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Show - - - JI : J . Do ii DoJohnson Johnson , , _ Pioneer , , Is Called The Tl1e ever thinning thmning ranks ofMoab ofMcab of Mcab Moab pioneers were further furtherdeCImated furtherdecimated furtherdecimated deCImated Satmdiy Satwd"lY SatwdlY Satindl3s " , when JosephHorace Joseph , K Kray ray rayHorace Horace Johnson 84 IH a resIdent resIdentof residentof of the , ' . valley .alley alley alley foi fOl 51 vcais ycais } calS and andplommently andptomrnently andpi plommently ptomrnently eminently identified in the upbmldmg upL up " L ' building bmldmg of Che the town oown and county , , passed away at his residence residencefollowing , , y ' E " ' , , follO\\ follO follOing following \ \ ing an illness lllness of about aeek a 'week week ' t . " \\eek eek week \ \ Death was v.as vas . due to corn- corn com- com cornplications compl1catlOns cornt - - ; + t plications pl1catlOns .brought brought . on by old ageMr age * ; , Mr Johnson s aged widow , , 79 , | | > and all of then eight survivingchlldren survivingchildren surviving $ % f , ? , children chlldren were at the bedside atthe at > ft > * l- l l'the - * 'the the ' tl the endFor endFor end \ For half a century J H John John- Johnson Johnson * . - \son son \ } t } Y Yson son sont was prominent pronuncI'It pronuncIIt prominept ' in 111 the civic , , S-- S Spolitical , ' , w - - { ' ' political and religious rehgious life Ufe ofMoab ofMoab of . , l 'iMoab iMoab ' Moab He was the first assessorof assessorof assessor , . < "of of " of Grand county , and laterscrved laterserved later 'served served ' scrved served two t\\O t O \ tcims tClms teams as county , commissioner commlSSloner , being chairman ofi ofthe of I ' < * zfi zfipJ pJ i the board He held many posiI posihons positions posi- posi positions - - \ a I \tions tions hons tions of responsibility responsibil1ty in locala locala localL local localL localL \L L \ a L D S church activities , beinga being a membci membel membei of the first flrst stake hIghcouncll high council councll and at one time servmg serving servmgas servingas servingas as presiding elder in upper Moab Moabvalley Moabvalley 1 1valley valley He'vas He \ ' was \'vas 'vas vas a veteran of theBlackba"k the ' 'Blackhawk Blackhawk ' - h hBlackhawk Blackba"k Blackbak Blackhawk " Indian warFuneral war , i Funeral services serVlces were held heldSunday heldSunday Sunday afternoon from the LD LD L D S chapel which WhlCh was fIlled fIlledto filledto filledto to its capacity by sorrowing J < . . H . . JOHNSONrelatives JOHNSONrelatives JOHNSON relatives and friends fnends Thw Thele Theie o I were many offerings The servies ser- ser serVICS ser-vics ser vics - VICS vies were opened with a hymn . by thechoir thechoir the thechoir choir , , followed by the invocation by F P.M PM . . M Shafer A solo 'Lay Lay ' Lay My Head Be- Be Beneath Beneath Be Beneath - neath a Rose , ' ; , ' was sung by Don L LBronson LBronson L.Bronson LBronson . Bronson The lirst fIrst speaker was C LChristensen L LChristensen LChrLstensen Christensen , , who told of his long longI longacquaintance longacquaintance longacquaintance I datingfrom acquaintance with the departed datmg dating , from pioneer plOneer days Lloyd omervl11e Somerville omervl11espoke Somervillespoke Somervillespoke omervl11eI I spoke of Mr Johnson s long service in inI inthe inthe inthe I the co community nunll11l , ty , , praising praismg the part he hehad hehad hehad I had played m in building buildmg up this thlS pal paifc pail t of ofI ofthe ofthe ofthe I the state Charles W McConkie gave gavea gavea a historical account 3CCOunt of the early settlement settle settle- settlement settlement - ment of Moab valley , in which WhlCh the de-pal de pal de- de depal depaited - paited pal tod tcd had played such a leading 1eadmg role roleI roleA roleA roleA I A hymn was sung by Wllmer Wl1mer Wilmer Bronson Bronsonand Bronsonand Bronsonand and sons Euial Emal Eural and 3nd Re\ Re Rey Reafter \ . after which whichthe whichthe whichthe the benediction was was offered cffered by A C CFoIster CFolster CPolster FoIster Folster At the cemetery the choirsang choir choirsang sang ' 'Till Till ' TIll We Meet Again Agam " and the thededicatory thededicatory j dedIcatory prayer was given by W RMcConkie RMcConkieJoseph R RMcConkie 1 1McConkie I Isang McConkie McConkief f < { Joseph Horace Jchnson Jehnson was born in inCOtmcll inCouncil inCouncil . COtmcll Council Bluffs , , Io\va Io va Io\\a a Iowa \ \ , , then called caned Kanes I I ville en June 13 , , 1850 , , the eldest soncf son sonof sonof of cf George Washington Johnson andEE and andI andEveline I , E\ E Eeline EE \ eline cline Burdick Johnson On the dayhe day dayhe dayhe ' ' he was one year old , , the family started startedI startedI startedacross startedacioss I aClOSS across the plains ' ' lor 'for for Utah reachingSalt reahing reaching reahingSalt reachingSalt { : I Salt Lake in the fall falI of 1851 Thefamily The Thefamily Thefamily I TheI family remained remamed in Salt Lake Cityi Cityabout CIty Cityabout 1 i , I about three years , , then moVing mo\iing mo iing \ to toI toSpringville toSprlngville I SpringvIlle It was George W John JohnI Johnson Johnsons I son s mission to build bUlld up new townsand towns , and thus the family famlly moved about a aI agreat agreat I , great deal Among the towns of Utah UtahhICh Utahwhich Utahwhich Utahi \hICh hICh which , \ George W Johnson and sons sonsaided sonsaided sonsaided i ' aided in m building buildmg up were Spnngville Springville , Payson FounItarn SpnngvillePayson , , Santaquin Cedar City , , Foun Foun- Fountam Foun-I Foun I Fountain - I | tain tam tarn Green , Moroni Morom Mona and Moab MoabThe I ! The family famlly resided at Santaquin Santaqum dur dur- during during - durImg ing mg the Blackhawk Blackhawl . war , , and J . , dur-I dur I H HJohnson HJohnson HJohnson Johnson a boy of about 16 , was em- em employed employed em employed - ployed at about this time as a pony ponyI ponye ponyexpress ponyexpress I | e express press nderI rideri riderMr rider nder riderMr I Mr Johnson spent about a year and anda a half in Nevada , being attracted thereby thereby there there'I 'I I by the White Pine gold rush ru.sh . Return Return- Returning Returning Returning - ' ing to Mona in the fall faU of ot 1869 , he met metMIss metMiss metMiss MIss Julia Jul1a Hills Eager , and the couplewere couple couplewere couplewere metI I were united umted in marriage marr13ge at Mona on onAugust onAugust onAugust August 25 , . , 1870 The wedding weddmg , per per- - formed performed by the groom's grooms ' fathci fathel father , , was at attended attended attended onI I tended by about 150 relatives and I ' friends fliends The groom was 20 years of cif ofage cifage ofage age and his bride 16 The youngcouple youngcouple young youngcouple couple spent about a year in the Tmtic Tintie Tmticdlstnct Tintiedistrict Tmticdistrict dlstnct district then moved to Kanab , whereMr where whereMr whereMr Mr Johnson represented his father insettling in insettling insettling settling a new town The Johnsons Johnsonsreturned Johnsonsreturned Johnsonsreturned returned andthe to Mona Juab county , , and , , , the next 10 years were spent in m that thatdistrict thatdistrict thatj thatI I district ( , potherfamilies In October , 1883 , , along withpother with pother , otherfamilies other otherfamilIes familIes of Johnsons Somervl11es Somervilles SomervlllesNewells , , I INewells Newells and McConkies McConk1es Mr and Mrs MrsJ MrsJ MrsJ J H Johnson and their sl sit si"C siC " c smaU small smaUchlldren smallchildren smallchildren chlldren children left Mona for southeasternI southeastern I Utah heading lor 'for for ' the San Juan rivercountry river.country rivercountry river rivercountry . , . country The party spent a short hme time hmeIn timein timein In Moab valley , , but went on to the thesouthern thesouthern thesouthern southern country around the Ammas Animas Ammasand Ammasand , and theyhad San Juan Tn rivers risers ersl erslof , of " which "hICh hICh they . had heard glowing glowmg reports They spent spenta spentI I a hard winter wmter athat at what \\hat hat \ is now Fruit- Fruit Fruitland Fruitland Frult-land Frult land - land New Mexico Mexlco Man Many ' of theIrcattle theircattle their theydecided cattle and horses died there , and they decided to come c.cme ccme . back to Moab Theyl Theyr They Theyreached r reached ached uppel uppei Moab valley in October October,1884 October1884 , 1884 and decided to settle there They Theytook Theytook took up land at once and built bruIt houses housesUpper housesUpper Upper Moab known as the Flat FlatVas , \Vas Vas was Vasa wasa \ a thriving community conunumty for several years yearshavmg yearshaving yearshaving havmg having a school schcol and church organiza organizahon organza organzation organization hon tion with wlth J H Johnson as piesiding plesldmg presiding plesldmgeldel presidingeldei eldei eldel eldeiMi Mi Ml and Mrs Johnscn Johnson and tamlly family tamllyre familyresided lamilyresided re resided lded at their thelr ranch on the Flat fOl foi fOlabout foiabout foiabout about 40 years , but spent most of the thewinters thewinters winters at Moab where the children childrenattended childrenattended attended school About 10 or 12 years yearsago yearsago ago the old couple came to Moab to toreside toreside reside permanently permane'1tly permane1tly permane'itly