I was born in a log house in the little town of Woodland, Utah. My twin brother and I were the eighth and ninth of a family of eleven children. We grew up on a ranch which later became almost a cattle ranch. I went to a grade school in Woodland, Summit County in which one teacher taught a11 eight grades. After finishing the eighth grade I went to Provo, Utah for my high school and College work. I graduated from the Brigham Young University 7 June 1917 with an A B degree.

On that day I was married in the Salt Lake L.D.S. Temple to Louise Marintha Ogden.

The next two years I taught in the Fielding Academy in Paris, Idaho. During this time our 2 children Lynn and Laurel were born. The next year I taught part time at BYU and took some courses.

From 1920 to 1922 I taught at Wasatch High School in Heber City, Utah.

In the spring of 1922 our family moved to California where I attended the University of California Dental College, graduating in 1927 with a DDS degree.

I took up residence in Berkeley where I began my professional career as a Dentist.

I have been active in church organizations such as president of the Y.M.M.I.A. Berkeley Stake, teacher of Sunday School, president of Y.M.M.I.A., president of deacon, priests and elders quorum, a member of Berkeley Ward Bishopric for five years, scout master in Berkeley Ward for fifteen years, a member of the Executive Board of the Council for about eleven years. I am now a member of the National Executive Board of Boy Scouts of America. Received the award of Silver Beaver for outstanding service to boyhood. Given special recognition by this board for outstanding work in Health and Safety.

Louise passed away 24 February 1951.

I continued to practice in Berkeley until 1955 when I was married to Faith Cummings Reynolds.

We moved to San Francisco to live and one month later I moved my dental office from Berkeley to Daly City, California where we still are (1965).

From John V. Johnson's Book of Remembrance and From a letter received by Mary J. Webster