The Annual Monitor (1858), p. 94, reported the following about John Johnson:
"He was a native of Bedford Co., Va. His parents were members of our religious Society, and he was favored in having a guarded training, the effects of which were manifested in his thoughtful and serious deportment when he arrived at man's estate. He was a diligent attender of religious Meetings, and concerned to render that aid to his friends in carrying out the discipline, for which he had a qualification. He was, during many years, an Overseer, and afterward an Elder, in which important office much meekness and forbearance, as well as faith and humility, were manifested. He was often humbled under a sense of his own unworthiness, and of his indebtedness to Him from whom every blessing cometh, with a strong desire to be found in entire dedication to his Heavenly Father's will. He removed to Ohio in 1811. Shortly before his decease he seemed to apprehend that his time here would be short; and thus waiting the expected summons, he was favored to make a peaceful close."
Sources: EAQG 4:828 |
