J.S. JOHNSON DEAD
Another of the Pioneer Residents Called From Earth.
Mr. Johnson Came Here In 1853 and Bought a Farm That is Now Central Park.
Another old settler has dropped by the wayside. Joseph S. Johnson died yesterday morning at his residence, 124 West Fifteenth street, after a brief illness. He was nearly 80 years of age; the immediate cause of death was pneumonia.
Mr. Johnson was born June 15, 1811, at Farmington, Me. He married Annie Wilder Jewett, of Gardiner, Me., Nov. 23, 1841. He settled in Minnesota, May, 1854. He purchased the 160 acres pre-empted by Daniel Fife, embracing the property south of Grant street and including Central Park, Oak Grove street and the bluff.
Mr. Johnson celebrated his golden wedding six weeks ago. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Ann W. Johnson, and three children, Mrs. E. P. Wells, Jamestown, N. D., Mrs. William H. West and Mrs. Paul Pierce, of this city.
The present and younger generation were but little acquainted with Mr. Johnson, for the reason that he was not engaged in active business of any kind since his removal to Minnesota, but many who would not otherwise recognize the name of a friend will remember the pleasant hours spent summer and winter, 20 to 30 years ago, on Johnson's Lake, now the most attractive feature of Loring Park, and on whose banks the Johnson residence stood for many years. While Mr. Johnson never aspired to the dignity of real everyday farming, his large and well-kept strawberry garden and a few acres of tilled ground, occupied, until 1871, the tract lying between Johnson's Lake, Nicollet avenue and Oak Grove and Thirteenth street. All the noble trees now casting their dense shade between Spruce street and Loring park were planted by Mr. Johnson's hands. When Mr. Johnson settled and built, within a few rods of his present home, a few scattering wooden buildings in the vicinity of Bridge square was the Alpha and Omega of Minneapolis, and his farm was considered well out in the country. Mr. Johnson paid Daniel Fife, the original entry man, $500 for his claim to this 160 acres, upon some part of which he has since lived. But for some slight incident now forgotten Mr. Johnson would have settled upon his original selection midway between St. Anthony and Anoka.
Mr. Johnson was always and Andrew Jackson Democrat and always voted the Democratic ticket in national politics, but in local affairs was the supporter of good men regardless of party affiliations. A strong temperance man in theory and practice; a firm believer in religion, he was one of the originators of the First Baptist Church and was believed to be its oldest member. Above everything else a modest and retiring man, he preserved a warm affection for old things and old friends but mingled little with the younger men and the newer life of the city of which he was one of the fathers and promoters. Next to his love of religion and Democratic doctrine the city of Minneapolis was his idol. So great was this latter feeling that for a period of about twenty years he was only induced to visit St. Paul once, which he said was sufficient, as "Minneapolis was good enough for him." The most conspicuous trait of Mr. Johnson's character was his tenacious, unswerving honesty, which was noticeable in every transaction great or small.
The funeral services will be at the house, 124 West Fifteenth street, 2 p. m. Thursday. The interment will be in the receiving vault at Lakewood. Rev. J. R. Manton and Rev. Dr. Wayland Hoyt will officiate. The pallbearers are Hon. Geo. A. Pillsbury, R. P. Russell, A. B. Barton, J. B. Bassett, J. H. Thompson, Albee Smith and T. K. Gray.
Star Tribune
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thursday, January 7, 1892 - Page 5
Another of the Pioneer Residents Called From Earth.
Mr. Johnson Came Here In 1853 and Bought a Farm That is Now Central Park.
Another old settler has dropped by the wayside. Joseph S. Johnson died yesterday morning at his residence, 124 West Fifteenth street, after a brief illness. He was nearly 80 years of age; the immediate cause of death was pneumonia.
Mr. Johnson was born June 15, 1811, at Farmington, Me. He married Annie Wilder Jewett, of Gardiner, Me., Nov. 23, 1841. He settled in Minnesota, May, 1854. He purchased the 160 acres pre-empted by Daniel Fife, embracing the property south of Grant street and including Central Park, Oak Grove street and the bluff.
Mr. Johnson celebrated his golden wedding six weeks ago. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Ann W. Johnson, and three children, Mrs. E. P. Wells, Jamestown, N. D., Mrs. William H. West and Mrs. Paul Pierce, of this city.
