In the book's own words, not ours, with obvious scanning errors fixed. Families often supplied these stories to the publisher, so check key dates.
From Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa (1905)
FRANK ALFRED JOHNSON.
[This passage is too damaged in the scanned book to reproduce. See the original book.]
.Mr. Johnson was married April 15, (. his bride being.Miss Hclda Swanson. [rs. Johnson claims Sweden as the land of her nativity, having been born in that country Oct. 26. 1H77, the daughter of Gustav.Adol] anil Charlotte (Strand).Swanson. Mrs. Johnson's father died in 1 88 1, and her mother afterward married
As printed in Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
The printed record stops around 1905. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.