Dates

• Existence: 1853 - 1928

Biographical History

David Johns (1853-1928) was a Welsh convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

David Johns was born on March 19, 1853, in Welch St. Donats, Wales, to parents John Johns and Margaret Thomas. Johns' family converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848 and they immigrated to Utah in 1861, traveling with the Johnson Company. After arriving in New York, they traveled by cattle car to Nebraska, as protection because of the Civil War. Johns served a mission among Native Americans in 1876 and served another mission to Great Britain from 1892 to 1893. In 1878, he married Sarah Ann Thomas in Salt Lake City, Utah, and they had seven children together. They settled in Pleasant View, Utah, where Johns became the presiding teacher in Pleasant View Ward.

Johns died on December 14, 1928 in North Ogden, Utah.

Citation:

Pioneers and Prominent Men, via WWW, April 24, 2014 (born on March 19, 1853, in Welch St. Donats, Wales, to parents John Johns and Margaret Thomas; 1878, married Sarah Ann Thomas in Salt Lake City, Utah; seven children together; served a mission among Native Americans in 1876; mission to Great Britain from 1892 to 1893; settled in Pleasant View, Utah; became the presiding teacher in Pleasant View Ward) http://archive.org/stream/pioneersprominen02essh#page/967/mode/1up

Family Search, via WWW, April 24, 2014 (died on December 14, 1928 in North Ogden, Utah)

Person Sheet, via WWW, April 24, 2014 (family converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848; immigrated to Utah in 1861, traveling with the Johnson Company; after arriving in New York, they traveled by cattle car to Nebraska, as protection because of the Civil War.) http://www.david-attride.net/Attride_Genealogy/Bassett_files/ps131_042.htm

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