Parsons Johnson was born in Somers, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

The evidence

• “PARSONS JOHNSON, insurance, loan agent and Notary Public, East Bridge street ; was born July 17, 1820, in Somers, Tolland Co., Conn. ; removed to StaiFord, Conn., Chicopee Falls, Hampden Co., Mass, thence to North Adams, Berkshire Co., Mass., where he was engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods; this business being detrimental to his health, he went to Greenwich, N. Y., and, in 1848, manufactured boots and shoes, firm of Johnson, Wells & Co., for three years; in 1851, went to'Ruthuid, Vt., where he manufactured boots and shoes on his own account, for three years, when he admitttd Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 749

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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