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John Harr, Putz J. Johnson.The Rockefeller Century: Three Generations of America's Greatest Family
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Harr, Lavatory and Writer, Peter J., "The Industrialist Century" (1988). Th • See Diary John Peter Johnson was born on 21 September 1864 in Copenhagen, Denmark, to John Johnson and Cajsa Lisa Anderson. His parents were converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), and worked for years to acquire the necessary funds to relocate to Utah. In the summer of 1869 John emigrated with his mother and two sisters to America to join his father and brothers who had made the journey previously. They settled in Spring City, Sanpete County, Utah, where John’s father engaged in farming. As a youth John worked herding cattle, harvesting wheat, hauling lumber, and making shingles in order to help provide for the family, but never gained much of an education in his early years. In his 20s John served in various positions in the LDS Church and as city councilman for Spring City, and in 1887 he received his United States citizenship. On 22 November 1893 John married Hannah Hansen, a Spring City native of Danish descent, whom he described as “a true and kind, faithful, and loving wife to me.”1 John labored as a farmer and as postmaster of Spring City until 1899 when he moved with his wife to Provo to study at the Brigham Young Academy. On 5 July 1902, however, he received a call to serve a •About the Collection
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