Elmer N. Johnson Biography


	This biography appears on page 981 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				ELMER N. JOHNSON. 

	Elmer N. Johnson, one of the enterprising agriculturists and 
foremost citizens of his community, owns and operates a farm of one 
hundred and twenty acres on section 10, Benton township, Minnehaha 
county. He was born in that township on the 14th of July, 1878, and has 
continuously resided there from his birth to the present time. His 
father is Carl Johnson, one of the leading agriculturists and 
representative citizens of Benton township. He was reared at home and 
in the acquirement of an education attended the common schools. After 
putting aside his textbooks he assisted his father in the operation of 
the home farm until the time of his marriage, when he took up his abode 
on a tract of one hundred and twenty acres on section 10, Benton 
township, and erected the necessary buildings. The cultivation of this 
property has claimed his attention continuously since and in the 
capable management of his farming interests he is meeting with well 
deserved and gratifying success. He is likewise a stockholder, a member 
of the board of directors and vice president of the Crooks Lumber 
Company. 

	On the 28th of October, 1909, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage 
to Miss Emma S. Anderson, a native of Benton township, Minnehaha 
county, and a daughter of Nels Anderson, who is deceased. To them have 
been born two children, Carl E. N. and Olive J. A. Mr. Johnson gives 
his political allegiance to the republican party, and both he and his 
wife are devoted members of the Swedish Lutheran church. They have 
spent their entire lives in the community where they now reside and 
enjoy a very extensive and most favorable acquaintance.