Nels A. Johnson

As printed in 1910

NELS A. JOHNSON (1889) is one of the big farmers of Weimer township and resides just outside of the corporate limits of the village in Heron Lake. He owns 500 acres of land on sections 29 and.30, Weimer township, and section 8, West Heron Lake township, and farms it all. He has a nice home and modern conveniences.

Nels A. Johnson is the son of the late Andrew Johnson and Mary (Kjos) Johnson, the latter a resident of Weimer township. He is the eldest of a family of five children, the other children being named Annie, Dora Katie and Gilbert. He was born in Lafayette county, Iowa, November 8, 1862, and that was his home until he came to Jackson county in 1889. He was educated in the Norwegian and English schools of his native county and spent his 3'younger years working out on farms, making his home with his parents. Coming to Jackson county twenty years ago, he bought the northwest quarter of section 8, West Heron Lake township, adjoining Okabena station, and engaged in farming there fourteen years. In 1903 he bought the land adjoining Heron Lake village and has since made his home there.

Mr. Johnson is a man of family, having been married in West Heron Lake township March 12, 1892, to Louisa Johnson, who was born in Chicago in 1808. She is the daughter of M. B. Johnson, who came to Jackson county in 1806 and who is now a resident of Weimer township. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, as follows: Mabel A., Arthur M., Noel K., Ruth L., Fremont L. and Paul J. C. The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Heron Lake.

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.