Aaron Johnson

• BIRTH 22 Jun 1806 Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
• DEATH 10 May 1877 (aged 70) Springville, Utah County, Utah, USA
• BURIAL Historic Springville Cemetery, Springville, Utah County, Utah, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 6600771 by Marlin J Haws & Melissa Bejot

Biographical Summary:

"...As a resident of Nauvoo, Illinois; he became a close friend of the Prophet Joseph Smith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He furnished the row boat for Joseph and his brother Hyrum to row across the Mississippi River to hide from the mobs and flee to the Rocky Mountains, but ended up rowing back to Nauvoo after pleading from the Prophet's wife.

Joseph Smith was soon arrested and Aaron accompanied the Prophet to Carthage as a member of the Nauvoo guard. After the Prophet's death, Aaron eventually led a wagon company to Utah under the leadership of Brigham Young. Afterwards he was sent to settle Springville and was called as the first Bishop there.

Aaron Johnson was ordained High Priest in Nauvoo in 1847, arrived in Utah 1850, was First Bishop Springville, Utah, is recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants Sec:124:132, was Captain of a Pioneer Company of 100 who left Kanesville, Iowa Pre June 12 1850 and arrived 31 dec 1850

Aaron Johnson is the fifth great grandson of Captain John Johnson, of Roxbury, who arrived to America in 1635 with the Winthrop Fleet, on the Arbella.

Chronology

6/22/1806 born [2], Haddam, CT [4] to Didymus Johnson & Ruhamah Stephens [5]
1820's-1846 Farmer, Gunmaker [3]
1820's Joined Methodist Church [6]
9/13/1827 married Polly Zeruah Kelsey in New Haven, New Haven Co.,CT [7]
4/15/1836 Baptized, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Daniel Spencer [8]
1837 Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., OH in the spring [9]
10/8/1837 Ordained an elder, in Kirtland,OH [10]
1838 Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri [11]
1838 Ordained a seventy [?] in Far West.[12]
3/14/1839 Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois [13]
1842-1846 Elected justice of the peace in Nauvoo [14]
1842 Labored on Nauvoo temple [15]
1842 Served mission to eastern U.S [16]
1842 Ordained a high priest, 1842, in Nauvoo [17]
1844 Member of Nauvoo high council [18]
Participated in plural marriage during Joseph Smith’s lifetime [19]
1846 Moved to Garden Grove, Decatur Co., Iowa Territory, May 1846 [20]
1846 Served as counselor in Garden Grove bishopric, 1846.21
1847 Served mission to Iowa, Indiana, and Illinois, 1847
1849–1850 Served mission to to New England states, winter. [22}
1849 Moved to Kanesville (later Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie Co., Iowa [23]
Served as bishop of Kanesville branch.[24]
9/18/1850 Migrated to Springville, Utah Co., Utah Territory, [25]
1850-1870 First bishop of Springville [26]
1851-1868 Member of Utah territorial legislature [27]
1851-1870 Served as postmaster [28]
3/3/1851 Appointed Judge in Provo, Utah Co.
2/1861-1/1863 Served as Probate Judge for Utah Co. [29]
1866 Appointed Major General of Second Division of Utah militia [30]
5/10/1877 Died at Springville, UT. [31]

Parents
Didymus Johnson 1768–1832
Ruhama Stephens Johnson 1768–1826

Spouses 13x w/ children [x,#], w/o children [-]
1- Jemima Davis Johnson 1794-1863
2- Roxa Kelsey Johnson 1797-1825 [3]
3x4 Polly Zarviah Kelsey Johnson 1808–1850 m. 9/13/1827, CT
4x6 Jane Scott Johnson 1822–1880 7/12/1845 Hancock, IL
5x2 Sarah Maria johnson 1824- 1850 m. 12/2/1844 (Paternal Niece of Husband)
6x2 Mary Ann Johnson 1831–1913 m. 5/18/1846 Garden Grove, IA
7x7 Margaret Jane Ford Johnson 1831–1893 m. 1854
8- Eunice Lucinda Johnson 1835–1873 (Paternal Niece of Husband)
9x4 Rachel Robinson Ford Johnson 1835–1878 m. 1852
10x5 Sarah James Carter 1836–1922 m. 1857
11x5 Harriet Fidelia Johnson Tuckett 1837–1919 (Paternal Niece of Husband)
12x9 Cecilia Elmina Sanford Johnson 1841–1934 m. 1857
13x3 Julia Maria Johnson 1842-1915

