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Levina “Vinie” Johnson

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Levina “Vinie” Johnson

Birth
Wyoming, USA
Death
1 Jun 1912 (aged 15)
Tooele, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Burial
Stockton, Tooele County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Epitaph:

THE ROSE MAY FADE
THE LILY DIE
BUT FLOWERS IMMORTAL BLOOM ON HIGH


A SAD DEATH

Lavinie Johnson, the 16 year old daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Henry Johnson, who lives on Ophir Creek Rush Valley, took her own life last Saturday morning. The real cause for the rash act is not stated.

About 10 in the morning she took strychnine and a short time later was dead.

The remains were buried on Sunday, amid the sorrow of her Parents and all her relations and friends.

Tooele Transcript
Friday June 7, 1912
Epitaph:

THE ROSE MAY FADE
THE LILY DIE
BUT FLOWERS IMMORTAL BLOOM ON HIGH


A SAD DEATH

Lavinie Johnson, the 16 year old daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Henry Johnson, who lives on Ophir Creek Rush Valley, took her own life last Saturday morning. The real cause for the rash act is not stated.

About 10 in the morning she took strychnine and a short time later was dead.

The remains were buried on Sunday, amid the sorrow of her Parents and all her relations and friends.

Tooele Transcript
Friday June 7, 1912


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  • Maintained by: gwlawrence
  • Originally Created by: KJP_SLC
  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84080405/levina-johnson: accessed ), memorial page for Levina “Vinie” Johnson (12 Aug 1896–1 Jun 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84080405, citing Johnson Cemetery, Stockton, Tooele County, Utah, USA; Maintained by gwlawrence (contributor 47716987).