J. Warren Johnson (1870-1905), son of John Lycurgus Johnson and Cora Isabelle Davis. He served in the Southern States LDS Mission, mainly in Kentucky, from September 1895 - September 1897. He also served a mission in Wasatch County, Utah as a Mutual Improvement Missionary from October 1901 - February 1902. He died on June 22, 1905.

James Warren Johnson was born October 25, 1870 in Laketown, Rich County, Utah Territory, United States. He was the son of John Lycurgus Johnson and Cora Isabelle Davis. He was the second of twelve children and shared the same birthday as his mother. On May 29, 1895, J. Warren Johnson married Minerva Melvina Wilkins in the Salt Lake Temple. They settled in Vernal, Uintah County, Utah. Not long after, he received his mission call to the Southern States mission on September 3, 1895. He was ordained a seventy by Apostle Heber J. Grant on July 15, 1896 and reported for his mission on July 16, 1896. His first child, Warren, had been born three months earlier.

Elder J. Warren Johnson labored most of his mission in Kentucky and West Virginia. However, he was able to travel to all over the mission, including Washington D.C. while attending a conference and writes of his four-day trip there. While Elder Johnson was serving his mission, he was called to be the First Counselor to the Conference President of Kentucky. He served faithfully in his calling. He was released from his mission on February 24, 1899.

J. Warren Johnson's second child, Mary Venice was born on December 29, 1899, just ten months after returning home from his mission. He was home for about a year and a half before he was called on his second mission as a Mutual Improvement Missionary in Wasatch County, Utah. He reported for his mission on October 8, 1901. He was to be absent from his home for five months. During this time though, he was able to see his family and spend time with them during the holidays. He was released from his mission on February 1, 1902.

J. Warren Johnson returned to his home in Vernal, Utah on February 6, 1902. He arrived just in time for his wife to give birth to a little girl, Cora Isis, four days later. Two more children were to follow within the next few years. Arvan Iril was born on August 16, 1903 and Jessie Minerva was born August 25, 1905. J. Warren Johnson died before his last child was born. He passed away at the age of thirty-four years on June 22, 1905. His life was short but full.