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Born 1845
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
THOMAS U. JOHNSON (1886), a farmer of Amiret township, is the owner of the south half of the northeast quarter of section 24.
He was born and brought up in England, having been born in 1845. He is the son of Robert and Jane Johnson, who were farmers, and they gave their son his bringing up and his education in the country schools in England. At the early age of fifteen Thomas began to learn the stone mason's trade, and he was employed at that work most of the time until coming to the United States in
That year Mr. Johnson came to this country and found employment at his trade in Pennsylvania, where he remained four years. He then moved to Lyon county and decided to farm. Accordingly he bought a tree claim right to the south half of the northeast quarter of section 24, Amiret township, which he later changed to a homestead. On that place he has since resided, with the exception of a few years spent in Tracy and other parts of the county, working at his former trade.
Thomas U. Johnson was married in England to Margrette Charlton. To this union five children have been born, named Robert, Annie, Thomas, Margretti and Rachel.
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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