Biography
Julia Ann Johnson Babbitt was born 9 November 1808 in Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont to Ezekiel Johnson (1773-1848) and Julia Hills (1783-1853) and died 23 October 1857 Crescent City, Pottawattamie County, Iowa of unspecified causes. She married Almon Whiting Babbitt (1812-1856) 23 November 1833 in Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio.
Daughter of Ezekiel and Julia Hills Johnson.
"Thursday 15th. (October 1857) Sister Babbitt took sick today with a very severe chill. Saturday 17th. Sister Babitt took a sinking or congestive chill and was confined to bed until her death. She had medical attendance and all the care possible given her by her relatives and friends, but she departed this life on Friday the 23rd of October, 1857 at 5 o'clock in the morning and was buried on Saturday 29th at Council Bluffs City, near by her mother and other relatives." (Joel Hills Johnson Journal)
Religious Awakening (LDS)
Early missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1830 edition of the Book of Mormon.
The 1830's saw a great Protestant religious revival sweep across the United States that was called the "Second Great Awakening" and was characterized by much emotional preaching, spiritual and social reform movements and a surge in membership growth for a great many Christian denominations.
This period also saw the rise of a new Church of Christ that was organized in early 1830 by its young prophet-leader, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), and after 1838 was formally named The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This church group was frequently called the "Mormon Church" or "Latter-day Saints" (LDS) for its belief in a new set of holy scriptures called "The Book of Mormon". For better or worse, this new religion generated a lot of attention in this region.
Missionaries of this church taught that it was not a reform movement or protest movement but a "restoration" of the original church with completeness of the full of doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ including the ministering of angels, the restored priesthood, lost scripture, revelations, prophecy, living apostles, the gifts of the spirit and much more. This message had profound impact on many who subsequently left all to follow the Prophet and the Church. In many cases their faith was so strong as to push these early converts to endure many difficult hardships and sacrifices and to eventually journey over a thousand miles westward to settle in the Great Salt Lake Valley. (See also New Religion (LDS 1830).)[1][2]
Marriage and Family
On November 23, 1833 married Almon Whiting Babbitt (1812-1856) at Kirtland, Ohio becoming the parents of six children. Her older sister, Delcena Diadamia Johnson (1806-1854), later became a plural wife to Almon.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| David Homer Babbitt (1835-1836) | |||
| Ann Caroline Babbitt (1843-1844) | |||
| Don Carlos Babbitt (1843-1912) | |||
| Almon Whiting Babbitt (1847-1918) | |||
| Julia Ann Babbitt (1849-1912) | |||
| Nancy Marie Babbitt (1855-1949) | 7 September 1855 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | 9 February 1949 Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States | Charles Hamblin Littlefield Riggs (1846-1932) |
Siblings