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1847–1868

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Birth Date
29 December 1842
Death Date
21 January 1884
Gender
Male
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Benjamin Franklin Johnson Jr.

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  • The Johnson family included Benjamin Franklin Johnson and his wife Melissa Bloomfield, their children Benjamin Franklin Jr., Melissa, Julia Dedamia, and Esther Melita, Benjamin's 2nd wife Flora Clarinda Gleason and their daughter Huetta Clarinda, and Benjamin's 3rd wife Mary Ann Hale and their daughter Julia Ann.  Also traveling in the company was Benjamin’s brother Joel and his family.

    In 1861, Benjamin crossed the plains again, this time sent out by the Santaquin Ward as an out-and-back teamster.

Willard Richards Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 5

Traveled with

  • Benjamin Franklin Johnson (Age: 29)
  • Melissa Bloomfield Johnson (Age: 28)
  • Mary Ann Johnson (Age: 20)
  • Melissa Johnson (Age: 4)
  • Julia Dedamia Johnson (Age: 2)
  • Esther Melita Johnson (Age: Infant)

Company Unknown (1861)

  • Age at Departure: 18

Sources

  • "Account book, 1861-1862." In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Wards' accounts 1861-1868. (CR 376 8)
  • Pioneer emigration list 1847-1848, 117, in Docket book 1844 Feb.-1845 May.