Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Peter 1834 - 
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   PETER JOHNSON is one of the leading farmers living in the southern part of Acton
township, his residence being on section 33. Mr. Johnson is a son of Peter and Sarah
Johnson, and was born in Norway on the 17th of October, 1834. lie came to the United
States in 1868, and for about a year was employed at Minneapolis in a brick yard and
in different saw-mills. In 1869 he came to Meeker county and took a homestead of
forty acres on the line between Acton and Danielson townships. After proving up on
the homestead ho removed his house to an adjoining eighty acres which he had
purchased in the meantime. He still lives on the last named place.

   Mr. Johnson was married in Norway to Miss Guru Peterson, a daughter of Peter and
Mary Henderson. By this marriage they have had the following named children— Sarah,
born November 28, 1860; Mary, born September 5, 1862; John, born November 28, 1866;
Catherine, born September 8, 1869; Peter, born November 12, 1872; Christian, born
March 18, 1875; Matilda, born December 30,1878 ;and Hannah, born October 15, 1881.
Mary is now the wife of Theodore Christian Rue, a resident of Cosmos township,
Meeker county; and Sarah is now the wife of Lewis Olson, who is a resident of Dakota
Territory.



Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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