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101 !DEATH: Death certificate; State of Wisconsin, Pierce County; 27 Mar 192 3.
!CENSUS: 1900 Wisconsin Census, Pierce County; ED# 115; Sheet #5.
Obituary; "The Sun"; 5 Apr 1923; 		Turner, Louisa (I118)
 
102 !DEATH: Funeral flyer, born in Shelby Co., Misouri 12 May 1882, Died 1 8 Jun
1954 in Enterprise, OR. Booth Bollman Funeral Home, Enterprise, OR Monday , June
21, 1954 at 2 pm, Buried at Enterprise Cemetery. 		Rodgers, Edward E. (I161)
 
103 !MARRIAGE FHL# 914,150 Crawford County, Missouri Marriage Records. Family F211
 
104 !MARRIAGE FIlm #1,008,066 Shelby Co., IL marr. Charles Steel age 31, b . WI, son
of Chas. Steel and /Hudson, first marriage to Della L. Shuff, age 20 b. I ndiana
daughter of James Shuff and /Delong, married 31 Mar 1886 MOde, Shelby, IL .

!CENSUS: 1900 IL, Shelby, Holland Twp., Charles Steele, b. Apr 1853 age 4 5, md.
14 yrs., Della wife, age 33 b. Mar 1867 in Indiana, mother of 1 child; Me llie,
son b. Aug 1888, IL age 12. Ruby E. Steele b. Nov 1895 age 4 in IL m an d f. b.
in Illinois, who's child??? 		Steele, Charles (I139)
 
105 !MARRIAGE: FHL# 1,008,066 Register of marriages

1900 census listed in IL, with Eliz. 7 children, check if this is them. 		Steele, Isaac Riley (I137)
 
106 !MARRIAGE: FHL# 1,008,066 Register of marriages

Doc# 446. History of family of James R. Steele, written by Evelyn Decke r Steele. 		Steele, James R. (I157)
 
107 !MARRIAGE: Hocking County Marriage Book; vol. B.; page 48.
!CENSUS: 1850 Hocking County Ohio; Dist. No. 51; Falls Township; FHL fil m #444688. Charles Steele, age 25 b. Ohio Delila age 28 b. Md. Children : Lydia age 6 b. Ohio martha age 4 b. Ohio Emma age 2 b. Ohio
!CENSUS: 1860 Hocking Co.OH, Charles Steele, age35 Delila age 33, Lydia a ge 15 Martha age 14 Emma age 12, Isaac age 10 Ezra age7, Charles age 5, I srael age3 Mary age 1 all born in OH, except Charles, in WI.
!CENSUS: 1880 Coles County Illinois; ED #58; page 58; FHL film #1254183.C harles Steeleage 56, farmer, b. Ohio, f.b. Ohio m.b. Va. Delila Steele ag e 56b. Maryland, f.b. Md. m.b. Pen. Martha age 34, Riley age 29, Charle s age 25,Mary E. age21 James age 18 b. Ohio, David Schultz age 11 grandso n, b. Ohio f.b.Ohio m.b. Ohio, Wilber Daniels, age 8 grandson, b. IL, f.b .Ind. m.b.OH Thomas Daniels, age5 grandson b. IL, Charles age2, b. IL.
!IGI 1988 version has Delilah HUDSON sealed to Charles STEED on 8 Nov198 0 in Provo, Sealing to Charles Steele done on 6 Jan 1994 in Portland Temp le.

Doc#552 Descedancy of Charles Steele chart 		Steele, Charles (I134)
 
108 !MARRIAGE: Marriage certificate; State of Wisconsin. 6 Mar 1924, Pierc e Co., second marriage to Caroline Schutz, lists father, Wilhelm Fische r and mother, Louise Clausen as parents of Julius Fischer.
!CENSUS: Wisconsin Census 1900; Pierce County; ED#115; sheet 5;FHL film #
!DEATH: State of Wisconsin death certificate; Pierce County.
Citizenship Papers; State of Wisconsin; Pierce County; 28 Jul 1888.
Obituary; "The Sun" 21 Feb 1935.

!NEWSPAPER Wallowa County Chieftan,August 17, 191 0
"SWAMP CREEK. Mrs. Sanders and daughter Routh, Mrs. Rodgers and James an d Charlie Rodgers drove out In an automobile and called at Fischer's,... . Julius Fischer and wife and Miss Vida, who have been spending some tim e with Herman. Fischer, and Miss Anna Fischer at their homesteads, expec t to ga back to Rock Elm. Wis., soon. Albert will remain longer."

Doc# 386. Rock Elm School photo, showing, Albert, Paul, and Vida Fischer.

