Information from the St. Peter Tribune 10/13/1915 and St. Peter Herald 10/15/1915
Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Johnson, one of Nicollet County's pioneer women passed away at the home of her son, Major Arthur Johnson of Fort Snelling last Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mrs Johnson, born September 21, 1838, was a native of Halsingland, Sweden. having thus passed her 77th year. She was the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Nelson and came to this country with her parents in the early fifties. The family lived in Illinois for a couple of years and about 1853 her father organized a party and came to Nicollet County. They decided to settle on the banks of Swan Lake. Her father was probably the first man to set foot in what is now Brighton township. After filing their claims in the St. Peter land office, the new settlers returned to Illinois gathered their household effects and brought their families to Nicollet County by ox teams.
The deceased lived at Swan Lake for three years and on March 7, 1857 was married to the late Swan Johnson. The marriage ceremony, which was one of the first to take place in the new town, was performed by the Rev. N.M. Adams and made her home here. Mr. Johnson was a carpenter by trade and in later years carried on an extensive contracting business erecting a great many buildings in and around St. Peter. He died in 1884 and, until a little more than a year ago, Mrs. Johnson made her home in the old homestead on Third Street.
She was a woman who was remarkable for her alert and vigorous mentality and for her strength of will. She was the mother of seven children, three of whom survive. These qualities were transmitted to her children to a very marked degree.
Her three daughters, Nellie, Esther Elizabeth and Augusta May, died within a period of six years. One son, Clarence, an architect of considerable note, died in 1895. He graduated from the University of Minnesota. He designed the buildings for Fort Brady at Sault St. Marie, Michigan and it is a fact worthy to note that the plans he drew, with minor modifications, are still in use. So well were the buildings adapted to military uses that he was given a similar commission at Fort Harrison, Montana. and while there contracted his final illness.
Three sons survive; Colonel Franklin O. Johnson Major Arthur A. Johnson were educated at the United States military academy at West Point, New York and are among the most efficient officers in the American Army. The fourth son, Aaron Johnson, now living in California, studied at the University of Minnesota and also took up architecture. Like his elder brothers, he entered the service of the government and prepared plans for the post at Columbus Barracks, Fort Pickett, and Fort Omaha. Perhaps his most important work consisted of designing the defenses the on the Corrigidor Island, which commands the entrance to Manila Bay
In June, 1914, Mrs Johnson went to Fort Snelling to make her home with her son. In December, she fell down a stairway and sustained a fracture of one of her hips. The injury was a very serious one and she never really recovered from the shock. She was never able to leave her bed, the confinement being extremely irksome to a woman of her temperament and for the last month she had been failing rapidly.
Mrs. Johnson is also survived one brother, John Nelson of Brighton; one sister, Mrs. Andrew Olson, of Fertile, Minnesota and five grandchildren; Arthur, Ogden, Margaret, and Franklin of Fort Snelling and Aaron Johnson of Sault St. Marie, Michigan.
The remains were brought to St. Peter Sunday Noon and the funeral services were held from the Presbyterian Church at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. W.N. Courtice conducting the service. The interment was made in the family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery.
The honorary pallbearers (a veritable who's who of St. Peter) were Lt. Gov. G.S. Ives St. Paul; Dr. J.P. Uhler, H.L. Stark, James Clark, L.M. Erickson, G.H. Ribble, Judge Henry Moll, and M.H. Johnson of St. Peter. The active pall bearers were Dr. K.A. Kilander, W.W. Hodgkins, W.E. Nutter, H.N. Nelson, A.M. Nelson and O.j. Quane
Free Press 10/15/1915: A paragraph with additional insights into Margaret's life
The Johnson home was the scene of many a pleasant gathering in the olden days. Mrs. Johnson delighted in company and considered it a great privilege to have her friends break bread with her. She was a royal entertainer an a staunch friend.
Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Johnson, one of Nicollet County's pioneer women passed away at the home of her son, Major Arthur Johnson of Fort Snelling last Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mrs Johnson, born September 21, 1838, was a native of Halsingland, Sweden. having thus passed her 77th year. She was the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Nelson and came to this country with her parents in the early fifties. The family lived in Illinois for a couple of years and about 1853 her father organized a party and came to Nicollet County. They decided to settle on the banks of Swan Lake. Her father was probably the first man to set foot in what is now Brighton township. After filing their claims in the St. Peter land office, the new settlers returned to Illinois gathered their household effects and brought their families to Nicollet County by ox teams.
The deceased lived at Swan Lake for three years and on March 7, 1857 was married to the late Swan Johnson. The marriage ceremony, which was one of the first to take place in the new town, was performed by the Rev. N.M. Adams and made her home here. Mr. Johnson was a carpenter by trade and in later years carried on an extensive contracting business erecting a great many buildings in and around St. Peter. He died in 1884 and, until a little more than a year ago, Mrs. Johnson made her home in the old homestead on Third Street.
She was a woman who was remarkable for her alert and vigorous mentality and for her strength of will. She was the mother of seven children, three of whom survive. These qualities were transmitted to her children to a very marked degree.