The present and younger generation were but little acquainted with Mr. Johnson, for the reason that he was not engaged in active business of any kind since his removal to Minnesota, but many who would not otherwise recognize the name of a friend will remember the pleasant hours spent summer and winter, 20 to 30 years ago, on Johnson's Lake, now the most attractive feature of Loring Park, and on whose banks the Johnson residence stood for many years. While Mr. Johnson never aspired to the dignity of real everyday farming, his large and well-kept strawberry garden and a few acres of tilled ground, occupied, until 1871, the tract lying between Johnson's Lake, Nicollet avenue and Oak Grove and Thirteenth street. All the noble trees now casting their dense shade between Spruce street and Loring park were planted by Mr. Johnson's hands. When Mr. Johnson settled and built, within a few rods of his present home, a few scattering wooden buildings in the vicinity of Bridge square was the Alpha and Omega of Minneapolis, and his farm was considered well out in the country. Mr. Johnson paid Daniel Fife, the original entry man, $500 for his claim to this 160 acres, upon some part of which he has since lived. But for some slight incident now forgotten Mr. Johnson would have settled upon his original selection midway between St. Anthony and Anoka.
Mr. Johnson was always and Andrew Jackson Democrat and always voted the Democratic ticket in national politics, but in local affairs was the supporter of good men regardless of party affiliations. A strong temperance man in theory and practice; a firm believer in religion, he was one of the originators of the First Baptist Church and was believed to be its oldest member. Above everything else a modest and retiring man, he preserved a warm affection for old things and old friends but mingled little with the younger men and the newer life of the city of which he was one of the fathers and promoters. Next to his love of religion and Democratic doctrine the city of Minneapolis was his idol. So great was this latter feeling that for a period of about twenty years he was only induced to visit St. Paul once, which he said was sufficient, as "Minneapolis was good enough for him." The most conspicuous trait of Mr. Johnson's character was his tenacious, unswerving honesty, which was noticeable in every transaction great or small.
The funeral services will be at the house, 124 West Fifteenth street, 2 p. m. Thursday. The interment will be in the receiving vault at Lakewood. Rev. J. R. Manton and Rev. Dr. Wayland Hoyt will officiate. The pallbearers are Hon. Geo. A. Pillsbury, R. P. Russell, A. B. Barton, J. B. Bassett, J. H. Thompson, Albee Smith and T. K. Gray.
Star Tribune
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thursday, January 7, 1892 - Page 5
J.S. JOHNSON DEAD
Another of the Pioneer Residents Called From Earth.
Mr. Johnson Came Here In 1853 and Bought a Farm That is Now Central Park.
Another old settler has dropped by the wayside. Joseph S. Johnson died yesterday morning at his residence, 124 West Fifteenth street, after a brief illness. He was nearly 80 years of age; the immediate cause of death was pneumonia.
Mr. Johnson was born June 15, 1811, at Farmington, Me. He married Annie Wilder Jewett, of Gardiner, Me., Nov. 23, 1841. He settled in Minnesota, May, 1854. He purchased the 160 acres pre-empted by Daniel Fife, embracing the property south of Grant street and including Central Park, Oak Grove street and the bluff.
Mr. Johnson celebrated his golden wedding six weeks ago. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Ann W. Johnson, and three children, Mrs. E. P. Wells, Jamestown, N. D., Mrs. William H. West and Mrs. Paul Pierce, of this city.
The present and younger generation were but little acquainted with Mr. Johnson, for the reason that he was not engaged in active business of any kind since his removal to Minnesota, but many who would not otherwise recognize the name of a friend will remember the pleasant hours spent summer and winter, 20 to 30 years ago, on Johnson's Lake, now the most attractive feature of Loring Park, and on whose banks the Johnson residence stood for many years. While Mr. Johnson never aspired to the dignity of real everyday farming, his large and well-kept strawberry garden and a few acres of tilled ground, occupied, until 1871, the tract lying between Johnson's Lake, Nicollet avenue and Oak Grove and Thirteenth street. All the noble trees now casting their dense shade between Spruce street and Loring park were planted by Mr. Johnson's hands. When Mr. Johnson settled and built, within a few rods of his present home, a few scattering wooden buildings in the vicinity of Bridge square was the Alpha and Omega of Minneapolis, and his farm was considered well out in the country. Mr. Johnson paid Daniel Fife, the original entry man, $500 for his claim to this 160 acres, upon some part of which he has since lived. But for some slight incident now forgotten Mr. Johnson would have settled upon his original selection midway between St. Anthony and Anoka.
