Johnson, John Peter Rasmus, 1824-1910
Dates
- Existence: 1824 - 1910
Biography
John Peter Rasmus Johnson (1824-1910) was a Danish immigrant and early member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
John Peter Rasmus Johnson was born on April 10, 1824, in Lindved, Denmark, to Johannes Christensen and Ane Dorthea Jonasdatter. John married Caroline Marie Nielsen Toft on April 24, 1847, in Denmark. They had ten children. John joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1851, and immigrated to Utah in 1854, crossing the plains with the Independent Ox Team Company. John and his family settled in Provo, Utah. Johnson married a second wife, Kirstine Marie Larsen, in 1856, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Together they had one child. He married a third wife, Maren Poulsen, on January 16, 1857, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Together they had six children. Johnson married a fourth wife, Inger Johnson, on November 11, 1865, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Together they had nine children.
John was a railroad contractor, cabinet maker, carriage builder, and farmer. He served as the bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Provo 1st Ward from 1864 to 1883. He also served as a missionary to Denmark from 1860 to 1864. On his return trip from Denmark, John crossed the United States with the John Smith Company from July to September 1864. He also served a mission to the Northwestern States Mission in 1886. John was convicted of unlawful cohabitation in Provo, Utah on September 19, 1888. He served three and one half months of his sentence. John died July 9, 1910, in Provo, Utah.
Citation:
UPB files, Nov. 2, 2001 (hdg.: Johnson, John Peter Rasmus, 1824-1910)FamilySearch, April 30, 2024 (Nov. 2, 2001(John Peter Rasmus Johnson; b. 10 Apr. 1824 in Lindved; d. 9 July 1910 in Provo; Parents Johannes Christensen and Ane Dorthea Jonasdatter; Married Caroline Marie Nielsen Toft on April 24, 1847, in Denmark; ten children; Joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1851, and immigrated to Utah in 1854, crossing the plains with the Independent Ox Team Company; Settled in Provo, Utah. Railroad contractor, cabinet maker, carriage builder, and farmer; Served as the bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Provo 1st Ward from 1864 to 1883; Served as a missionary to Denmark from 1860 to 1864) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/KWJ4-T1S
Overland Trails Digital Library Collection, 2001 (Johnson, John Peter Rasmus)
Church History Biographical Database, via www, April 30, 2024 (On his return trip from Denmark, John crossed the United States with the John Smith Company from July to September; served a mission and to the Northwestern States Mission in 1886) https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/john-peter-rasmus-johnson-1824?lang=eng&timelineTabs=all-events
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Autograph album of John Peter Rasmus Johnson
Handwritten autographs and notes written to John Peter Rasmus Johnson by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while he was serving a sentence in prison for polygamy at the Utah Penitentiary. Album is dated 1888-1889.
John Peter Rasmus Johnson diary
Handwritten diary of John Peter Rasmus Johnson recounting his overland journey by wagon train from Nebraska to Salt Lake City from July to September 1864. Johnson writes about encounters with Native Americans, deaths and births within the company, daily travelling conditions and camping locations, and the death of numerous oxen. The diary is moderately descriptive with daily entries.
John Peter Rasmus Johnson speech
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed speech dated 17 March 1892. Johnson gave this address in commemoration of the fiftieth anieversary of the founding of the Relief Society in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints..