| Show H I 1 5 R Y or L LUKE U ap JO JOHNSON H N 8 0 N sy MY grandfather ar israel isril johnson lived it in chesterfield 6 ester field new ew hampshire and and was vas much respected by his bis neigh neighbors boss for hta hia honesty integrity and industry V my fathe father rJohn 1 I john johnson waa bor born lorn in verneld neld geld new ney hampshire april 11 II 1779 he ile followed the occupation of farming on a large scale and was noted for paying hia bib debts and livin living independently ll 11 he moved from pomfret vermont to hiram portage co ohio he was waa connected with the methodist church for about four or five years vears ear s lir previous e idus to receiving the gospel gaipo sogn after joseph smith moved irom from the state of new now york my father mother and ezra booth a methodist Met hoalst minister went to kirtland to I 1 investigate n mormonism Mor monis in my mother had been laboring under an attack of ot chronic rheumatism an fn m the shoulder so that she could not raise her hand to her herll herti bead yead ead for about two years the Prop prophet lIet ilet laid hands bands upon hen her and she was healed immediately my father was satisfied in regard to the truth of mormonism and was baptized I 1 zea zed by joseph bep sep sm smith biffi jun in the winter of isso 1890 1850 1 and furnished him and his family t home while he ho translated a portion of the thi bible in the fall of 1831 apts nals yet at my fabb fathers erb ers a mob m ob of forty or fifty came to hla hia house a few entered his hia room an fn in the of the night and ana carnot mason dragged dr joseph out of bed by the hair of kis his head he vas was then seized by as many as could get hold of him and taken about forty rods rode from froin the house bouse stretched on a board and tantalized tantalize d in the most roost insul insulting ting and brutal manner manneb manner they tore torp off the few night clothes that he had on for the purpose of emasculating him and had hab br dm nison there to ta perform the operation but when the dr saw the prophet stripped and stretched stretched on the pank plank his hib his bis heart failed him and be he refused to operate the mob then scratched his body all over saying damn you this thier is the way the holy ghost falls upon you 11 and in attempting to force open his jaws they broke one of his front te teeth eth to pour a vial of some obnoxious dru drug into his mouth the mob be bedame became divided and did not sue bur succeed but poured tar over him and thee theo stuck feathers in it and left him and wen went G an ii old brickyard brick yard to baah avash themselves I 1 and b biry I 1 J iii lil their filthy clothes jet jat at this place a vial was drop ped th geots of vich lich rog rag ou t and killed the grase grabe to sl abou abot the bame same 41 ame pat part 0 f rth fth e snob wept to the house that sidn sidney e occupied and avd andS ragged h ahmu imra tana ians an 1 bes meare are him birn with 14 arand feathers athler hear bear ing ins im th pin ein outcry t cry L fa family ll 11 W ea 0 the dohrl but jw fl a ng z it held ib by som so a n e on lie lle ojito outside t me he calle calie for hi 4 0 an 1 e 4 those hofeld i he door dwir left he pursued down hib his hi collar bone was broken he vas taken hack back t to cheh the hauda h is laid upon him by david UP ednd ennd laid mer an M abely healed lie lle aled aleJ A few minutes af after ter tek this accident iv beard the voice of 3 for a blanket 40 taha lahl bd ta cacie me i emhe the tar altig faliti lown down his hib f fade face dribis his bis wi wit fe e odry bueb M alarmed sup supposing F d camei d am e h e a r e no awill at tar i aly try rd and id rubbed rubt eld eid it to getche g tarvee tariff they ibey y gud iud inie inic in Y 1 1 11 i 4 I 1 ai m 1 it ff A s ai it i inov ra ovin 1 ng vai as a rebii aly the westaw lttie Ittie had hi be could t take V joseph s ehi efi afif oi alone WO aih aib A at ib the e etim lime they were taking him out ofte of ac house custe wa ste had hoiu hola of onet on moi mot dreim are vi lights lip tip lilb ills leg ie and antl gae vve hita him a ack jr ic aich sent bent bra hta I 1 m ip awl I 1 rig I 1 I 1 fi tile ille the street he iab the prophet was the thi most rf d 1 nia t we ever hal bad leid hold of in baw lif 0 1 1 1 1 I 1 soon after thia thi s ad add ari attack othe gyhl s spinal affection d FillIA 61 ahe adf f the fhe lied ived alicd df of the cholera boldia i irr iti cleve land dr arr aie ile 11 sent bent lothe to the pe penitentiary giten liten for ten en yearb years and died ajol before the wn 1 i 1 ra r A expired i it i t ij to robe rohe be continued 1 I i |
