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Born 1882
From Past and present of Wyandot County, Ohio; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement; (1913)
A. P. JOHNSON.
A. P. Johnson is well known in business circles of Carey as the proprietor of a large automobile garage and in the political life of the city by reason of his able work as a member of the city council. He was born in Berea, Ohio, June 21, 1882, and is a son of W. C. and Adah (Pickering) Johnson. The father was educated in the public schools of Hiram and later attended Oberlin College. The mother's schooling was acquired in Geauga county, where she grew to womanhood. Their marriage occurred in Berea and they afterward lived in Wellington and Creston before coming to Carey. The father was well known throughout the comity for Ws success in the cultivation of onions and celery and in 1894 opened up the marsh lands north of Carey. Here he was successful in his vegetable farming until 1896, when he met with reverses, his crops failing on account of continued rain. However, his financial condition improved in the following year and he had become once more a successful and prosperous farmer when, on the 11th of September, 1900, he was killed while defending his home against an attack of burglars. His wife now owns the farm and makes her home upon it.
After acquiring his education in the public schools A. P. Johnson came to Carey and here began his independent business career as the proprietor of the automobile garage which he still conducts. He does an excellent business, being practical and far-sighted in his methods and incorruptible in his integrity. His attention is divided between his private business affairs and his duties as a member of the city-council, to which he was elected in the fall of 1911. In this position he has since done practical and constructive work, supporting measures which he deems for the best interests of the community and proving his public spirit by active and well directed political service. His fraternal connections are with the Masonic order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his religious views are in accord with the doctrines of the Lutheran church.
As printed in Past and present of Wyandot County, Ohio; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement; (1913). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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