1 Born at Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut; daughter of Polly Parmalee and Jonathan Kelsey. 2 Married Aaron Johnson, 1827; four children. 3 Baptized in Connecticut, 1836. 4 Moved to Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, 1837; to Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, 1838; and to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock County, Illinois, 1839. 5 Endowed in the Nauvoo temple, 1845. 6 Accompanied her husband on a mission to the eastern United States, 1848. 7 Began migration to the Salt Lake Valley, June 1850. 8 Died en route to Utah; buried along the Platte River near Fort Kearny, unorganized U.S. territory. 9 (See Document 1.6)
Polly Zerviah Kelsey Johnson
14 September 1808 — 27 June 1850
Footnotes
Footnotes
[1] “Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649–1906,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 2014), Polly Zeriah Kelcey [ sic ], Dec. 28, 1835; citing Connecticut-ODM, indexing project batch no. 7450343. Alan P. Johnson, Aaron Johnson, Faithful Steward (Salt Lake City: Publishers Press, 1991), 3, 292–294.
[2] “Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649–1906,” index, Polly Zeriah Kelcey. Johnson, Aaron Johnson, 3, 292. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 2014), Polly Zerviah Kelsey KWVH-XCQ .
[3] Johnson, Aaron Johnson, 3, 292. “Family Tree,” database, Polly Zerviah Kelsey.
[4] Johnson, Aaron Johnson, 292.
[5] Ibid., 292–293.
[6] Johnson, Aaron Johnson, 293. Susan Easton Black and Harvey Bischoff Black, Annotated Records of Baptisms for the Dead 1840–1845: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois (Provo, UT: Center for Family History and Genealogy, Brigham Young University), 3:1983.
[7] International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude (Salt Lake City: Publishers Press, 1998), 2:1595.
[8] “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels, accessed Oct. 2014), Polly Zerviah Kelsey Johnson. Johnson, Aaron Johnson, 293–294.
[9] Johnson, Aaron Johnson, 165, 294. “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868,” database, Polly Zerviah Kelsey Johnson.