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prosperous farmer of Hiram, Ohio who provided a home for Joseph Smith
and his family from September 1831 to April 1832. In his home Joseph and
Sidney Rigdon worked on revisions to the Bible and received "the vision" (D&C
76). In March 1832 Joseph and Sidney were dragged from their beds by a
mob that included John Johnson Jr., and were tarred and feathered. John
Johnson was a member of the United Firm and the Kirtland stake high council
until 1837, when he was dropped from the council and his two disillusioned
apostle-sons were excommunicated. |
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April 11, 1778 in Chesterfield,
Cheshire County, New Hampshire |
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¶ Ancestry.com |
| Died |
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July 30, 1843 in Kirtland,
Lake County, Ohio |
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| Father |
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Israel Johnson (1732–1802) |
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| Mother |
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Abigail Higgins (1741–1826) |
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| Marriage |
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June 22, 1800 marries
Alice (Elsa) Jacobs in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. |
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| Pomfret, Vermont |
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1807, Luke is
born; 1809, Olmstead; 1811, Lyman;
1813, Emily; 1815, Miranda Nancy; all in Pomfret,
Vermont. |
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| Hiram, Ohio |
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[January 1818] … about
the 23d of the same month Samuel Udall, John Johnson, Martin
Miller, Charles Loomis and Thomas Cowen left Pomfret and Hartford, Vt.,
with their families, which were all large, bound for Hiram. Udall had four
yoke of oxen, three horses and a cow. The rest were also supplied well
with oxen and horses. The weather was cold; the snow was deep, and they
were six weeks on the road. Arriving in Hiram March 4, 1818, Udall settled
on the west halves of Lots 24 and 27, Johnson on the west ends of Lots
22 and 39, … |
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Portage history, 470–471. |
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February 1818 moves to Hiram,
Portage County, Ohio. |
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Women of Mormondom, 229. |
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a Methodist |
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[1826] becomes a Methodist |
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¶ Luke
S. Johnson (h) |
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Book of Mormon with Ezra Booth |
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Winter 1830–1831
Ezra Booth, a friend and Methodist minister brings a copy of the Book of
Mormon to John, and they sit up all night reading it. |
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Marinda Nancy Johnson
Hyde, qtd. in Women of Mormondom, 403–404. |
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Joseph, baptized |
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[February
1831] As soon as they heard that Joseph Smith had arrived in Kirtland,
Mr. Booth and wife and my father and mother went immediately to see him.
They were convinced and baptized before they returned. They invited the
prophet and Elder Rigdon to accompany them home, which they did, and preached
several times to crowded congregations, baptizing quite a number. I was
baptized in April following. The next fall Joseph came with his family
to live at my father's house. |
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Joseph healed Elsa's
arthritic arm before the party was baptized. ¶
Healings
Daughter Marinda Nancy Johnson (1815–1886)—also known as
Nancy Marinda, Women of Mormondom, 404.
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September 12, 1831 Joseph
and family move into John's home, thirty miles southeast of Kirtland. Joseph
makes revisions to the Bible with Sidney, who lives in another
building on the farm, as scribe. |
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TS 5,
no. 7 (Apr. 1, 1844): 481. |
| The vision |
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February 16, 1832 Joseph
and Sidney experience an hour of "the vision" in John's home. |
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Joseph Remembered
D&C 76 |
| Joseph
and Sidney tarred |
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March 24, 1832 Joseph
is taken from John's home to be tarred and feathered by a mob. In the commotion,
the young son of John Murdock, whom Joseph and Emma had adopted, suffered
from exposure that worsened his case of measles and died. |
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1832
Tarring |
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to Kirtland |
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1833 moves to Kirtland,
Ohio. |
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Marinda Johnson Hyde, Women of Mormondom, 404. |
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[February 17, 1833, Joseph Smith:] In conference, I ordained John Johnson to the office of Elder. |
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[MHA], 275.
