneapolis and the
surrounding country.
Martin L. Johnson married Barbara Nelson, also a native of Norway, who came to
America at the age of ten years. Their children are: Henry Jule; Orville Day,
who was in service during the World war for eighteen months, six months of the
time being spent overseas. He was a member of the Three Hundred and Twelfth
Trench Mortar Battery, and now belongs to the American Legion; Lillian Barbara;
Myrtle Louise, now the wife of Dr. Roy Johnson of Center City; Joseph Oliver,
who was in training for two months during the World war, at the Reserve Officers
Train­ing Camp at the University of Minnesota; and Olga Dorothy.
Martin L. Johnson has been a citizen of Minneapolis for forty-four years; has
seen it grow from a village to a metropolis, and has done his share toward
helping on that growth. Not only has he founded and developed a successful
business, but he is a sterling example of the right kind of Americanism, not
only to all of foreign birth but to many native born citizens. He is a member of
the Civic & Commerce Association, the Builders Exchange, the republican party,
and the Norwegian Lutheran church.