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From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
GEORGE H. JOHNSON (1893) owns and farms the southeast quarter of section 19, Rock Lake township. He raises considerable stock and during the fall seasons he operates a threshing rig in his part of the county. He is a shareholder and one of the directors of the Farmers Elevator Company of Balaton.
George Johnson's parents came from Iroquois county, Illinois. His father, Henry H. Johnson, moved to this county in 1891 and settled in Shelburne township, on the south half of section 25. The mother and the rest of the family came in
Our subject was born in Iroquois county, Illinois, January 14, 1875. He received his early education in his native state and worked on his father's farm. He was eighteen years old when the mother and her children came to Lyon county in 18 93 to join the father, who had preceded them two years. George helped his father on the farm and worked out for others until 1901, when he purchased the farm which he now owns and started farming for himself.
Mr. Johnson was married February 2 6, 1908, to Myrtle Blanchard, a native of Clear Lake, Iowa. The wedding occurred at Marshall. Mrs. Johnson was born March 31, 1888, and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Blanchard, now residents of Balaton. Her father is a native of Wisconsin and her mother was brought up in Iowa. Our subject's father, Henry Johnson, died in 1901, and his mother, Annie (Gerdes) Johnson, died in 1895.
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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