Doc# 387 Map of Pierce County, Wisconsin

Doc# 418. Letter from Pierce County Wisconsin, Office of Register of Deed s, about death records of Julius Fischer and his wives.

FHL# Int 1,600,036 Address of those in Bremen, wondering if they stayed t here before they left for America.No Julius Fischer, but this is a good r esource to keep in mind for large cities;

doc#785 marriage record from Dodge Co., Wisconsin of Johann Friedrich Fis cher and Ottilie Strohbusch, not sure if this is a relation

FHL#1,293,901 item 2. Aliens declarations, Pierce Co., Wisconsin. I Juliu s Fischer, a native of Prussia, age 35 allegience to William II Emperor o f Germany, 28 sep 1888. Other naturalization records had no info. 		Fischer, Julius Frank (I117)
 
109 !RESIDENCE: Lived in Tacoma, WA in 1908.

Research: FHL# 1399406 NY Passenger List, Jun3 5-6, 1906, couldn't locate d Michael Wolny or a ship from Hamburg.
Washington state 1900 soundex and 1910 Soundex no Michael Wolney.

Naturalized in 1919, according to 1920 census, Montana, Fremont Co.
WWI draft REg.

possible death 16 jun 1959 		Wolny, Michal (I71)
 
110 !SOURCE
CENSUS 1860 Webster Co.,KY, Film# 803399
CENSUS 1850 Union Co., KY, Film# 442988
MARRIAGE Daviess Co., KY Marriage Rec., US/Can 976.9864

!NOTE
Lucy Brown not listed in 1860 census, and Woodford Polley possibly remar ried
in 1859, so she may have died prior to 1859. 		Brown, Lucy (I436)
 
111 !SOURCE
DEATH Illinois State Death Certificate

Doc# 192 Handwritten note about Martin Dieffenbacher family. Names and bi rthdates.
Doc# 198, 199, 200. Declaration for Pension, for Increase in Pension. Lis ts some military history and some family information.
Doc#526 Letter written to Library of Congress and their reply as to lette r written by Randolph Co., IL stating the birth date of Martin Dieffenbac her, according to family records.
Doc# 527 Randolph Co., IL, statement of birth record of Martin Dieffenbac her.

Research: 1860 and 1876 Iron Co., MIssouri, no Dieffenbacher.
977.862 V3w, Cemeteries of Crawford County, Made copy of Elizabeth Doni e and family.
Doc# 643 Illinois Civil War Muster, Martin Daffenbocker, age 29, 5'4", Da rk hair, gray eyes, Dark complexion, single, black smith, private.
Doc#772 1900 Census, IL, Fulton, Canton Twp. ,
Martin Defenbaugh, b. May 1826, age 64 , md 36 y. b. PA
, Mara ( It doesn't appear that this is martin, I think he would have bee n married to Elizabeth Polly if the marriage years are correct here)
Illinois state archives has database of soldiers home, Martin listed in P erry county, twice.

8 feb 2010 NOTE from Ancestry.com Message Boards Dieffenbacher
Hi,This may seem to be a strange note, but I happened upon a very small
leatherbound old "Testament & Psalms", red in color, which has on the bac k
page (part of it is torn off) "_________ Dieffenbacher, 28 days old, ____ ,
15, 1881. I live in Illinois and wondered if you might recognize the date ,
perhaps, or know if it could have belonged to one of your ancestry. I
thought that I would try to pass it on to someone who had a family member
who's birthdate fit the date above, which would be actually be the
15th of the Month (whatever month that might be) in 1881. The
binding is loose, but still intact.
You may reach me by email at: darnkay@email.msn.com.(This email is not i s service, but I found her and she had given the book to someone else, sh e didn't remember the name. Darnell K. stierwalt, 192 Esquire Dr., Granit e City, IL 62040) 		Dieffenbacher, Martin (I55)
 
112 !SOURCE
MARRIAGE Wallowa Co., Oregon Marriage Certificate. See John Romine#68 		Blow, Adelia (I130)
 
113 !SOURCE
MARRIAGE State of Washington Marriage Certificate, Clark Co.

Martha stayed with Will and Bertha Alexander, postcard with them 4 jul 19 32

Married to Donald Paul Easter on 2 Jul 1958 in Nevada

The Oregonian Dec 3, 1957, www.genealogybank.com 		Fischer, Martha Louise (I53)
 
114 !SOURCE
! DEATH: Funeral Home records, Haynes-Roeder Funeral Home, Omaha,NE. Die d at Douglas co., Hospital. Life time resident of Omaha. Widowed. Die d 2 Jul 1958. Born 21 Mar 1877 in Omaha. Age 81 years. Father: Ben Musket ???. Buried Forest Lawn Cemetery. on 3 July 1958.

