BIOGRAPHIES:  Edward JOHNSON, Almena Township, Barron County, WI

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Edward Johnson, a highly esteemed and substantial farmer of section 17, Almena
Township, where he has developed a fine farm, was born in Sweden, March 7,
1855, the son of John and Anna Erickson, farming people of that country. Of
the twelve children in the family there are now living five: Minnie, Hilma,
Edward, Tilda and Martin. Minnie is the wife of Albert Holter, of Tower, Minn.
Hilda is the wife of Herman Holst, of Minneapolis. Hilda and Martin live in
Sweden. Edward was reared in Sweden, attended school there, and as a youth
worked in a brick yard. He came to the United States in 1882 and settled at
Iron Mountain, Mich., where he worked in the mines two years. From there he
moved to Tower, Minn., where he worked in the mines for eight years. In 1892
he came to Barron and bought 40 acres in section 17, Almena Township. To this
he has since added until he has 150 acres, of which 50 acres are under the
plow and the remainder in pasturage. When he first came here the land was all
wild. He cleared the land himself, and at first endured many hardships. But he
persevered, and in time built up a good farm, with a good set of buildings,
including a frame house, a barn 38 by 86 feet with a 70-foot basement, tool
sheds, and other buildings. Here he carries on general farming and dairying.
He has a good herd and sells the cream at Comstock. Mr. Johnson is in every
way a good citizen, who does his duty in life as he sees it, and holds the
respect of his fellow men. He was married July 26, 1891, to Matilda Gravning,
daughter of Andrew and Martha Gravning, of Almena Township. Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson have a fine family of eleven children, two more having died. They are:
Carl, Andrew, Edwin, Otto, Lottie, Hilma, Irvin, Theodore, Alpha, Stanley and
Walter. Andrew, Otto, Hilma and Edwin are out in the world for themselves. The
others at home. Carl and Edwin were in the service during the World War. Carl
saw active service in France with the 138th Field Artillery. Edwin trained in
the infantry service. Carl served with the 138th Field Artillery, 38th
Division. He was inducted into the service Aug. 6, 1920, and sent to Camp
Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss.; he then went to Camp Upton; he went overseas Oct.
6, arrived in Liverpool, Eng., Oct. 12, then crossed the English Channel to
France, and was held in reserve at Le Mans, where he was stationed when the
armistice was signed. He sailed for the United States Dec. 8, and arrived Dec.
19; was discharged Jan. 11, 1920, at Camp Taylor, Ky. Edwin left Barron for
Camp Grant Sept. 7, 1918, and was in training there when the armistice was
signed; he was discharged Jan. 20, 1920. Both sons received honorable
discharges.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 632.