Albert C. Johnson
Albert C. Johnson, one of the prosperous, enterprising and
substantial agriculturists of Allamakee county, owns and operates
a fine farm of two hundred acres, a well improved and valuable
property three miles beyond Waukon. He is a native son of this
section of Iowa, born in Union Prairie township, July 27, 1869,
his parents being Charles and Helen (Ruen) Johnson, natives of
Norway. The father grew to manhood in that country and after
reaching maturity crossed the Atlantic to America, first locating
in Winneshiek county, Iowa, where he was numbered among the
earliest pioneers. He purchased land and opened up and developed
a new farm, later selling his property and moving to Allamakee
county, where he purchased two hundred acres of land, upon which
he lived for many years, rearing his children there and there
spending the remainder of his life. His death occurred in 1907,
when he was seventy-five years of age. His wife survived him for
a few years, dying in 1911.
Albert C. Johnson was reared upon his father’s farm in Union
Prairie township and from his early childhood aided in its
operation, gaining thus a thorough and practical knowledge of the
best agricultural methods. When he began his independent career
he purchased two hundred acres on section 35, in the same
township, constituting the farm upon which he now resides. The
property was slightly improved but he has steadily carried
forward the work of development, erecting a large, two-story
frame house, three good barns, a silo with a capacity of one
hundred and thirty tons and fine outbuildings. He has the latest
improved machinery and in equipment and accessories his farm is
worthy of rank with the best agricultural properties of the
state. He has paid particular attention to its attractive
appearance, putting out groves of forest and evergreen trees and
keeping a beautiful lawn in front of his house. He makes a
specialty of raising and feeding stock for the market and also
conducts a profitable diary, his business interests being
carefully and capably managed and his success placing him among
the substantial and progressive farmers of this vicinity. He was
one of the promoters of the Farmers Stock & Produce Company
and is still a stockholder in the concern. He is a member also of
the Ludlow Cooperative Creamery Association and is a stockholder
in the Peoples National Bank of Waukon, which he aided in
organizing.
In Winneshiek county, October 14, 1897, Mr. Johnson married Miss
Clara Rockswold, who was born and reared in that section. They
have three children, Carl Alvin, Earl A. and Albert C., Jr . The
parents are members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Johnson gives his
political allegiance to the republican party and his served for
two years as township assessor and is now treasurer of his school
district. He is a careful and conservative business man and by
his own labor and good management has accumulated a valuable and
will improved property. Perseverance, diligence and integrity
have constituted the guiding qualities of his life, bringing him
to the honorable position which he now occupies in the option of
the fellowmen among who he has long lived and labored.
-source: Past & Present of Allamakee County; by
Ellery M. Hancock; S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.; 1913
-transcribed by Diana Diedrich
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