John joined in 1831. Joseph had lived at his home. Why so long before ordination? |
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joins United Firm |
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June
4, 1833 Joseph receives a revelation to ordain John to the High Priesthood "and he shall seek diligently
to take away incumbrances that are upon the house named among you, that
he may dwell therein." and made a member of the United
Firm; promised eternal life; "ordain him … |
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¶ D&C 96
Minutes
of June 4, 1833 |
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January 11, 1834
joins Joseph, Frederick, Newel
K. Whitney, Oliver, and Orson Hyde in praying |
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that god would continue to deliver me, and my brethren from Doctor Hurlbut, that he may not prevail against us in the law suite that is pending: and also that god would soften down the hearts of E[lijah] Smith, J[osiah] Jones, _ Lowd [Lord] and Lyman, also Bardsley, that they might obey the gospel, or, if they would not that the Lord would send faithful saints, to purchase their farms, that this stake may be strengthened and and its borders enlarged. |
bless the bishop with means
to discharge every debt of the order, deliver the printing press from the
hands of evil men, deliver Zion and gather his scattered people, and "unveil
his face, that his saints might behold his glory, and dwell with him. Amen." |
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[MHCA], 421 // TS 6, no.
13 (July 15, 1845): 963. |
| Kirtland
high council |
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February 17, 1834 named
a member of the first high council of the church, in Kirtland |
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Minutes of February 17, 1834 |
| Property |
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April 23, 1834 by revelation
John is to give his stewardship lot to Martin
Harris, some of John's property is for the church and Oliver. He is
to sell the remaining lots—but gets to keep his house. |
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¶ D&C 104:24, 34–38 |
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Several of Johnson's sons were
of the party [that tarred and feathered Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon].
They were angry because their father was urged by Jo and Rigdon to let
them have his property. He finally did give them some of it, and moved
to Kirtland and kept tavern. |
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1832 Tarring
Rev. S. F. W., 4, col. 1. |
| Attends son's church
court |
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May 29, 1837 attends
as member of the high council that fails to act on charges against presidents
David Whitmer and F.
G. Williams, and apostles Lyman Johnson
and Parley P Pratt (h), and Warren
Parrish. |
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Minutes
of May 29, 1837 |
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September 3, 1837 rejected
as a high councilor (no reason given). |
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Minutes of September 3, 1837 |
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Family |
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¶ Ancestry.com |
| Wife |
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Alice (Elsa) Jacobs,
b. Apr. 17, 1781 in Dighton, Bristol, MA
md. June 22, 1800 in Chesterfield, NH
d. in July 19, 1870 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA |
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Alice (Elsa), b. June
22, 1800 in Chesterfield, NH |
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Robert, b. Jan. 13,
1802 in Pomfret, Windsor, VT |
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Fanny, b. Mar. 3, 1803
in Pomfret, Windsor, VT
md. Jason Ryder, Jan. 21, 1822 in Hiram, Portage, OH
d. Nov. 7, 1879 in Hiram, Portage,
OH |
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John,
b. Mar. 10, 1805 in Pomfret, Windsor, VT
d. June 19, 1887 in Council
Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA |
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Member of 1832 mob
that attacked Joseph and Sidney. ¶
1832 Tarring |
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Luke
Samuel, b. Nov. 3, 1807 in Pomfret,
Windsor, VT
d. Dec. 8, 1861 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT |
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Olmstead G., b. Oct.
20, 1809 in Pomfret, Windsor, VT
d. Feb. 24, 1834 in Warrenton, Fauquier, VA |
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Death: also EMS
2, no. 19 (Apr. 1834): 151. |
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Lyman
Eugene, b. October 24, 1811 in Pomfret,
Windsor, VT
d. Dec. 20, 1859 in Prairie Du Chien, Crawford, WI |
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Emily H., b. Aug. 13,
1813 in Pomfret, Windsor, VT
d. May 14, 1855 in Painesville,
Lake, OH |
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Miranda Nancy, b. June
24, 1815 in Pomfret, Windsor, VT
md. Orson Hyde, Sept. 4, 1834, in Kirtland, Geauga, OH
d. May 24, 1886 in Spring City, Sanpete, UT |
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Sacred loneliness, 229 has
birth on June 28. |
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Mary Beal, b. May
24, 1818 in Hiram, Portage, OH
d. March 30, 1833 in Kirtland, Geauga, OH |
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Justin Jacob, b. Nov.
17, 1820 in Hiram, Portage, OH
d. Apr. 25, 1894 in Garner Township,
Pottawattamie, IA |
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Edwin, b. Dec. 1,
1821 in Hiram, Portage, OH |
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Charlotte, b. Dec.
1, 1821 in Hiram, Portage, OH |
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Albert G., b. Feb.
6, 1823 in Hiram, Portage, OH |
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Joseph, b. Dec. 26,
1826 in Hiram, Portage, OH |
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Sacred loneliness, 229
has birth in 1827. |
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Luke S. Johnson
Lyman E. Johnson
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