Person:Joseph Johnson (132)

Joe studied herbs as a child and as an adult. He continuted growing herbs for medicinal purposes personally and professionally.

Johnson, Joseph Ellis (1817-1882), schoolteacher, merchant, farmer, postmaster, editor, horticulturist; born at Pomfret, Chautauqua County, New York. Son of Ezekiel Johnson, brother of Benjamin F. Converted to Mormonism in 1833. Married Harriet Ellen Snider, 1840. To Illinois, 1839. Postmaster and schoolteacher at Ramus, Hancock County, 1840. Left Nauvoo with the Mormon exodus of 1846. Remained in Kanesville, Iowa eleven years, where he was proprietor of a general store, postmaster and newspaper editor. Moved on to Salt Lake City, 1860, to St. George, Utah, 1865, and Arizona in 1882. Died at Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. [PJSv2] Source: BYU Studies Biographical Registers, http://byustudies.byu.edu/Indexes/BioAlpha/MBRegisterJ.aspx

Joseph Ellis has a flower named after him: johnsonii Meaning: Named for Joseph Ellis Johnson, a 19th century Mormon settler in Utah, described as a pioneer publicist, herbalist and horticulturistPronunciation: jon-so-nee-eye

An early member of the LDS Church and son of Ezekiel and Julia Hills Johnson. Joseph moved to Kirtland, Ohio in 1832 and was baptized as a Latter-day Saint in 1833. He was also a member of the Kirtland Camp in 1838 and taught school in Springfield, Illinois in 1840. He moved to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1840 and was married to Harriet Snider by Joseph Smith later that year. Joseph accompanied Joseph and Hyrum Smith on their way to Carthage jail and was taken as a prisoner when the mob entered Nauvoo. He settled in Miller's Hollow, now Council Bluffs in 1848 and built the first house in Pottawattamie County, Iowa (other than a log cabin). He was the postmaster at Council Bluffs for five years and was also a member of the first city council. In 1852 he established the Council Bluffs Bugle (newspaper). The Bugle office and store destroyed by fire in 1853 yet afterward restored the office and published the paper until 1856. The Bugle was instrumental in getting the capitol of Nebraska Territory located at Omaha. (Lincoln was later chosen as the state capitol in 1867) Joseph was elected to the Nebraska legislature but he said he was "too much of a Democrat" to get a seat. He also opened the first store on the present site of Omaha and sent the first train of goods to the Denver, Colorado (Cherry Creek) mines. In 1854 he published the Omaha Arrow, the first newspaper published on Nebraska soil and that same year accompanied the first party of explorers for a railroad crossing on the Missouri River and Loupe Fork of the Platte river. He wrote the first published article favoring the North Platte route for the Pacific railroad. In 1850 he crossed the plains to Utah and back and in 1857 started the Crescent City Oracle and also laid out the town of Crescent. In 1858 he published the Council Bluffs Press and in published the Huntsman's Echo at Wood River, Nebraska. In 1861 he moved to Utah and in 1863 established the Farmer's Oracle at Spring Lake Villa, Utah County. In 1864 or 1865 he moved to St. George and began a garden supply and nursery and in published Our Dixie Times that was later named the Rio Virgin Times. In 1870 he published the Utah Pomologist and Gardener (a monthly). In 1876 he went to Silver Reef and put up a store and a printing office but sold part of office before the paper was started. In 1879 he was burned out with others yet afterward rebuilt the store on a larger scale. In 1882 Joseph E. Johnson once again moved at his church's call and settled what would become Tempe, Arizona.

An early member of the LDS Church and son of Ezekiel and Julia Hills Johnson. Joseph moved to Kirtland, Ohio in 1832 and was baptized as a Latter-day Saint in 1833. He was also a member of the Kirtland Camp in 1838 and taught school in Springfield, Illinois in 1840.

He moved to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1840 and was married to Harriet Snider by Joseph Smith later that year. Joseph accompanied Joseph and Hyrum Smith on their way to Carthage jail and was taken as a prisoner when the mob entered Nauvoo.

He settled in Miller's Hollow, now Council Bluffs in 1848 and built the first house in Pottawattamie County, Iowa (other than a log cabin). He was the postmaster at Council Bluffs for five years and was also a member of the first city council.

In 1852 he established the Council Bluffs Bugle (newspaper). The Bugle office and store destroyed by fire in 1853 yet afterward restored the office and published the paper until 1856. The Bugle was instrumental in getting the capitol of Nebraska Territory located at Omaha. (Lincoln was later chosen as the state capitol in 1867)

Joseph was elected to the Nebraska legislature but he said he was "too much of a Democrat" to get a seat. He also opened the first store on the present site of Omaha and sent the first train of goods to the Denver, Colorado (Cherry Creek) mines.

In 1854 he published the Omaha Arrow, the first newspaper published on Nebraska soil and that same year accompanied the first party of explorers for a railroad crossing on the Missouri River and Loupe Fork of the Platte river.

He wrote the first published article favoring the North Platte route for the Pacific railroad. In 1850 he crossed the plains to Utah and back and in 1857 started the Crescent City Oracle and also laid out the town of Crescent.

In 1858 he published the Council Bluffs Press and in published the Huntsman's Echo at Wood River, Nebraska.

In 1861 he moved to Utah and in 1863 established the Farmer's Oracle at Spring Lake Villa, Utah County.

In 1864 or 1865 he moved to St. George and began a garden supply and nursery and in published Our Dixie Times that was later named the Rio Virgin Times.

In 1870 he published the Utah Pomologist and Gardener (a monthly).

In 1876 he went to Silver Reef and put up a store and a printing office but sold part of office before the paper was started. In 1879 he was burned out with others yet afterward rebuilt the store on a larger scale.

In 1882 Joseph E. Johnson once again moved at his church's call and settled what would become Tempe, Arizona.

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1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 UTGenWeb - Salt Lake County (Deseret News Weekly).

   Died, Tempe, AZ, 17 Dec 1882, Joseph Ellis JOHNSON, born Pomfret, Chautauqua, NY, 28 Apr 1817. [Obit]

2. ↑ Burial location, Cemetery Records or Gravestone Inscription.
3. ↑ Joseph Ellis Johnson Household, 1850 U.S. Census, District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, Unitied States, Dwelling 1
   Roll: M432_188; Page: 154; Image: 312.
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 1860 U.S. Census, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa (Roll: M653 338; Page: 88; Image: 390.).
5. ↑ Ennumerator - D.H. McAllister, 1880 Census, St. George, Washington, Utah (Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Pla.