Johnson, Joel Hills b. 23 Mar 1802 Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 Sep 1882 Johnson, Kane, Utah, USA: Early Latter-day Saints Database

1802 - 1882 (80 years)

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Name	Johnson, Joel Hills
Born	23 Mar 1802	Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA [16]
Gender	Male
Residence	1839-1846	Crooked Creek/Ramus, Hancock, Illinois, USA [17]
Died	24 Sep 1882	Johnson, Kane, Utah, USA
FamilySearch Link	20 Jun 2023
FamilySearch Link	Address: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWNR-R4H
Person ID	I125368	Early Latter-day Saints
Last Modified	20 Jun 2023

Father	Johnson, Ezekiel, b. 12 Jan 1773, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA , d. 13 Jan 1848, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA (Age 75 years)
Mother	Hills, Julia Ellis, b. 26 Sep 1783, Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA , d. 30 May 1853, Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA (Age 69 years)
Married	12 Jan 1801	Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Family ID	F861	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Johnson, Anna Pixley, b. 14 Aug 1800, Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA , d. 18 Sep 1840, Ramus, Hancock, Illinois, USA (Age 40 years)

Married 2 May 1826 Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, USA

Children

	1. Johnson, Julia Ann, b. 2 Oct 1827, Pomfret, Chautaqua, New York ,USA , d. 18 Jul 1829, Pomfret, Chautaqua, New York ,USA (Age 1 years)
	2. Johnson, Sixtus Ellis, b. 8 Oct 1829, Pomphret, Chautaqua, New York ,USA , d. 4 Jun 1916, Benson, Cochise, Arizona, USA (Age 86 years)
	3. Johnson, Sariah Anna, b. 18 Feb 1832, Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, USA , d. 27 Mar 1925, Hurricane, Washington, Utah, USA (Age 93 years)
	4. Johnson, Nephi, b. 12 Dec 1833, Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, USA , d. 21 Jun 1919, Mesquite, Clark, Nevada, USA (Age 85 years)
	5. Johnson, Susan Ellen, b. 11 Jul 1836, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA , d. 5 Dec 1918, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 82 years)
	6. Johnson, Seth Garnsey, b. 6 Mar 1839, Ramus, Hancock, Illinois, USA , d. 22 Dec 1927, Cannonville, Garfield, Utah, USA (Age 88 years)

Last Modified 20 Mar 2015

Family ID F27172 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Bryant, Susan, b. 28 Aug 1812, Vergennes, Addison, Vermont, USA , d. 7 Apr 1896, Colonia Diaz, Chihuahua, Mexico (Age 83 years)

Married 20 Oct 1840 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA

Children

	1. Johnson, Nancy Maria, b. 2 Aug 1841, Ramus, Hancock, Illinois,USA , d. 5 May 1842, Ramus, Hancock, Illinois, USA (Age 0 years)
	2. Johnson, Emily, b. 20 Nov 1843, Ramus, Hancock, Illinois,USA , d. 20 Nov 1843, Ramus, Hancock, Illinois,USA (Age 0 years)
	3. Johnson, Joel Hills Jr., b. 23 Jun 1844, Ramus, Hancock, Illinois, USA , d. 27 Feb 1846, Ramus, Hancock, Illinois, USA (Age 1 years)
	4. Johnson, Julia Ann, b. 20 Feb 1847, French Creek, Hancock, Illinois, USA , d. 9 Apr 1879, Parowan, Iron, Utah USA (Age 32 years)
	5. Johnson, David William, b. 12 Feb 1849, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA , d. 20 Mar 1924, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, USA (Age 75 years)
	6. Johnson, Joel Hills, b. 27 Nov 1850, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA , d. 17 Jun 1902, Naco, , Mexico (Age 51 years)
	7. Johnson, Mary Susan, b. 27 Nov 1850, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA , d. 10 Mar 1851, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 0 years)
	8. Johnson, Almon Babbitt, b. 21 Feb 1855, Enoch, Iron, Utah, USA , d. 23 Nov 1890, Colorado Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico (Age 35 years)