Her three daughters, Nellie, Esther Elizabeth and Augusta May, died within a period of six years. One son, Clarence, an architect of considerable note, died in 1895. He graduated from the University of Minnesota. He designed the buildings for Fort Brady at Sault St. Marie, Michigan and it is a fact worthy to note that the plans he drew, with minor modifications, are still in use. So well were the buildings adapted to military uses that he was given a similar commission at Fort Harrison, Montana. and while there contracted his final illness.
Three sons survive; Colonel Franklin O. Johnson Major Arthur A. Johnson were educated at the United States military academy at West Point, New York and are among the most efficient officers in the American Army. The fourth son, Aaron Johnson, now living in California, studied at the University of Minnesota and also took up architecture. Like his elder brothers, he entered the service of the government and prepared plans for the post at Columbus Barracks, Fort Pickett, and Fort Omaha. Perhaps his most important work consisted of designing the defenses the on the Corrigidor Island, which commands the entrance to Manila Bay
In June, 1914, Mrs Johnson went to Fort Snelling to make her home with her son. In December, she fell down a stairway and sustained a fracture of one of her hips. The injury was a very serious one and she never really recovered from the shock. She was never able to leave her bed, the confinement being extremely irksome to a woman of her temperament and for the last month she had been failing rapidly.
Mrs. Johnson is also survived one brother, John Nelson of Brighton; one sister, Mrs. Andrew Olson, of Fertile, Minnesota and five grandchildren; Arthur, Ogden, Margaret, and Franklin of Fort Snelling and Aaron Johnson of Sault St. Marie, Michigan.
The remains were brought to St. Peter Sunday Noon and the funeral services were held from the Presbyterian Church at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. W.N. Courtice conducting the service. The interment was made in the family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery.
The honorary pallbearers (a veritable who's who of St. Peter) were Lt. Gov. G.S. Ives St. Paul; Dr. J.P. Uhler, H.L. Stark, James Clark, L.M. Erickson, G.H. Ribble, Judge Henry Moll, and M.H. Johnson of St. Peter. The active pall bearers were Dr. K.A. Kilander, W.W. Hodgkins, W.E. Nutter, H.N. Nelson, A.M. Nelson and O.j. Quane
Free Press 10/15/1915: A paragraph with additional insights into Margaret's life
The Johnson home was the scene of many a pleasant gathering in the olden days. Mrs. Johnson delighted in company and considered it a great privilege to have her friends break bread with her. She was a royal entertainer an a staunch friend.
Information from the St. Peter Tribune 10/13/1915 and St. Peter Herald 10/15/1915
Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Johnson, one of Nicollet County's pioneer women passed away at the home of her son, Major Arthur Johnson of Fort Snelling last Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mrs Johnson, born September 21, 1838, was a native of Halsingland, Sweden. having thus passed her 77th year. She was the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Nelson and came to this country with her parents in the early fifties. The family lived in Illinois for a couple of years and about 1853 her father organized a party and came to Nicollet County. They decided to settle on the banks of Swan Lake. Her father was probably the first man to set foot in what is now Brighton township. After filing their claims in the St. Peter land office, the new settlers returned to Illinois gathered their household effects and brought their families to Nicollet County by ox teams.
The deceased lived at Swan Lake for three years and on March 7, 1857 was married to the late Swan Johnson. The marriage ceremony, which was one of the first to take place in the new town, was performed by the Rev. N.M. Adams and made her home here. Mr. Johnson was a carpenter by trade and in later years carried on an extensive contracting business erecting a great many buildings in and around St. Peter. He died in 1884 and, until a little more than a year ago, Mrs. Johnson made her home in the old homestead on Third Street.
She was a woman who was remarkable for her alert and vigorous mentality and for her strength of will. She was the mother of seven children, three of whom survive. These qualities were transmitted to her children to a very marked degree.
Her three daughters, Nellie, Esther Elizabeth and Augusta May, died within a period of six years. One son, Clarence, an architect of considerable note, died in 1895. He graduated from the University of Minnesota. He designed the buildings for Fort Brady at Sault St. Marie, Michigan and it is a fact worthy to note that the plans he drew, with minor modifications, are still in use. So well were the buildings adapted to military uses that he was given a similar commission at Fort Harrison, Montana. and while there contracted his final illness.
Three sons survive; Colonel Franklin O. Johnson Major Arthur A. Johnson were educated at the United States military academy at West Point, New York and are among the most efficient officers in the American Army. The fourth son, Aaron Johnson, now living in California, studied at the University of Minnesota and also took up architecture. Like his elder brothers, he entered the service of the government and prepared plans for the post at Columbus Barracks, Fort Pickett, and Fort Omaha. Perhaps his most important work consisted of designing the defenses the on the Corrigidor Island, which commands the entrance to Manila Bay
In June, 1914, Mrs Johnson went to Fort Snelling to make her home with her son. In December, she fell down a stairway and sustained a fracture of one of her hips. The injury was a very serious one and she never really recovered from the shock. She was never able to leave her bed, the confinement being extremely irksome to a woman of her temperament and for the last month she had been failing rapidly.
