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Johnson, Orson
Biography
15 June 1803–21 Mar. 1883. Shoemaker, innkeeper, farmer. Born at Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. Son of Thomas Johnson and Elizabeth (Betsey) Smith. Married first Nancy Mason, 24 Oct. 1827, at Bath, Grafton Co., New Hampshire. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Orson Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson, 1832, in Bath. Attended church conference for elders near Big Blue River, Jackson Co., Missouri, 27 Sept. 1832. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Member of Kirtland high council, 28 Aug. 1834. Excommunicated, by 3 Sept. 1837. Moved to Copperas, Peoria Co., Illinois, by June 1840. Married second Caroline M. C. Hassler, 22 May 1855, in Boston. Moved to Trivoli, Peoria Co., by June 1860; to Altona, Knox Co., Illinois, by June 1870; and to San Bernardino Co., California, after 1880. Died at San Bernardino Co.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- Charges against William Smith Preferred to the Church Presidency, 29 December 1835
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourses, 7–8 March 1835
- Minutes, 10 August 1835
- Minutes, 13 January 1836
- Minutes, 16 March 1835
- Minutes, 16 September 1835
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 18 January 1835
- Minutes, 19 September 1835
- Minutes, 2 January 1836
- Minutes, 24 September 1834
- Minutes, 28 December 1834
- Minutes, 28 December 1835
- Minutes, 28 November 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Minutes, 3 October 1835
- Minutes, 3 September 1837
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834, as Published in The Evening and the Morning Star
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- Male