Sarah Melissa Johnson

Biographical Summary:

"...Sarah Melissa Johnson whose mother rechristened her "May" was born in Spring Lake, Utah, on 4 May 1866. She was the fifth child born to Benjamin Franklin Johnson and Sarah Melissa Holman..."

"...One time her adopted Indian brother, Kemo, had gone into the hills for wood with John Angus, one of May‘s brothers. A gentle snowfall became a blizzard. When they had not returned by evening, search parties were sent out, but the boys could not be found. At bedtime, little May‘s parents insisted that she go to bed, much against her will. She fell asleep and dreamed she saw them in a certain place, her brother lying on the horse wrapped in Kemo‘s coat with Kemo near him suffering from the cold. She awakened, ran downstairs and told where her brothers could be found. Kemo and Angus were found just as May‘s dream indicated..."

"...On 13 October 1886, in the St. George Temple, she married Talmai Emerson Pomeroy, a stalwart Latter-day Saint. His mother was Sarah Matilda Colburn and his father, Francis Martin Pomeroy, was a Utah pioneer with Brigham Young and was also one of the founders of Mesa..."

"...Sarah Melissa and Talmai Emerson Pomeroy were the parents of seven children: Talmai Emerson, Jr., Mabel Aeolia, Clarence Melnotte, Gladys Leona, Sarah Melissa "Melza", Joseph Franklin, and Edith Ursula "Zula". Their first child, Talmai, died before he was a month old..."

"...Talmai and May operated the first hotel in Mesa, an adobe structure that stood where Everybody‘s Drug Store stands today. After a few years, they built a brick residence at 145 South Robson in Mesa..."

"...In 1900, Talmai was called to Mexico on his second mission for the Church..."

"...After laboring in the mission field a little over a year, Talma was called to be president of the Mexico Mission in 1904. He returned home for his family, and they accompanied him to Mexico City, where May presided as Mission Mother..."

"...May passed away in Mesa, Arizona, on 2 June 1940. Talma died one month later on 6 July 1940. They are both buried in the Mesa City Cemetery..."

SOURCE: Gardner, Loni; Benjamin Franklin Johnson Family. A Royal Legacy.; Benjamin Franklin Johnson Family Organization; 2010; pages 258-263. Retrieved from http://bfj-files.s3.amazonaws.com/Books/Benjamin%20Franklin%20Johns...