Christian Johnson, fourth child of Johan and Johannah Laustsen Larsen, was born in Oudrup, Aalborg, Denmark April 6, 1843. He lived with his parents, three brothers and three sisters on their farm in Denmark and it was his task to assist with the herding of the cattle and sheep on the low, rolling, grass-covered hills near his home.
After the death of his mother in Kansas while en route to Utah, Christian joined the A. O. Smoot Company where he drove one of the ox teams. It was his duty to get up early in the morning and bring the oxen in and many times the animals had strayed far from camp during the night.
After his arrival in Salt Lake City he lived in the home of Mr. Smoot for a time. Soon after, he moved to southern Utah where he helped with the settlements of Salina, Richfield and Joseph in Sevier County. During the Indian depredations [p.187] Christian helped defend the infant settlements and later in life was pensioned as an Indian War veteran.
Christian married Martha Lewis, daughter of Tarlton Lewis and Melinda Gunlin, January 3, 1866. Mr. Lewis was the Bishop of Richfield Second Ward and the first Patriarch of Sevier Stake.
Before moving to Joseph, Christian and Martha lived in Minersville, Beaver County where Christian served as the ward clerk. Their two oldest children were born in Minersville, Ephraim in 1868 and Mary Elizabeth in 1870. Three of their children were born in Joseph, Edward, Ellen and Ira. They moved back to Richfield where Martha Rebecca was born in 1877, and Melinda Johannah in 1879. From Richfield they moved to Wayne County where their youngest child, John Lewis, was born in 1882, at Thurber.
The Johnson family settled five miles south and a little west of Thurber, now Bicknell. They owned a farm and a meadow. Pine Creek ran through the meadow and there was plenty of fish in the creek. A three-room house of logs was built near the spring. Mr. Johnson became a successful farmer and cattleman but he also had many misfortunes. His wife was ill many years before she passed away leaving him to rear a large family of small children. His daughter Nell stayed in the home and helped her father for some time before she married. In due time all the girls went to homes of their own and again tragedy struck when
the eldest daughter Mary died leaving four small children which he helped care for.
Christian filled a mission to Denmark in 1897-98, going back to his boyhood home. There he had the joy of being reunited with his brother Lars but he could not convert him to Mormonism. Lars died in Buarrip, Denmark, June 21, 1916.
After his return to Utah, Christian married Annie Van ****, but the marriage proved unsuccessful and they separated.
During his later years he made his home with his youngest daughter Melinda and her husband Harvey Mangum. He visited with the other children, and occasionally stayed in the home of his brother Elias and family, for the two brothers had always been very close to each other. Christian was well fixed financially. He lived to be 92 years of age and although he had endured many trials, he never lost faith in God and in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His health permitting, he faithfully attended church meetings. One evening in December 1935 he was on his way to meeting when he stumbled and fell on the sharp point of a post, which had broken off. As a result of internal injuries received in this accident he passed away December 13, 1925 and was buried in the Bicknell cemetery
(Thanks to Find A Grave contributor Terry Hunt- MT)
After the death of his mother in Kansas while en route to Utah, Christian joined the A. O. Smoot Company where he drove one of the ox teams. It was his duty to get up early in the morning and bring the oxen in and many times the animals had strayed far from camp during the night.
After his arrival in Salt Lake City he lived in the home of Mr. Smoot for a time. Soon after, he moved to southern Utah where he helped with the settlements of Salina, Richfield and Joseph in Sevier County. During the Indian depredations [p.187] Christian helped defend the infant settlements and later in life was pensioned as an Indian War veteran.
Christian married Martha Lewis, daughter of Tarlton Lewis and Melinda Gunlin, January 3, 1866. Mr. Lewis was the Bishop of Richfield Second Ward and the first Patriarch of Sevier Stake.
Before moving to Joseph, Christian and Martha lived in Minersville, Beaver County where Christian served as the ward clerk. Their two oldest children were born in Minersville, Ephraim in 1868 and Mary Elizabeth in 1870. Three of their children were born in Joseph, Edward, Ellen and Ira. They moved back to Richfield where Martha Rebecca was born in 1877, and Melinda Johannah in 1879. From Richfield they moved to Wayne County where their youngest child, John Lewis, was born in 1882, at Thurber.
The Johnson family settled five miles south and a little west of Thurber, now Bicknell. They owned a farm and a meadow. Pine Creek ran through the meadow and there was plenty of fish in the creek. A three-room house of logs was built near the spring. Mr. Johnson became a successful farmer and cattleman but he also had many misfortunes. His wife was ill many years before she passed away leaving him to rear a large family of small children. His daughter Nell stayed in the home and helped her father for some time before she married. In due time all the girls went to homes of their own and again tragedy struck when
the eldest daughter Mary died leaving four small children which he helped care for.
Christian filled a mission to Denmark in 1897-98, going back to his boyhood home. There he had the joy of being reunited with his brother Lars but he could not convert him to Mormonism. Lars died in Buarrip, Denmark, June 21, 1916.
After his return to Utah, Christian married Annie Van ****, but the marriage proved unsuccessful and they separated.
During his later years he made his home with his youngest daughter Melinda and her husband Harvey Mangum. He visited with the other children, and occasionally stayed in the home of his brother Elias and family, for the two brothers had always been very close to each other. Christian was well fixed financially. He lived to be 92 years of age and although he had endured many trials, he never lost faith in God and in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His health permitting, he faithfully attended church meetings. One evening in December 1935 he was on his way to meeting when he stumbled and fell on the sharp point of a post, which had broken off. As a result of internal injuries received in this accident he passed away December 13, 1925 and was buried in the Bicknell cemetery
(Thanks to Find A Grave contributor Terry Hunt- MT)
Christian Johnson, fourth child of Johan and Johannah Laustsen Larsen, was born in Oudrup, Aalborg, Denmark April 6, 1843. He lived with his parents, three brothers and three sisters on their farm in Denmark and it was his task to assist with the herding of the cattle and sheep on the low, rolling, grass-covered hills near his home.
