(From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 850)

E. L. Johnson has resided in Northwood, Worth Co., Iowa, since 1874, at which time he embarked in the mercantile business in company with a partner, under the firm name of E. L. Johnson & Co. He was born in Norway, Nov. 8, 1841. In 1856 he emigrated to the United States, stopping first for a few years in Lafayette Co., Wis. In 1854 he went to Monroe, Green county, same State, where he served six years as clerk in a store. He then removed to Albert Lea, Minn., where he was a clerk in a store until 1874. He was married in 1857 to Mary Serverson.

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, March 22, 2008