In May of 1834 Seth marched with Zion’s Camp and returned to Kirtland later that summer sick with cholera. His brother Benjamin notes, “[Seth] returned quite feeble in health, having nearly died of cholera, of which a number of the brethren had died in Missouri. Yet he felt as he always did that he must be useful, and although weak in body he engaged to teach a large school... until February when failing health compelled him to return home… But after all our anxieties, prayers and tears, in the midst of his testimonies to us and blessings upon us he died February 19, 1835..."
One of Seth’s closest friends, Oliver Cowdery; then the editor of the newspaper Messenger and Advocate, penned the following obituary:
DIED in this place on the evening of the 19th inst. elder SETH JOHNSON, aged 30 years. Elder J. was a young man of promising talents, and of strict religious principles; ever manifesting, by his acts, the warm affection of a heart devoted to the cause of God, and to that most dear to him of all things, the religion of the Lord Jesus; but his Master has accepted his work and taken him home, where he can receive that reward promised to the pure in heart.
Though dust returns to dust, and his spirit has fled to Christ, we drop this as a tribute to his worth HE WAS A SAINT. - Editor.
Buried in the little orchard on the hill behind Johnson home in Kirtland.
In May of 1834 Seth marched with Zion’s Camp and returned to Kirtland later that summer sick with cholera. His brother Benjamin notes, “[Seth] returned quite feeble in health, having nearly died of cholera, of which a number of the brethren had died in Missouri. Yet he felt as he always did that he must be useful, and although weak in body he engaged to teach a large school... until February when failing health compelled him to return home… But after all our anxieties, prayers and tears, in the midst of his testimonies to us and blessings upon us he died February 19, 1835..."
One of Seth’s closest friends, Oliver Cowdery; then the editor of the newspaper Messenger and Advocate, penned the following obituary:
DIED in this place on the evening of the 19th inst. elder SETH JOHNSON, aged 30 years. Elder J. was a young man of promising talents, and of strict religious principles; ever manifesting, by his acts, the warm affection of a heart devoted to the cause of God, and to that most dear to him of all things, the religion of the Lord Jesus; but his Master has accepted his work and taken him home, where he can receive that reward promised to the pure in heart.
Though dust returns to dust, and his spirit has fled to Christ, we drop this as a tribute to his worth HE WAS A SAINT. - Editor.
Buried in the little orchard on the hill behind Johnson home in Kirtland.
Family Members
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Joel Hills Johnson
1802–1882
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Nancy Mariah Johnson
1803–1836
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Delcena Diademia Johnson Sherman
1806–1854
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Julie Ann Johnson Babbitt
1808–1857
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David Partridge Johnson
1810–1833
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Almera Woodard Johnson Smith Barton
1812–1896
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Susan Ellen Johnson
1814–1836
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Joseph Ellis Johnson
1817–1882
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Benjamin Franklin Johnson Sr
1818–1905
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Mary Ellen Johnson Wilson
1820–1845
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Elmer Wood Johnson
1821–1822
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George Washington Johnson
1823–1900
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William Derby Johnson Sr
1824–1896
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Esther Melita Johnson LeBaron
1828–1876
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Amos Partridge Johnson
1829–1842
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