After the death of his mother in Kansas while en route to Utah, Christian joined the A. O. Smoot Company where he drove one of the ox teams. It was his duty to get up early in the morning and bring the oxen in and many times the animals had strayed far from camp during the night.
After his arrival in Salt Lake City he lived in the home of Mr. Smoot for a time. Soon after, he moved to southern Utah where he helped with the settlements of Salina, Richfield and Joseph in Sevier County. During the Indian depredations [p.187] Christian helped defend the infant settlements and later in life was pensioned as an Indian War veteran.
Christian married Martha Lewis, daughter of Tarlton Lewis and Melinda Gunlin, January 3, 1866. Mr. Lewis was the Bishop of Richfield Second Ward and the first Patriarch of Sevier Stake.
Before moving to Joseph, Christian and Martha lived in Minersville, Beaver County where Christian served as the ward clerk. Their two oldest children were born in Minersville, Ephraim in 1868 and Mary Elizabeth in 1870. Three of their children were born in Joseph, Edward, Ellen and Ira. They moved back to Richfield where Martha Rebecca was born in 1877, and Melinda Johannah in 1879. From Richfield they moved to Wayne County where their youngest child, John Lewis, was born in 1882, at Thurber.
The Johnson family settled five miles south and a little west of Thurber, now Bicknell. They owned a farm and a meadow. Pine Creek ran through the meadow and there was plenty of fish in the creek. A three-room house of logs was built near the spring. Mr. Johnson became a successful farmer and cattleman but he also had many misfortunes. His wife was ill many years before she passed away leaving him to rear a large family of small children. His daughter Nell stayed in the home and helped her father for some time before she married. In due time all the girls went to homes of their own and again tragedy struck when
the eldest daughter Mary died leaving four small children which he helped care for.
Christian filled a mission to Denmark in 1897-98, going back to his boyhood home. There he had the joy of being reunited with his brother Lars but he could not convert him to Mormonism. Lars died in Buarrip, Denmark, June 21, 1916.
After his return to Utah, Christian married Annie Van ****, but the marriage proved unsuccessful and they separated.
During his later years he made his home with his youngest daughter Melinda and her husband Harvey Mangum. He visited with the other children, and occasionally stayed in the home of his brother Elias and family, for the two brothers had always been very close to each other. Christian was well fixed financially. He lived to be 92 years of age and although he had endured many trials, he never lost faith in God and in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His health permitting, he faithfully attended church meetings. One evening in December 1935 he was on his way to meeting when he stumbled and fell on the sharp point of a post, which had broken off. As a result of internal injuries received in this accident he passed away December 13, 1925 and was buried in the Bicknell cemetery
(Thanks to Find A Grave contributor Terry Hunt- MT)
After the death of his mother in Kansas while en route to Utah, Christian joined the A. O. Smoot Company where he drove one of the ox teams. It was his duty to get up early in the morning and bring the oxen in and many times the animals had strayed far from camp during the night.
After his arrival in Salt Lake City he lived in the home of Mr. Smoot for a time. Soon after, he moved to southern Utah where he helped with the settlements of Salina, Richfield and Joseph in Sevier County. During the Indian depredations [p.187] Christian helped defend the infant settlements and later in life was pensioned as an Indian War veteran.
Christian married Martha Lewis, daughter of Tarlton Lewis and Melinda Gunlin, January 3, 1866. Mr. Lewis was the Bishop of Richfield Second Ward and the first Patriarch of Sevier Stake.
Before moving to Joseph, Christian and Martha lived in Minersville, Beaver County where Christian served as the ward clerk. Their two oldest children were born in Minersville, Ephraim in 1868 and Mary Elizabeth in 1870. Three of their children were born in Joseph, Edward, Ellen and Ira. They moved back to Richfield where Martha Rebecca was born in 1877, and Melinda Johannah in 1879. From Richfield they moved to Wayne County where their youngest child, John Lewis, was born in 1882, at Thurber.
The Johnson family settled five miles south and a little west of Thurber, now Bicknell. They owned a farm and a meadow. Pine Creek ran through the meadow and there was plenty of fish in the creek. A three-room house of logs was built near the spring. Mr. Johnson became a successful farmer and cattleman but he also had many misfortunes. His wife was ill many years before she passed away leaving him to rear a large family of small children. His daughter Nell stayed in the home and helped her father for some time before she married. In due time all the girls went to homes of their own and again tragedy struck when
the eldest daughter Mary died leaving four small children which he helped care for.
Christian filled a mission to Denmark in 1897-98, going back to his boyhood home. There he had the joy of being reunited with his brother Lars but he could not convert him to Mormonism. Lars died in Buarrip, Denmark, June 21, 1916.
After his return to Utah, Christian married Annie Van ****, but the marriage proved unsuccessful and they separated.
During his later years he made his home with his youngest daughter Melinda and her husband Harvey Mangum. He visited with the other children, and occasionally stayed in the home of his brother Elias and family, for the two brothers had always been very close to each other. Christian was well fixed financially. He lived to be 92 years of age and although he had endured many trials, he never lost faith in God and in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His health permitting, he faithfully attended church meetings. One evening in December 1935 he was on his way to meeting when he stumbled and fell on the sharp point of a post, which had broken off. As a result of internal injuries received in this accident he passed away December 13, 1925 and was buried in the Bicknell cemetery
(Thanks to Find A Grave contributor Terry Hunt- MT)
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