Doc# 240 CEMETERY Forest Lawn Cemetery, permit for interment. age 81y 3 m 11d. Widow living at 4121 Erskine. Died of Cerbral thrombosis on 2 Ju l 1958, buried on 3 July 1958. Relative, Bertha Fraissinet, grandaughter.

Doc# 238 DIRECTORY: 1913 Omaha City Directory, part 2. Bertha Snyder, cle rk at 1817 N. 18th.

Research Notes: checked #1827160 1920 NE Soundes S536 Snyder, no Bertha S nyder the correct age.
1920 Soundex for NE,

! CEMETERY Forest Lawn Cemetery, permit for interment. age 81y 3m 11d. Wi dow living at 4121 Erskine. Died of Cerbral thrombosis on 2 Jul 1958, bur ied on 3 July 1958. Relative, Bertha Fraissinet, grandaughter.

! DIRECTORY: 1913 Omaha City Directory, part 2. Bertha Snyder, clerk at 1 817 N. 18th.

NEWSPAPER: May 17, 1899 Omaha World Herald, page 3 .
Connubial Ventures: Licenses to wed have been granted to the following pe rsons:
Hugo G. Fraissinet, Florence, age 21, Bertha Muskat, Florence, age 20. 		Muskat, Bertha (Hannah) (I441)
 
115 "Lycurgus "Curg" Johnson was a Texan whose family had migrated to Bear Lake, Idaho. In 1878 LDS Church officials asked the Johnson clan to resettle in Ashley Valley. Besides operating several businesses in the valley, Johnson also served as the first elected sheriff of Uintah County, a selectman and a deputy U.S. Marshal. He represented the county in the 1890 territorial assemble, attended the Constitutional Convention in 1894 and was elected Vernal City mayor in 1905. Johnson also served as Ashley's second postmaster.1 "Johnson, a well-known entrepreneur opened a general merchandise store with two of his sons, Alfred and Snellen." About 1880 he purchased the Hatch store in Ashley Center, located on the southeast corner of the town's main intersection. He also owned and operated a flour mill, which he built in 1885...2 and one in Maeser in 1888.4 "In the fall of 1893 the Uintah Milling & Flume company was founded by Dry Fork and Ashley Valley water users. The company was begun with $26,000 in their coffers" and with Lycurgus Johnson as president.3

1 Burton, Doris Karren, Settlements of Uintah County: Digging Deeper, Uintah County Library, 1998, p. 41.
2 Ibid., p. 39.
3 Ibid., p. 158.
4 Ibid., p. 189.
2 Ibid., p. 39.



Pioneers and prominent men of Utah by Frank Ellwood Esshom, page 149:

JOHNSON, JOHN LYCURGUS (son of Willis Johnson and
Nancy Greer of Brennen, Tex.). Born Aug. 25, 1844, Brennen.
Came to Utah in 1854.

Married Cora Isabella Davis March 1, 1867, at St. Charles,
Idaho (daughter of Nathan Cutler Davis and Isabella
Wells, Bolton, Warren county, N. Y., pioneers to Utah Oct.
1857 with John Smith company). She was born Oct. 25,
1847, Bolton, N. Y. Came to Utah Oct. 1857. Their chil-
dren: Willis Lycurgus b. March 18, 1869, d. child; James
Warren b. Oct. 25, 1870, m. Minerva Wilkins; Nathan b.
April 2, 1872, d. infant; Alfred N. b. April 2, 1872, m. Mary
De Freeze; Snellen b. Sept. 3, 1874, m. Genevieve Sprouse;
Eugene b. Feb. 28, 1876, d. child; Le Roy b. Sept. 18, 1877,
d. child; Clarence Irwin b. March 23, 1879. m. Ada May
Rich; Nancy Pearl b. April 16. 1881, m. Brigham Chris-
tensen; Cora Myrtle b. April 21, 1883, m. Edward Harvey
Belcher; Hazel b. Sept. 23, 1886.

