Albert F. Johnson

As printed in 1910

ALBERT F. JOHNSON.

Albert F. Johnson is well known as a representative of the business public of Cambridge as a member of the firm of Johnson & Record, lumber dealers, and also as the manager of the Citizens Mutual Telephone Company. He is, moreover, numbered among the public-spirited citizens whose devotion to the general good has been manifest in many tangible ways. He was born in Andover on the 12th of July, 1867, and is one of eight children, whose parents, Charles E. and Christine Johnson, were natives of Sweden. The father was a carpenter by trade and after following that pursuit in early manhood turned his attention to farming. With the hope of bettering his financial condition in the new world, he came to America in 1866 and settled in Cambridge, purchasing a farm of fifty-six acres in Andover township, to which he afterward added thirty acres. Upon that farm he reared his family and made his home for many years, but has lived in the town for six of seven years, enjoying now in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil. His wife passed away at the age of sixty-seven years in the faith of the Lutheran church, to which Mr. Johnson also belongs. Their family numbered four sons and four daughters: John S.;

Charles A.; Huldah H., the wife of Charles Buck; Albert F.; Frederick; Tillie, the wife of William O'Neill; Norine; and one who died in infancy.

Albert F. Johnson spent his youth in the usual manner of farm lads, the routine work of the fields and the duties of the schoolroom largely occupying his time and attention. He continued under the parental roof until he had reached adult age, after which he worked by the month as a farm hand for a year, but, thinking to find other pursuits more congenial and profitable, he then learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for about seven years. In 1894 he became connected with the lumber business as a partner of Peter S. Peterson, who afterward sold his interests to A. J. Record, and since 1895 the firm has been Johnson & Record. They conduct an extensive business, carrying a large line of all kinds of lumber and builders' supplies, and their patronage makes their business one of substantial proportions. In addition to his interests in the lumberyard Mr. Johnson has acted as manager of the Citizens Mutual Telephone Company for six years and puts forth effective effort to give the patrons of the line satisfactory service.

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The parents hold membership in the Lutheran church and are highly esteemed in the community, where the hospitality of the best homes is freely extended them. Mr. Johnson belongs to Cambridge Lodge, No. 49, A. F. & A. M., and is a thirty-second degree Mason, holding membership in Peoria Consistory, S. P. R. S. He also belongs to Cambridge Lodge, No. 199, I. O. O. F., and to the Mystic Workers, No. 54, in which he has been treasurer since the organization of the lodge His political endorsement has been continuously given to the republican party, since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, and he is now serving as a member of the village board of trustees, in which connection he is doing effective work to further the welfare of the community His life has been one of continuous activity, in which has been accorded due recognition of labor, and today he is numbered among the substantial citizens of the county.

As printed in History of Henry County, Illinois (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.