Benjamin Franklin Johnson
Birth Date
On 1818 July 28 (Born)
Death Date
On 1905 November 18 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States
1818 July 28
Mother
Julia Hills
Father
Ezekiel Johnson Jr
Baptized by
Lyman Eugene Johnson
1835 February 28 (Age 16)
Served in
Northern States Mission
1840 February – June (Age 21)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Date Details
On 1840 February
Departed from Home
On 1840 June
Released
Served in
Canadian Mission
1840 July – November (Age 21)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Indiana, United States
Date Details
On 1840 July
Departed from Home
On 1840 November
Departed from Field
Married
Melissa Bloomfield LeBaron
1841 December 25 (Age 23)
Married
Mary Ann Hale
1844 November 14 (Age 26)
Married
Flora Clarinda Gleason
1846 February 3 (Age 27)
Traveled in
Willard Richards Company (1848)
1848 July 3 – October 10 (Age 29)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Benjamin Franklin Johnson, Jr. (Age 5)
Melissa Johnson (Age 4)
Melissa Bloomfield LeBaron (Age 28)
Mary Ann Hale (Age 20)
Julia Dedamia Johnson (Age 2)
Esther Melita Johnson (Age 0)
Date Details
On 1848 July 3
Joined Company
On 1848 October 10
Company Arrived
Married
Harriet Naomi Holman
1850 March 17 (Age 31)
Served in
Hawaiian Mission
1852 August 28 – 1855 January 16 (Age 34)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Date Details
On 1852 August 28
Called
On 1853 February 17
Arrived in Field
On 1855 January 16
Departed from Field
Traveled in
Leonard S. Conger Mail Party (1855)
1855 February – March (Age 36)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Circa 1855 February
Joined Company
Circa 1855 March
Company Arrived
Married
Sarah Melissa Holman
1856 February 3 (Age 37)
Married
Susan Adaline Holman
1857 February 8 (Age 38)
Married
Sarah Jane Spooner
1857 April 5 (Age 38)
Married
Eliza Perkins Dean Saunders
1885 March 3 (Age 66)
Died in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States
1905 November 18 (Age 87)
Media
Benjamin Franklin Johnson (1818 - 1905)
Benjamin Franklin Johnson (1818 - 1905) Profile
Sources
Person
Benjamin F. Johnson papers, 1852-1923
Benjamin F. Johnson papers, 1852-1923.
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900, Item 114-168, Page 102-156.
Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877
Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.
Mission
A study of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in upper Canada, 1830 - 1850
Richard E Bennett, A study of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in upper Canada, 1830 - 1850, Richard Bennett, Page 32.
Hawaiian Honolulu Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1850-1978
Hawaiian Honolulu Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1850-1978, 17 February 1853.
"Ye Who Are Called to Labor", Hawaiian Honolulu Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1850-1978, Page 25.
Hawaiian Honolulu Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1850-1978, 29 March 1853, Page 1.
My Life's Review
My Life's Review. 1982.
The Journal of George Q. Cannon
Mary Jane Dillworth Hammond, "Benjamin Franklin Johnson", The Journal of George Q. Cannon, (6 October 1849).
Pioneer
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
"Ezra T. Benson's 100, report", Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, (24 September 1849), Page 1-8.
My Life's Review
Benjamin F. Johnson, My Life's Review. 1982. Page 192-196.
Transcript for Benjamin F. Johnson, My Life's Review (Independence: Zion's Printing & Publ. Co., 1947), 121-23
Pioneer emigration list 1847-1848, 117, in Docket book
Pioneer emigration list 1847-1848, 117, in Docket book, February.
Richards family collection, 1837-1961
Richards family collection, 1837-1961, April.
Transcript for Phinehas Richards, Diary, 1837 April-1871 March, Phinehas Richards papers, 1837-1874 in Richards family collection, 1837-1961