High priest; high councilor; ward teacher. Settled at
St. Charles, Idaho, In 1864; moved to Vernal, Utah, 1879.
Delegate to state constitutional convention; member of
state legislature in 1898; United States marshal several
years; county sheriff; county commissioner; mayor of the
city; school trustee. Farmer.  		Johnson, John Lycurgus (I11)
 
116 "México, Jalisco, registros parroquiales, 1590-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-XH9Q-TD?cc=1874591&wc=3J46-929%3A171931301%2C171934002%2C172287501 : 10 August 2021), Cocula > San Miguel > Bautismos 1830-1835 > image 118 of 531; parroquias Católicas (Catholic Church parishes), Jalisco. Film 4721152 image 118.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-XH9Q-TD?i=117&cc=1874591 		Pintor, José de la Cruz Istagua (I7125)
 
117 "México, Nayarit, Registro Civil, 1868-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95JG-BT?cc=1916242&wc=M6CZ-T38%3A205090301%2C205242402 : 13 March 2018), Tepic > Defunciones 1922-1928 > image 183 of 2811; Direccion Estatal del Registro Civil del Estado (Civil Registry State Archives), Nayarit. Film 4881619 image 183.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95JG-BT?i=182&cc=1916242 		López, Angel Valdéz (I7017)
 
118 "México, Sinaloa, Registro Civil, 1861-1929," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T6-Z7HV-G?cc=2290241&wc=4V3F-B1N%3A1601392355%2C1601392378 : 19 January 2021), Rosario (El Rosario) > Matrimonios (El Rosario) 1913-1919 > image 1013 of 1040; Archivo Historico de Sinaloa (Sinaloa Historic Archives), Culiacan. Film 101129522 image 1013 - 1016. Family F2429
 
119 "México, Sinaloa, Registro Civil, 1861-1929," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSCM-X9FR-W?cc=2290241&wc=4VSH-YZ1%3A1601422375%2C1601412322 : 19 January 2021), Rosario > Defunciones 1924 > image 118 of 197; Archivo Historico de Sinaloa (Sinaloa Historic Archives), Culiacan. Film 102323139 image 118 - 119. Lizárraga, Carlota Valdez (I6754)
 
120 "México, Sinaloa, registros parroquiales, 1671-1968," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y3MZ-BNW?cc=1473206&wc=3PCR-RMS%3A45865301%2C45865302%2C46063501 : 30 November 2020), Rosario > Nuestra Señora del Rosario > Bautismos 1804-1814 > image 152 of 266; parroquias de la Iglesia Católica, Sinaloa (Catholic Church parishes, Sinaloa). Film 4527277 image 152. Osuna, Josefa Sarmiento (I6851)
 
121 "Nicaragua Registro Civil, 1809-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MJ-JYJ2?cc=1601210 : 6 June 2021), > image 1 of 1; Asociación de municipios de Nicaragua (Association of Nicaragua Municipalities), Amunic. Film 5429532 image 271. Parajon, Benjamin Esteban Narvaez (I5250)
 
122 1860 Census of Hocking County, Ohio Eliza age 26. Hanly, Eliza (I38)
 
123 1876-1976 Coles County Illinois History

Checked Guernsey Co., OH for marriage, index is film #894,944. there ar e no fe: Forsythe or male Steele. They may have been married in IL, but c an't find in the IL online marriage index. 		Steele, Thomas Israel (I446)
 
124 1900 Census Illinois, Shelby Co., Holland Twp.
Marriage Register, Shelby Co., Film #1008066 		Shof, Eleanor Jane (I82)
 
125 1900 Census Shelby Co., Illinois, Holland Twp. Shuff, Della L. (I88)
 
126 1993 Edition IGI Batch C993672 Call Number 434657 Jung, Nicolaus (I75)
 
127 1993 IGI Jung, Elisabetha (I107)
 
128 1993 IGI Jung, Elisabetha (I427)
 
129 1993 IGI Batch C993672 Jung, Jacob (I106)
 
130 1993 IGI Batch C993672 Jung, Jacob (I428)
 
131 50 th Wedding Anniversery annoucement, 1957. Lawrence, Sarah Olive (I431)
 
132 A Brief Biography of my mother, Eliza W. Brown" [daughter of John Brown and Sarah Munday.} written by Nephi Brown
...Her father, John Brown, was born at west Lavington December 13 1816, and grew up there as a plain, industrious, farm laborer, working for 25 years on the same farm at a wage of eight shillings a week, or about $2.00 in USA money. (at the time this history was written.

In this quiet village at about the age of twenty one, he married Sarah Munday, a girl about his own age. To them three daughters were born, Harriet, Sarah, and Eliza. Three other children were born to them, but died in infancy. the mother died of sudden illness when only about 30 years old. [Eliza then, went to live with her grandparents. They were kind to her ... however, were not in a position to keep her very long.

