Luke Johnson

Brief Life History of Luke

When Luke Johnson was born on 3 November 1807, in Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, John Johnson, was 29 and his mother, Mary Elsa Jacobs, was 26. He married Susan Arminda Poteet on 29 November 1831, in Cabell, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1853. In 1850, at the age of 43, his occupation is listed as physician in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. He died on 8 December 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Luke Johnson
1807–1861
America Morgan Clark
1824–1900
Marriage: 3 March 1847
Susan Marinda Johnson
1848–1883
Orson Albert Johnson
1850–1920
Mark Anthony Johnson
1851–1872
Charlotte Elizabeth Johnson
1853–1933
John Joseph Johnson
1854–1917
Lovinia Ann Johnson
1856–1872
Phebe Johnson
1858–1929
Luke Johnson
1861–1948

Sources (37)

  • Luke Johnson, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Luke Johnson, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Luke Johnson, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Johan, Jo(h)n (see John ) + -son. It was often interchanged with Jenson and Janson . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Norwegian, Danish, or North German Johnsen , Johannesen , Johannsen , Johansen , Jansen , Jantzen , and Jensen , Swedish Johnsson (see below), Johansson , Jonsson , and Jansson , Dutch Janssen , German Janz , Czech Jansa 1, and Slovenian Janša (see Jansa 2) and Janežič (see Janezic ). Johnson (including in the sense 2 below) is the second most frequent surname in the US. It is also the second most common surname among Native Americans and a very common surname among African Americans.

Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Johnsson: patronymic from the personal name John, a variant of Jon (see John ). Compare 1 above.

History: Surname Johnson was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward. Andrew Johnson (1808–75), 17th president of the US, was born in Raleigh, NC, the younger son of Jacob Johnson and Mary (or Polly) McDonough. Little is known of his ancestors. The 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson, dates his American forebears back seven generations to James Johnston (sic) (born c. 1662) who lived at Currowaugh, Nansemond, and Isle of Wight counties, VA. — Noted early bearers also include Marmaduke Johnson (died 1674), a printer who came from England to MA in 1660; Edward Johnson (1598–1672), a colonial chronicler who was baptized at St. George's parish, Canterbury, England, and emigrated to Boston in 1630; and Sir Nathaniel Johnson (c. 1645–1713), a colonial governor of Carolina, who came from County Durham, England.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Luke Samuel Johnson (1807–1861) (commonly known as Luke Johnson and Luke S. Johnson) was a leader in the church and an original member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles from 1835 to 1838. He served in …

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