| Early convert, missionary. Member, original Kirtland
high council §. Member, Zion's Camp §. Member, original Quorum of the Twelve §. Kirtland Safety Society investor §. Excommunicated, December 1837 §. January 1838 helps Joseph Smith avoid arrest, helps Joseph Sr. escape from jail §. Rebaptized, 1846 §. Bishop
of Tooele County, Utah §. |
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| Born |
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Luke Samuel Johnson, November 3,
1807 in Pomfret, Windsor County, Vermont |
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| Died |
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December 9, 1861, in Salt Lake City
at the home of his brother-in-law, Orson Hyde. |
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| Father |
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John Johnson |
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| Mother |
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Elsa Jacobs |
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| Hiram |
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Family moves to Hiram, Ohio. |
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¶
Luke Johnson (h) |
| Baptism |
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May 10, 1831 baptized by Joseph Smith. |
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¶
Luke Johnson (h) |
| Priest |
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Ordained soon after baptism by Christian
Whitmer. |
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¶
Luke Johnson (h) |
| High Priesthood |
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October 25, 1831 ordained to the
High Priesthood by Oliver Cowdery. Date of ordination as elder unknown,
but listed as an elder at this conference. |
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¶ Minutes
of October 25–26, 1831 |
| Southern Ohio and
Pittsburgh |
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Southern Ohio with Robert Rathburn;
New Portage, Ohio, area with Sidney
Rigdon; Pittsburgh area in 1831. |
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¶
Luke Johnson (h) |
Mission with William
E. McLellin
McLellin drops out
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January 25, 1832 called on a
mission to the southern part of Ohio with William
E. McLellin.
Preach several times, but at Middlebury,
Portage County, William takes a job working in a store. |
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¶ D&C
75:6–9 |
| Virginia, Kentucky |
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[February] 1832–1833 mission
to Virginia and Kentucky with Seymour Brunson and Hazen
Aldrich. |
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¶ Luke
Johnson (h) |
| High council |
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February 17, 1834 named to the first
high council of the Church of Christ, in Kirtland. |
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Minutes
of February 17, 1834 |
| Zion's Camp |
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May–June 1834 Zion's Camp. |
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| Cholera epidemic |
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June 25, 1834 cares for those struck by cholera
with Heber C. Kimball, Joseph B. Nobles,
John D. Parker, and Warren Ingalls |
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¶ Heber's
Accounts of Zion's March (2) |
| Attacked by cholera |
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June 26, 1834 attacked by cholera while burying
Eber Wicox. Brigham Young saves him. |
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¶ Heber's
Accounts of Zion's March (2) |
| Starts for home |
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June 30, 1834 starts for home with Heber
C. Kimball, Lyman
Sherman, Sylvester
Smith, Alexander Badlam, Harrison Burgess, and Zera Cole |
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¶ Heber's
Accounts of Zion's March (2) |
| Apostle |
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February 15, 1835 Oliver
Cowdery,
David Whitmer, Martin Harris ordain Luke an apostle. |
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Minutes
of February 15, 1835 |
| Eastern states mission |
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May 4, 1835 departs on a mission
to eastern states with the rest of the Twelve. |
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| Fredonia |
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May 5, 1835 travels from Dunkirk, New York to
Fredonia, with William E. McLellin. |
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| Hebrew class |
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Winter 1835–1836 attends Hebrew
classes in Kirtland. |
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| Temple dedication |
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March 1836 attends Kirtland Temple dedication. |
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| New York and Canada |
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1836 mission to New York and Upper Canada. |
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¶ Missionaries |
| Kirtland Safety Society |
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[January] 1837 charter member, Kirtland Safety
Society. |
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| Accuses Joseph |
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May 1837 charges Joseph with speaking
reproachfully against the brethren. |
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| Kirtland Safety Society |
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Invests
$46.66 in Kirtland Safety Society. |
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Kirtland economy
Kirtland Economy Revisited: A Market Critique of Sectarian Economics Marvin S. Hill, C. Keith Rooker, Larry T. Wimmer. Studies in Mormon History series, vol. 3 (Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1977).
, 78. |
| Cut off |
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September 3, 1837 upset over the failure of the Safety Society, Luke is "Cut off though
privileged with conffesing and making satisfaction." |
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Minutes of September 3, 1837 |
| Retained in Quorum of the Twelve |
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November 7, 1837 elected to the Quorum
of Twelve at the General Assembly in Far West. |
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Minutes of November 7, 1837 |
| Excommunicated |
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December, 1837 excommunicated in Kirtland. |
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| Helps Joeph escape |
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[Luke Johnson, January 12, 1838:] I learned that Sheriff Kimball was about to arrest Joseph Smith, on a charge of illegal banking, … I went to the French farm, where he then resided, and arrested him on an execution for his person, in the absence of property to pay a judgment of $50, which I had in my possession at the time, which prevented Kimball from arresting him. Joseph settled the execution, and thanked me for my interference, and started that evening for Missouri: this was the last time I ever saw the Prophet. |
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¶ Luke S. Johnson (h)
Luke was a Kirtland constable.
Elders' Journal
Elders' Journal of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Kirtland: October-November 1837; Far West: July-August 1838. Joseph Smith editor (actually edited by Don Carlos Smith) and Thomas B. Marsh publisher. Replaces Messenger and Advocate edited by Warren A. Cowdery. Name changed to Elders' Journal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Sidney is assistant editor. See Peter Crawley's Descriptive Bibliography, item 39.
1, no. 4 (Aug. 1838): 58. |
| Helps Joseph Sr. escape |
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Soon after, Luke helps Joseph Smith Sr. escape after arresting him for "his manner of solemnizing marriages." |
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¶ Luke S. Johnson (h) |
| Blames Mormons for Missouri conflict |
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… Luke became one of the first Mormon
Twelve Apostles. He left them and said it was the fault of the Mormons
that they were driven from Missouri. |
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Deming comments
“I requested a young man …” Arthur B. Deming in Naked Truths About Mormonism 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1888): 3-4.
, 3–4. |
| Helps Joseph Sr. escape |
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1838 helps Joseph Sr. escape
from jail. |
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| Virginia |
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1838 moves to Cabell County, Virginia, where
he taught school and studied medicine. |
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| Kirtland |
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Returns to Kirtland to practice medicine. |
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| Rebaptized |
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March 8, 1846 rebaptized in Nauvoo
by Orson Hyde. |
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| Salt Lake |
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July 1847 arrives in Salt Lake Valley. |
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| Endowed |
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April 1, 1854 endowed. |
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| St. John, Utah |
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1858 moves to St. John, Tooele
County, Utah and serves as bishop. |
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Families |
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| Wife |
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Susan Poteet md.
Nov. 1, 1833 |
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Journals of William
E. McMcellin has Susan Armelda Poteet; Cook has Susan H. Poteet. |
| Children |
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Elisa Mary
Fanny
Eliza
Vashata
James
Solomon
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| Wife |
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America Morgan Clark |
| Children |
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Susan Marinda
Orson Albert
Mark Anthony
Charlotte Elizabeth
Lovinia Ann
Phebe W.
Luke
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Luke S. Johnson (h)
Lyman E. Johnson
Lyman E. Johnson (h)
John Johnson
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