John M. Johnson
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| Name at Enlist | John M. Johnson |
| Birth Name | Johan Marcus Johnsen |
| Other Names | John Martin; John Martinius |
| Lived | 26 Oct 1843 – 9 Mar 1906 |
| Birth Place | Sannidal, Telemark fylke |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Primrose, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | E |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 8 Dec 1861 |
| Burial Location | Sunnyside Cemetery, Lake Mills, Winnebago County, IA |
| Mother | Anne Karine Johannesdatter |
| Mother Lived | ca 1808-? |
| Father | John Knudsen Stavsengen |
| Immigration | 1853 |
| Spouse | Isabella Charlson/Ingebor Nielsdatter Myaasund |
| Spouse Lived | 7 Sep 1847-9 Sep 1935 |
| Married On | 8 Jun 1866 |
| Marriage Location | Dane County, WI |
Johan Marcus Johnsen was born in Sannidal parish, Telemark, and left from Kragerø in 1853 with his mother.
John M. Johnson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company E. The men of the company called themselves “Odin’s Rifles.” The army listed him as living in Primrose, Dane County, WI, age 18, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on November 1, 1861, in Dane County, and mustered on December 8, 1861, at Madison, WI, as a Private (Menig). Johnson was with the provision transport from Stevenson, AL, on October 13, 1863. He was also with the Ambulance Corps on May 5, 1864. Johnson mustered out with Company E on December 20, 1864.
After the war, Johnson returned to Dane County, married, and moved to Winnebago Co., IA. John and Isabella had 13 children: Nils Johan (1867-?1885), Joseph Martin (1869-1957), Paulus Elias (1870-1885), Ellen Carine (1871-1933), Josephine Christine (1872-1968), Henry Samuel (1874-1947), Klara Luvise (1876-1960), Charles Aleat (1877-1937), George Phillip Ingeham (1879-?1954), Anna Rebecka (1880-1883), William Benjamin (1882-1946), Alvin R. (1884-1914), and Norman Elias (1885-1956).
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-7; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 74; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 482; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 304; 1860 Census, Roll: M653_1404, Page: 817, Image: 163, Family History Library Film: 805404; digitalarkivet.no; ancestry.com; findagrave.com; “Norwegian Immigrants 1850 and later”, database, NAGCNL, #40775.