Carl Otto Johnson (1862 - 1935)

Carl Otto Johnson was born July 18, 1862 in Sweden. He died on August 19, 1935 in Stoughton, Wisconsin, USA. (Riverside Cemetery, Stoughton, WI.) He married Martha Carlson, on January 18, 1888 in Wisconsin, daughter of Karl Andreas Thomsen and Anna Hansdatter. They had 6 children and an adopted daughter:

1. Carl Gustav Emil Johnson, b. March 20, 1889 in Dane County, WI, d. Sep. 28, 1964 in Stoughton, WI.
2. Oscar Alfred Johnson, b. August 5, 1892, d. September 08, 1954.
3. Clara Johnson, b. June 1895. d. in Ohio.
4. Emma Johnson, b. November 15, 1898. d. July 1968.
5. Arthur Johnson, b. Jan. 1900, d. January 10, 1958.
6. Mrs. Boden.
7. Mrs. Nora Kirkpatrick. She was an adopted daughter.

Carl Otto and Martha with their children Oscar and Emil.

Carl Otto Johnson emigrated to America 1882. He married Martha Carlson in 1888. From the 1900 census report we can see that they were farming in Rutland township near Stoughton, Wisconsin, USA, together with their 5 children. Marthas brother Tollef (Tolley) Carlson was living with them at that time.

His gravestone at Find a Grave.

Carl Otto's obituary in Stoughton Hub Newspaper, Aug. 20, 1935:

CARL JOHNSON, 73; DIES HERE
Town of Dunkirk Farmer Dies Monday
After Suffering Stroke Saturday

Carl O. Johnson, 73, town of Dunkirk farmer, died here Monday evening at the home of his son, Amil, 610 Oak street, following a short illness. Mr. Johnson suffered a stroke while visiting at his son's home Saturday, from which he failed to recover, and death occurred about 10 p.m. Monday evening.

He was born in Sweden, July 18, 1862, and came to the United States in 1882. He was engaged in farming in the vicinity of Stoughton and Evansville, and for the past 30 years has been located on a farm about three miles south of Stoughton. On Jan. 18, 1888, he married to Martha Carlson by the Rev. T. H. Dahl.

Survivors include the widow, three daughters, Mrs. Clara Clausen, Dunkirk, Mrs. Kostrak, of Madison; Mrs. Boden, Rockford Ill.; three sons, Amil, of Stoughton; Arthur, Dunkirk; Oscar, Madison; one adopted daughter, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Madison; one brother August, of Evansville, and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Kjolseth Funeral Home, and at 2 o'clock at the First Lutheran church, with the Rev. M. H. Hegge officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside cementry.

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1) Simon Steinsbø: Fitjar bygdebok bind I, page 434 - 435.
Jacob Aaland: Fitjar Bygdeskipnad og bygdesoge.
Digitalarkivet.
The 1900 census report.
Stoughton Hub Newspaper.
Thanks to Janet Minett for the pictures and info.
Thanks to Erv Erdahl for the obituary.