Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Cary 1880 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 July 5, 2013, 5:52 pm Source: See Below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher CARY JOHNSON. Cary Johnson is well known in business circles of Ottumwa as a dealer in automobiles, handling the White, Studebaker and Spaulding cars. He is widely recognized as a young man of enterprise and energy who has won success in his undertakings. His birth occurred in Illinois on the 23d of March, 1880, his parents being W. C. and Ann (Jones) Johnson, the former born in Ohio on the 8th of May, 1833, and the latter in Indiana in 1845. C. Johnson, who followed general agricultural pursuits throughout his active business career, now makes his home with his children. During the period of the Civil war he served for three years with the Ninety-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. His wife was called to her final rest in 1900. They had four children, as follows: Charles, who is a resident of Champaign, Illinois; Edwin, living in Moscow, Idaho; Cary, of this review; and Forest, of Fayette county, Iowa. Cary Johnson attended the common schools of his native state in the acquirement of an education and was reared to manhood on the home farm. He came to Iowa in 1902 and has since spent most of the time in Wapello county. He was actively engaged in agricultural pursuits until September, 1913, and still owns a farm in this county on which he resided for two years and which is now operated with the aid of hired help. In September, 1913, he took up his abode in Ottumwa and bought out the automobile business of Mr. Fisk, having since maintained the salesroom in the Utt building. He handles the White, Studebaker and Spaulding cars and is accorded a gratifying patronage that makes the undertaking profitable. On the 1st of September, 1900, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Ociea Smith, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of J. E. and Catherine (Snavely) Smith, who are residents of Eldora, Iowa. The father is an agriculturist by occupation. Our subject and his wife have four children, namely: Edna Marie, Bertha May, Ona Irene and Virgil Glenn. Mr. Johnson gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is a Methodist in religious faith. His fellow citizens know him as a man of honor and genuine personal worth, meriting their respect, good-will and confidence. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA ILLUSTRATED VOLUME II CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/iafiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb