BIOGRAPHIES:  Andrew JOHNSON, Sumner Township, Barron County, WI

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Andrew Johnson, a prosperous farmer of Section 7, Sumner Township, was born in
Scandinavia, Waupaca County, this state, April 4, 1874, son of Jens and Johana
Johnson, natives of Norway, who brought him first to Stanley Township, this
county, and then to the present place. As a young man, he worked a part of his
time in lumber camps, on railroad sections and in mills, but most of his life
has been spent on the home place. He has continued the improvements started 
by his father, has erected a silo, and added implements and machinery. He
successfully carries on general farming and dairying, and has a good herd of
Jersey and Guernsey cattle, the Guernseys being his favorites. He is a
hard-working man of good judgment and foresight, and is meeting with
well-deserved success. In addition to his father's place, he has forty acres
which he homesteaded himself, and from which he has cut the timber. Mr.
Johnson was married on the farm in October, 1905, to Bertha Rude, who was born
in Norway, Nov. 16, 1880, the daughter of Ole and Oleana Rude, and came to
this country in 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have a bright boy, John, born Oct.
24, 1907. They have also adopted a little girl, Margaret, who is being given
parental love and care.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 813.