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M. J. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Corydon, Warren Co., Penn., was born in Livingston county, N. Y., March 9, 1835.
When eighteen years of age he left home and worked for farmers by the day until he had earned enough to buy a farm
in Allegany county, N. Y., which he cultivated and owned until 1867, when he exchanged his farm for a tract of
wild land in McKean county, Penn., which he has cleared and improved, and now has one of the best farms in Corydon
township. Mr. Johnson was married April 2, 1862, to Miss Mary A. Kirstatter, of Warren county, Penn., and they
have four children - Marion W., Alice M., Cora E. and Harrie F., all living at home. The parents of Mr. Johnson
were named Daniel and Elizabeth, the former of American and the latter of German descent. Mrs. Johnson's parents
were named Lorenzo and Maria Anna Kirstatter, of German birth.
From:
History of the Counties of
McKean, Elk and Forest,
Pennsylvania
With Biographical Selections.
J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers
Chicago, 1890.
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