Siblings 10x
Concurrance Johnson Burr 1790–1816
Stephen Johnson 1792–1861
Sarah Johnson Burr 1794–1865
Didymus Johnson 1797–1874
Sylvester Johnson 1799–1822
Moses Johnson 1802–1856
Barbara Johnson Smith 1804–1850
Elizabeth Johnson Lucas 1808–1859
Lorenzo Johnson 1813–1872
Dayton Johnson 1815–1887

Children 46x; with Polly3, Jane4, Sarah5, Mary6, Margaret7, Rachel9, Sarah10, Harriet11, Cecelia12, Julia13
3 Willis Kelsey Johnson 1828–1850 m. 1/1/1850 Kanesville, IA Laura (Crandell) Bird
3 Lucretia Marilla Johnson Miller 1830-1918
3 Mary Ann Johnson 1833-1837
3 Emma Marie Johnson Spafford 1836-1897 m. William Spafford
4 Don Carlos Johnson 1841–1931 m. 1/12/1869 SLC, UT Lydia Meleta (Boyer) Johnson
5 Aaron Moroni Johnson 1847-1849
4 Aaron Johnson 1850–1927 m. 10/8/1871 Louisa Meletiah (Whiting) Johnson
5 Hellen Johnson 1850-1805
6 Emily Marinda Johnson Alexander 1852–1890
4 Polly Zerviah Johnson 1853-1854
7 William A. Johnson 1854-
11 Ida Johnson Flanigan 1854–1936
9 Joseph Johnson 1855-1855
4 Stephen Didymus Johnson 1855-1949
7 Montezuma "Mont" Johnson 1856–1927 m.Harriet Amelia (Thor) Johnson
12 Marion Moroni Johnson 1857–1904
11 Eugenia Johnson Doxford 1857–1934
7 Ouetlevaca Johnson 1859-1936
10 Winfield Scott Johnson 1859–1859
13 William Wallace Johnson 1859–1916
10 Edwin Ruthwin Johnson 1859–1934
4 Moses Johnson 1860-1936
12 Lafayette Johnson 1860-1945
6 Celestia Johnson West 1861-1915
7 Gotamoses Johnson 1861-1863
9 Annie Rachel Johnson Ruby 1862–1933
13 Isabelle Johnson 1863-1914
10 Ambrose Napoleon Johnson 1863–1863
4 Heber C Johnson 1863–1864
12 Sylvia Elmina Johnson Miner 1863–1948
10 Brigham Young Johnson 1864–1933
11 Cristobel Elzina Johnson Curtis 1864–1943
12 Aramina G Johnson Chase 1865–1958 "twin"
12 Aramenta Johnson 1865-1880 "twin"
7 Daniel H. Johnson 1865-1865
11 George Johnson 1867-1867
13 Fanny Johnson 1867-1870
11 Alexander Finley Johnson 1869-1937
7 Zina Johnson 1869-1871
10 Annabelle Johnson Weight 1870–1947
9 Rose Emaline Johnson 1872–1872
12 Cecelia Elmina Johnson 1872–1872
7 Girilda Johnson Wilkerson 1872–1943
12 Silas Wilson Johnson 1873–1946
12 Cyrus Grant Johnson 1874-1952
12 Maud Melissa Johnson 1876-1876

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6600771/aaron-johnson

[2] https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KWN5-6SX/aaron-johnson-1806-1877

