MARIA JANE JOHNSTON WOODWARD
MARIA JANE JOHNSTON (JOHNSON) (WOODWARD), was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, on the 28th of Oct., 1824. She is of Irish decent, but can trace her American ancestry back for two hundred years. Her parents, Oliver Campbell and Hannah Hall (Buckley) Johnston, lived on a plantation on Wartrace Creek in Jackson County, Tennessee. Here the family of one boy and five girls was raised.
When Maria Jane was nine years old, her mother died, and she, being the eldest, was left to shoulder the responsibilities of the household. However, two or three years later the father married again and Mane Jane then spent most of her time spinning and weaving cloth from which the clothes for the family were made.
In 1840, while in her fourteenth year, Maria Jane heard the Gospel and soon afterward became a member of the church. Two years later she left her home and went to Nauvoo,Illinois, to join the Saints at the church headquarters. Here she became acquainted with the Prophet and his brother, Hyrum. From Patriarch John Smith, uncle of the Prophet, she received a patriarchal blessing which was full of promise, all of which she lived to see literally fulfilled.
Maria Jane married GEORGE W. JOHNSON, April 14, 1844, and they made their home in Macedonia, Illinois. Here their first child was born, but it died in infancy. Shortly afterward the Johnsons moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and Mr. Johnson was made door keeper of the Nauvoo Temple. Mrs. Johnson assisted her husband often in his duties at the Temple, and it was she who locked the Temple door in the evening before the burning of the Temple that night. The family still has one of the Temple keys in its possession.
While on a visit at. the old home plantation in Tennessee, Maria Jane's second son was born, in the summer of 1846. The Johnsons remained here till the following spring, then returned to Nauvoo. Maria Jane never saw one of her blood relations again, although he: father lived to be 97 years old.
In 1848 she and her husband moved to Kanesville, Iowa. where he practiced medicine for two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson left Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1851 on their way to Utah. She drove two horses and a pair of mules across the plains. While crossing Nebraska, her son, Senator MILAS E. JOHNSON of Huntington, Utah, was born. That same fall, George Johnson and his family were called to settle on Summit Creek in Utah County. They built the first houses on the plat where Santaquin now stands.
During the next ten years they suffered many hardships. Mr. Johnson became an Indian interpreter, trader, and peacemaker for the people of the territory, and he moved his family with him from place to place. But in 1860 they settled in Fountain Green, Sanpete County, with their family of six boys and three girls.
About this time Maria Jane and George Johnson separated and three years later (1863) she married JAMES WOODWOOD, JR. By him she had two sons.
From 1860 till her death, she spent most of her time caring for the sick. During the time the Indians were making trouble, she often went from one town to another in Juab and Sanpete Counties in a stagecoach under guard, to nurse the sick. She was called "Aunt Jane" by all who knew her.
Her death occurred in Huntington, Emery County, Utah, Feb. 14, 1911.
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Maria Jane (Buckley) Johnston was born on 28 Oct 1824 in Wartrace Creek, Bedford County, Tennesee. She is the daughter of Hanna Hall (Buckley) and Oliver Campbell Johnston.
She married George Washington Johnson on 14 Apr 1844, Mascedonia, Hancock, Illinois. Their children: George Washington, Amos Partridge, Ezekiel Albert, William Oliver, Milas Edgar, Maria Jane, Julia Ann, Joseph Ellis, Nancy Loretta.
She married James Woodward December 26, 1863 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had the following children: Julia Ann WOODWARD, Joseph E. WOODWARD, Nancy L. WOODWARD, Don Carlos WOODWARD and Robert Lewis WOODWARD.
She was a midwife.
She died on 14 Feb 1911 in Huntington, Emery County, UT. She was buried on 17 Feb 1911 in Huntington, Emery County, UT. She died at the age of 86.
Their son, Robert Lewis Woodward died in 1952.
