Born about in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah Territory
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Gurnsey Brown
and Harriet Maria (Young) Brown
Sister of
Homer Achilles Brown, Persis Ann Brown, Joseph Guernsey Brown Jr., John Franklin Brown [half], Angeline Brown, Edward M Brown [half], Edwin N Brown [half], Lorenzo Young Brown, Isaac Osborn Brown [half], Ebenezer Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Juliette Little Brown, Della Jane (Brown) Hamblin [half], William Manhardt Brown [half], James Arthur Brown [half], Feramorz Little (Little Brown) Brown, Jennie Brown and Willmia (Brown) Robinson
Wife of
William Derby Johnson Jr.
— married
29 Mar 1877 in St. George, Washington, Ut
Descendants 
Mother of
Zeno Martel Johnson Sr.,
Annie Johnson,
Ruby Johnson,
Rupert Fay Johnson,
Jane Cadwallader (Johnson) Parry,
Kathie Johnson,
Viva Johnson,
Ivy (Johnson) Lemmon,
Karl Maeser Johnson and
Harriet Persis Johnson
Died in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Dec 2011
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Biography
From Memoirs of Zeno M. Johnson III: "Great grandmother Lucy Elizabeth Brown Johnson lived a very long life despite the hardships of the first 65 years of living in the wild west - the American and Northern Mexican frontier. The frontier was hard for men but it was particularly difficult for young mothers with families. Lucy, who grew up in the church married into a polygamist family headed by charismatic William Derby Johnson Jr. She and William had ten children together; half in Utah by 1885 the remainder at their relocated home Colonia Dias, Chihuahua, Mexico. The Colonia Diaz settlement was particularly difficult as the family started over from scratch and lived out of their converted wagons for several years until the community could be built. Six out of her ten children died young. The four children who did survive lived well into their 70's and survived the Colonia Diaz tragedy of 1912." (ref. Wikipedia: LDS Mexican Colonies, Colonia Diaz).
Lucy outlived her husband by 29 years. She never married again. Lucy died on 28 April 1952 at her home in Tucson, Arizona. She was buried on the 30 April 1952 at Pioneer Cemetery in Tucson with her husband William.
Sources
"US Federal Census: 1860; 1870; 1920; 1930; 1940;"
"Utah Select and Select County Marriages, 1887-1966: Lucy E. Brown. Spouse: W. Johnson. Child: Harriet P. Johnson. Household members: Mary A Spidell; Clint Seiders; Marion C. Seiders; W. Johnson; Lucy E. Brown; Harriet P (Persis). Johnson." Note that Harriet Persis Johnson was William and Lucy's last child.
"U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007: Lucy Brown; Spouse: William D Johnson; Child: Zeno Martel Johnson." Note that Zeno was Lucy and William's first child.
"US City Directories, 1821-1989: Lucy Johnson, 1923 residence at 105 N. 1st Ave, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA. Spouse: W Derby Johnson. Publication title: Tucson, Arizona, City Directory, 1923."
Online images & electronic transcription record source access obtained thru: [www.Ancestry.com].
Acknowledgements
WikiTree profile Brown-11958 created through the import of alice.ged on Feb 8, 2012 by Alice Neff.
Biography snipitts from Zeno Martel Johnson III, Tempe, Arizona (1928-2017), great-grandson of Lucy Elizabeth Brown and William Derby Johnson Jr. made electronically available by Johnson-43462.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lucy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage (beta) of DNA with Lucy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lucy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage (beta) of DNA with Lucy:
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~6.25%
Marc Bateman
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ma6289
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~6.25%
Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A252713 [compare], Ancestry member LeighAnneJohnsonDear
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~1.56%
Marie Nelson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member riemust
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~0.78%
Gerald McGee :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A308572 [compare]
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~0.78%
Rich Young :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member RichardBarnesYoung
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~0.78%
Jon McGee :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #32211
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Rejected matches › Lucy (Bent) Brown (abt.1830-) › Lucy Brown (1858-) › Elizabeth Brown (abt.1857-) › Elizabeth (Brown) Gutridge (abt.1859-) › Elizabeth Brown (abt.1870-) › Elizabeth Brown (abt.1832-) › Elizabeth Margaret (Brown) Paton (1868-1967) › Elizabeth (Brown) Spilman (abt.1751-) › Elizabeth (Brown) Clarke (aft.1794-) › Elizabeth Brown (1859-) › Elizabeth H Brown (1861-) › Elizabeth Cumming (Browne) Cunningham (abt.1858-) › Martha Elizabeth de Bruin (1858-) › Carolina Elizabeth Maria de Bruyn (1858-) › Maria Elizabeth Johanna de Bruyn (1857-) › Elizabeth Frederica de Bruin (1861-) › Christina Elizabetha de Bruin (1858-)
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