John Johnson Jr. Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft @ cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Castle Rock, Biographical Sketches, Page 1044

JOHN JOHNSON, Jr., Postmaster, merchant and blacksmith, Castle Rock, is one of 
the leading citizens of this place; he was born in 1839, in Norway, son of John 
and Anna Johnson; he came to the United States in 1853, locating in Iowa, Co., 
Wis., near Dodgeville, for two years; thence going to Montfort for two years; 
then to Castle Rock, where he has since lived.  Has kept the post office for a 
number of years.  He was married Oct. 3, 1868, to Huldah E. Richards, a daughter 
of Solomon and Catherine Richards, and has four children - Herbert J., Willie 
K., Roy B., Mabel.  He was Chairman of Town Board for two years, and School 
Clerk for nine years, owns 382 acres of land; in politics, is a Republican.