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Benjamin Franklin Johnson


Birth28 July 1818Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Jonhson (1818-1905), memorial #9271792.

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 27; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 75; citing the Nauvoo diary of William Clayton, kept for Heber C. Kimball.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 737.

    Arizona Republic, "Patriarch B. F. Johnson Dead," 21 November 1905, p. 8, column 3.
Death18 November 1905Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Jonhson (1818-1905), memorial #9271792.

    Arizona Republic, "Patriarch B. F. Johnson Dead," 21 November 1905, p. 8, column 3.
Burial20 November 1905City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Jonhson (1818-1905), memorial #9271792.

    Arizona Republic, "Patriarch B. F. Johnson Dead," 21 November 1905, p. 8, column 3.
FatherEzekiel Johnson Jr.
MotherJulia Hills
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   • Melissa Bloomfield Le Baron
Married25 December 1841Lake County, Ohio, United States
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    Genealogical Society of Utah, Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Benjamin F Johnson and Melissa Le Baron (25 December 1841); citing Lake County, Ohio, “Marriage records 1840-1844 vol A,” p. 39, FHL microfilm 974915.
          Children:
               Benjamin Franklin Johnson Jr
               Melissa Almera Johnson
               Julia Didamia Johnson
               Esther Melita Johnson
               Delcenia Alvera Johnson
               Frances Belle Johnson
               David Albion Johnson
               Erastus Elmer Johnson
               Leah Bloomfield Johnson


   • Mary Ann Hale
Married14 November 1844Macedonia, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Franklin Johnson and Mary Ann Hale, ID: MG28-FWN and ID: KWJP-3D3.

    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 599.
          Children:
               Emma Jane Johnson
               Joseph Ezekiel Johnson
               Benjamin Samuel Johnson
               Mary Ann Johnson
               Vilate Elizabeth Johnson


   • Flora Clarinda Gleason
Married3 February 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 351-352; FHL microfilm 183374.
          Children:
               Huetta Clarinda Johnson


   • Harriet Naomi Holman
Married17 March 1850Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Franklin Johnson and Harriet Naomi Holman, ID: KWNT-48S and ID: KWJD-1F4.
          Children:
               Benjamin Farland Johnson
               James Francis Johnson
               Seth Jedediah Johnson
               Harriet Naomi Johnson
               William Sawyer Johnson
               Emma Geneva Johnson
               Marquis LeBaron Johnson
               Junius Johnson


   • Sarah Melissa Holman
Married3 February 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Franklin Johnson and Sarah Melissa Holman, ID: KWNT-48S and ID: KWNT-489.
          Children:
               Benjamin Julius Johnson
               Brigham Moroni Johnson
               Heber Franklin Johnson
               John Angus Johnson
               Sariah Agnes Johnson
               Sarah Melissa Johnson
               Cassandra Johnson
               Lionel Brand Johnson
               Ellis Hills Johnson
               Delightra Victoria Johnson
               George Albert Johnson


   • Sarah Jane Spooner
Married5 April 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Franklin Johnson and Sarah Jane Spooner, ID: KWNT-48S and ID: KWJ6-9P3.
          Children:
               Julia Ann Johnson
               Sarah Jane Johnson
                Johnson


   • Susan Adeline Holman
Married8 February 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Franklin Johnson and Susan Adeline Holman, ID: KWNT-48S and ID: KWJ8-NFX.
          Children:
               Susan Celestia Johnson
               Zina Suzetta Johnson
               Frank Carlton Johnson
               Winifred Fredricka Johnson
               Leofwin Johnson
               Justus Wanderus Johnson
               Adeline Estella Johnson
               Nancy Lillian Johnson


   • Eliza Perkins Dean Saunders
Married3 March 1885St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Benjamin Franklin Johnson and Eliza Perkins Dean Saunders, ID: MG28-FWN and ID: KWJ8-FXJ.
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• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Santaquin, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Spring Lake, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1900Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States
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• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusSantaquin, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSantaquin, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSpring Lake Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusTownship 1NR5E, Maricopa, Arizona TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Willard Richards CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure3 Jul 1848
       Arrival10 Oct 1848

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