[3] https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Johnson-37270

Sources

2] Journal History Supp.p.3-5

[3] https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/aaron-johnson
a History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
b Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
c Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
Account of Hearings, circa 20 December 1843
Accounts Payable, 1 February–19 April 1838
Affidavit from Allen Wait, 20 June 1844
Affidavit from Alvah Tippets, 20 June 1844
Affidavit from Andrew M. Hamilton and James B. Hamilton, 20 December 1843, Thomas Bullock First Copy
Affidavit from Andrew M. Hamilton and James B. Hamilton, 20 December 1843, Thomas Bullock Second Copy
Affidavit from Andrew M. Hamilton and James B. Hamilton, 20 December 1843, Thomas Bullock Third Copy
Affidavit from Andrew M. Hamilton and James B. Hamilton, 20 December 1843, William W. Phelps Copy
Affidavit from Anson Call and Others, 19 June 1844
Affidavit from Anson Call and Others, 19 June 1844, Copy
Affidavit from Claudius Spencer, 2 July 1844
Affidavit from Cyrus Canfield and Gilbert Belnap, 18 June 1844
Affidavit from George G. Johnstun, 22 June 1844
Affidavit from Hiram Mount and John Cunningham, 20 June 1844
Affidavit from Isaac Morley and Others, 20 June 1844
Affidavit from James Guyman, 20 June 1844
Affidavit from James Olive, 22 June 1844
Affidavit from James Owens, 28 June 1844
Affidavit from Jesse Price, 5 August 1844
Affidavit from John P. Greene and John M. Bernhisel, 20 June 1844
Affidavit from Obadiah Bowen, 20 June 1844
Affidavit from Philander Avery, 20 December 1843, Willard Richards Copy
Affidavit from Solomon Hancock and Others, 20 June 1844
Affidavit from William Daniels, 4 July 1844, John McEwan Copy
Affidavit from William Daniels, 4 July 1844, Joseph F. Smith Copy
Affidavit from William Daniels, 4 July 1844, William W. Phelps Copy
Affidavit, 23 May 1844–A [ Sympson v. JS ]
Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
Authorization for Oliver Granger, 6 May 1839
Bill of Costs, 10 August 1844–B [ Sympson v. JS ]
Complaint, 11 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–A ]
Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
Declaration, circa 27 March 1844 [ Sympson v. JS ]
Deed from Charles W. and Mary Ann Bosworth Hubbard, 2 January 1844
Deed from Lewis Dunbar and Nancy Waggner Wilson, 26 December 1843
Deed from Reuben W. and Lucy Ann Butler Allred, 22 December 1843
Deed from William and Ruth Moon Clayton, 22 November 1843
Deed to Aaron Johnson, 30 December 1841
Deed to Albert Brown, 9 November 1843
Deed to Alexander S. Stanley, 1 September 1843
Deed to Edward Hunter, 23 September 1843
Deed to Ezra Oakley, 26 August 1843
Deed to Hamilton Jett, 22 September 1843
Deed to Hyrum Smith, 26 August 1843
Deed to Isaac Blood, 2 November 1843
Deed to James Holman, 9 November 1843
Deed to Philip B. Lewis, 5 December 1843
Deed to Robert Burton, 5 December 1843
Deed to Sally Waterman Phelps, 16 November 1843
Deed to Sarah Phinney Foster, 7 December 1843
Deed to Silas W. Condit, 1 September 1843
Deed to Thomazin Woodward, 7 December 1843
Deed, Aaron and Polly Kelsey Johnson to Oliver Granger, 22 November 1839–A
Deed, Aaron and Polly Kelsey Johnson to Oliver Granger, 22 November 1839–B
Discourse, 26 May 1844, as Compiled by Leo Hawkins
Docket Entry, 30 March 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Townsend ]
Docket Entry, 5–ca. 22 January 1844 [ R. D. Foster v. Hawn ]
Docket Entry, circa 11–18 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–A ]
Docket Entry, circa 17 January 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Sympson ]
Docket Entry, circa 22 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Eagle–B ]
Docket Entry, circa 28 March 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Rolfe ]
Docket Entry, circa 7 June 1844 [ JS v. Emmons ]
Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
Indictment, circa 23 May 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Perjury ]
Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Easton
Introduction to JS v. Emmons
Introduction to R. D. Foster v. Hawn
Introduction to State of Illinois v. Eagle–B
Introduction to State of Illinois v. Elliott–A and State of Illinois v. Elliott–B
Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS and H. Smith for Treason
Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A, State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus, State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus, and State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B
Introduction to State of Illinois v. Rolfe
Introduction to State of Illinois v. Sympson, Sympson v. JS, and State of Illinois v. JS for Perjury
Introduction to Ohio Agent Papers
JS’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
Letter, Alexander Sympson to Editor, circa February 1844
Letter, William W. Phelps to Thomas Ford, 30 December 1843
Memorandum of Deeds, 3 March 1842
Military Order to Wilson Law, 18 December 1843–A
Minute Book 2
Minutes, 1 July 1844, Draft
Minutes, 10 June 1844
Minutes, 13 January 1844
Minutes, 16 January 1844
Minutes, 19 May 1842
Minutes, 29 April 1844
Minutes, 29 April 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
Miscellaneous Notes [20%E2%80%9322 June 1844]
Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
Pay Order to Edward Partridge for Aaron Johnson, 21 March 1838
Petition from Aaron Johnson, 18 December 1843
Petition from Ebenezer Robinson and Aaron Johnson, 15 January 1844
Petition from George W. Crouse and Others, circa 9 March 1844
Petition from Thomas Grover and Others, 2 May 1842
Power of Attorney, Aaron Johnson to Oliver Granger, 15 April 1839
Praecipe, 27 March 1844–B [ Sympson v. JS ]
Proposed Plan for a Moot Organization and Congress, 6 February 1844
Resignation from George A. Smith, circa 10 August 1844
Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844
Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
Subpoena, 28 March 1844–A [ Sympson v. JS ]
Summons to Nauvoo City Marshal, 21 June 1844
The Book of the Law of the Lord
Transcript of Proceedings, 10 August 1844 [ Sympson v. JS ]
Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
zzzzz Voting Record, 19 May 1842
aaaaaa Warrant, 11 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–A ]

