This is the history of OUR John Johnson and his family.
2nd child & Oldest son of
Mother: Helene Ellefsdatter Masterod
Father: Ingebrigt Johnson Helle
(They had a total of 14 children)
1845 Sailed to New York aboard the Salvator;
Lived in New York for about 4 years
c. 1849 Moved to Wisconsin
1858 Married Mary A. Ray
Parents of 4 children who lived to adulthood
1859 John (lived less than 10 years)
1861 Frances
1867 Eugene
1869 Isaac
1872 Clarence
2 other children died in infancy
1861 Enlisted in the Union Army, 7th Wisconsin Infantry, Company F
1863 Detachment In Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillary
1864 Mustered out & returned to Wisconsin
1874 Death of wife Mary
1875 Married Cornelia Alsista Underwood Richardson
Cornelia had 1 living child, Ada, by 1st marriage
Parents of 1 child who lived to adulthood
1879 Minnie
2 other children died in infancy
1876 Moved to Mitchell County, Kansas
c. 1902 Had a stroke of paralysis
1904 Death
1924 Death of wife Cornelia