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Mrs. Johansen was born at Rowley, Iowa, October 31, 1882. She attended country schools and graduated from Hay Springs High School. She taught school for a number of years prior to her marriage. Mrs. Johansen is a member of the Eastern Star and Utopia Woman's Club.
Mr. Johansen is a member of the Hay Springs and Rural Improvement Club, the Lions Club, the Masons. and Order of Eastern Star (past master of Masons and past patron of Eastern Star), and from 1926-31 was director of the local school board. Residence: Hay Springs.
Rasmus Johansen
Rasmus Johansen, an implement dealer at Blair, for the past twenty-six years, was born at Knudstrus, Denmark, August 1, 1871, and came to America, in 1891. He is the son of Johannes and Eugene Josephine (Ankersen) Johansen, both natives of Denmark, the former born at Knudstrups and the later at Klosterlund. Johannes Johansen died at Hesselhus, Denmark, as did his wife. Johannes was a farmer, and a veteran of the Danish-German War of 1864. His father's father, Johan Vendel, was born in Germany.
Mr. Johansen attended common school, and for several years worked as a farmer and railroad man. For the past twenty-six years he has been in the implement business at Blair. He is married to Anna Georgina Kjellen, their marriage having been solemnized at Blair. Mrs. Johansen was born at Copenhagen, Denmark, January 25, 1879.
A Lutheran, Mr. Johansen is a member of the First Church at Blair, and is a member also of the Danish Brotherhood and the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Blair.
Clinton Walter John
Clinton Walter John was born at Cambridge, Nebraska, December 7, 1885, the son of James Henry and Caroline (Aaboe) John. His father is a druggist. Mr. John was graduated from the Cambridge High School in 1902, attended Nebraska Wesleyan University for two years, and was graduated from Northwestern University with the Ph. G. degree in 1907. He has been in the drug business at Cambridge since 1907.
Mr. John is a member of the Rotary Club, the Commercial Club, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Red Cross at Cambridge. He has served as secretary of the Cambridge School Board for the past two years, having been a member of that body for the past eight years, and is affiliated with the First Congregational Church. He is interested in music, and at this time is leader of the local band.
Of his marriage to Eva Dunkin, which occurred at Gibbon, Nebraska, one child was born, Eva, on May 17, 1912, who died May 21, 1912. Of his marriage to Caroline Thuman there are two children, Paulie, born May 28, 1918, and Marjorie, January 26, 1928. Residence: Cambridge.
Hattie Irene Johns
One of Hamilton County's pioneer leaders is Hattie Irene Johns who came to Nebraska in 1886 and has been prominent in civic affairs at Aurora for many years. She was born at Rochelle, Illinois, August 19, 1879, the daughter of Charles M. and Mary I. (Sawens) Johns. Her father, a farmer, was born of Welsh parentage at Darien City, New York, June 3, 1848 and died at Aurora, June 2, 1927. Her mother was born at Batavia, New York, October 19, 1855, and is residing at Aurora.
Miss Johns received her elementary education in the public schools of Hamilton County, was a student at the Lincoln High School for two years, and in 1898 was graduated from Lincoln Normal University. She was a teacher in the grade schools of Hamilton County from 1899 to 1923, from 1923 until 1931 served as deputy county treasurer, and since 1931 has been treasurer of that county, elected on the Republican ticket.
She served as state treasurer of the Business and Professional Women's Club during 1929 and 1930, was a member of the Aurora Public Library Board, 1918-1931 and has served as a member of the board of the Red Cross for many years. She is affiliated with the Methodist Church of Aurora and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Aurora.
Harvey Johnsen
Harvey Johnsen has been a resident of Nebraska all his life and a leading lawyer of Omaha. He was born at Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, July 16, 1895, the son of Peter C. and Marie (Jensen) Johnsen.
His early education was received in the public schools of Fremont, Nebraska, where he was graduated from the high school in 1913. At the University of Nebraska he was awarded the A. B. degree and LL. B. degree, 1919, and was distinguished as an honor student. The Order of the Coif was bestowed upon him and he was made a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He served as consul of Phi Delta Phi in 1919, and was Ivy Day orator.
