David Johnson Wilson, Jr. was born on October 12, 1869 at Spring Lake, Utah County, Utah. He had an abundance of attention as a baby and lots of fun as a child playing with his cousins in Grandfather Benjamin Franklin Johnson's adobe Villa. He was about six years old when his father and mother moved to Hillsdale, Garfield County, Utah, in about 1875. He was baptized in 1877 at the age of 8.
David now had an older sister and three younger sisters to play with and when another sister arrived on September 16, 1878, whom they named Esther Delcina, it was just to much, so David ran and hid and refused to even look at his new little sister. Soon he overcame his disappointment and learned to really love his baby sister. When he was 11, there finally arrived the little brother he had prayed for and they named him George Benjamin, born August 27, 1880.
David Johnson, Jr. was 13 years old then they moved to Mesa, Arizona, and could help handle the teams, herd the livestock and bring in the firewood to cook the evening and morning meals. When the family moved to Colonia Diaz, Mexico, in 1888, David was 19 years old and capable od doing a man's work and soon became the beekeeper taking care of the 300 hives of bees his father had acquired. When his father and others needed a good man to haul freight by wagon David, Jr. was the man to do the job.
When David, Jr. was 25 he courted and married Olive Merrill, September 19, 1894. His sister Esther Delcina described her as "a very bright lovely girl." They were not blessed with any offspring and it was hard for him to accept that fact. David, Jr. was a hard working man. He operated the flour mill for his father in addition to freighting and helping with the bees. According to his brother, George Benjamin, "there was no invading enemy that was ever to big for David. He'd fight for the right and stand the scars without a whimper."
David Johnson, Jr. took sick and died December 25, 1901, in Colonia Morelos, Sonora, Mexico, at the age of 32. David had a good life and held the priesthood and all were saddened at his sudden death.
(taken from the Wilson Family History Book)