Sacramento County
Biographies
ANTON L. JOHNSON
ANTON L. JOHNSON,--A wide-awake, thoroughly progressive general contractor whose industry and enterprise have entitled him to the success he now enjoys, is Anton L. Johnson of Sacramento. He was born on February 13, 1877, at Ystad, Sweden, the son of John A. and Johanna J. Johnson, both of whom were born, reared and married in their native country. The father came to the United States in young manhood and located at Rockford, Ill.; then he made a trip back to his native country, coming again to America. He followed the builder's trade in Rockford and was recognized as a very expert craftsman. Making a trip to California, at Burbank he constructed a furniture factory for a syndicate in that city. He made a second trip to Sweden, and when our subject was ten years old the family emigrated to this country and settled in Rockford, where members of the family still reside, and where the parents lived until their deaths, the father passing away in 1893 and the mother in 1920.
Anton L. Johnson attended school in his native land and completed his education in the Rockford city schools; taking special courses in evening schools and private instruction in architecture and drafting. When not in school he worked at the carpenter trade with his father, and when through school he began working as a journeyman, remaining in Illinois until he came to California and Sacramento in 1904. While in Rockford he was a member of the National Guards of Illinois and upon the outbreak of the Spanish-American War he enlisted and served through the Porto Rico campaign. Upon coming to Sacramento he began working at this trade until he was familiar with the methods as used in California, then began taking contracts, and while operating in Sacramento he has had charge of construction and erection of many important buildings in this vicinity. He specializes in dwellings, flats and buildings of like character. During the busy season he employs about thirty men and has come to be known as a very successful and reliable contractor.
Anton L. Johnson was united in marriage with Miss Olga Dorothea Johnson and they are the parents of one child, Dolores Verona. In national politics, Mr. Johnson is a stanch Republican, and votes in accord with the principles of that party. Fraternally, he is a Mason and an Odd Fellow; and he is a member of the Master Builders' Association and Builders' Exchange. He is very fond of the great out-of-doors and is especially interested in fishing, hunting and baseball. Deeply interested in the growth and welfare of the community, he was appointed as the first secretary of the Curtis Oaks Improvement Club, and was a pioneer of the Curtis Oaks section.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County, California
With Biographical Sketches, Page 862. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.