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John Wesley Johnson

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John Wesley Johnson

Birth
Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Death
17 May 1891 (aged 52)
Pima, Graham County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.8327436, Longitude: -109.7632721
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In 1852, The Johnson family which consisted of father, Lorenzo Johnson, age 39, mother Mary, age 40, and their 6 children which included John, age 12, crossed the Morman trail with the William West Lane Company. They departed June 24, 1852 and arrived September 24, 1852. Approximately fifteen families who had lived since spring 1851 at a welfare "poor farm" forty miles north of Kanesville, Iowa, called Lanesborough. They were organized into this company under the leadership of their bishop, William West Lane.
In 1852, The Johnson family which consisted of father, Lorenzo Johnson, age 39, mother Mary, age 40, and their 6 children which included John, age 12, crossed the Morman trail with the William West Lane Company. They departed June 24, 1852 and arrived September 24, 1852. Approximately fifteen families who had lived since spring 1851 at a welfare "poor farm" forty miles north of Kanesville, Iowa, called Lanesborough. They were organized into this company under the leadership of their bishop, William West Lane.


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