Last Modified 20 Mar 2015

Family ID F27173 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 3	Bascom, Lucinda Alzina, b. 26 Oct 1815, Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA , d. 18 Oct 1885, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA (Age 69 years)
Married	25 Oct 1845	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA
Last Modified	20 Mar 2015
Family ID	F27174	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 4 Fife, Janet, b. 17 Feb 1828, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland , d. 18 Jun 1911, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA (Age 83 years)

Married 25 Oct 1845 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA

Children

1. Johnson, Janet Mauretta, b. 17 Dec 1848, Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

, d. 21 May 1933, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA

(Age 84 years)

Last Modified 20 Mar 2015

Family ID F26831 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 5	Threlkeld, Margaret, b. 22 Jul 1840, Carlisle, Cumberland, England , d. 25 Dec 1914, Tropic, Garfield, Utah, USA (Age 74 years)
Married	11 Oct 1860	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake,Utah, USA
Last Modified	20 Mar 2015
Family ID	F33205	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 6	Suller, Sharalotte
Last Modified	20 Mar 2015
Family ID	F35963	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 7	Holmes, Lucy
Last Modified	20 Mar 2015
Family ID	F35964	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 8	Webester, Harriett
Last Modified	20 Mar 2015
Family ID	F35965	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 9	Lyman, Penny
Last Modified	20 Mar 2015
Family ID	F35966	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 10	Past, Juliane
Married	li
Last Modified	20 Mar 2015
Family ID	F35967	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 11	Past, Eurvine
Last Modified	20 Mar 2015
Family ID	F35968	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 12	Threlkeld, Margaret
Married	11 Oct 1860
Family ID	F11259	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

PROPERTY:
Nauvoo : Block 112, Lot 2
Hibbard 1: Block 6 Lot 3
RAMUS: Block 22 Lots 1, 2 and 3
RAMUS: Block 18, Lot 3
RAMUS: Block 13, Lot 1
MACEDONIA: Block 1 Lot 1 and 4
MACEDONIA: Block 5 Lot 1
MACEDONIA: Block 21 Lots 3 and 4

NAUVOO RECORDS:
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, p 80
70's Record, pp 411-412
Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 25, pp 603-610
Record of Baptisms for the Dead, Vol #3, pp 1964-1965

HISTORY/HISTORIES:
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p 970
Exerpts from a Journal or Sketch of the Life of Joel Hills Johnson, Autobiography, typescript, BYU (24 pages)
Sketches of the lives of Mary Julia Johnson Wilson and, Joel Hills and Annie Pixley Johnson (5 pages)
Selections from "A Voice from the Mountains, my early life (Juvenile Instructor, 1881, pp 3-4, 12-16. (5 pages)
Treasures of Pioneer History, Vol 4, pp 358-59, Vol 3, pp508-509
Ramus 27 Feb 1847, nominating a captain of lst Lieutenant and 2nd Lieutenant by chairman Joel H. Johnson.
Conquerors of the West, pp 1272-1275
"Writings" diskette code: JOHNJ02B.N JOHNSON Joel Hills and Annie Pixley by Mary Julia Johnson (Wilson).
Biographical sketches (1800-1882). Microfilm of typescript, BYU. pp. 4.
"Writings" diskette code: JOHNJ02A.P JOHNSON, Joel Hills. Excerpts from Autobiography (1802-1868)..
BYU. pp 20
"Writings" diskette code: JOHNJ02T.P JOHNSON, Joel Hills. Selections from Voice from the Mountains (1881)
pp4. All 3 "Writings" diskette code:,

THE_SECOND_SEVENTY_ELDERS: Kirtland, Ohio, 7 Apr 1836 (Backman, "A Profile of Kirtland Saints..." Appendix E, p. 97)

Name transcribed from the Iowa Branches Members Index 1839 - 1859, Volumes I & II by Ronald G. Watt. Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991. Copyright by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Note: Stated in record above, "Branch president"
Family Group Record by Nauvoo Land and Records

