Biographical Sketch of C.F. Johnson, Dallas County, Missouri >From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed Publishing Company. Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com) ********************************************************************** C. F. Johnson may be mentioned as one of the successful farmers and stock dealers of the county. He was born in Karlstead, Sweden, on November 4, 1844, his parents being John J. and Margaret A. (Swenson) Johnson, both of whom lived and died in their native land. Three of their eight children are now living. C.F. Johnson was reared and educated in his native land, and before coming to America learned and worked at the stone-mason's trade. In May, 1865, he embarked for the United States, taking passage at Gottenburg, Sweden, and landed at Castle Garden, New York City, after a fourteen days' voyage. After residing in that city for about four months, he went to Chicago, thence to St. Louis, and worked in the latter city at the stone mason's trade for about four years, and for about three years worked on the San Francisco Railroad construction. He was then employed on the construction of the Laclede & Fort Scott Rail- way, and worked on it until it stopped work at Buffalo, in which city he located in 1873, purchasing the farm of 305 acres on which he is now residing. In all he owns 700 acres of valuable land, fairly well improved, all of which he has acquired by industry and economy, and can now enjoy the fruits of his labor. He has given a great deal of attention to dealing in hogs and cattle, which he ships to St. Louis, and the county fair ground is located on Mr. Johnson's farm, and consists of twenty acres. On March 8, 1874, he was wedded to Rebecca P. Welch, a daughter of Thomas P. and Polly A. (Rice) Welch, and by her is the father of seven children: Alfred L., William O., Walter T., Minnie D., Charles F., Margaret A., and Fannie J. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and his wife belongs to the Christian Church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================