Mr. Johnsen was admitted to the bar in Nebraska, June, 1919, and in 1920 became associated with the firm Montgomery, Hall and Young, at Omaha. From 1922 to 1925 he was instructor in the College of Law at Creighton University. He is now engaged in general legal practice as a member of the firm of Montgomery, Hall, Young and Johnsen.
He is a member of the Omaha Bar Association of which he was made president in 1931; is a member of the American Bar Association; and is secretary of the Nebraska State Bar Association. He is a member of the American Interprofessional Institute and the Co-operative Club. His social club is the University Club of Omaha. His hobby is biography an (sic) philosophy. He is a Democrat. Residence: Omaha.
Aaron William Johnson
Aaron William Johnson, prominent merchant and farmer at Loomis for many years, was born in Kronoberg, Sweden, August 31, 1851. He came to America in the spring of 1871, locating at Loekport, Illinois, where he resided until 1876. At that time, he removed to Nebraska, homesteading in Phelps County, where he lived until his death, on January 14, 1929, after a long illness.
Mr. Johnson was one of the earliest pioneers of what is now Phelps County, coming with the second colony of settlers in 1876.
On June 15, 1878, he was married to Augusta Granlund at Loomis, Nebraska, and to them 11 children were born ; Ida, born March 9, 1879, who married Gust F. Carlson; Joseph, born May 3, 1880; Frank, born September 26, 1881, who married Iva Hitt, and who died January 29, 1931; Walter, born April 1, 1883, who married Esther Larson; Victor, born May 30, 1885, who married Esther Erickson; Julia, born November 30, 1887, who married Malcolm Abramson; Justus, born February 9, 1890, who married Florence Nelson; Harry, born August 24, 1892, who married Blanche Dahlstrom, and who died February 11, 1919; Henry O., born June 30, 1895, who married Julia Abrainson; Mabel born September 18, 1897; and Loyd, born September 23, 1905. Mrs. Johnson was born at Ostergotland, Sweden, May 15, 1857. She is living on the original homestead two miles north of Loomis with her children, Joseph, Mabel, and Loyd.
Mr. Johnson was the first man to invite the Burlington Railroad to build through this part of the country, on what is called the high line, and pointed out the advantages and need of it to George W. Holdrege, the general manager of the road, while entertaining him on a hunting trip. He was the first merchant in Loomis, built and stocked the first general store in 1886. It featured hardware, chiefly, as that article was most
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needed by early pioneers. Later he bought livestock, grain and broom corn, using a pony to travel from place to place, often covering 50 to 60 miles in one day. In 1889 he was one of the founders of the flour mill at Loomis which burned in 1914.
After the organization of Phelps County, Mr. Johnon was active on the board of supervisors and held other minor offices, was especially active in the arrangement of the various school districts and the location and establishment of the schools, until age forced him to retire. He was one of the founders of the Loomis Swedish Mission Church in 1886, and also one of the founders of the Moses Hill Swedish Mission in 1877, and throughout his life was a faithful member and staunch supporter of the former institution. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently.
Mr. Johnson was a man, fearless and unafraid to stand for what he knew to be right, and in times of defeat he was undaunted and ready to try again. He was always an aid to the weak and to the needy, and ready to do his share or more in times of distress and trouble. Residence: Loomis.
Albert Lytle Johnson
Albert Lytle Johnson, a resident of Nebraska for the past 65 years, was born at Albany, Green County, Wisconsin, June 19, 1864, the son of Andrew and Mary Ann (Lytle) Johnson. His father, who was a contractor, builder, and farmer, was born in Massachusetts, September 8, 1816, and died at Valparaiso, Saunders County, Nebraska.
In 1635 Edmund Johnson, the great great great great great grandfather of Albert L. Johnson, sailed with his wife, Mary, from London and settled in Hampton, New Hampshire. His son, James, was born in Hampton, in 1643, and later moved to Maine, where he was a millwright. There is no particular record of the Johnson family from that time until 1763, when Benjamin Johnson, grandfather of Albert Johnson, was born; he enlisted in the Revolutionary War at the age of 13, and was a private in Captain Jeremiah Fogg's Company, the Colonel George Reed's Regiment of New, Hampshire.