MARIA JANE JOHNSTON (JOHNSON) (WOODWARD), was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, on the 28th of Oct., 1824. She is of Irish decent, but can trace her American ancestry back for two hundred years. Her parents, Oliver Campbell and Hannah Hall (Buckley) Johnston, lived on a plantation on Wartrace Creek in Jackson County, Tennessee. Here the family of one boy and five girls was raised.
When Maria Jane was nine years old, her mother died, and she, being the eldest, was left to shoulder the responsibilities of the household. However, two or three years later the father married again and Mane Jane then spent most of her time spinning and weaving cloth from which the clothes for the family were made.
In 1840, while in her fourteenth year, Maria Jane heard the Gospel and soon afterward became a member of the church. Two years later she left her home and went to Nauvoo,Illinois, to join the Saints at the church headquarters. Here she became acquainted with the Prophet and his brother, Hyrum. From Patriarch John Smith, uncle of the Prophet, she received a patriarchal blessing which was full of promise, all of which she lived to see literally fulfilled.
Maria Jane married GEORGE W. JOHNSON, April 14, 1844, and they made their home in Macedonia, Illinois. Here their first child was born, but it died in infancy. Shortly afterward the Johnsons moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and Mr. Johnson was made door keeper of the Nauvoo Temple. Mrs. Johnson assisted her husband often in his duties at the Temple, and it was she who locked the Temple door in the evening before the burning of the Temple that night. The family still has one of the Temple keys in its possession.
While on a visit at. the old home plantation in Tennessee, Maria Jane's second son was born, in the summer of 1846. The Johnsons remained here till the following spring, then returned to Nauvoo. Maria Jane never saw one of her blood relations again, although he: father lived to be 97 years old.
In 1848 she and her husband moved to Kanesville, Iowa. where he practiced medicine for two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson left Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1851 on their way to Utah. She drove two horses and a pair of mules across the plains. While crossing Nebraska, her son, Senator MILAS E. JOHNSON of Huntington, Utah, was born. That same fall, George Johnson and his family were called to settle on Summit Creek in Utah County. They built the first houses on the plat where Santaquin now stands.
During the next ten years they suffered many hardships. Mr. Johnson became an Indian interpreter, trader, and peacemaker for the people of the territory, and he moved his family with him from place to place. But in 1860 they settled in Fountain Green, Sanpete County, with their family of six boys and three girls.
About this time Maria Jane and George Johnson separated and three years later (1863) she married JAMES WOODWOOD, JR. By him she had two sons.
From 1860 till her death, she spent most of her time caring for the sick. During the time the Indians were making trouble, she often went from one town to another in Juab and Sanpete Counties in a stagecoach under guard, to nurse the sick. She was called "Aunt Jane" by all who knew her.
Her death occurred in Huntington, Emery County, Utah, Feb. 14, 1911.
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Maria Jane (Buckley) Johnston was born on 28 Oct 1824 in Wartrace Creek, Bedford County, Tennesee. She is the daughter of Hanna Hall (Buckley) and Oliver Campbell Johnston.
She married George Washington Johnson on 14 Apr 1844, Mascedonia, Hancock, Illinois. Their children: George Washington, Amos Partridge, Ezekiel Albert, William Oliver, Milas Edgar, Maria Jane, Julia Ann, Joseph Ellis, Nancy Loretta.
She married James Woodward December 26, 1863 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had the following children: Julia Ann WOODWARD, Joseph E. WOODWARD, Nancy L. WOODWARD, Don Carlos WOODWARD and Robert Lewis WOODWARD.
She was a midwife.
She died on 14 Feb 1911 in Huntington, Emery County, UT. She was buried on 17 Feb 1911 in Huntington, Emery County, UT. She died at the age of 86.
Their son, Robert Lewis Woodward died in 1952.
MARIA JANE JOHNSTON WOODWARD
MARIA JANE JOHNSTON (JOHNSON) (WOODWARD), was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, on the 28th of Oct., 1824. She is of Irish decent, but can trace her American ancestry back for two hundred years. Her parents, Oliver Campbell and Hannah Hall (Buckley) Johnston, lived on a plantation on Wartrace Creek in Jackson County, Tennessee. Here the family of one boy and five girls was raised.