permaneitly ' ' , , building buildmg a newhome newhome new home hereMr here hereMr Mr and Mrs J H Johnson Johnsonele vveiethe \\ele ele were werethe \ elethe , the parents of 14 children , eight of ofwhom ofwhom ofwhom whom survive They also liave have 68 68grandchildren 68grandchildren 68grandchildren grandchildren , 50 great grandchildren grandchlldren grandchlldrenand grandchildrenand and three great great grandchildreni grandchildrenMr grandchildren Mr Johnson is survived survlved by his hlS aged agedwidow agedwidow widow and . _ , the following children childrenMrs childrenMrs childrenMrs Mrs Essie Shafei Shafel , . , Moab . , Mrs LottieLarsen Lottie LottieLarspn LottieLarsen Larspn Larsen , , , Moab , Mrs Laura Allred , Mon- Mon Monticello Monticello Mon-ticello Mon ticello - - ticello , Mrs Anna Allred Alired , . Moab MoabGeorge , George W Johnson Moab . , Mrs Nora NoraMcConkie NoraMcConkie . McConkle McConkie Moab , Mrs Maude Day DayDelta , Delta , Colo , and Mrs Leona Mlller Miller MillerMoab , Moab He is also sui-vived sui vived sw"Vived swVived survived " - by one oneContinued oneContinued oneContinued ( Continued on last page ) J . H . JOHNSON CALLED CALLEDContinued CALLEDContinued ( Continued from first page ) blOther brother li other , D A Johnson , Moab , . a sISter sisterMrs . , , Mrs Minnie Farnsv Famsworth Farnsworth . orth , Mountain MountainHome MountainHome MountauHome Home , . Utah , one half brother , . AmoP Amos AmosP AmosP , ! P . Johnson , . Fountain Green , Utahand Utah ; and two t0 t\\ t \ 0 half sisters , Mrs Maria Marta Wakefield Wake- Wake WakefIeld Wakefield - fIeld , . Huntlngton Huntington , Utah , . and Mrs MrsNancy MrsNancy MrsNancy Nancy L Woodward Wooo"ard Woooard Woods " ; ard , Willow WIJOW ] Creek CreekMontana , Montana . Until his death . , Mr and Mrs John John- Johnson Johnson . - son were the only oilly surviving surVlvIng pioneelcouple pIoneer pIoneercouple pioneercouple couple residing at Moab Last August . , they 1hey celebrated lebrated their sixty fourth wed wed- wedding wedding wedding - ding anniversary The last fanuly family fanulygathering familygathering fanul ; gathering held at their home was on onDecember onDecember orDecember December 20 , . when a family fanuly partyas party \\as as was wasgiven \ wasgiven asgIven gIven m in honor of the se\enty se enty sesenty \ ninttbirthday nmth ninth ninthbirthday zrthday birthday of ci : ! Mrs Johnson Jolmson JohnsonDuring JolmsonDunng JohnsonDuring During Dunng the many sears years } ears of Mr John-son's John son's sons John- John Johnson's Johnson's - - son's sons ' residence in Moab , he was prom prom- prominent prominent . - ment inent in the upbuilding upbutldIng upbuildmg of the com com- community cornmunlty . - munity He was one of the hardest hardestworkers hardestworkers hardestworkers workers in the valley for the bUIlding bUIldingof buildingof of churches and schools He took anactive an anactive 1ctlve active ; inteiest mtelest interest in m public questions , andwas and andwas andwas was a staunch member of the Repubican Republ Repubi Republcan Repubican can party He . was v.as vas on seveial sevelal several occa- occa occa.sions occasions occa'sions occasions - ' .sions sions . honoredlth honored \ with \lth lth , ; public publ1c office , . being beingcounty beingcounty beingcounty county assessor ard count counts com corn commlSSIonei cornmissionei cornmissionei cornmissioneiMi mlSSIonei missionei mlSSIoneifi missioneiMi Mi \fi fi ? \ Johnson Johnsonas was \\as as \ engaged in cattleraising cattle cattleraIsmg cattleraising raIsmg raising and ranching all his life- life lifeAthis lIfeAt - - Athis At AtIus Athis Ius his ceith oe1.th oe1th oe . ith he still owned . the originalranch origmal original origmalranch originalranch ranch on the Flat on which he settled settledm settledm m 1884 1884J J H . H . Johnsonas Johnson \ was \\as as a man of high lugh mrtegrity integrity m in tegrity rtegrity , and enjo enjoyed } ed a 3 . wIde w de friendshIp friendshIpthroughout friendshipthroughout friendshipthroughout throughout all of eastern Utah Inhis In Inhis Inhis his death an honoiable honOlable career isbrought isbrought is isbrought brought to a close His name is m in maehbly inaelibly inaclibly aehbly aelibly inscribed mscrIbed in the history of ofGrand ofGrand ofGrand Grand county , and the present genel genes genelI genelallon genesatron geneiatlon I allon atron will fore\er fore er foreer forever fore\ fore \ er be indebted mdebted to lum him lumaud himand himand aud and his associates associatesfor -for for - the great partthey part partthey partthey they placed pIa ) ed in 111 building up this part p'lrt plrt put ' of of'the ofthe the 'the ' state |