Mr. Johnson's parents were married in Maine, November 26, 1840, where four of their ten children were born. In 1851 they moved to Ohio, where one son was born, and the same year moved on to Wisconsin; the five younger children were born there. In 1865 his father and his brother, R. K. Johnson, started for Nebraska with one horse and a light wagon looking for a suitable homestead; the brother had just been discharged from the army after service in the Civil War. Their means were limited and they paid expenses on the trip by mending clocks and tinware for the settlers.
Part of the trip was made on foot and the journey was a long one. They finally reached the southwestern part of Saunders County and homesteaded on land near the present site of Valparaiso. There they built the first frame house in that part of the state, hauling the lumber with ox teams from the Iowa side of the river and hewing the timbers from trees growing on the homestead. Since funds were low his father set out to find carpenter work, and as Lincoln began to grow found work on the first state capitol building; a little later he made a contract for part of the work on the first University of Nebraska building.
Mary Ann (Lytle) Johnson, mother of Albert L. Johnson, was born in New York, December 15, 1819, and died at Valparaiso, August 15, 1902. She was one of the finest types of pioneer women, and with no luxuries and few of the necessities of life contrived to make a home for her family of ten children. Her grandfather was a soldier in the Revolution, and in the War of 1812; her father was in the regular United States Army for a time. Her older brother, Robert Lytle, sailed around the Horn in 1849, and was in the gold rush of '49; he died in 1876. In 1850 her other two brothers, Benjamin Stevens Lytle and Albert Waldo Lytle joined Robert, sailing from Belfast and crossing the Isthmus, where they left for Eureka, California. Albert died in 1896 and Benjamin in 1899.
Mr. Johnson, who has been a leader in the civic and business world at Crete, Saline County, Nebraska for many years, attended the public schools of Valparaiso, and the Nebraska Conference Seminary at York, Nebraska. He was a student at the University of Nebraska, 1880-81, and attended the Orchard City Business College at Burlington, Iowa, in 1881. He was employed by the Crete Mills as bookkeeper in 1883; was bookkeeper and cashier for David May at Lincoln, Nebraska; was assistant bookkeeper for Leighton & Clarke and the H. T. Clarke Company, wholesale druggists in Lincoln and Omaha; was cashier of the R. K. Johnson Bank at Valparaiso; and in 1888 returned to the Crete Mills as bookkeeper and assistant manager. In 1895 he became manager in full charge of activities of this organization. In 1901, when the Crete Mills were incorporated, he became president of the company; he holds this position today. He was formerly a director of the First National Bank at University Place, Nebraska; was formerly vice president of the Union Loan & Savings Company at Lincoln; was one of the organizers of the First Building & Loan Association at University Place; and is a stockholder in the Crete State Bank and several other corporations at Crete.
His marriage to Harriott Elizabeth Patmore was solemnized at Valparaiso, August 25, 1885. Mrs. Johnson, who was born at Elora, Ontario, Canada, October 11, 1861; is the laughter of Levi Patmore and Elizabeth (Bastedo) Patmore; her father was an architect. They have four children: Rodney Knox, born May, 1886, who married Mary Louise Crowe; Port Albert, born November 28, 1887, who married Edith May Cleveland; Ruth, born October 4, 1893, who married Evert Lee Stancliff; and Benjamin Lytle, born Jane 21, 1899, who married Helen Westlake.
Rodney is a physician and surgeon at Friend, Nebraska, and is senior captain of the hospital company of the 110th Medical Regiment of the Nebraska National Guards with headquarters at Lincoln. Port served in France during the World War and was commander of the American Legion Post at Crete for several terms; he is now eastern sales manager for the Crete Mills with headquarters at Huntington, West Virginia. Benjamin enlisted in the navy during the World War at the age of 16 and is now adjutant of the American Legion post at Crete. He is secretary of the Crete Mills.
Mr. Johnson is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution at Lincoln, the Nebraska Territorial Pioneers, and the Nebraskana Society. He is a life member of the Red Cross. From 1912 to 1922 he was a member of the board of education of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was formerly a member of the school board at Crete, and at University Place. Since 1895 he has been a trustee of the Nebraska Wcsleyan University, and from 1912 to 1929 was president of the board of trustees. He served as a member of the state committee of the Young Men's Christian Association from 1897 to 1926; he holds membership in the Lincoln society of this organization. His social club is the University Club at Lincoln.
Politically, Mr. Johnson is a Republican, and is an ardent temperance worker. He is affiliated with the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church at Crete. Residence: Crete.
Alvin Emanuel Johnson
Alvin E. Johnson was born at' Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, February 18, 1893. His father, John Peter Johnson, who was a coal and grain dealer, was born at Filipstad, Wermland, Sweden, July 6, 1858. In 1879 he came to America; he died at Omaha, February 1, 1929.
Anna (Young) Johnson, his mother, was born at Filipstad, June 23, 1869, and came to America in 1885.
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School at Omaha, in 1905, and for the next two years was a student at South High School. On December 9, 1907 he became a messenger at the Livestock National Bank at Omaha, when that organization was first begun. In 1915 he was made assistant cashier, and in 1918 he became cashier. Since 1922 he has been vice president and director of this institution. He is director of the Commercial Savings & Loan Association and is a director of the Union Rendering & Refining Company, at Omaha.
He was united in marriage to Nina Myrtle McWilliams at Omaha, June 25, 1919. Mrs. Johnson was born at Maquon, Knox County, Illinois, May 12, 1894. She was graduated from the South Omaha public schools in 1912 and from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1916. There are three children: Alvin Warren, born December 5, 1920; Myrtle Louise, born September 30, 1922; and Howard Mac, born April 12, 1924.
Mr. Johnson is a director of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and the South Omaha Merchants Association. He is regent of the Municipal University of Omaha. He is interested in Young Men's Christian Association affairs, and at the present time is acting president of this organization. He is an Elk, Mason, Viking and Woodman of the World. He is a trustee of the First Baptist Church of Omaha. His social clubs are the Omaha Athletic Club and Happy Hollow Club. He is a Republican. His favorite sport is glf (sic). Residence: Omaha.
Alvin Frederick Johnson
Alvin Frederick Johnson, lawyer, was born at Omaha, Nebraska, January 6, 1877, son of Andrew Frederick and Anna (Mortenson) Johnson.
Mr. Johnson received his early education in the Omaha public school, and was graduated from high school there in 1894.. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nebraska, and has since been in active practice.
He was married on November 28, 1906, to Marie Stanfield Bryant at Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Johnson has served as a member of the Insanity Board of Douglas County, and as chairman of the executive committee and president of the Omaha and United States Chambers of Commerce. He has been active in the work of the Missouri River Navigation Association and has served as a member of the executive committee from Nebraska. Residence: Omaha.
Amos Frank Johnson
A physician and surgeon since 1904, Amos Frank Johnson was born at Scribner, Nebraska, September 15, 1874. He is the son of George and Mary (Jacobson) Johnson, the former of whom came to America in 1866. George Johnson was born at Copenhagen, Denmark, March 26, 1838, and was a pioneer Nebraska farmer. His death occurred at Leigh, Nebraska, May 12, 1920. Mary Jacobson was born in Denmark, August 14, 1848, and died at Dodge, Nebraska, August 13, 1903.
Educated first in country and public schools, Dr. Johnson attended high school at Dodge, and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Fremont Normal College in 1900. Active in debate and dramatics, Dr. Johnson spent several years as a teacher before studying medicine. In 1904, he received his medical degree from Creighton University, where he was valedictorian of his class.
He was married to Florence Hall at Exeter, Nebraska, on November 25, 1905, and to them was born one son, Frank Edward, born December 17, 1923. Mrs. Johnson, was born at Elgin, Illinois, May 24, 1882, was engaged in school work prior to her marriage. She is of English extraction.
Since June 15, 1904, Dr. Johnson has been in active practice. His professional organizations include the American, Nebraska State and York County Medical Associations. He is a Democrat, and a member of The Nebraskana Society. Residence: Gresham.