PROPERTY:
Nauvoo: Block 112, Lot 2
Hibbard 1: Block 6 Lot 3
RAMUS: Block 22 Lots 1, 2 and 3
RAMUS: Block 18, Lot 3
RAMUS: Block 13, Lot 1
MACEDONIA: Block 1, Lots 1, 4
MACEDONIA: Block 5, Lot 1
MACEDONIA: Block 21 Lots 3, 4

NAUVOO RECORDS:
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, p 80
70's Record, pp 411-412
Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 25, pp 603-610
Record of Baptisms for the Dead, Vol 3, pp 1964-1965

HISTORIES:
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p 970
Treasures of Pioneer History, Vol 4, pp 358-359, Vol 3, pp 508-509
Conquerors of the West, pp 1272-1275

BIOGRAPHIES:
Journal of the Life of Joel Hills Johnson, Autobiography, typescripts, B Y U (24 Pages)
Sketches of the lives of Mary Julia Johnson Wilson and, Joel Hills and Annie Pixley Johnson (5 pages)
Selections from "A Voice from the Mountains, My Early Life" (Juvenile Instructor, 1881, pp 1-5

OTHER SOURCES:
Ramus, 27 Feb 1847, nominating a Captain, 1st Lieutenant and 2nd Lieutenant by chairman Joel H. Johnson
Rootsweb.com: World Connect , Family Group Record
Photos, 2 pages
Name transcribed from the Iowa Branches Members Index 1839 - 1859, Volumes I & II by Ronald G. Watt. Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991. Copyright by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Note: Stated in record above, "Branch president"

Sources

[S33] LDS - Seventies: Early Seventies, Black, Harvey Bischoff, Compiler and Editor, , pp 411-412.
[S185] Book - Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio and Members of Zion's Camp, 1830-1839; vital stats and sources, Backman, Milton V., Jr., Compiler, (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1982), , Ohio, 7 Apr 1836 (Backman, "A Profile of Kirtland Saint.
[S4] Book - Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, Nauvoo, 7 vols., Black, Susan Easton, (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602), , Vol #3, pp 1964-1965.
[S121] Book - Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, 4 vols., Youngberg, Florence C., Compiler, (Sons of the Utah Pioneers, 1999), , pp 1272-1275.
[S58] Book - LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 4 vols, Jenson, Andrew, (Andrew Jenson History Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1901), sketches (1800-1882). Microfilm of typescript, BYU. pp. 4.
[S6] LDS - Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:1830-1848, 50 vols., Black, Susan Easton, Compiler, (LDS Church, Salt Lake City, 1990), 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 25, pp 603-610.
[S7] LDS - Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (1845-1846), , p 80.
[S19] Book - Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 2 vols, Esshom, Frank, (Salt Lake City: 1913), , p 970.
[S11] Book - Treasures of Pioneer History, 6 vols., Carter, Kate B., Compiler, (Daughers of the Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1952-1957), , Vol 4, pp 358-59, Vol 3, pp508-509.
[S101] Database - Writings of Early Latter-day Saints and their Contemporaries, Backman, Milton V., Jr., Compiler, Autobiography.
Typescript, Brigham Young University Special Collections
[S101] Database - Writings of Early Latter-day Saints and their Contemporaries, Backman, Milton V., Jr., Compiler, Testimony.
Juvenile Instructor, 1881. 3-4, 12-16.
[S101] Database - Writings of Early Latter-day Saints and their Contemporaries, Backman, Milton V., Jr., Compiler, Memoirs of grandaughter.
typescript, Brigham Young University
[S12] Internet Link - BYU Winter Quarters Project - http://winterquarters.byu.edu.
[S16626] .
[S20] FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWNR-R4H.
[S15] USA - 1850 United States Census, US Census Bureau, Utah, Utah, #48.
[S3] LDS - Iowa Branches Members Index 1829 - 1859, Volumes I and II, Watt, Ronald G., (Historical Department Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991,).

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