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Born 1873
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
ANDREW JOHNSON (1902) is manager of the Laird-Norton Yards at Balaton and has been a resident of that village ten years. Sweden is the country of his nativity and he was born October 10, 1873. He came to
America in 1892 and has ever since lived in Minnesota.
Mr. Johnson located at Stewartville, Olmsted county. Near that place he engaged in farming for a number of years, and for three years he worked in a lumber yard in the village. He moved to Balaton in 1902, worked in the Hayes-Lucas yard until 1907, and then accepted the position of manager of the Laird-Norton Yards, which he has since held.
The company for which Mr. Johnson works was the first to engage in the lumber business in Balaton. It was established as the Laird-Norton Company, Incorporated, in 1855 and changed to its present title in 1900. The general offices are at Winona and the officers are M. G. Norton, president; F. A. Thatcher, vice president; F. S. Bell, secretary and treasurer; O. M. Batchford, manager. The company has 110 yards in South Dakota and Minnesota and deals in all kinds of building material, coal, etc.
Mr. Johnson was married at Balaton December 29, 1910, to Nora S. Sorenson, a native of Illinois. They have recently erected a fine home in the village. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Modern Woodmen and Workmen lodges.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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