Carl Oscar Johnson
Carl Oscar Johnson, manufacturer and public man, was born in Sweden, August 19, 1867, son of Adolph P. and Clara Sophia (Swanson) Johnson. His father was born in Sweden, in 1842, and his mother in 1839, the former a shoemaker and harnessmaker.
Mr. Johnson attended public school, and came to Nebraska on May 24, 1883. He has been engaged in various businesses for himself since 1896, and at the present time is president and general manager of the Highway Maintainer Company. A Republican, he has held various local offices, among them, city treasurer, 1897, member of council, 1898, mayor two terms, 1899-1900; and was elected county commissioner of Lancaster County three terms, beginning November 15, 1909. He resigned from the last mentioned on October 1, 1919.
His marriage to Amanda Henrietta Faust was solemnized at Lincoln, on September 10, 1892. Mrs. Johnson was born in Sweden, October 1, 1867. To them were born three children, Nanny, born July 12, 1893, died on July 28, 1894; Olive, born July 21, 1894; and Clara, born December 5, 1904. Clara is a high school teacher, and Olive, secretary and treasurer of the Highway Maintainer Company.
Mr. Johnson's fraternal organizations include the Masons, Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen of America, Scottish Rite, Shrine and Eastern Star. He is a member of Elm Park Methodist Episcopal Church, the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and the Nebraskana Society. During the World War, Mr. Johnson was chairman of the local Young Men's Christian Association committee. Residence: Havelock.
Caroline Christine Johnson
Caroline Christine Johnson was born at Mon, Denmark, the daughter of Niels and Kristine (Jensen) Johnson. Her father, a farmer, who was born at Moen, June 20, 1851, came to America in 1882 and died at Marquette, Nebraska, March 6, 1917. Her mother was born at Moen, March 18, 1850, and died at Blair, Nebraska, May 25, 1928.
Miss Johnson attended the public schools at Hampton and Red Cloud, Nebraska, was awarded the A. B. degree at the University of Nebraska in 1904, and received the A. M. degree there in 1914. During 1912-13 she was engaged in European travel and study at Copenhagen and Berlin. At this time she is head of the foreign language department at Dana College, Blair, Nebraska.
She is a member of the Nebraska State Teachers Association, the Faculty Ladies Club, and the Nordic Reading Circle. She is affiliated with the First Lutheran Church of Blair, and holds membership in the Republican party. Residence: Blair.
Charles Elmer Johnson
One of the prominent stockman and farmers of Valley County, Nebraska, is Charles Elmer Johnson who has been a resident of this state since October, 1878. He was born at Newton, Iowa, June 29, 1878, the son of Robert and Mary Elizabeth (Watson) Johnson. His father, who was born at Utica, New York, and died at North Loop, Nebraska, was a farmer. His mother, whose father was killed in action during the Civil War; was born at 'I'onawanda, New York, December 19, 1838, and died at North Loup, March 24, 1921.
Mr. Johnson served as director of the North Loup School Board from 1921 to 1930, has been county commissioner since 1924, and has held membership in the Modern Woodmen of America since 1896. He is affiliated with the Davis Creek Methodist Church, is a member of the Democratic party, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society.
He is married to Florence Brace Cummins who was born at Akron, New York, May 27, 1880, the daughter
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of Frank and Alsa Cummins. Their three children are: Merna, born February 19, 1903, who married Reuben Marvin Athey; Irma, born February 28, 1905, who attended Nebraska Wesicyan University and is now teacher; and Eva, born April 14, 1909, who received the Bachelor of Science degree at the Nebraska WesIcyan University and is now a teacher. Residence: North Loup.
Charley William Johnson
Charley William Johnson, farmer, banker, merchant, and senator, was born in Sweden, January 21, 1864, son of Swen Dedrick and Carolina Sofia (Swanson) Johnson. The family came to America in 1867.
Mr. Johnson attended public and high school, and on April 21, 1886 was married to Ellen Christine Nelson at Kackley, Kansas. Mrs. Johnson was born in Denmark, April 3 1866.
Mr. Johnson has been a resident of Cheyenne County since 1886. He is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, the Masons and Odd Fellows. Residence: Potter.
