. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. tlers of that place. Inthe spring of 1863, about a dozen Dan-ish families were called by the Churchauthorities to settle in the Little Val-ley, three miles east of Brigham City,in charge of Hans Peter Jensen. Theplace was named Mantua after Snows birthplace in Elder Jensen presided until that time he had i-etained hishome in Brigham City where he re-sided until his death, May 29, 1883. Hefilled n
. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. tlers of that place. Inthe spring of 1863, about a dozen Dan-ish families were called by the Churchauthorities to settle in the Little Val-ley, three miles east of Brigham City,in charge of Hans Peter Jensen. Theplace was named Mantua after Snows birthplace in Elder Jensen presided until that time he had i-etained hishome in Brigham City where he re-sided until his death, May 29, 1883. Hefilled numerous positions of trust andresponsibility and was devoted in sup-porting Pres. Snow all through theperiod of the Brigham City co-oper-ative movement. He left a large fam-ily, having 35 sons and daughters. JOHNSON, John Edward, first coun-selor in the presidency of the SanFrancisco Stakeof Zion, was bornOct. 2, 1890, inMurray, Salt LakeCo., Utah, the sonof John Johnsonand Edla Wilhel-mina Lundell. Hisparents beingstaunch Latter-day Saints, theboy, John Edwaxd,was trained in theprinciples of theGospel from hisearly youth andwas baptized November 6, 1898, by. 150 LATTER-DAY SAINT Robert L. Campbell, and subsequent-ly ordained successively to the offi-ces of Deacon, Teacher, Priest andElder. When a few months old, hemoved with his parents from Murrayto Benjamin, Utah Co., Utah, wherehe received a common school educa-tion, graduating from the eighth gradein the spring of 1906. At the age ofseventeen, he entered the High SchoolDepartment of the Brigham YoungUniversity at Provo, graduating fromthat school in 1911. He then enteredupon college work in the BrighamYoung University, graduating withthe degree of A. B. in the spring of1915. During his last year of studythere he functioned as president ofthe student body. In 1912-1913 hetaught school in Hinckley, Utah, andlater acted as principal of the Snow-flake Stake Academy at Snowflake,Arizona. After moving to Berkeley,California, in
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