History of northern Wisconsin: containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources, an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories, biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers, views of county seats, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881. p.1150

Andrew Johnson, mechanic in running-gear department of Parsons & Goodfellow's Carriage Works. Mr. Johnson was born in Sweden November, 1838. He emigrated to America in 1863, and lived in new York three months; then went to Chicago, Ill. He enlisted in 1864, in the Engineers Corps, and served fourteen months and was mustered out in Nashville, Tenn., in 1865. He returned to Chicago and erected a dwelling-house of his own and worked at the carpenter and joiner trade and carriage work. He made a fine carriage for Gen. Thomas, of Chattanooga, Tenn., during his service in the army. He has worked in Chicago for different parties about fifteen years, and when the above carriage works were moved from Chicago to Oshkosh he went with them. He has invented, and has a patent for, one of the most useful mechanic's planes in use; also a patent spokeshave. He was married in Chicago in 1870, to Miss Temperance Wilcox, who was born near Georgian Bay, Canada West. They have two children- Alice E. and Willie A.