Clarence Bruce Johnson
Clarence Bruce Johnson, dental surgeon of Alma, Nebraska, is a life-long resident of this state. He was born at Wilsonville, Nebraska, September 21, 1896, the son of Frank Bruce and Cora Bell (Austin) Johnson. His father, who was a physician and surgeon, was born at Rennselaer, Indiana, December 5, 1864, of Scotch and Irish parentage, settling in Wilsonville homesteading there. His mother, of New England descent, was born at Dwight, Illinois, April 9, 1874.
Dr. Johnson was graduated from the Wilsonville High School in 1915, and received the degree, Doctor of Dental Surgery, at the College of Dentistry, University of Nebraska, 1919, where he was a member of Xi Psi Phi. He has been engaged in the practice of dentistry at Alma since 1924 where he is prominent in civic affairs.
He holds membership in the Lions Club, of which he is serving as president, the Nebraska State Dental Society, the Southwestern Dental Society in which he has been president, secretary-treasurer and vice president, and the Scottish Rite body of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Hastings. He holds membership in the Nebraskana Society and the American Legion. Politically, Dr. Johnson is a Republican. During the World War he was in the service of the United States Army, serving in the Dental Corps.
On August 7, 1922, he married Lela Lucile Haag at Alma. Mrs. Johnson, whose ancestry is German and Pennsylvania Dutch, was born at Stamford, Nebraska, September 2, 1898, and was a music instructor prior to her marriage being a graduate of the School of Music, University of Nebraska. Mrs. Johnson is affiliated with the P. E. O. having been president; the Order of Eastern Star, a past matron; a member of the Congregational Church where she is permanently identified with with (sic) the music. Residence: Alma.
Czar Clinton Johnson
Czar Clinton Johnson, physician and surgeon, was born at Sidney, Iowa, March 4, 1881, son of Clinton Darius and Laura Oliva (Caldwell) Johnson. Clinton Johnson was born in Chautauqua County, New York, September 18, 1858, and died at Colomb, South Dakota, in December, 1914. He was a farmer of Scotch and English descent. Laura Caldwell was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, September 7, 1860, and is of Dutch and Southern ancestry.
Dr. John was educated in the schools of Iowa and Nebraska. He was public school teacher in Madison County, Nebraska, from 1900 to 1903, and received his medical degree from Creighton Medical College in 1907, and is a member of Phi Rho Sigma. On September 12, 1907, he was united in marriage to Lena Marii Campbell at Creighton, Nebraska. Mrs. Johnson was born at Madison, Nebraska, December 23, 1886, of Dutch and Scotch ancestry. She attended the University of Nebraska, class of 1908, and was a Delta Delta Delta. They have one son, Harlan Allen, born September 16, 1911, who attends the University of Nebraska, and is a member of Sigma Phi Epsiion.
Dr. Johnson served as mayor of Creighton, Nebraska, 1909-10. He has lived in Nebraska 33 years. Among his writings are the following: The Application of Business Principles in the Practice of Medicine; Some Problems in Reconstructive Surgery; Modern Measures; Complemental Jejunostomy in the Treatment of Ileus; Reorganizing the Profession; Industrial Bone and Joint Disabilities; Relation of Physiology to Surgery; A Physiological Empyema Tube; In the Promotion of Public Health Shall the Government be a Policeman or a Doctor; The Value of Chemistry to the Physician; Medical Service for Tourists; The Physician in Industry; The Teaching of Infectious Diseases in Public Schools; Acute Head Injuries; Breast Tumors; Fracture Splints; Resume of Present Views of Kidney Infections; Back Ache and Pain-1800 cases; Disabilities; The Reserve Medical Officer; The Reserve Army Nurse; The Training of Reserve Officrs (sic); Surgery--Surgeons and Hospitals; The Doctor and the Workmen's Compensation Law; Medical Mal-practice; Compensation a Big Medical Problem; Conservation of Energy; Hyperthyroidism and Exopthalmic Goiter; Adynamic iIeus; Your Boys Adventure; Proposed Changes that Should be Made in Claims Division of U. S. Veterans Bureau; Know Your Schools; Public vs. Blackstone and Hippocrates; The Army Cripple; Holding Fast; The Legion Invictus; Forgotten; Is the Compensation Patient Mentally or Physically Sick; Compensation Injuries under the Workmen's Compensation Act; Wanted a Leader.
