Aaron Johnson Pioneer Profile

Aaron Johnson Company (1850)
Departure: before 12 June 1850
Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: 12 September 1850
Company Information: 100 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs).

Johnson, Aaron. Son of Didymus Johnson and Rheuama Stevens. Born 22 June 1806 at Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Bound out at the age of fourteen to learn gunsmithing; continued in this trade until about 1827. Joined Methodist Church 1824. Married Polly Zerviah Kelsey 13 September 1827. Four known children: Willis, Marilla, Mary Ann, and Emma Maria. Baptized 15 April 1836. Moved to Kirtland, Ohio, in spring of 1837. Purchased land in Kirtland at suggestion of Joseph Smith. Member of Kirtland Camp 1838. Ordained seventy in Far West, Missouri 28 December 1838. Moved to Nauvoo 1839. Justice of peace in Nauvoo. Appointed member of Nauvoo high council 19 January 1841; acknowledged in position 6 February 1841. Served as high councilor 1841-45. Received endowment 21 December 1845. Sealed to Jane Scott 12 July 1845. Six known children: Don Carlos, Aaron, Sophia, Stephen, Moses, and Heber. Sealed to Sarah Maria Johnson 22 December 1845. Two children. Sealed to Mary Ann Johnson 18 May 1846. No known children. Left Nauvoo 1846. Settled in Garden Grove, Iowa, May 1846. Bishop in Garden Grove. Resided in Iowa until spring of 1850; then left for Utah. Arrived in Salt Lake City September 1850. Directed to settle in Springville, Utah. First bishop of Springville served there 1850-72. Chief justice for Utah County for eight years. Major general of Utah Militia. Member of Utah Legislature for twenty years. Postmaster of Springville for twenty-six years. Sealed to Rachel Ford 22 April 1852. Three known children: Marion, Rachel Ann, and Rose Emmeline. Sealed to Harriet Fedelia Johnson 16 December 1852. Five known children: Ida, Eugenia, George, Christabelle, and Alexander. Sealed to Eunice Lucinda Johnson 14 June 1853. No known children. Sealed to Margaret Jane Ford. Six known children: Montezuma, Quetlavaka, Zina, Girilda, Gotamoses, and Daniel. Sealed to Julia Maria Johnson 1 March 1857. Two known children: William and Isabelle. Sealed to Sarah James 1 March 1857. Five known children: Winfred, Edward, Ambrose, Brigham Young, and Annabella. Sealed to Cecelia Almina Sanford 1 March 1857. Eight known children: Lafayette, Sulvia, Armenta, Arminia, Cecelia, Silas, Cyrus, and Maude. Married Jemina Davis Johnson, brother’s widow, for time 6 April 1857. Died 10 May 1877 in Springville, Utah County, Utah. [Cook]

- Mormon Biographical Index, BYU.edu, Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for LDS History