Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet]

1. Living
2. Living

Alton married Living [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Harriet P. W. Young - http://books.google.com/books?id=AnBIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=%22snellen+Johnson%22&source=bl&ots=pNmmpNw5p6&sig=Kxn1RcEb_lPpDIr0_2pOGyygArI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xqdbVJXWJtGYyASAwICIAw&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBTge#v=onepage&q=%22snellen%20Johnson%22&f=false

Snellen married Genevieve Sprouse. Genevieve (daughter of Baylus Earl Sprouse and Nancy Willmirth Johnson) was born 9 Dec 1877, Montezuma, Summit City, Colorado, USA; died 6 Aug 1952, Montabello, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Group Sheet]

Franklin married Sarah Ann Shirts 1 Mar 1912, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States. Sarah (daughter of William Darius Shirts and Sarah Ann Busenbark) was born 14 Feb 1888, Loa, Wayne, Utah, USA; died 29 Mar 1965, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Lived: Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; from 1855 to after 1860
• Lived: Laketown, Rich, Utah, USA; from the mid 1860's to 1870
• Lived: Washington County, Texas, USA; until 9 years old

Notes:

"Lycurgus "Curg" Johnson was a Texan whose family had migrated to Bear Lake, Idaho. In 1878 LDS Church officials asked the Johnson clan to resettle in Ashley Valley. Besides operating several businesses in the valley, Johnson also served as the first elected sheriff of Uintah County, a selectman and a deputy U.S. Marshal. He represented the county in the 1890 territorial assemble, attended the Constitutional Convention in 1894 and was elected Vernal City mayor in 1905. Johnson also served as Ashley's second postmaster.1 "Johnson, a well-known entrepreneur opened a general merchandise store with two of his sons, Alfred and Snellen." About 1880 he purchased the Hatch store in Ashley Center, located on the southeast corner of the town's main intersection. He also owned and operated a flour mill, which he built in 1885...2 and one in Maeser in 1888.4 "In the fall of 1893 the Uintah Milling & Flume company was founded by Dry Fork and Ashley Valley water users. The company was begun with $26,000 in their coffers" and with Lycurgus Johnson as president.3

1 Burton, Doris Karren, Settlements of Uintah County: Digging Deeper, Uintah County Library, 1998, p. 41.
2 Ibid., p. 39.
3 Ibid., p. 158.
4 Ibid., p. 189.
2 Ibid., p. 39.



Pioneers and prominent men of Utah by Frank Ellwood Esshom, page 149:

JOHNSON, JOHN LYCURGUS (son of Willis Johnson and
Nancy Greer of Brennen, Tex.). Born Aug. 25, 1844, Brennen.
Came to Utah in 1854.

Married Cora Isabella Davis March 1, 1867, at St. Charles,
Idaho (daughter of Nathan Cutler Davis and Isabella
Wells, Bolton, Warren county, N. Y., pioneers to Utah Oct.
1857 with John Smith company). She was born Oct. 25,
1847, Bolton, N. Y. Came to Utah Oct. 1857. Their chil-
dren: Willis Lycurgus b. March 18, 1869, d. child; James
Warren b. Oct. 25, 1870, m. Minerva Wilkins; Nathan b.
April 2, 1872, d. infant; Alfred N. b. April 2, 1872, m. Mary
De Freeze; Snellen b. Sept. 3, 1874, m. Genevieve Sprouse;
Eugene b. Feb. 28, 1876, d. child; Le Roy b. Sept. 18, 1877,
d. child; Clarence Irwin b. March 23, 1879. m. Ada May
Rich; Nancy Pearl b. April 16. 1881, m. Brigham Chris-
tensen; Cora Myrtle b. April 21, 1883, m. Edward Harvey
Belcher; Hazel b. Sept. 23, 1886.

High priest; high councilor; ward teacher. Settled at
St. Charles, Idaho, In 1864; moved to Vernal, Utah, 1879.
Delegate to state constitutional convention; member of
state legislature in 1898; United States marshal several
years; county sheriff; county commissioner; mayor of the
city; school trustee. Farmer.