About a year later her father [John Brown] married Jane Wilkins. Mother, went home to live with them and when she was about five years old she began to go to school in a little thatched roof school house where the morning was spent in reading, writing and spelling. In the afternoon she was taught sewing.
My mother [Eliza} and her father and her brother, George Brown, all took a very keen interest in the teachings of these missionaries. she was very anxious to emigrate to Zion. [ Jane Wilkins Brown , Johns' second wife also died before the age of 30 due to poor health] [ Eliza kept house for her father and brother after her step mother, Jane passed away]

"A little more than two years slipped by and at the age of sixteen, the long looked for day arrived. On May 20, 1863 she with her father and brother, George, left England for Zion. Her sister Sarah remained in West Lavington. ...It took about two weeks to get to London and to make preparrations for the great journey. their ship, the "Amazon" was anchored in the Thames, and a company and a company of eight hundred and eighty two saints went on board that sailing vessel.

The interest and curiosity of that great English novelist, Charles Dickens, was aroused and he went aboard the ship before it sailed; he wanted to know just why and where such a large group of emigrants were going and to find out what impelled them to go. Mr. Dickens directly interviewed quite a number of Saints, and among those were, my mother, Eliza Brown and her father, John Brown and brother george, and his impressions of what he saw and heard that day on the "Amazon" appeared in considerable length in his book "Commercial Traveler". On June 4, 1863 the ship set sail for the "Promised Land" under the direction of elder William Bramwell. . 		Brown, John Henry (I451)
 
133 Batch #: C032501, Source Call #: 508062
!CENSUS: 1851 England census; Lincolnshire, Digby; Parsih of Digby; pag e 211;FHL film # 087729.
!CENSUS: 1861 England Census; Lincolnshire, Digby; Parish of Digby; pag e 26; FHL film # 542956.
!CENSUS: 1881 England Census; Lincolnshire, Digby; FHL film # 1341768.
!CENSUS: 1871 England Census; Lincolnshire, Digby; Parish of Digby;FHL fi lm #839357.
Index of Extracted Timberland Parish; FHL fiche # 6901752.

Batch #: C032501, Source Call #: 508062
Research: 1861 England Census; Lincolnshire, Digby; Parish of Digby; pag e 26; FHL film # 542956. John Blow as a child. #877,729. 1851 Digby als o shows John Blow as a child.
Research:1871 England Census; Lincolnshire, Digby; Parish of Digby;FHL fi lm #839357.John Blow still in England at this pointl #1341768, 1881 Digb y census, Harriet Blow listed as widow.
Index of Extracted Timberland Parish; FHL fiche # 6901752.
Doc# 85 Parish Printout Timberland, Lincoln, births for Thomas and Susann ah Blow
Research: #1542200, i2. Timberland records from 1754-1812. Old records fr om Timberland would be could to check out again, good older marriages.
Research: #0438,759 1841 Timberland Census. 2 Blow families, very difficu lt to read.

Research: #932,930. Parish register printout, Digby. No records

Research: #820,597. 1813-1837 Digby Church parish printouts, no records.

Research: #421,988. Church of Eng., Bishop Transcripts 1561-1837. No BLO W surname at all

Research: #438,757. 1841 Digby census., Thomas Blow listed, no family yet .

Research: Checked Marton and Marston bishop transcripts #508016 and 50801 7. No Thomas Blow/child 		Blow, Thomas (I49)
 
134 Batch #: C032501, Source Call #: 508062
!CENSUS: listed with Susan (BLOW) OGDEN in 1851 Digby, Lincoln, England c ensus,

there is a marriage of Richard Blow, Fa. John Blow to Ann thicket, Fa. Wi lliam Thicket on 16 May 1867 in Nocton, Lincoln. 		Blow, Richard (I50)
 
