BIO: Edgar A. JOHNSON, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 851.
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  EDGAR A. JOHNSON, postmaster and general merchant at Grass Flat, Cooper 
Township, was born February 1, 1856, in what was then Morris but is now Cooper 
Township, a son of Abel B. and Sarah (Dillon) Johnson.
  Abel B. Johnson was born in Bradford County, Pa., in 1828, and in 1852 came to 
the farm in Clearfield County on which he has resided for many years.  He was 
formerly a lumberman but for thirty-five years devoted himself to agricultural 
pursuits.  He married Sarah Dillon who died in 1902, at the age of seventy-one 
years.  They had five sons and three daughters born to them, namely:  Charles, 
who is now deceased; Edgar A.; Mary, who is the wife of William Pelton of Morris 
Township; Bertha, who is now deceased, was survived by her husband; Helen, who 
is the wife of Edward Hipple who is the home farmer; Miles G., who is a resident 
of California; Andrew C., who is a resident of Huntingdon County, where he 
engages in farming; and Guy L., who carries on farming on the homestead, also is 
a funeral director at Grass Flat.
  Edgar A. Johnson was reared on the home farm attended the local schools and 
for a time was in the timber business.  He then turned his attention to 
merchandising and in 1892 was appointed postmaster at Grass Flat, the first and 
only official in this office at this point.  Both officially and in a business 
way, Mr. Johnson is a popular citizen.
  In 1879 Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Mary J. Pelton, a daughter of Ephraim 
and Elizabeth Pelton, of Cooper Township and their children are as follows:  
Arthur; Allen, who lives at Winburne, married Mary Maggs and has two children; 
Minnie, who is the wife of Joseph Kondesky, and lives in Cambria County; Bessie, 
who is her father's assistant in the post office; Warren, who died at the age of 
nineteen years; Lona, who is a teacher in the public schools; Inez, who is a 
clerk in Kramer's store; and Floyd, who lives at home.  The family attend the 
United Brethren church.  In politics Mr. Johnson is a Republican and by order of 
the court is serving in the office of township auditor.  He is a member of the 
Patrons of Husbandry.