• Uncle of Sixtus Ellis Johnson.  

  Evidence from church (Perpetual Emigrating Fund) and documentary records proves the Johnson family traveled to Utah in 1863. He initially traveled to Utah in 1861, but returned east with his son, William. They came back to Utah with the Patterson company.

Sixtus E. Johnson Company (1861)

• Age at Departure: 36
• Head of Household

Alvus H. Patterson Company (1863)

• Age at Departure: 38

Sources

• A. H. Patterson Emigrating Company, Journal, 1863 June-Sept.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Johnson, Christianna Maria, Reminiscences, in Rufus David Johnson, J.E.J. Trail to Sundown [1961], 353-55.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 September 1863, 5.
• Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
• "Obituary Notes," Deseret News [Weekly], 4 July 1896, 96.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund Ledger Index, [1992, 2013].
• Pioneer Pathways 5 (2002): 219
• Sixtus E. Johnson Emigrating Company journal, 1861 July-September.