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Leroy S. Johnson

People

In the record

Portrait of Leroy S. Johnson

1888–1986

Leroy S. Johnson

Leroy Sunderland Johnson was born at Lee’s Ferry, Arizona, in 1888 and died in Hildale, Utah, in 1986. Published accounts describe him as the senior figure in the Short Creek community in the decades after Joseph W. Musser’s death.

Leroy Sunderland Johnson was born on 12 June 1888 at Lee’s Ferry, Arizona, and died on 25 November 1986 in Hildale, Utah.1 Published accounts describe him as the senior figure in the Short Creek community through the decades after the death of Joseph W. Musser.2

The 1961 recordings use the word “President” for him in the speech of the time. On 5 November, Carl O. N. Holm told a Salt Lake meeting, “We are meeting tonight, brothers and sisters, under the presidency of our Elder Leroy S. Johnson, president of this wonderful society.”3 On 18 June he spoke of “the raid of 1953 when our families were taken away from us.”4

Published accounts of a later council division say that in February 1984 he released J. M. (Marion) Hammon and Alma A. Timpson from the priesthood council, after which they formed a separate congregation that became known as the Centennial Park group.5

On 9 November 1942 he signed the Declaration of Trust for the United Effort Plan and was named its vice-president and one of the first trustees.

Appearances

1960

  1. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 2:18:0516:38
  2. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 2:49:263:13
  3. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 2:05:5311:05
  4. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 2:38:1120:26
  5. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 2:53:1228:25
  6. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 2:50:5129:03
  7. TalkCanadaFull meeting: General meeting, Canada · 2:55:2638:39
  8. TalkZitting home, Salt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Zitting home, Salt Lake City · 2:40:26
  9. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 1:48:4116:18
  10. TalkShort Creek 3 recorded parts: Part 1 1:50 · Part 2 4:14 · Part 3 7:48Full meeting: General meeting, Short Creek · 2:31:0913:52
  11. TalkZitting home, Salt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Zitting home, Salt Lake City · 2:40:3812:04
  12. TalkZitting home, Salt Lake CitySecond archive copy: Salt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 1:59:1214:46
  13. TalkHildaleFull meeting: General meeting, Hildale · 2:26:5723:56
  14. TalkZitting home, Salt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Zitting home, Salt Lake City · 2:08:4910:01
  15. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 2:30:445:48
  16. TalkSalt Lake City 2 recorded parts: Part 1 1:31 · Part 2 0:43Full meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 30:512:14

1961

  1. TalkSalt Lake general meeting10:23
  2. TalkSalt Lake general meeting20:08
  3. FuneralFuneral recorded as Grandfather Carl O. Holm, Salt Lake CityThe recordings do not settle how the deceased “Grandfather Carl O. Holm” is related to Carl O. N. Holm, who speaks in 1961 meetings.12:26

He is identified as a speaker in the Salt Lake general meetings of 8 January, 22 January, 5 February, 19 February, 5 March, 7 May, 21 May, 4 June, 18 June, and other Sundays in the year, in addition to the recordings listed above. See the 1961 year page.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, “Leroy S. Johnson,” birth on 12 June 1888 at Lee’s Ferry, Arizona, and death on 25 November 1986 in Hildale, Utah.
  2. Wikipedia, “Leroy S. Johnson,” and “Joseph White Musser,” on his role in the Short Creek community after Musser’s death.
  3. Carl O. N. Holm, Salt Lake general meeting, 5 November 1961. Open the 1961 year.
  4. Leroy S. Johnson, Salt Lake general meeting, 18 June 1961 (archive item 75c54b0ca755): “the raid of 1953 when our families were taken away from us.” Open the item.
  5. Wikipedia, “Centennial Park group,” on the February 1984 release of J. Marion Hammon and Alma A. Timpson.