When Maria Jane was nine years old, her mother died, and she, being the eldest, was left to shoulder the responsibilities of the household. However, two or three years later the father married again and Mane Jane then spent most of her time spinning and weaving cloth from which the clothes for the family were made.
In 1840, while in her fourteenth year, Maria Jane heard the Gospel and soon afterward became a member of the church. Two years later she left her home and went to Nauvoo,Illinois, to join the Saints at the church headquarters. Here she became acquainted with the Prophet and his brother, Hyrum. From Patriarch John Smith, uncle of the Prophet, she received a patriarchal blessing which was full of promise, all of which she lived to see literally fulfilled.
Maria Jane married GEORGE W. JOHNSON, April 14, 1844, and they made their home in Macedonia, Illinois. Here their first child was born, but it died in infancy. Shortly afterward the Johnsons moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and Mr. Johnson was made door keeper of the Nauvoo Temple. Mrs. Johnson assisted her husband often in his duties at the Temple, and it was she who locked the Temple door in the evening before the burning of the Temple that night. The family still has one of the Temple keys in its possession.
While on a visit at. the old home plantation in Tennessee, Maria Jane's second son was born, in the summer of 1846. The Johnsons remained here till the following spring, then returned to Nauvoo. Maria Jane never saw one of her blood relations again, although he: father lived to be 97 years old.
In 1848 she and her husband moved to Kanesville, Iowa. where he practiced medicine for two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson left Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1851 on their way to Utah. She drove two horses and a pair of mules across the plains. While crossing Nebraska, her son, Senator MILAS E. JOHNSON of Huntington, Utah, was born. That same fall, George Johnson and his family were called to settle on Summit Creek in Utah County. They built the first houses on the plat where Santaquin now stands.
During the next ten years they suffered many hardships. Mr. Johnson became an Indian interpreter, trader, and peacemaker for the people of the territory, and he moved his family with him from place to place. But in 1860 they settled in Fountain Green, Sanpete County, with their family of six boys and three girls.
About this time Maria Jane and George Johnson separated and three years later (1863) she married JAMES WOODWOOD, JR. By him she had two sons.
From 1860 till her death, she spent most of her time caring for the sick. During the time the Indians were making trouble, she often went from one town to another in Juab and Sanpete Counties in a stagecoach under guard, to nurse the sick. She was called "Aunt Jane" by all who knew her.
Her death occurred in Huntington, Emery County, Utah, Feb. 14, 1911.
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Maria Jane (Buckley) Johnston was born on 28 Oct 1824 in Wartrace Creek, Bedford County, Tennesee. She is the daughter of Hanna Hall (Buckley) and Oliver Campbell Johnston.
She married George Washington Johnson on 14 Apr 1844, Mascedonia, Hancock, Illinois. Their children: George Washington, Amos Partridge, Ezekiel Albert, William Oliver, Milas Edgar, Maria Jane, Julia Ann, Joseph Ellis, Nancy Loretta.
She married James Woodward December 26, 1863 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had the following children: Julia Ann WOODWARD, Joseph E. WOODWARD, Nancy L. WOODWARD, Don Carlos WOODWARD and Robert Lewis WOODWARD.
She was a midwife.
She died on 14 Feb 1911 in Huntington, Emery County, UT. She was buried on 17 Feb 1911 in Huntington, Emery County, UT. She died at the age of 86.
Their son, Robert Lewis Woodward died in 1952.
MARIA JANE JOHNSTON (JOHNSON) (WOODWARD), was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, on the 28th of Oct., 1824. She is of Irish decent, but can trace her American ancestry back for two hundred years. Her parents, Oliver Campbell and Hannah Hall (Buckley) Johnston, lived on a plantation on Wartrace Creek in Jackson County, Tennessee. Here the family of one boy and five girls was raised.