Mr. Johnson was always and Andrew Jackson Democrat and always voted the Democratic ticket in national politics, but in local affairs was the supporter of good men regardless of party affiliations. A strong temperance man in theory and practice; a firm believer in religion, he was one of the originators of the First Baptist Church and was believed to be its oldest member. Above everything else a modest and retiring man, he preserved a warm affection for old things and old friends but mingled little with the younger men and the newer life of the city of which he was one of the fathers and promoters. Next to his love of religion and Democratic doctrine the city of Minneapolis was his idol. So great was this latter feeling that for a period of about twenty years he was only induced to visit St. Paul once, which he said was sufficient, as "Minneapolis was good enough for him." The most conspicuous trait of Mr. Johnson's character was his tenacious, unswerving honesty, which was noticeable in every transaction great or small.
The funeral services will be at the house, 124 West Fifteenth street, 2 p. m. Thursday. The interment will be in the receiving vault at Lakewood. Rev. J. R. Manton and Rev. Dr. Wayland Hoyt will officiate. The pallbearers are Hon. Geo. A. Pillsbury, R. P. Russell, A. B. Barton, J. B. Bassett, J. H. Thompson, Albee Smith and T. K. Gray.
Star Tribune
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thursday, January 7, 1892 - Page 5
Another of the Pioneer Residents Called From Earth.
Mr. Johnson Came Here In 1853 and Bought a Farm That is Now Central Park.
Another old settler has dropped by the wayside. Joseph S. Johnson died yesterday morning at his residence, 124 West Fifteenth street, after a brief illness. He was nearly 80 years of age; the immediate cause of death was pneumonia.
Mr. Johnson was born June 15, 1811, at Farmington, Me. He married Annie Wilder Jewett, of Gardiner, Me., Nov. 23, 1841. He settled in Minnesota, May, 1854. He purchased the 160 acres pre-empted by Daniel Fife, embracing the property south of Grant street and including Central Park, Oak Grove street and the bluff.
Mr. Johnson celebrated his golden wedding six weeks ago. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Ann W. Johnson, and three children, Mrs. E. P. Wells, Jamestown, N. D., Mrs. William H. West and Mrs. Paul Pierce, of this city.
The present and younger generation were but little acquainted with Mr. Johnson, for the reason that he was not engaged in active business of any kind since his removal to Minnesota, but many who would not otherwise recognize the name of a friend will remember the pleasant hours spent summer and winter, 20 to 30 years ago, on Johnson's Lake, now the most attractive feature of Loring Park, and on whose banks the Johnson residence stood for many years. While Mr. Johnson never aspired to the dignity of real everyday farming, his large and well-kept strawberry garden and a few acres of tilled ground, occupied, until 1871, the tract lying between Johnson's Lake, Nicollet avenue and Oak Grove and Thirteenth street. All the noble trees now casting their dense shade between Spruce street and Loring park were planted by Mr. Johnson's hands. When Mr. Johnson settled and built, within a few rods of his present home, a few scattering wooden buildings in the vicinity of Bridge square was the Alpha and Omega of Minneapolis, and his farm was considered well out in the country. Mr. Johnson paid Daniel Fife, the original entry man, $500 for his claim to this 160 acres, upon some part of which he has since lived. But for some slight incident now forgotten Mr. Johnson would have settled upon his original selection midway between St. Anthony and Anoka.
Mr. Johnson was always and Andrew Jackson Democrat and always voted the Democratic ticket in national politics, but in local affairs was the supporter of good men regardless of party affiliations. A strong temperance man in theory and practice; a firm believer in religion, he was one of the originators of the First Baptist Church and was believed to be its oldest member. Above everything else a modest and retiring man, he preserved a warm affection for old things and old friends but mingled little with the younger men and the newer life of the city of which he was one of the fathers and promoters. Next to his love of religion and Democratic doctrine the city of Minneapolis was his idol. So great was this latter feeling that for a period of about twenty years he was only induced to visit St. Paul once, which he said was sufficient, as "Minneapolis was good enough for him." The most conspicuous trait of Mr. Johnson's character was his tenacious, unswerving honesty, which was noticeable in every transaction great or small.
The funeral services will be at the house, 124 West Fifteenth street, 2 p. m. Thursday. The interment will be in the receiving vault at Lakewood. Rev. J. R. Manton and Rev. Dr. Wayland Hoyt will officiate. The pallbearers are Hon. Geo. A. Pillsbury, R. P. Russell, A. B. Barton, J. B. Bassett, J. H. Thompson, Albee Smith and T. K. Gray.
Star Tribune
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thursday, January 7, 1892 - Page 5
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