47 | born | November 9— 1818 | |
48 | " | July 28— 1819 | |
49 | " | June 24— 1804 | |
50 | " | July 17— 1814 |
1 | born | Decr. 15— 1794 | |
2 | " | February 16— 1799 | |
3 | " | September 12— 1803 | |
4 | " | January 1— 1805 | |
5 | " | July 21— 1807 | |
6 | " | August 1— 1808 | |
7 | " | May 20— 1809 | |
8 | " | September 6— 1812 | |
9 | " | January 8— 1813 |
Elsewhere, Clayton recorded Johnson’s birthdate as 28 July 1818. Johnson’s autobiography also gives his birthdate as 28 July 1818. (List of Council Members, 31 May 1844; Johnson, “A Life Review,” 1.)
Johnson, Benjamin Franklin. “A Life Review,” after 1893. Benjamin Franklin Johnson, Papers, 1852–1911. CHL. MS 1289 box 1, fd. 1.
Though Farnham reported this as his birthdate elsewhere during the Nauvoo era, local birth records suggest that he was born on 5 December 1794. (Temple Records Index Bureau, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 69; Andover, MA, Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Intentions, 1651–1801, Births Recorded, 374, microfilm 878,780, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)
Temple Records Index Bureau of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1974.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Though Shumway reported this as his birthdate elsewhere during the Nauvoo era, local birth records suggest that he was born on 2 August 1806. (Temple Records Index Bureau, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 19; Oxford, MA, Birth and Death Records, 1722–1840, vol. B, p. 75, microfilm 859,253, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)
Temple Records Index Bureau of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1974.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.