Solomon Johnson

As printed in 1912

SOLOMON JOHNSON (1894) owns the southwest quarter of section 16, Shelburne township, a short distance east of Florence. He has resided on that farm only one year, but he has' been a resident of Lyon county eighteen years.

Mr. Johnson was born in Sweden September 7, 1859. After securing his education he learned the cabinet maker's trade and continued to reside in his native country until twenty years of age. He came to the United States in 1879 and his first home in the New World was at Lockport, Illinois. After a short residence there he moved to South Bend, Indiana, and for a year was employed in the Studebaker shops.

We next find Mr. Johnson in Pullman, Illinois, where for ten years he worked at his trade in the shops of the Pullman Car Company. The next three years were spent in the shops of the Wagner Car Company in Buffalo, New York, and one year in a shop in Minneapolis. Mr. Johnson gave up his trade in 1894 and turned farmer. He bought land in Coon Creek township and engaged in farming it until 1911, when he purchased and moved to his present farm.

During fifteen years of his residence in Coon Creek township Mr. Johnson was a member of the school board of district No. 56. He is a member of the Swedish Mission church and for fifteen years was superintendent of the Sunday School in Coon Creek.

Solomon Johnson is the son of J. N. and Marie (Orn) Johnson, who came from the old country in 1889. The father now resides with his son; the mother died March 6, 1912. There are five children in the family.

Mary, John, Solomon, Hattie and namely: Manda.

Mr. Johnson's first marriage occurred im Minneapolis June 24, 18S4, when he wedded Hilda Swanson. She died in Buffalo, Now York, December 4, 1891. Three children were born to the union: Elmer, who is deceased, Edla and Leonard. The second marriage of Mr. Johnson occurred in Marshall July 16, 1897, and his bride was Augusta Larson. They have four children, named Arnold, Winnie, Myrtle and Lilly.

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.