135 Batch #: C032501, Source Call #: 508062 Blow, Susannah (I46)
 
136 Biography of Tunis RAPPLEYE
Contributed By Dail Allen · 12 July 2014 ·

TUNIS RAPPLEYE By Adelia Cortsen Son of John Ransom and Margaret Tillier Rappleye, Tunis was born February 2, 1807 in Ovid, Seneca County, New York. He was baptized a member of the L.D.S. Church November 29, 1832, just two years after its organization, April 6, 1830. He was the only member of his family to join the new religion. Tunis joined the Saints in Kirtland, and was one of the seventy men given a special blessing by the Prophet Joseph Smith for the faithful performance of work assigned them in the building of the Kirtland Temple. Shortly after this blessing was given, Tunis married Louisa Elizabeth Cutler. The ceremony was performed by Joseph Smith. Tunis and Louise were present at the dedication of the Temple in Kirtland, March 27, 1836. Moving westward with the Mormons, the young couple were at Crooked River, Missouri, when their first child, Emily Jane, was born December 21, 1836. She was followed by John Alpheus, August 22, 1838, died May 15, 1839; Lauretta, March 23, 1840, in Missouri; Clarissa, March 23, 1842; Ammon Llewellyn, September 23, 1844, in Macedonia, Hancock Co., Illinois; David Franklin Marcelis, June 22, 1849; Harriet Francis Melvina, June 22, 1849 at Cartesville, Iowa, died August 13, 1850; Ezra Tunis, Council Bluffs, Iowa, November 26, 1850; and Edmund Richmond, February 28, 1854, Lehi, Utah. Tunis Rappleye came to Utah on July 24, 1847. He was a member of the original company under Brigham Young, which arrived in Salt Lake Valley on that Day. Luke S. Johnson was the Captain of his company, and Tunis drove one of the teams belonging to President Young. In August 1847, Tunis, in the company of Shadrach Roundy, returned to Council Bluffs, to accompany another group of immigrants to the Valley. His wife had remained at Council Bluffs, with her little brood of children, and continued to live there until 1853, while Tunis made several “missions” back and forth, escorting bands of Saints. She gave birth to three children while at Council Bluffs, and after coming to Utah, died giving birth to another son. The family was living in Lehi at this time, 1854, and Tunis remained there with his children until approximately 1870, when he moved to Millard County, living first at Corn Creek, now known as Hatton, and then moving to Kanosh about 1874. During these years, he married Ann Staples. One son, Josiah, was born to them. Tunis served a mission to the Eastern states after settling in Lehi. He was a farmer by vocation. He fought in the Indian wars, and was a typical Yankee; shrewd, and witty. He died December 25, 1883, at age 76, and is buried at Kanosh. 		Rappleye, Tunis (I296)
 
137 Biography of William ROBINS
Contributed By Dail Allen · 12 July 2014 ·

WILLIAM AND CHARLOTTE NIXON ROBINS William Robins was born in Cheltenham, England March 17, 1836. He was the son of Edmund Robins and Elizabeth Welch. He came to Utah with his family in 1854. The family first settled in Kaysville, Utah. As a young man William went to San Bernardino, California, but returned to Cedar Springs, which is now Holden, Utah. While living in Holden he met and married Charlotte Nixon July 7, 1859. They were later married in the Salt Lake Endowment House. Charlotte Nixon was the daughter of George and Francis Hart Nixon. She was born in Leek, England December 24, 1840. When she was a few months old her parents accepted the gospel, baptized and prepared to set sail for America with the Vincent Shurtliff Company in 1844. Her baby sister, Emma Maud, died on the journey. They first went to Nauvoo, but later moved to St. Louis, Mo. In 1852 they immigrated to Utah and settled in Fillmore. Charlotte’s father died and Fanny married Richard Johnson in Fillmore. When the Johnson family accepted the call to help settle Cedar Springs, Charlotte moved with her family to Holden. It was here that she met William Robins. Charlotte’s and William’s first child was born in Holden. When a settlement was to be established in Scipio, William Robins was one of the original seven settlers who tried to make a settlement in Graball in 1861. The settlement was only temporary as they were advised to move away from the mountains and farther into the valley where they could avoid the danger in case of an Indian uprising. They moved to Round Valley, now know as Scipio. William Robins furnished animals to help make trips to bring immigrant Saints to Utah. He also made two trips to Florence Nebraska to bring the Saints west. William acted as government interpreter for the Indians. He fought in the Indian War. He was a successful farmer and stock raiser. Charlotte and William operated the hotel in Scipio for many years. It was a gathering place for local people to come and visit and read the Deseret News William subscribed to. Charlotte and her girls prepared the rooms and meals and William and his sons helped with the vehicles and animals bringing the guests. Theirs was a house of hospitality to many people. Twelve children were born to William and Charlotte. All of the children grew to maturity and married. They were: William James, George Edmund, Joseph Riley, Marian Richard, Thomas Carl, Charlotte Irene, Frances Elizabeth, Emma Maud, Birdie Ellen, Blanche Lenore, Bert LeRoy and Annie Eugene. Charlotte suffered a stroke a few years before her death. She passed away February 16, 1915. William lived until September 16, 1917. They were both buried in the Scipio Cemetery. 		Robins, William (I233)
 
138 c1891 BIR,MG,1926 DTH,BUR: 200 Yrs of Michael Hist & Gen pg 83: Wm Henry bn 1891 dd 1946, 55yrs me Emma Sauers (dd 1926) Sauers, Emma (I7737)
 
