WI BIO - Dane Co - JOHNSON, Julius
Biographical Review of Dane County, WI. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 
1893, Vol II, p 330

Julius JOHNSON, proprietor of a meat market in Stoughton, Dane County, WI, 
was born in Crogry [Kragero in Telemark fylke? Krakeroy in Ostfold fylke?], 
Norway, 02 Dec 1840, a son of John and Ellen JOHNSON, also natives of Norway. 
In 1844 the parents came to America, locating in Albion, Dane County, WI, 
where the father purchased a farm of sixty acres from the Government, paying 
$1.25 per acre. They were the parents of six children, our subject being the 
third child, and four are now living. One son, J. B. JOHNSON, was born in 
Dane County, WI, where he still resides. The father died in 1847, and the 
mother in 1887.

Julius JOHNSON, the subject of this sketch, received only a limited 
education, and was engaged at farm work until twenty-eight years of age. He 
then engaged in buying stock, in which he lost all he had, and also $500 
more. At the age of 30 years he opened a meat market in this city, in 
company with a Mr. EMMERSON, but since 1872 has conducted the business alone. 
With the exception of one year, Mr. JOHNSON has continued this business for 
twenty years. In 1891 he began buying livestock and tobacco, having bought 
several thousand dollars worth of the later article, of which he is now 
tending a small field. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party, 
and has served as Alderman and Constable of Stoughton.

Julius JOHNSON was married in Dec 1868 to Sophia ANDERSON, who was born in 
Norway 30 Dec 1850, a daughter of Andrew ANDERSON, a farmer by occupation. 
Both he and his wife are now deceased. Julius and Sophia (ANDERSON) JOHNSON 
have six children: Luvina and Alvina, twins, the former twenty-three years 
of age, and the latter deceased at the age of ten months; Lettie, twenty-one 
years old; Willis, seventeen; Ellen, five; and Julius Harrison, four years of 
age.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly