John H Johnson
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| Name at Enlist | John H Johnson |
| Birth Name | Johan Johansen Fjøsne |
| Other Names | John Henry Johnson |
| Lived | 18 Jul 1837 – 8 Oct 1896 |
| Birth Place | Fjösne, Etne, Hordaland |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Primrose, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | G |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 13 Dec 1861 |
| Burial Location | Richwood Methodist Cemetery, Byrds Creek, Richland County, WI |
| Mother | Susanne Torbjørnsdatter |
| Mother Lived | 1801-14 May 1854 |
| Father | Johan Vogt (Johan Georg Carlson Voight) |
| Father Lived | 1798-23 Dec 1838 |
| Immigration | 1857 |
| Spouse | Anna Larsen/Anne Larsdatter Frÿdenlund |
| Spouse Lived | 10 Sep 1846-12 Nov 1915 |
| Married On | 7 Jul 1867 |
| Marriage Location | Richwood, Richland County, WI |
Johan Johansen was born on the Fjösne farm in Etne parish, Hordaland, Norway, and left the parish with his brother in 1857.
Johnson joined WI 15th Infantry, Company G. The men of the company called themselves the “Rock River Rangers.” The army listed him as living in Primrose, Dane County, WI, age 24, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on November 4, 1861, at Beloit, WI, and mustered on December 13, 1861, at Madison, WI. Since he was a layman and without ordination, he could not be a Chaplain, but was designated Sergeant (Sersjant) on January 1, 1862. The governor, on October 19, 1864, officially commissioned him a Field Chaplain. He mustered out on January 13, 1865.
After the war, he was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church and served as a pastor in several communities including Coon Prairie, Vernon County, WI, and Chicago, IL He was also called back to Norway between 1880 and 1888. He and Anna had at least five Children: Cyrus C (ca 1869-1938), Ida (ca 1871-aft 1948), Mathilde (ca 1873-aft 1948), John Edwin (1875-1951) and Wilbur Vogt (1877-1948). John died October 8, 1896, in Cook County, IL, and is buried in Richwood Methodist Cemetery, Byrds Creek, Richland County, WI.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-9; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p.4, p. 98; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 335; Foreigners in the Union Army and Navy, Ella Lonn, Publ. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, LA, 1951, p. 319; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.244 photo, p. 245 photo, p. 290, p. 312; Lars Gjertveit, Bodo, Norway; “Norwegians in Wisconsin”, Richard J. Fapso, The Wisconsin Historical Society Press, Madison, WI, 2001, p. 21 photo; Wisconsin Marriage Records, Batch #M0039-0, GS Film #1275502; Ref ID: P 2-3; digitalarkivet.no; ancestry.com; findagrave.com; “Norwegian Immigrants 1850 and later”, database, NAGCNL, #64152..