Eric Johnson

ERIC JOHNSON, sixth in the line of chil­dren of Swan and Kjerstin Johnson, was born in Wiby, Sweden, January 24, 1868. The fol­low­ing May the fam­ily immi­grated to America where they located at Chicago, liv­ing there two years. They moved to Bement, Illinois, tar­ry­ing there for eight years, and then moved to Nebraska, locat­ing on a farm near Genoa, in Platte County, for one and one-half years, later mov­ing to their own farm west of Genoa.

Here Eric grew to man­hood, later enter­ing the gen­eral mer­chan­dise busi­ness in Genoa, Nebraska, where shortly after his elder brother, Peter, joined him in the estab­lish­ing of The Johnson Brothers gen­eral store which he oper­ated for thirty years.

On January 1, 1908, he united in mar­riage with Dora M. Johnson, of Genoa, Nebraska. To them were born three chil­dren — two daugh­ters, Frances and Carol, and one son, Richard Eric.

In June, 1928, they moved to Eugene, Oregon, where he engaged in the gro­cery busi­ness until his death which came on September 8, 1930. He is buried in a new ceme­tery in Eugene, Oregon.

Eric was a true Christian, an indul­gent father, a good cit­i­zen, and was loved by all who knew him.

Frances mar­ried Carl Knowles. They have Carol Ann (by a for­mer mar­riage), Katherine, and a son — Charles, I believe — about 5 years old. They live at Eugene, Oregon, now where Carl is employed. Frances has been a devoted mem­ber of the Order of Eastern Star.

Carol is Mrs. Sam Hutchings, and resides at 3717 Pioneer Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming. She had two adopted chil­dren David and Jane. Her hus­band, Sam, is very suc­cess­ful archi­tect: and they have a fine home there.

Richard Eric lives in Eugene, is con­nected with the Johnson Furniture Company of which Edwin is the pro­pri­etor. He is also mar­ried and has a family.