Title: George Henry Johnson Diaries
Inclusive Dates: 1875-1917

Creator:

• Johnson, George Henry, 1832-1917

Call Number: Whitewater Mss CH

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives & Area Research Center, Harold Andersen Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Whitewater Library / Whitewater Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Diaries of Johnson relating to his farming activities in the Cold Springs area of Jefferson County, Wis. The diaries contain daily weather observations; remarks on farm life, family activities, and his retirement to Whitewater, Wis. in 1899; and records of visiting relatives in New York and Minnesota and traveling to California, England, France, and the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Johnson also recorded his observations of world and regional events such as Queen Victoria's death, President McKinley's assassination, local centennial parades, and the 1891 fire at Whitewater Normal School. Johnson's accounts of attendance at Old Settlers meetings in Palmyra, Wis., recorded in the diaries, document the lives of early settlers in Jefferson County. Also included are two diaries by Johnson's children, his daughter, Minnie (Johnson) Steel (1899), and his son, Clarence B. Johnson (1907).

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-whit00ch

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George Henry Johnson was born in 1832 in Stockbridge, Oneida County, New York and came with his family to the Cold Springs area in Jefferson County, Wisconsin in 1841 where he farmed until 1899. The farm was principally a dairy farm although they also raised oats and pigs. Johnson married Elizabeth Cheesbrough in 1856 at Koshkonong and they had two children, Arthur and Minnie. Elizabeth died in 1875 and in 1877 Johnson traveled to New York and was married to Angeline DeEtte Burdick. They had a son, Clarence (1884-1908). After retiring from farming, George and DeEtte lived in Whitewater until his death in 1917.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Clarence A. Ardelt, May 24, 2002. Accession Number: M2003-031

Processing Information

Processed by Amy Rommel, April 2003.

	George Henry Johnson Diaries
Box   1 Folder   1	1875-1876
Box   1 Folder   2	1878-1880
Box   1 Folder   3	1881-1883
Box   1 Folder   4	1884-1886
Box   1 Folder   5	1887-1889
Box   1 Folder   6	1890-1892
Box   2 Folder   1	1893-1895
Box   2 Folder   2	1896-1898
Box   2 Folder   3	1899-1901
Box   2 Folder   4	1902-1904
Box   2 Folder   5	1905-1907
Box   2 Folder   6	1908-1910
Box   3 Folder   1	1911-1913
Box   3 Folder   2	1914-1916
Box   3 Folder   3	1917
Box   3 Folder   4	Minnie (Johnson) Steel Diary, 1899
Box   3 Folder   5	Clarence B. Johnson Diary, 1907