139 Ellen Bridget (Gallagher) Cottam
Contributed By PitloGaryPalmer1 · 8 October 2014

William and Ellen Bridget Gallagher Cottam Written by their daughter Elizabeth Jane (Cottam) Jensen I would like to tell the younger generation about my parents. William was born on March 17, 1829 in England. My mother Bridget, they called her, was of Irish descent but was born in England on Dec. 22, 1831. William was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or Mormon Church as a young man and later Bridget was baptized. They were married in England on Sept. 5, 1852. Mother was working as a nurse in a hospital in England. William would go with the missionaries and he also taught Sunday school. They were blessed with many children, two sets of twins and one set of triplets. They had several pass away before they left England. William came to work in the coal mines of Pennsylvania to earn money to send for his family. Bridget worked in a hospital to earn money as well. She did not tell William that she was pregnant before he left for America. William earned enough money for his wife and youngest child to migrate. But that was not good enough for mother, she worked hard to raise the money needed to bring the entire family. Nellie, the youngest child, was only 9 days old when they set sail. A large storm came up and all those onboard the ship were frightened. Many of them gathered around mother because they knew she had allot of faith. She held the clothes of the baby under her dress to try to keep them dry. It took 6 weeks to sail to New York. When mother arrived our father was not there to meet her. The ship's captain helped care for them for a time until he could meet up with them to take them to Pennsylvania. A son named William was born in Pennsylvania. They saved to make the move west. They came in the first freight train in 1869. They moved to Porterville, Utah, which is located near Morgan. Mother was a midwife using her nursing skills learned in England. She was promised by a patriarch that she would never lose a mother giving birth. She delivered over 300 babies in her lifetime. She went on to have 4 more babies of her own. They were all girls, Elizabeth, Mary and Martha (twins) May and Eve. About 3 months before the twins were born she rode in a covered wagon to the Salt Lake Endowment House to be sealed as an eternal family. William, my father, started a brick plant. He bought the first coal oil lamp and cook stove in Porterville. He also worked in the mines in Wyoming. They moved their family to Snowville, Utah. They eventually ran a store there which still stands today. Bridget was the mother of 19 children, 7 of them died while they lived in England before they moved to America. These were hard times sometimes we were hungry. But our father did the best that he could to provide for us. Mother would get payment for her midwife services in the way of food or other items. Their children married and started families of their own. Father passed away on Aug. 30, 1910 and mother on June 11, 1902 both in Snowville. 		Gallagher, Ellen Bridget (I207)
 
140 Family line: Mary E Stonehocker d/o David A and Amanda Shields Stonehocker
Well if you haven't found Mary's husband yet I just did. Check this out. Capt. Henry Frederick Christian Krumme; B: 27 Dec 1843 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland; D: 07 Aug 1871 St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri- (buried at Mount Mora Cemetery, St Joseph, MO; Find-A-Grave memorial # 34040630)----got this from the Randall-Roberts & Relatives Family tree just this morning, 1870 US Fed Census; Ridgeway, Elk, PA? Henry Krumme, May Krume, Washington, Fanny, Mary, and Sarah Edna (per 1870 Censes) Krumme. Also living with the family: John Cassuly, Herbert Thompson, and Robert Wonduly. At least they are on the same census. Children: Washington R, B: May 1865 Neb (1900 US Federal Census, Lincoln Ward 6, Lancaster, Neb)? living with mother, Mary E Krumme and daughter Mabel Renner (this would be George Samuel and May Elizabeth Krumme Renner's daughter); with May dying in 1894 explains why Edna Mabel is living with her Uncle and grandmother. Fanny B 'Fannie' married a DP Zeller? I have nothing more on this line Mary Elizabeth married George Samuel Runner? can follow line in Ancestry Sarah Edna? nothing more but census in Ancestry? Sarah is listed as Sarah on the 1870 and Edna on the 1880 census. Maybe she died young and Mary Elizabeth named her daughter, Edna Mable after her sister. 		Krumme, Henry F. C. (I397)
 
141 From the notes of Dice S. Armstrong---Robert Armstrong, an immigrant from North Ireland, served in the French and Indian War (1754-63). He served one mile south of Doe Hill, Virginia in 1759. He had a brother James. JHA, 28 Dec., 2000.
ARMSTRONG GENEALOGY









CHAPTER 1


RESEARCH ON
ROBERT ARMSTRONG

AND

ARMSTRONG PROGENITORS








From the files of: Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas
118 Rainbow Dr. PMB 1875
Livingston, TX 77399-1018





