ERMA JOHNSON KYLE:

Erma Johnson Kyle, born in 1892, was the daughter of Frank Bivens Johnson. Frank Bivens Johnson was born in Mankato, Minnesota, in 1862, moved to Brainerd, Minnesota, in 1882, and died in 1902. He was the son of Parsons King Johnson, who was born in 1816, who resided in Rockford, Illinois, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and St. Paul, Minnesota, before moving to Mankato in 1852, and who died in 1907, Parsons King Johnson was the son of Charles Johnson (1774-1859), who married Eunice King. Eunice King (1786-1831) was the daughter of Simeon King and Mary Carver, who in turn was the daughter of Jonathan Carver. Another child of Simeon King and Mary Carver King was Jonathan Parsons King (1794-circa 1860), who went west from Brandon, Vermont in 1817 to explore the Jonathan Carver Claim and who later settled in Mackinac, Michigan. The above biographical data was drawn from the scrapbook.

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The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, genealogies, extracts from typewritten transcripts of letters, original letters, and a photo-graph (Parsons King Johnson). There is no systematic arrangement of materials within the volume.

Three major subject matter areas are included: the history of the Johnson and related families; the settlement of Mankato; and the grant of land allegedly made by Dakota Indians to Jonathan Carver in 1767. There is also some information on Carver's Cave, Rockford, Illinois, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Harriet E. Bishop, pioneer teacher in St. Paul.

Of particular interest are letters written by Jonathan Parsons King, Jonathan Carver's grandson, to Mary L. Johnson, his niece, and Eunice King Johnson, his sister, regarding the Carver Claim and his participation in the public affairs of Michigan; and letters from Parsons King Johnson to Mary L. Johnson, his sister, concerning his life in Rockford and St. Paul.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Kyle, Erma Johnson, Scrapbook. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Microfilm Production:

Saint Paul : Minnesota Historical Society, 1968.

Available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.

Location of Originals:

Original scrapbook (1 volume) loaned for copying by Erma J. Kyle, St. Paul, Minn.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 10,870

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017197350104294

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:

Carver Grant.

Land grants -- Minnesota.

Persons:

Beach family.

Bishop, Harriet E., 1817-1883.

Bivens family.

Carver family.

Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780.

Johnson family.

Johnson, Parsons King, 1816-1907.

King family.

King, Jonathan Parsons.

Places:

Carver's Cave (Saint Paul, Minn.).

Mankato (Minn.)

Prairie du Chien (Wis.)

Rockford (Ill.)

Saint Paul (Minn.)

Document Types:

Genealogies.

Microforms.

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