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Johnson, Orson

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15 June 1803

“Orson Johnson,” born 15 June 1803, Individual Record, FamilySearch International Genealogical Index (North America region) (accessed 12 May 2012).

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FamilySearch International Genealogical Index. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true.

–21 Mar. 1883.

Knox Co., IL, Probate Court, Wills, 1830–1922, Will packet for Orson Johnson, box 890, microfilm 1,403,745, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Shoemaker, innkeeper, farmer.

JS, Journal, 11 Dec. 1835; 1850 U.S. Census, Peoria Co., IL, 296[A].

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Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Born at Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire.

“Orson Johnson,” born 15 June 1803, Individual Record, FamilySearch International Genealogical Index (North America region) (accessed 12 May 2012).

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Son of Thomas Johnson and Elizabeth (Betsey) Smith.

“Orson Johnson,” born 15 June 1803, Individual Record, FamilySearch International Genealogical Index (North America region) (accessed 12 May 2012); “Orson Johnson,” Individual Record, FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File (accessed 12 May 2012).

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FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=prf/search_PRF.asp&clear_form=true. Also available as Pedigree Resource File, Family History Resource File, CD-ROM Library (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1999–).

Married first Nancy Mason, 24 Oct. 1827, at Bath, Grafton Co., New Hampshire.

Bath, NH, Index to Marriages, early to 1900, “Orson Johnson,” microfilm 1,001,271, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Orson Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson, 1832, in Bath.

“History of Orson Pratt,” Deseret News, 9 June 1858, 65–66.

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Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

Attended church conference for elders near Big Blue River, Jackson Co., Missouri, 27 Sept. 1832.

Minute Book 2, 27 Sept. 1832.

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Minute Book 2 / “The Conference Minutes and Record Book of Christ’s Church of Latter Day Saints,” 1838, 1842, 1844. CHL. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio.

Backman, Profile, 148.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Backman, Milton V., Jr., comp. A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio, and Members of Zion’s Camp, 1830–1839: Vital Statistics and Sources. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Department of Church History and Doctrine and Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1983.

Member of Kirtland high council, 28 Aug. 1834.

Minute Book 1, 28–29 Aug. 1834.

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Minute Book 1 / “Conference A,” 1832–1837. CHL. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

Excommunicated, by 3 Sept. 1837.

Minute Book 1, 3 Sept. 1837.

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Minute Book 1 / “Conference A,” 1832–1837. CHL. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

Moved to Copperas, Peoria Co., Illinois, by June 1840.

1840 U.S. Census, Copperas, Peoria Co., IL, 53.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Married second Caroline M. C. Hassler, 22 May 1855, in Boston.

“Orson Johnson,” born 15 June 1803, Individual Record, FamilySearch International Genealogical Index (North America region) (accessed 12 May 2012); Orson Johnson in “Johnson, Orson (1803-1882) - Kirtland, OH; Trivoli (Peoria), IL; Walnut Grove, Knox, IL;” family tree submitted by azdell, Ancestry World Tree, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/17026241/person/451297621/facts (accessed 1 Aug. 2022).

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Ancestry World Tree. http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.aspx.

Moved to Trivoli, Peoria Co., by June 1860; to Altona, Knox Co., Illinois, by June 1870; and to San Bernardino Co., California, after 1880.

1860 U.S. Census, Trivoli, Peoria Co., IL, 584; 1870 U.S. Census, Altona, Knox Co., IL, 503[A]; Knox Co., IL, Probate Court, Wills, 1830–1922, Will packet for Orson Johnson, box 890, microfilm 1,403,745, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; 1880 U.S. Census, Altona, Knox Co., IL, 395B.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Died at San Bernardino Co.

Knox Co., IL, Probate Court, Wills, 1830–1922, Will packet for Orson Johnson, box 890, microfilm 1,403,745, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

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