Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868

Langston, John

Birth Date: 8 Mar. 1822
Death Date: 3 Dec. 1882
Gender: Male
Age: 32 at time of crossing
Company: Unidentified Companies (1854)
Source of Trail Excerpt:
Langston, John, Autobiographical sketch [ca. 1877], 8-9.

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About the middle of this winter, 1853, I made up my mind to sell out and fix and go to Salt Lake City and join the Mormons. So I went to work, sold out all I could and about the first of May, started for the Salt Lake. . . .
After this I got ready, started for Salt Lake, we had a very muddy time, the first part of the journey to Salt Lake. We travelled on till there were nine wagons and families joined us. When we got to the Lupe [Loup] Fork of the Platt[e] we stopped over a day to rest and so I and a young woman were baptized by Elder James Iverson in the Lupe Fork of the Platt[e] about the first of June 1854 and confirmed by the same. After this we got along well only we had some sickness. There were a great many things seen and done on this journey that would be interesting, but I only intend to write a brief account for I can't write all I would like to.

We arrived about August 1854 and my family and I came right along to Salt Lake County where we found Isaac Stuart and family.


Son of Francis Langston and Elizabeth Heathecut. Born March 8, 1822, in London, Eng. Came to Utah in 1854.


Married Clarinda Phillips Sept. 5, 1844 (daughter of Israel Phillips and Dorothy Rose, the former came to Utah 1854). She was born Jan. 19, 1829. Their children: John F. b. Sept. 15, 1852, m. Ann Morris; Clarinda Jane b. Feb. 2, 1857, m. H. F. Stout; Mary Emma b. Feb. 15, 1859, m. Alfred F. Stout; Isaac Heber b Nov. 28, 1860, m. Rosilpha Dalton; Jacob Heathecut b. Jan. 20, 1863, m. Alice M. Hall; Alice Ann b. Feb. 1865, m. Orley Dalton; Laura Matilda b. April 15, 1869, m. Brigham Dalton; William Robert b. Feb. 15, 1872, m. Phoebe Farnes. Family resided Alpine and Rockville, Utah.


Married Elizabeth Ann Freestone March 7, 1857, at Salt Lake City. She was born Jan. 26, 1841, in Harden Co., Ohio. Their children: Elizabeth Ellen b. April 4, 1858; George Heber b. Sept. 22, 1860.


Seventy. Indian war veteran. Settled in Dixie in 1862. Died Dec. 3, 1882, at Rockville.

Death of an Old Citizen - On December 3rd John Langton, of Rockville, Washington County, died, after an illness of four months from dropsy. He was born March 8th 1822, in London, England; was baptized by Jas. Joy in the Loop Fork of the Platte River, while on his way to Utah, in 1854, to investigate the principles of the Gospel. He was in Echo Canyon in 1857, and was called to the Southern Utah Mission in 1862; settled at Rockville, where he remained till he died. He leaves a wife, ten children and ten grandchildren to mourn his loss. He held the office of a Seventy and died as he had lived, in full faith of the Gospel.

We are asked to request Pittsburg Papers to copy this notice.

Deseret Evening News
13 December 1882