John married Cora Isabella Davis 1 Mar 1867, Saint Charles, Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States. Cora (daughter of Nathan Cutler Davis and Isabella Wells) was born 25 Oct 1847, Bolton, Warren, New York, USA; died 10 Feb 1926, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States; was buried 13 Feb 1926, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Lycurgus Johnson was born in Brennam, Washington County, Texas, August 25, 1844 to Nancy Reddick Greer and Willis Johnson. His father died when Lycurgus was about 8 years old. Mormon missionaries converted his mother and some of his older siblings in 1854 and the next year most of the family traveled by wagon to Salt Lake, Utah. Lycurgus lived with his mother, brother Alfred, sisters Victoria and Nancy, and cousin Adeline York in the Greater Salt Lake 6th Ward until after 1860. The family then moved to the Bear Lake area of northern Utah and lived there for about 10 years. Lycurgus married Cora Isabella Davis 1 March 1867 and had their first child Willis Lycurgus in St. Charles, Idaho on the northwest end of Bear Lake. The family moved to the south end of Bear Lake and there Willis died in September 1870. The couple had seven children in the Bear Lake area but only Warren, Alfred, and Snellen lived past the age of 2. Lycurgus was appointed Constable of the Lake Precinct of Rich County on August 1, 1870. Having been asked by Church leaders, in 1878 they moved along with his brother Alfred Summers Johnson, Joseph Hardy Sr., and Allen Davis families to Ashley Valley or the area of present day Vernal, Utah. Nancy Reddick Greer Johnson Sprouse, the mother of Lycurgus, was killed in a tragic accident on the way to Ashley Valley. In 1879 excitement with the Indians forced families to move their cabins to Ashley Town which was located 2.5 miles northwest of Vernal. Lycurgus was about 35 years old at this time. He opened one of the first stores in Ashley Town. He became the second postmaster of the valley in September 1879 and was also elected the first sheriff on August 2, 1880 and served for two terms. He served three terms as Selectman, 1882 to 1888 while acting as Deputy United States Marshal. Four children were born in Ashley Town including Clarence, Nancy, Cora and Hazel. They lived in Ashley Town for nine years. Lycurgus built the 2nd flour mill in Ashley Valley in 1885 which operated for over 20 years. After 7 years he finished building the ?Rock House? in 1888 from large stones cut from Ashley Canyon. The home stood on 19 acres complete with excellent irrigation and built close to the flour mill. The family then moved to Maeser and lived there for twenty years. He moved his store from Ashley Town to Vernal and sold general merchandise and furniture under the name L. Johnson & Sons as all his sons participated in his business ventures. Lycurgus represented Ashley Valley in the Territorial Assembly in 1890 and also in the Constitutional Convention in 1894 and became one of the 99 signers of the Utah constitution in 1895. In the late 1890?s Lycurgus won vast contracts including duty to supply the government with wood at $3.50 per cord and 80,000 pounds of bran at $1.30 per hundred. He was appointed the general contractor for the building of the Stake Tabernacle in Vernal in 1900 and completed that work in 1907. In 1905 Lycurgus was elected Mayor of Vernal and filled the office January 2, 1906. By the end of this life he had acquired considerable real estate and wealth through vast enterprises including commerce, stock, water interests, and mining. He died June 29, 1908 and is buried at the Rockpoint Cemetery in Vernal.

Notes:

BAYLISS SPROUSE OBITUARY, Vernal Express 2 Apr 1915

Bayliss Sprouse was born in Texas August sixth, 1831;

He came to Utah during the early fifties and engaged in the activities of pioneer life.

Among other labors, he made several trips back across the plains to the Missouri after immigrants and was one of the rescuers of the ill-fated hand-cart companies.

Under Captain Wm. Kimball, he served as a militia man during the Utah Black Hawk Indian War.

He married Nancy Wilmouth Johnson, a sister of Lycurgus and Alfred Johnson, and this union was blessed with eight children whose names follow: Willis and Nancy Mitchell, dead; Bayliss ?Jake? Sprouse, Jas. Sprouse of Roosevelt, Mrs. Genevieve Johnson of Vernal, Mrs.Cora Mullins and Mrs, Burnetta Ross of Lapoint, living.

His entire life was spent on the fringe of civilization. He was devoted to the labor of a pioneer. In youth he assisted in the settlement of Salt Lake City, Cedar City, Iron County and Rich County in Utah. San Luis valley in Colorado, and last of all, he established the first store in the Deep Creek district of the Reservation.

Until about three years ago, he was actively engaged in business, though he lived to the ripe old age of seventy-nine years. As a citizen he was honorable, upright and progressive.

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Death Notice: Vernal Express 2 Apr 1915

One of our honored citizens, one of the Empire Builders of the West, passed to the Great Beyond in the demise of ?Grandpa? Bayliss Sprouse.

His death occurred last Monday at Provo, Utah. The remains were brought to Lapoint Thursday. The funeral was held Friday, and interment was made in the family lot in the Maeser Cemetery.

Because of the active and useful life of Mr. Sprouse, a brief biographical sketch of his career will appear in the columns later.

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VERNAL EXPRESS - 2/1/1902 in Local and Personal Column

B. E. Sprouse, of Buena Vista, was some better yesterday. He is very low yet. The cause of his sickness is uremic poisoning.

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VERNAL EXPRESS - 3/8/1902

Mr. Baylus Sprouse is still confined to his bed, and his wife also is dangerously ill.

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Vernal Express - 3/22/1902

Mrs. Nancy W. Sprouse, wife of Baylus Sprouse of Millward, died Thursday morning at 7:30 a,m, of inflammation of the bowels, after an illness of fourteen days. The deceased was sixty years of age, lacking a few days. The family have lived in the Valley since 1893, coming from Colorado, but had previously lived in Utah.

The funeral services are to be at the Millward Hall today at 10:00.

Baylus married Nancy Willmirth Johnson 2 Feb 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Nancy (daughter of Willis F. Johnson and Nancy Reddick Greer) was born 22 Nov 1841, San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA; died 13 Mar 1902, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States; was buried 15 Mar 1902, Maeser Fairview Cemetery, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Sarah Allday suit listed Nancy name as Nancy A. Johnson.

Hyrum married Sarah Ann Stevens 24 Nov 1865, Wanship, Summit, Utah, USA. Sarah (daughter of William Stevens and Emma Crowden) was born 24 Nov 1847, Durliegh, Somerset, England; died 3 Jan 1887, Wanship, Summit, Utah, USA. [Group Sheet]

William married Sarah Ann Busenbark 1 Jan 1878, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, USA. Sarah (daughter of Isaac Busenbark and Lovina Hamilton Patterson) was born 3 Aug 1862, Providence, Cache, Utah, USA; died 30 May 1937, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]