The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-08-10
Rev. Peter Ostrander johnson
Died at Los Angeles, Cal,
May 21st.
WAS SO YEARS OF AGE.
Deceased Was Associate Pastor
OF the L'Anse nj. E. Mission
in 1868 and 1864.

The following from the Michigan
Christian Advocate, OF Detroit, OF a
recent date, pertains to the death
Of Rev. P. o. Johnson, who did
much noble work in the Indian
missions of this state. The deceased
was known to the old pioneers OF
tie Lake Superior region, and may
be remembered by many Of the
older inhabitants of Baraga county.
He was associate pastor OF the
L'Anse M. E. Mission during the
closing years OF the civil war. Rev.
Johnson was an uncle OF Gordon
Johnston, of this village, and Ed.
Johnston, of Houghton, and was
also relative of Mrs. John H..
Edgerton, now deceased. Follow
ing is the article, reproduced by
request:
SIN our issue of June 10th, we men,
toned the reported death of Rev. p.
o. Johnson in Los Angeles, Cal.
Since then we have awaited con-
fimation and further intelligence.
Bro. Frank T. Barnes, formerly one
of the boys in the Sunday School OF
| the Woodward Avenue church when
it was at the corner of State street,
now of Los Angeles, writes us: Il
looked the matter up in our health
Office and found that Rev. Peter
Ostrander Johnson, aged S6, died
May p, 1901, of uremia, at his
residence 410 Downey avenue, Los
Angeles, CAL, and was buried in
Whittier. This information is re-
liable and fixes the fact and date of
Bro. Johnson S death. The age as
recorded does not agree with the
date of birth as given in the con-
ference register, which is given as
1917.
'For the past twenty nine years,
or since 1872, Bro. johnson has been
upon the csuperannuated list of the
Detroit conference, and during much
Of the time, IL not all, has lived out
side the bounds of the body. To
nine out of ten Of the present mem
befs he would have been total
stranger. Although he had done
valiant pioneer work and much of
it, he was a stranger in the flesh to
those who entered into his labors.
For six years preceding his super
annuation he was on the non effective
ranks, having located in 1866 and
been re admitted in 1867 and placed
as supernumerary for five years.
'Rro. Johnson was born in New
York state, but concerning his early
life and his coming to Michigan we
have no Information He united with
the Michigan conference as proba-
tioner at its session in Kalamazoo in
1848, Bishop James presiding, and
was received into full membership
at Albion in 1880, Bishop Morris
being president. In the class with
him was Benjamin F. Pritchard,
James S. Smart, Sylvester Calkins,
Geo. w. Hoag, Peter .Marksman
and others.
BRO. Johnson did much work in
our Indian missions. Out of his
eighteen effective years in the minis
try, eleven years, or over one-half
of his ministry, were among his red
brethern. He was associate pastor
several years with Peter Marksman,
also with J. H. Pitezel. His several
fields OF labor and the years were
'48 and '49, Sault Ste. Marie; 80 to
SO inclusive, Janesville Indian Mis-
sion, which was Ia the Flint district,
and among tribes tributary to the
Bay City region; '57, Cassopolis;
'5s, Edwardsburg; '59s Decatur; go,
Grass Lake; (this year he was trans
ferred to the Detroit conference);
'61, Fenton; '62, Marquette; '63 and
ga, Kewanon Keweenaw); '65,
Lima and North Lake. Hisretire-
ment from active ministerial work
followed the ensuing year.
Possibly some OF the other
brethren will ill up the gaps in this