Henry Johnson

JOHNSON

Posted By: P. Bergmeier (email)
Date: 2/12/2005 at 14:06:04

Henry Johnson, druggist, of Cedar Falls, is a native of Denmark, where he was born November 1, 1837. He was reared and educated in his native country, and at the age of fourteen years began clerking in a grocery store, which he followed many years. In the year 1863 he immigrated to America, coming at once to Chicago, and in 1864, enlisted from that city as a member of the Twenty-first Illinois Infantry. He participated in the battles of Nashville, Franklin, and in the Atlanta campaign, and other engagements of minor importance. After his discharge from the service in 1866 he returned to Chicago, and for some time was engaged in the mercantile business. He came to Black Hawk County, Iowa, in 1870, locating at Cedar Falls where he was engaged in the grocery trade for one year, and in connection with his grocery carried on a farm. He established his present drug store in 1878, which is well patronized, being one of the best in Black Hawk County, and a credit to Cedar Falls.

Source: History of Black Hawk County 1873-1904
p. 267