When Maria Jane was nine years old, her mother died, and she, being the eldest, was left to shoulder the responsibilities of the household. However, two or three years later the father married again and Mane Jane then spent most of her time spinning and weaving cloth from which the clothes for the family were made.
In 1840, while in her fourteenth year, Maria Jane heard the Gospel and soon afterward became a member of the church. Two years later she left her home and went to Nauvoo,Illinois, to join the Saints at the church headquarters. Here she became acquainted with the Prophet and his brother, Hyrum. From Patriarch John Smith, uncle of the Prophet, she received a patriarchal blessing which was full of promise, all of which she lived to see literally fulfilled.
Maria Jane married GEORGE W. JOHNSON, April 14, 1844, and they made their home in Macedonia, Illinois. Here their first child was born, but it died in infancy. Shortly afterward the Johnsons moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and Mr. Johnson was made door keeper of the Nauvoo Temple. Mrs. Johnson assisted her husband often in his duties at the Temple, and it was she who locked the Temple door in the evening before the burning of the Temple that night. The family still has one of the Temple keys in its possession.
While on a visit at. the old home plantation in Tennessee, Maria Jane's second son was born, in the summer of 1846. The Johnsons remained here till the following spring, then returned to Nauvoo. Maria Jane never saw one of her blood relations again, although he: father lived to be 97 years old.
In 1848 she and her husband moved to Kanesville, Iowa. where he practiced medicine for two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson left Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1851 on their way to Utah. She drove two horses and a pair of mules across the plains. While crossing Nebraska, her son, Senator MILAS E. JOHNSON of Huntington, Utah, was born. That same fall, George Johnson and his family were called to settle on Summit Creek in Utah County. They built the first houses on the plat where Santaquin now stands.
During the next ten years they suffered many hardships. Mr. Johnson became an Indian interpreter, trader, and peacemaker for the people of the territory, and he moved his family with him from place to place. But in 1860 they settled in Fountain Green, Sanpete County, with their family of six boys and three girls.
About this time Maria Jane and George Johnson separated and three years later (1863) she married JAMES WOODWOOD, JR. By him she had two sons.
From 1860 till her death, she spent most of her time caring for the sick. During the time the Indians were making trouble, she often went from one town to another in Juab and Sanpete Counties in a stagecoach under guard, to nurse the sick. She was called "Aunt Jane" by all who knew her.
Her death occurred in Huntington, Emery County, Utah, Feb. 14, 1911.
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Maria Jane (Buckley) Johnston was born on 28 Oct 1824 in Wartrace Creek, Bedford County, Tennesee. She is the daughter of Hanna Hall (Buckley) and Oliver Campbell Johnston.
She married George Washington Johnson on 14 Apr 1844, Mascedonia, Hancock, Illinois. Their children: George Washington, Amos Partridge, Ezekiel Albert, William Oliver, Milas Edgar, Maria Jane, Julia Ann, Joseph Ellis, Nancy Loretta.
She married James Woodward December 26, 1863 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had the following children: Julia Ann WOODWARD, Joseph E. WOODWARD, Nancy L. WOODWARD, Don Carlos WOODWARD and Robert Lewis WOODWARD.
She was a midwife.
She died on 14 Feb 1911 in Huntington, Emery County, UT. She was buried on 17 Feb 1911 in Huntington, Emery County, UT. She died at the age of 86.
Their son, Robert Lewis Woodward died in 1952.
Family Members
Children
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George W. Johnson
1845–1845
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Amos Partridge Johnson
1846–1935
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Albert Ezekiel Johnson
1848–1849
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Oliver William Johnson
1849–1862
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Milas Edgar Johnson
1851–1933
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Maria Jane Johnson Wakefield
1852–1942
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Julia Ann Johnson Wakefield
1855–1918
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Joseph Ellis Johnson
1858–1908
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Nancy Laurette Johnson Woodward
1860–1942
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Don Carlos Woodward
1864–1951
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Robert Lewis Woodward Sr
1870–1952
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