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- 5 MARTHA ANDERSON, b. November 26, 1841, Dane Co., Wis. (hus) Lewis Johnson, b. April 15, 1838, in Denmark, Europe. Married March 30, 1866, at Featherstone, Goodhue County, Minn. Mr. Johnson was a veteran of the Civil War, and on his return from the South, began farming in Goodhue county. There he prospered and raised a family. He took a very active parr in Sunday-school work in the county. One of his hobbies was the keeping of a diary, in which he noted facts about weather, prices of grain, the cost of machinery, and supplies, the cost of land he purchased, and incidents in his life. A Red Wing paper of February, 1920, published excerpts from this diary, bringing out many historical facts of interest. He died July 30, 1930, at the home of his daughter in St. Paul, Minn. Martha was reared in the pioneer home of her parents on Koshkonong Prairie, Wis. She was the first white child born in the settlement. After her marriage she started pioneer life anew on their farm in Goodhue county, Minn. She passed away February 2, 1927, at her home in Goodhue. Children born to them are,-George (5a), Alton (5b), Eva (5c), and Merrill (5d). [2]
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