Mrs. Johnson is also survived one brother, John Nelson of Brighton; one sister, Mrs. Andrew Olson, of Fertile, Minnesota and five grandchildren; Arthur, Ogden, Margaret, and Franklin of Fort Snelling and Aaron Johnson of Sault St. Marie, Michigan.
The remains were brought to St. Peter Sunday Noon and the funeral services were held from the Presbyterian Church at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. W.N. Courtice conducting the service. The interment was made in the family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery.
The honorary pallbearers (a veritable who's who of St. Peter) were Lt. Gov. G.S. Ives St. Paul; Dr. J.P. Uhler, H.L. Stark, James Clark, L.M. Erickson, G.H. Ribble, Judge Henry Moll, and M.H. Johnson of St. Peter. The active pall bearers were Dr. K.A. Kilander, W.W. Hodgkins, W.E. Nutter, H.N. Nelson, A.M. Nelson and O.j. Quane
Free Press 10/15/1915: A paragraph with additional insights into Margaret's life
The Johnson home was the scene of many a pleasant gathering in the olden days. Mrs. Johnson delighted in company and considered it a great privilege to have her friends break bread with her. She was a royal entertainer an a staunch friend.
Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Johnson, one of Nicollet County's pioneer women passed away at the home of her son, Major Arthur Johnson of Fort Snelling last Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mrs Johnson, born September 21, 1838, was a native of Halsingland, Sweden. having thus passed her 77th year. She was the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Nelson and came to this country with her parents in the early fifties. The family lived in Illinois for a couple of years and about 1853 her father organized a party and came to Nicollet County. They decided to settle on the banks of Swan Lake. Her father was probably the first man to set foot in what is now Brighton township. After filing their claims in the St. Peter land office, the new settlers returned to Illinois gathered their household effects and brought their families to Nicollet County by ox teams.
The deceased lived at Swan Lake for three years and on March 7, 1857 was married to the late Swan Johnson. The marriage ceremony, which was one of the first to take place in the new town, was performed by the Rev. N.M. Adams and made her home here. Mr. Johnson was a carpenter by trade and in later years carried on an extensive contracting business erecting a great many buildings in and around St. Peter. He died in 1884 and, until a little more than a year ago, Mrs. Johnson made her home in the old homestead on Third Street.
She was a woman who was remarkable for her alert and vigorous mentality and for her strength of will. She was the mother of seven children, three of whom survive. These qualities were transmitted to her children to a very marked degree.
Her three daughters, Nellie, Esther Elizabeth and Augusta May, died within a period of six years. One son, Clarence, an architect of considerable note, died in 1895. He graduated from the University of Minnesota. He designed the buildings for Fort Brady at Sault St. Marie, Michigan and it is a fact worthy to note that the plans he drew, with minor modifications, are still in use. So well were the buildings adapted to military uses that he was given a similar commission at Fort Harrison, Montana. and while there contracted his final illness.
Three sons survive; Colonel Franklin O. Johnson Major Arthur A. Johnson were educated at the United States military academy at West Point, New York and are among the most efficient officers in the American Army. The fourth son, Aaron Johnson, now living in California, studied at the University of Minnesota and also took up architecture. Like his elder brothers, he entered the service of the government and prepared plans for the post at Columbus Barracks, Fort Pickett, and Fort Omaha. Perhaps his most important work consisted of designing the defenses the on the Corrigidor Island, which commands the entrance to Manila Bay
In June, 1914, Mrs Johnson went to Fort Snelling to make her home with her son. In December, she fell down a stairway and sustained a fracture of one of her hips. The injury was a very serious one and she never really recovered from the shock. She was never able to leave her bed, the confinement being extremely irksome to a woman of her temperament and for the last month she had been failing rapidly.
Mrs. Johnson is also survived one brother, John Nelson of Brighton; one sister, Mrs. Andrew Olson, of Fertile, Minnesota and five grandchildren; Arthur, Ogden, Margaret, and Franklin of Fort Snelling and Aaron Johnson of Sault St. Marie, Michigan.
The remains were brought to St. Peter Sunday Noon and the funeral services were held from the Presbyterian Church at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. W.N. Courtice conducting the service. The interment was made in the family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery.
The honorary pallbearers (a veritable who's who of St. Peter) were Lt. Gov. G.S. Ives St. Paul; Dr. J.P. Uhler, H.L. Stark, James Clark, L.M. Erickson, G.H. Ribble, Judge Henry Moll, and M.H. Johnson of St. Peter. The active pall bearers were Dr. K.A. Kilander, W.W. Hodgkins, W.E. Nutter, H.N. Nelson, A.M. Nelson and O.j. Quane
Free Press 10/15/1915: A paragraph with additional insights into Margaret's life
The Johnson home was the scene of many a pleasant gathering in the olden days. Mrs. Johnson delighted in company and considered it a great privilege to have her friends break bread with her. She was a royal entertainer an a staunch friend.
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