1. | John Lycurgus Johnson was born 25 Aug 1844, Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA; died 29 Jun 1908, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States; was buried 1 Jul 1908, Rockpoint Cemetery, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States. Other Events:
- Lived: Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; from 1855 to after 1860
- Lived: Laketown, Rich, Utah, USA; from the mid 1860's to 1870
- Lived: Washington County, Texas, USA; until 9 years old
Notes:
"Lycurgus "Curg" Johnson was a Texan whose family had migrated to Bear Lake, Idaho. In 1878 LDS Church officials asked the Johnson clan to resettle in Ashley Valley. Besides operating several businesses in the valley, Johnson also served as the first elected sheriff of Uintah County, a selectman and a deputy U.S. Marshal. He represented the county in the 1890 territorial assemble, attended the Constitutional Convention in 1894 and was elected Vernal City mayor in 1905. Johnson also served as Ashley's second postmaster.1 "Johnson, a well-known entrepreneur opened a general merchandise store with two of his sons, Alfred and Snellen." About 1880 he purchased the Hatch store in Ashley Center, located on the southeast corner of the town's main intersection. He also owned and operated a flour mill, which he built in 1885...2 and one in Maeser in 1888.4 "In the fall of 1893 the Uintah Milling & Flume company was founded by Dry Fork and Ashley Valley water users. The company was begun with $26,000 in their coffers" and with Lycurgus Johnson as president.3
1 Burton, Doris Karren, Settlements of Uintah County: Digging Deeper, Uintah County Library, 1998, p. 41.
2 Ibid., p. 39.
3 Ibid., p. 158.
4 Ibid., p. 189.
2 Ibid., p. 39.
Pioneers and prominent men of Utah by Frank Ellwood Esshom, page 149:
JOHNSON, JOHN LYCURGUS (son of Willis Johnson and
Nancy Greer of Brennen, Tex.). Born Aug. 25, 1844, Brennen.
Came to Utah in 1854.
Married Cora Isabella Davis March 1, 1867, at St. Charles,
Idaho (daughter of Nathan Cutler Davis and Isabella
Wells, Bolton, Warren county, N. Y., pioneers to Utah Oct.
1857 with John Smith company). She was born Oct. 25,
1847, Bolton, N. Y. Came to Utah Oct. 1857. Their chil-
dren: Willis Lycurgus b. March 18, 1869, d. child; James
Warren b. Oct. 25, 1870, m. Minerva Wilkins; Nathan b.
April 2, 1872, d. infant; Alfred N. b. April 2, 1872, m. Mary
De Freeze; Snellen b. Sept. 3, 1874, m. Genevieve Sprouse;
Eugene b. Feb. 28, 1876, d. child; Le Roy b. Sept. 18, 1877,
d. child; Clarence Irwin b. March 23, 1879. m. Ada May
Rich; Nancy Pearl b. April 16. 1881, m. Brigham Chris-
tensen; Cora Myrtle b. April 21, 1883, m. Edward Harvey
Belcher; Hazel b. Sept. 23, 1886.
High priest; high councilor; ward teacher. Settled at
St. Charles, Idaho, In 1864; moved to Vernal, Utah, 1879.
Delegate to state constitutional convention; member of
state legislature in 1898; United States marshal several
years; county sheriff; county commissioner; mayor of the
city; school trustee. Farmer.
John married Cora Isabella Davis 1 Mar 1867, Saint Charles, Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States. Cora (daughter of Nathan Cutler Davis and Isabella Wells) was born 25 Oct 1847, Bolton, Warren, New York, USA; died 10 Feb 1926, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States; was buried 13 Feb 1926, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. Willis Lycurgus Johnson
was born 18 Mar 1869, St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA; died 14 Sep 1870.
- 3. James Warren Johnson
was born 25 Oct 1870, Laketown, Rich, Utah, USA; died 22 Jun 1905, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
- 4. Nathan Johnson
was born 2 Apr 1872, Laketown, Rich, Utah, USA; died 15 Mar 1873, Laketown, Rich, Utah, USA.
- 5. Alfred Nathaniel Johnson
was born 2 Apr 1872, Laketown, Rich, Utah, USA; died 19 Jun 1958, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
- 6. Snellen Ichabod Johnson
was born 3 Sep 1874, Laketown, Rich, Utah, USA; died 28 May 1939, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
- 7. Allen Eugene Johnson
was born 28 Feb 1876, Laketown, Rich, Utah, USA; died 15 Mar 1876, Laketown, Rich, Utah, USA.
- 8. LeRoy "Roy" Johnson
was born 18 Sep 1877, Laketown, Rich, Utah, USA; died 20 Apr 1879; was buried , Rockpoint Cemetery, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
- 9. Clarence Irwin Johnson
was born 23 Mar 1879, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States; died 8 Jan 1958, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- 10. Nancy Pearl Johnson
was born 16 Apr 1881, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States; died 21 Jan 1946, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- 11. Cora Myrtle Johnson
was born 21 Apr 1883, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States; died 13 Mar 1948, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- 12. Hazel Johnson
was born 23 Sep 1886, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States; died 17 Nov 1918, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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