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Born 1863
From An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910)
H. O. JOHNSON (1897), of Christiania township, was born in Norway February 19, 1863, the son of Ole and Carrie Johnson. He came to America with his parents when three years of age and has lived, respectively, in LaCrossc county, Wisconsin, until 1874, Swift county, Minnesota, until 1877, Mitchell county, Iowa, until 1881, Rock county, Minnesota, until 189.3, Grant county, South Dakota, until 1897, and in Jackson county since the last named date. He received a good common school education and was brought up a farmer. With the exception of six months in the mercantile business at Luverne, Minnesota, and one year as a photographer in Benson, Minnesota, Mr. Johnson has been engaged in farming ever since he reached manhood.
Mr. Johnson was married December 12, 1889, to Caroline Olson, and to them have been born five children: Ida, born in April, 1891; Alfred, bom May 12, 1896; Ernest, born in November, 1897; Mabel, born in April, 1900; Carl, born in April, 1902. The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church and Mr. Johnson is a member of the Woodmen of the World. He owns a quarter section of farming land in Marshall county, Minnesota, and has stock in the Farmers Elevator company of Windom.
years he was the agent of the Standard Brewing company, of Mankato, and is now agent for the C. & J. Michel Brewing company, of LaCrosse. Mr. Makovicka is a member of the Catholic church and of numerous "orders. He joined as a charter member of the Z. E. K. J. in 1897, and on January 1, 1899, organized the first lodge of the Catholic Western Union west of the Mississippi river. He also belongs to the C. O. F. and to the K. U. J., a Catholic Bohemian lodge.
On July 31, 1894, Mr. Makovicka was married in Jackson to Miss Thresa Bunderle, who was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1875. To these parents have been bom the following children: Frank, born October 2, 1900, died December 12, 1900; Joseph, born February 19, 1902; Rudolph, bom November 1, 1903; [name withheld], born February 8, 1906; Blanche, bom February 15, 1908.
As printed in An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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