Born on November 5, 1807, in Connecticut. In 1852 Mr. Johnson came to Jones County, Iowa from Ohio. He settled on a farm about four miles east of Wyoming to what is called Pleasant Ridge. He was one of the leading Democrats of that section of Iowa, and served in the state legislature as representative from the district then composed of Dubuque, Clayton and Jones counties. He was a native of Connecticut, and of old New England stock. His wife, Sophia F. Bill Post, came from New York State. He died in Connecticut on August 1, 1876 where he had gone for the benefit of his health. He left behind three sons in Wyoming, and one (Dr. George O. Johnson who served as a senator in the first legislature of Oklahoma) in Connecticut.