From 1907-1917, Dr. Johnson was in general practice at Creighton, Nebraska. From 191719 he was a Medical Officer with the 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, as 1st lieutenant, July 10 to November 8, 1917; captain November 8 to January 28, 1918; major, January 28, 1918 to January 28, 1919; lieutenant colonel, January 29, 1919 to June 10, 1919. He participated in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne engagements and served with the Army of Occupation. At the present time he holds the rank of colonel in the Officers Reserve Corps, and is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and Military Surgeons Association.
Dr. Johnson's professional memberships include the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American Association of Medical Authors, the American Association of Industrial Surgeons, and others. He is a member of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, the Laymen's Club, the Nebraskana Society, and is a 32nd degree Mason and member of the Shrine. He is a Republican. His hobby is economics. Dr. Johnson is lecturer in industrial surgery in the Medical Department, Creighton University. Residence: Lincoln.
David August Johnson
David August Johnson, clergyman and author, was born at Tustin, Michigan, October 30, 1877, son of Peter August and Mathilda (Melin) Johnson. The father, born in Sweden, in 1837, was a farmer and clergyman of much ability. He died at Tustin in January, 1903. His wife, born in Sweden in 1834, died at Tustin in June, 1930.
Educated in the public school at Tustin until 1894, Mr. Johnson then attended Alma College from 1900-1905, and received his A. B. from Alma College in 1905. From that time until 1908 he was a student at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. A letterman
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in track, football and basketball 1904-05, he was also a member of Phi Phi Alpha at Alma.
Mr. Johnson was married on September 7, 1910, to Bessie Hill at Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mrs. Johnson, who was born at Grand Rapids on November 8, 1885, is descended from the norble (sic) house of Hill, in England. There are four children, David A., Jr., born October 16, 1911; Phillip A., born December 5, 1913; F. Eugene, born December 2, 1915; and Elizabeth, born September 26, 1917.
Ordained to the Presbyterian ministry, Mr. Johnson has filled the following pastorates: Marengo, Iowa, 1908-14.; Rock Island, Illinois, 1914-19; Englewood, New Jersey, 1919-25; and Kearney, Nebraska, (First Presbyterian Church) 1925- , of which he is now pastor. The author of a pageant The Dream that Came True (1924), he has also written scores of other pageants, Bible dramas and popular plays not yet published.
Mr. Johnson is extremely active in the advancement of his city, and during the late war was a captain in the Secret Service, and a four minute speaker. He is a life member of The Nebraskana Society, and his hobbies are dramatics and play writing. Residence: Kearney.
Dean R. Johnson
Dean R. Johnson, instructor of agricultural engineering at the Nebraska School of Agriculture at Curtis, Nebraska, was born at Crete, Nebraska, January 26, 1889, son of Frank and Ellie Maria (Davis) Johnson. His father was born on a farm in Green County, Wisconsin, May 31, 1852, and died at Denver, Colorado, October 1, 1922. He was a miller. His ancestors date back to the early colonial days in Massachusetts. He operated the first roller mill located west of the Missouri River. His wife, Ellie, was born on a farm in Rock County, Wisconsin, January 1, 1864, and is still living at Aurora, Nebraska. She taught school in her younger days, and for forty years has been a member of the Order of Eastern Star. She is much interested in club work. Her ancestry dates back to Governor Bradford of colonial fame.
Mr. Johnson attended the Crete grade schools to the eighth grade, and was graduated from Aurora High School at Aurora, Nebraska in 1906. He is a graduate of the Lincoln Auto and Tractor School and the Operative Millers Laboratories of Chicago, Illinois. At the present time he is working for his Bachelor of Science degree at the Colorado Agricultural College, and expects to qualify in the near future.
While in high school he was a member of the football team four years, and captained his team his junior and senior years, and afterward played two years of semiprofessional football at Aurora, Nebraska. On June 8, 1911, he was married to Wilda Elsie Marsden at Curtis, Nebraska. Mrs. Johnson was born at Curtis, November 15, 1893. Her ancestry is traced to her grandfather, Joseph Marsden, of Marsden Row, Leeds, England. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have four childen (sic), Norma, born August 26, 1912, who was graduated from the Nebraska School of Agriculture at Curtis in 1929 and is now attending Doane College, Crete, Nebraska; Helen, born November 3, 1917; Eleanor, born April 17, 1920; and Dean, born October 25, 1922.
From 1906 until 1908, Mr. Johnson was a surveyor for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming and Missouri. The following eight years he was a miller for the Curtis Mills, Curtis, Nebraska, and during 1916 and 1917 was a mechanic for the Ford garage at Curtis. He has held his present position since 1917. A Democrat, he has held local offices only, was a member of the school board four years, a member of the city council five years and still holds that office. He has been a trustee of the First Congregational Church of Curtis for the past twenty years.
During the late war he was a lieutenant in the Home Guards and participated in other civilian projects. In 1906 he attended the National Guard Encampment with the 2nd National Nebraska Guard, Company H. at Fort Riley. Among Mr. Johnson's civic and professional organizations are the Red Cross, the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Nebraska State Teachers Association, the Southwest Nebraska Schoolman's Club. For a number of years he was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a member at the present time of the Nebraskana Society, the Young Men's Christian Association (sponsor of school organization at the Nebraska School of Agriculture at Curtis). His favorite sport is golf, and he is football coach at the agricultural school. He devotes much time to reading, mechanics and architecture. Residence: Curtis.
Earle George Johnson
One of Nebraska's distinguished surgeons, Dr. Earle George Johnson is a lifelong resident of Hall County. He was born at Bellwood, Nebraska, May 30, 1887, the son of Edmund and Hariett Opal (Arasmith) Johnson. His father, who was a hardware merchant, was born at Coldwater, Michigan, May 10, 1863, and died at Grand Island, Nebraska, September 29, 1928. His mother was born at Oreon, Illinois, February 10, 1872. Her ancestors came from England and settled in Kentucky, later moving to Illinois and subsequently settling in Nebraska.
Dr. Johnson attended the public school at Clarks, Nebraska, and in 1905 was graduated from the high school there. He was a student at Nebraska Wesleyan University from 1905 to 1908, attended the University of Nebraska from 1908 to 1911 when he received the A. B. and A. M. degrees. He received a fellowship in physiology, histology, and embryology at the latter institution, and was elected to membership in Sigma Xi because of his scientific research work.
He was graduated from Rush Medical College in 1913 with the M. D. degree. Dr. Johnson was made a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Nu Sigma Nu at the University of Nebraska, and served as president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was a member of Theta Nu Epsilon at Rush Medical School, and a member of the Everett Society at Wesleyau University.
He has served as district surgeon for the Union Pacific Railroad at Grand Island, Nebraska, and as assistant surgeon for the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad since 1915, acting as chief surgeon for the Central Power Company since 1925. Dr. Johnson is chairman of the executive committee of the staff of St. Francis Hospital at Grand Island where he has been engaged in practice since 1914. He is the author of resolution adopted by the Nebraska State Medical Association requesting Governor Bryan to replace in the state budget the $25,000 item for continuation of tuberculosis eradication in cattle. During the World War he served as first lieutenant in the Medical Corps, was captain of the Medical Reserve Corps, and acted as chairman of the Hall County Medical Draft Board. He has been a member of the Officers Reserve and the American Legion since 1920.
Dr. Johnson served as president of the Hall County Medical Society in 1929, was delegate to the Nebraska State Medical Association Convention in 1928, is president of the Nebraska Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, and holds membership in the American Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the board of directors of the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce of which he is president, is a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Grand Island, and was formerly president of the council of the Boy Scouts of America, 1929-30.
From 1926 to 1928 he served as a member of the Grand Island School Board, and in 1929 was a member of the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association. His fraternal and social organizations include: University Club of Grand Island; Woodland Golf Club; Riverside Golf Club of which he is vice president; Elks;
