He set up business in Quincy, IL, just south of Nauvoo.
His position as judge brought him into contact with exiled Mormons who were daily arriving in Quincy in the winter of 1839 from Missouri. Curious about Mormonism and his Mormon neighbors who were settling 43 miles north where he met with the Prophet Joseph and soon converted. Neighbors shunned the judge and his family, who felt ostracized by those they had once called friends. Seeking happiness with friends in his new faith, Jonathan sold his gun shop and home in Quince and moved to Nauvoo. He purchased a half-lot on the east side of Main Street, this home/gunshop has been fully restored to its orginal condition by the Nauvoo Restoration Commitee. He even manufactured a unique feature of his Nauvoo guns with an engraved plate on the stock reading ``Holiness to the Lord - Our Preservation''
He arrived in the Rocky Mountains, among his fellow Saints, with six wagons, Jonathan settled with his family in Ogden, where he once again opened a gunsmith shop. Unfortunately, he never made another gun. His famous son John Moses Browning, credited with over 120 patents for firearms, worked with his father in the gunshop. John Moses once said that his father that he ``died of weariness, he had worked so hard that he finally tired out, he went to sleep and didn't wake up.''
He set up business in Quincy, IL, just south of Nauvoo.
His position as judge brought him into contact with exiled Mormons who were daily arriving in Quincy in the winter of 1839 from Missouri. Curious about Mormonism and his Mormon neighbors who were settling 43 miles north where he met with the Prophet Joseph and soon converted. Neighbors shunned the judge and his family, who felt ostracized by those they had once called friends. Seeking happiness with friends in his new faith, Jonathan sold his gun shop and home in Quince and moved to Nauvoo. He purchased a half-lot on the east side of Main Street, this home/gunshop has been fully restored to its orginal condition by the Nauvoo Restoration Commitee. He even manufactured a unique feature of his Nauvoo guns with an engraved plate on the stock reading ``Holiness to the Lord - Our Preservation''
He arrived in the Rocky Mountains, among his fellow Saints, with six wagons, Jonathan settled with his family in Ogden, where he once again opened a gunsmith shop. Unfortunately, he never made another gun. His famous son John Moses Browning, credited with over 120 patents for firearms, worked with his father in the gunshop. John Moses once said that his father that he ``died of weariness, he had worked so hard that he finally tired out, he went to sleep and didn't wake up.''
Family Members
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Sarah Ann Browning Galliher
1827–1901
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David Elias Browning
1829–1901
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Barbara Jane Browning Stewart
1830–1898
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John Wesley Browning
1832–1913
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James Allen Browning
1833–1902
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Asenath Elizabeth Browning Carling
1835–1899
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Martha Clarissa Browning Middleton
1837–1930
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Mary Melvina Browning Garner
1840–1931
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Nancy Lavina Browning Stewart
1842–1875
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Emma Eliza Browning
1843–1843
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Jonathan Alma Browning
1845–1913
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Melinda Vesta Browning Middleton
1847–1926
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John Moses Browning
1855–1926
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Elizabeth C. Browning
1857–1857
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Matthew Sandefur Browning
1859–1923
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Jonathan Edmund Browning
1859–1939
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Thomas Samuel Browning
1860–1943
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William Wallace Browning
1862–1919
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Olive Ann Browning Wallace
1863–1933
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George Emmett Browning
1866–1948
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Benjamin Franklin Browning
1868–1869
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Susan Oetta Browning
1870–1880
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