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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 628-629]

    ANDREW JOHNSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Cedar Township, is a well-
    known early settler, having settled in Cherokee County in 1871. He
    was born in Onondaga County, New York, March 23, 1834, and is a son
    of ANDREW JOHNSON, a native of Herkimer County, New York.  His mother
    was MARY GRIFFIN, also a native of the State of New York.  ANDREW grew
    to manhood surrounded by agricultural industries, and obtained his
    education in the common schools of that day.  At the age of twenty-one
    years he went to learn the cabinet-maker's and painter's trades, which
    avocations he followed several years.  Mr. JOHNSON was united in the
    holy bonds of wedlock in Onondaga County, New York, February 19, 1858,
    to Miss JANE SNYDER.  She was born in Schoharie County, New York, and
    is a daughter of JACOB and NANCY (FUNK) SNYDER, also natives of
    Schoharie County.  In 1867 Mr. JOHNSON was seized with a Western fever
    and came to Iowa, locating in Boone County, where he lived four years.
    He then settled on his present land, where he has since resided, en-
    gaged in farming and stock-raising.  He has been successful in his
    undertakings, and has done his share in assisting the development
    and growth of the township.  Mr. and Mrs. JOHNSON have had born to
    them two sons: MARTIN A., born February 19, 1870, and EUGENE, born
    December 24, 1871.  Mr. JOHNSON is not bound by any political ties,
    but casts his vote independently, preferring to be his own judge of
    the character of the office-holders of the country.  He is a man
    nearly fifty-five years of age, bears his years lightly, is cordial
    in disposition, and has the confidence and respect of a wide circle
    of acquaintances.

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