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| Orson
Johnson (1803–1883) |
| Kirtland high council member (1834–1837),
member of the Warren Parrish faction that leaves the church in 1837. |
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| Born |
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June 15, 1803 in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. |
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Ancestry.com.
Papers
Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2: Journal, 1832-1842, edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992).
, 560 has birth "1803/4" in Bath, New
Hampshire, 113 miles south of Chesterfield. |
| Died |
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March 23, 1883 in Riverside, California. |
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| Father |
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Thomas Johnson |
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| Mother |
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Elisabeth "Betsey" Smith |
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| Baptized |
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[April–May 13], 1832 by Orson Pratt near Bath, New
Hampshire. |
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¶ Orson
Pratt (h1) |
| High priest |
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July 24, 1833 ordained a high priest by Lyman
E. Johnson in Charleston, New Hampshire. |
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¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
| Zion's Camp |
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May–June 1834 member, Zion's
Camp. |
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Papers
Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2: Journal, 1832-1842, edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992).
, 560, though Orson's name does not appear in the "full list of those who went up to Zion" in
HC
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, edited by B. H. Roberts, 7 vols. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1902-1912, 1932).
2:183–185. |
| High council |
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August 28, 1834 Joseph Smith nominates Orson to fill
the vacancy on the Kirtland high council occasioned by the death
of John S. Carter. |
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Minutes of August 28, 1834 |
| William Smith accusor |
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December 1835 charges
William Smith with "Unchristian like conduct in speaking disrespectfully
of President Joseph Smith Junr. and the revelations & commandments given
through him;" and, "For attempting to inflict personal violence
on President J. Smith Junr." |
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Orson
Johnson v. William Smith |
| Joins Warren Parrish group |
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1837 follows Warren Parrish out of the church. |
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¶ Doings
and Sayings |
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September 3, 1837 replaced on high council, having been "excluded from
the Church." |
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Minutes of September
3, 1837 |
| Trivoli, Illinois |
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By 1840 moves to Trivoli township, Peoria county, Illinois,
where the 1840 census lists him as a farmer. |
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| Innkeeper |
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1850 census lists
him as an innkeeper. |
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| Farmer |
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1860 census lists him as a farmer. |
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| Altona, Illinois |
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1880 living in Altona, Knox county, Illinois. |
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Papers
Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2: Journal, 1832-1842, edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992).
, 560. Altona is 53 miles north
of Trivoli. |
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Accompanies or follows sons Andrew, Orson, and Parley to
Riverside, California, where he dies March 23, 1883. |
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Papers
Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2: Journal, 1832-1842, edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992).
, 560 has Oliver dying in Altona. |
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Families |
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| Wife |
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Nancy Mason (b. April 30, 1809), md. October
24, 1827 in Lyman, New Hampshire |
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| Children |
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Phillip Paddleford (b. August 5, 1828 in Bath, Grafton,
New Hampshire)
Andrew Paddleford (b. December 28, 1829 in Bath)
Candance S. (b. January 1 ,1832 in Bath)
Caroline F. (b. November 27, 1833 in Bath)
Candice M. (b. February 24, 1836 in Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio)
Nancy P. (b. April 3, 1838 in Kirtland)
Orson Thomas (b. February 5, 1839 in Kirtland)
Augustus Valentine (b. February 24, 1841 in Trivoli, Illinois)
Alexander Parley (b. June 15, 1843 in Trivoli)
Elbridge Gery (b. October 3, 1846 in Trivoli)
Parley Mason (b. September 17, 1848 in Trivoli)
John M. (b. December 31, 1850 in Trivoli)
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| Wife |
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Caroline M. C. Hassler (b. [1795]), md. May 22, 1855 in Boston,
Massachusetts |
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