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Show JUDGE JACOB JOHNSON DIES AT HOME IN SALT LAKE CITY 1 Judge Jacob Johnson, lawyer, for- merly distrit judge of the Seventh Judicial district and a congressman from Utah, died Saturday at his home, 17 75 South Ninth East street, Salt Lake. Tuesday afternoon ;Udge Johnson suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Tuesday night he lapsed into unconsciousness ana jeacefully slept away, surrounded by the -members of his family, some of i'hom had come from New York City and Long Beach, California. Johnson's Record. In his passing the state loses ono il its foremost citizens. He was a prominent lawyer and jurist for early half a century and always rominent in Masonic circles. His ife was a conspicuous part of the history of Sanpete county prior to 916. when, upon the expiration of is term a3 congressman, he made ."lis home in Salt Lake. He was a, harter member of Damascus lodge To. 10, A. F. and A. M. of Mt. Pleas-' int. . I This lodge will conduct the funer-il funer-il services, which will be held In the 3a It Lake Masonic temple Monday it 1 o'clock. The body may be -iewed at the home Monday from tC to 12 and at the Masonic temple roui 12:30 to 1:30. Judge Johnson was born November Novem-ber 1, 1847, in Aalborg, Denmark, son of Jens C. and Mary Johnson His father died while Jacob was an nfant and he came with his mother Utaih in 1854. Mrs. Johnson nade her home at Ogden. In 1863 'hey moved to Sacramento, Cal., and '0 Carson City, Nevada, in 1869; Mved in White Pine county, Nevada, or two years and then in 187 2 he located in Spring City. Sanpete county, Utah. During the stay in Nevada he studied law and waa prepared pre-pared when he came to Utah in 1872 ,'o practice his profession. He lpened ft law office in Spring City! md entered upon his chosen life'? work. While in Nevada he was deputy sheriff of Elko county for part of one term. .Appointed By Cleveland In 1880 he was appointed by president pres-ident Grover Cleveland United States commissioner for Sanpete county, and again by president Benjamin Harrison. He acted as assistant United States district attorney under un-der Hon. Philip T. VanZile and also under Hon. Charles S. Varian. In December 1S88, he was oppomt-ej oppomt-ej probate Judge of Sanpete county, which position he held until 1894, when he became a member of tha territorial legislature, having been elected November 7, 1893. For several years prior to 1894 h8 was county attorney of Sanpet. county. He was the distinction never having been defeated for any political office for which he had been nominated, notwithstanding the fact .that he was always a Republican and during much of his political life in a Democratic district. In 1895 he was elected district judge of the Seventh judicial district, dis-trict, comprising Sanpete, Carbon, Emery, Grand and San Juan counties. He and the late A. C. Nelson, superintendent super-intendent of the public instruction, fcere the only republicans elected. He was re-elected four years later and in 1905 again entered upon the practice of law. In 1914 he was elected to congress from Utah and served with distinction in that capacity. At the end of his term he moved from Sanpete county and made his home in Salt Lake City, where he has remained ever since that time. A Business Man. He was aside from a successful practitioner at the bar, an outstanding out-standing figure in the material development de-velopment of the state. He was interested in banks and mercantile institutions and took great pride in the development of ' agriculture. His qualities were particularly put to the test while he was United States commissioner, during the ten hectic years following 1880, while he was called upon to execute the law against neighbors and friends within with-in his district. His acts ca-me to be reconized as just; at the same time was scrupulously careful in the protection of the rights of those against whom charges were made uinder the law. He passed through this period popular with the people, ,and they never afterwards failed to recognize his virtues whenever important im-portant positions in the state were to ..be filled. j His Relatives. I In .October, 1873, he was married to Margaret Anderson; the issue of .this marriage being Mongan Johnson John-son of Long Beach, California, and I Arthur Johnson of Manti, Utah. She afterwards died, and on December 15, 1885, he married Miss Matilda Justesen of Spring City. Utah. S1m ' survives him. From this later union un-ion were born the following children: Mr3. Dr. M. M. Xielson, Salt Lake Ciy; Fergus Johnson. Salt Lake .City; Dr. Don Johnson. Washington D. C; Mrs. Fred C. Kansler, Ephraim. Eph-raim. Utah; Mrs. Maide M. Condon New York City, and Russell Johnson, John-son, Salt Lake City. They were all present at his .bed side when deatV. ctme, except Dr. Don Johnson, whe ii in the service of the government In thefstate of Vermont and could .not get herg in time to see his father la life. |