William Derby Johnson
Birth Date
On 1824 October 27 (Born)
Death Date
On 1896 April 13 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States
1824 October 27
Mother
Julia Hills (1783 - 1853)
Father
Ezekiel Johnson Jr
Date Details
Occurred On 1824 October 27
Baptized
1836 April 9 (Age 11)
Married
Jane Cadwallader Brown
1848 November 1 (Age 24)
Traveled in
Sixtus E. Johnson Company (1861)
1861 July 14 – September 27 (Age 36)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Elmer Wood Johnson (Age 7)
Jennie Ann Johnson (Age 5)
Julia Abby Johnson (Age 3)
Jane Cadwallader Brown (Age 29)
William Derby Johnson, Jr. (Age 11)
Esther Almera Johnson (Age 1)
Date Details
Started Between 1861 July 14 – 15
Joined Company
Ended On 1861 September 27
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Alvus H. Patterson Company (1863)
1863 June 29 – September 4 (Age 38)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started Between 1863 June 29 – 30
Joined Company
Ended On 1863 September 4
Company Arrived
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1869 October 10 (Age 44)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
12th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Albert Perry Rockwood
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1869 October 10
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Died in Colonia Díaz, Ascensión, Chihuahua, Mexico
1896 April 13 (Age 71)
Media
William Derby Johnson (1824 - 1896) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret Weekly
"Obituary Notes", Deseret Weekly, (4 July 1896), Page 96.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1869, Vol. B, Page 16, Line 606a.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1869, Vol. A, Page 15, Line 606a.
Pioneer
A. H. Patterson Emigrating Company journal, 1863 June-September
A. H. Patterson Emigrating Company journal, 1863 June-September.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
"Martin Zyderlaan camp journal", Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, (4 September 1863), Page 1-12.
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Johnson, Christianna Maria, Reminiscences, in Rufus David Johnson, J.E.J. Trail to Sundown [1961], 353-55
Johnson, Christianna Maria, Reminiscences, in Rufus David Johnson, J.E.J. Trail to Sundown [1961], 353-55.
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Perpetual Emigrating Fund ledger index, 1992; 2015
Perpetual Emigrating Fund ledger index, 1992; 2015.
Pioneer Pathways
"Pioneers of Kane County", Pioneer Pathways, 5, (2002), Page 219.
Sixtus E. Johnson Emigrating Company journal
Sixtus E. Johnson Emigrating Company journal, July.
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