| John
Johnson was the prosperous farmer of Hiram, Ohio who provided a home for
Joseph and his family from September 1831 to April 1832. In his home Joseph
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. (This ended
their stay in Hiram.) 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. |
| Born |
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April 11, 1778 in Chesterfield,
Cheshire county, New Hampshire |
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| Died |
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July 30, 1843 in Kirtland,
Ohio |
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| Father |
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Israel Johnson |
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| Mother |
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Abigail Higgins |
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| Baptized |
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Spring 1831 |
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| Ordinations |
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Elder, February 17,
1833 by Joseph Smith |
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HC
1:327. |
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To the High Priesthood,
June 4, 1833 |
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Conference
of June 4, 1833 |
| Events |
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c1824 becomes a Methodist |
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Sacred
Lonliness, 229. |
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Winter 1830 Ezra Booth,
a friend and Methodist minister, shows John the Book of Mormon. They sit
up all night reading it. |
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February 1831 when Ezra
and John hear Joseph has arrived in Kirtland, they go to meet him. Marinda
writes they were baptized before returning home. |
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Sacred
Lonliness, 229. |
| Joseph
moves in |
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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. |
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Times
and Seasons, vol. 5 no. 7 (April 1, 1844), 481. |
| The
vision |
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February 16, 1832 Joseph
and Sydney experience an hour of "the vision" (D&C 76) in
John's home. |
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¶
Joseph Remembered |
| 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 |
| Moves
to Kirtland |
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1832 moves to Kirtland,
Ohio. |
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| Prays
with Joseph |
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January
11, 1832 joins Joseph, Frederick, Newel
K. Whitney, Oliver, and Orson Hyde
in praying that the Lord would send his angels to watch over them and their
families, protect the lives of the members of the united order [United Firm],
let Joseph prevail over Doctor Hurlbut in court, 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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Times
and Seasons, vol. 6 no. 1 (July 15, 1845), 481. |
| Ordained,
joins United Firm |
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June
4, 1833 is ordained to the High Priesthood and made a member of the United
Firm; promised eternal life; "ordain him … and he shall seek diligently
to take away incumbrances that are upon the house named among you, that
he may dwell therein." |
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Conference
of June 4, 1833
¶ D&C 96
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| 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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Council
of February 17, 1834 |
| Property |
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April 23, 1834 by revelation
(D&C 104:24, 34–38) 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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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, and Warren Parrish. |
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Council
of May 29, 1837 |
| Rejected |
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September 3, 1837 rejected
as a high councilor (no reason given). |
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Council
of September 3, 1837 |
| Families |
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Alice (Elsa) Jacobs
(1781–1870) md. June 22, 1800 in Chesterfield, New Hampshire |
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Alice (Elsa), b. June
22, 1800 in Chesterfield, New Hampshire |
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Robert, b. January 13,
1802 in Pomfret, Windsor county, Vermont |
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Fanny, b. March 3, 1803
in Pomfret, Windsor county, Vermont; d. November 7, 1879 in Hiram, Portage
county, Ohio; md. Jason Ryder, January 21, 1822 in Hiram, Portage county,
Ohio |
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John,
b. March 10, 1805 in Pomfret, Windsor county, Vermont; d. June 19, 1887
in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie county, Iowa |
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Member
of 1832 mob that attacked Joseph and Sidney. ¶
1832 Tarring |
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Luke
Samuel, b. November 3, 1807 in Pomfret, Windsor county, Vermont; d.
December 8, 1861 in Salt Lake City |
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Olmstead G., b. October
20, 1809 in Pomfret, Windsor county, Vermont; d. February 24, 1834 in Warrenton,
Fauquier county, Virginia |
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Death
in The Evening and the Morning Star, vol. 2 no.19 (April 1834),151. |
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Lyman
Eugene, b. October 24, 1811 in Pomfret, Windsor county, Vermont; d.
December 20, 1859 in Prairie Du Chien, Crawford county, Wisconsin |
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Emily H., b. August 13,
1813 in Pomfret, Windsor county, Vermont; d. May 14, 1855 in Painesville,
Lake county, Ohio |
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Miranda Nancy, b. June
24, 1815 in Pomfret, Windsor county, Vermont; d. May 24, 1886 in Spring
City, Sanpete county, Utah; md. Orson Hyde, September 4, 1834, in Kirtland;
md. |
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Sacred
Lonliness, 229 has birth on June 28. |
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Mary Beal, b. May 24,
1818 in Hiram, Portage county, Ohio; d. March 30, 1833 in Kirtland, Lake
county, Ohio |
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Justin Jacob, b. November
17, 1820 in Hiram, Portage county, Ohio; d. April 25, 1894 in Garner Township,
Pottawattamie county, Iowa |
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Edwin, b. December 1,
1821 in Hiram, Portage county, Ohio |
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Charlotte, b. December
1, 1821 in Hiram, Portage county, Ohio |
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Albert G., b. February
6, 1823 in Hiram, Portage county, Ohio |
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Joseph, b. December 26,
1826 |
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Sacred
Lonliness, 229 has birth in 1827. |
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