Additional Information

22 June 18061–10 May 1877.2 Farmer, gunmaker.3 Born in Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.4 Son of Didymus Johnson and Ruhamah Stephens.5 Joined Methodist church, early 1820s.6 Married Polly Zeruah Kelsey, 13 Sept. 1827, in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.7 Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Daniel Spencer, 15 Apr. 1836.8 Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, spring 1837.9 Ordained an elder, 8 Oct. 1837, in Kirtland.10 Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1838.11 Ordained a seventy, 1838, in Far West.12 Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 14 Mar. 1839.13 Elected justice of the peace, 1842–1846, in Nauvoo.14 Labored on Nauvoo temple.15 Served mission to eastern U.S., 1842.16 Ordained a high priest, 1842, in Nauvoo.17 Member of Nauvoo high council, 1844.18 Participated in plural marriage during JS’s lifetime.19 Moved to Garden Grove, Decatur Co., Iowa Territory, May 1846.20 Served as counselor in Garden Grove bishopric, 1846.21 Served mission to Iowa, Indiana, and Illinois, 1847, and another to New England states, winter 1849–1850.22 Moved to Kanesville (later Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, 1849.23 Served as bishop of Kanesville branch.24 Migrated to Springville, Utah Co., Utah Territory, 18 Sept. 1850.25 First bishop of Springville, 1850–1870.26 Member of Utah territorial legislature, 1851–1868.27 Served as postmaster, 1851–1870.28 Served as judge in Provo, Utah Co., beginning 3 Mar. 1851, and as probate judge for Utah Co., Feb. 1861–Feb. 1863.29 Appointed major general of Second Division of Utah militia, 1866.30 Died at Springville.31 [3a-aaaaa}