| CharlesF. Johnson |
CHARLES F. JOHNSON, practicalfarmer and truck-raiser of Beardstown, was born in Salem county, New Jersey,April 7, 1863. He lived in his native State until thirteen, when his parentscame to Cass county, setting in Beardstown. The father, Chalkley Johnson,followed his trade as a carpenter until February, 1884, when he and alltheir children, but one, Charles, went to Sedgwick county, Kansas, andsettled on a farm, where the father and mother both live. The latter’smaiden name was Luwesia Lippencott. Both were natives of Salem county,New Jersey, where they were reared, married and all their children wereborn. They had four, of whom our subject is the youngest, and of whom threeare yet living,–Charles and two sisters, Mrs. Mary McKennel, of Sedgwickcounty, Kansas, and Mrs. Ellis Crater, now living in Beardstown.Mr. Johnson has a fine farmof 238 acres, most of it located in township 18, range 11. He has ownedit for four years, having managed it on his own account for two years previously.Since he bought it he has made considerable improvement in the buildings.When he was twenty-one years of age he began to raise truck, making a specialtyof sweet potatoes. He has been a hard worker and is very successful ineverything he undertakes. He has made his large property by his own efforts.
He was married in this county,to Amelia Shuman, born in Hagener Station, Cass county, in 1866. She wasreared and educated here, and is a good woman. She is the daughter of JohnShuman, who was a native of Germany, coming to America when a young manand settling in Cass county, where he spent his last days as a farmer,dying in 1888, aged sixty-eight. He was a good man and a member of theGerman Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a Democrat in politics. His wifedied in 1867, after the birth of five children, of whom Mrs. Johnson isthe youngest. All the other children are now married. Mrs. Shuman was bornin Germany, and her maiden name was Kate Loeb. She was a good wife andmother, and a member of the German Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Johnson and wife havethree children,–Viola, Gurtre and Nettie. They are members of the MethodistEpiscopal Church, and Mr. Johnson is a Republican in politics. They areworthy, good people.
Biographical Review ofCass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, Biographical Review PublishingCo., Chicago, 1892, pages 294-295.
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