ROBERT ARMSTRONG

ROBERT ARMSTRONG is thought to be the immigrant progenitor of this branch of the Armstrong Family. According to Morton's "History of Highland County Virginia", in 1746, 21 tracts of land on the Bullpasture River and Cowpasture River were laid off. All these surveys came under the order of council of 1743. One tract of 112 acres near the head of the Bullpasture River was laid off for Robert Armstrong. Morton says this Armstrong would appear to be the same Robert Armstrong who lived on Jackson's River below Warm Springs. Morton also points out that an enterprising pioneer would seize choice tracts of land even if it lay some distance from his home and didn't necessarily have to live on the land at the time they received it.
Morton's "History of Pendleton County, West Virginia", says James and Robert Armstrong settled one mile below Doe Hill, Virginia in 1759. This area coincides with the 112 acre tract of land on the Bullpasture River laid off in the name of Robert Armstrong in 1746 and it's in this area of Virginia that the "roots" of our branch of the ARMSTRONG FAMILY are the deepest.

QUESTION: Who was this James Armstrong, and what was his relationship to Robert?

On page 332 of his Pendleton County history, Morton questions which man, James or Robert, was the father of John, William and Amos.
There are several reports in "The New History Of Highland County Virginia", published in 1983, which says Robert Armstrong immigrated from Northern Ireland about 1735, married Jane VanArsdale in 1746, was a Sgt. in the French and Indian War and had at least three children; John, William and Amos.

We can't all be wrong!!!!! Or can we??

NOTE: One thing that has bothered me for some time is the fact that in the list of children we have found for both John and Wiliam Armstrong neither one of them have named one of their sons Robert after the man we think was their father. ODD. They both had a William, a Jared, a John, a James and a George, but no ROBERT.


One of the reports says Robert married Jane VanArsdale "of Vanordsdale". I have yet to find such a place, but will keep looking. Should this have read "Jane VanArsdale OR VanOrdsdale"?

I requested information on Sgt. Robert Armstrong from the National Archives Washington, D. C. I was told they do not have records related to military service before the Revolutionary War. They suggested I try the Virginia state archives.

In "The Armstrong Family", published by the National Genealogical Research Institute, Washington, D.C., there is a list of all known recorded immigrates of the Armstrong name that arrived here in or prior to 1800. Only one Robert Armstrong is listed. I have searched many passengers lists, most of then for ships entering at Philadelphia, and have not found Robert listed.

The sketch in "The Armstrong Family" reads:

ROBERT ARMSTRONG: born 1700, died 1775; emigrated from county Antrim, Ireland, to Philadelphia in 1735; later moved to Abbeville District, South Carolina; married to Alice Calhoun in 1728; had a son Robert and possibly other children.

COULD THE "SON ROBERT" BE THE ROBERT WE ARE LOOKING FOR?

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In "The Chronicles of the Armstrongs" complied by James Lewis Armstrong 19001902, there is this sketch on the above Robert Armstrong on page 368:

1735. Robert Armstrong of County Antrim, Ireland, emigrated to America in 1735, taking with him his wife, Alice Calhoun Armstrong, and his four year old son Robert. With them went also McBrides, Cunninghams, Bounds, and Calhouns. Soon after landing at Philadelphia they moved to one of the interior counties and settled upon the Susquehanna, where they resided for many years. Prior to 1768 they and a number of their countrymen removed to Abbeville District, now Anderson County, a settlement formed in South Carolina by the Calhouns. Alice Calhoun Armstrong was sister to Patrick Calhoun, grandfather of the eminent statesman John C. Calhoun. Some of Robert Armstrong's descendants subsequently settled in Tennessee. (See records of John McMillan Armstrong, Chattanooga, Tennessee.)

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November 1992 -- Prodigy Contact -- Deborah Wesley (DNBR44A) researching the Robert and Alice (Calhoun) Armstrong Family says Robert Armstrong b c 1700 Ulster, Ireland
m 1728 Alice Calhoun b 1705
immigrated 1735 Philadelhia
Children: John, Robert, James, Benjamin, Kate, Hannah, Alice. The first two born in Ulster, the rest in PA.
Their son Robert was born in 1731 and married Margaret Cunningham in 1767. They lived most of their lives in Tenn., and had children: Robert, John, Elizabeth, Martha, Margaret, Moses, and Aaron.

NOTE: Oh well, Just another bump in the road of genealogy.
We live to search another day!!!



From the "Annals of Bath County VA, by O.F. Morton:

Robert Armstrong of Jackson River is mentioned by Dr. Walker in 1750. Another Robert Armstrong was living at the same time near Churchvill, Virginia and so we can not always tell which man is referred to in the records. There even seems to have been a third Robert. The one in Bath County moved to Kentucky about 1793 but his son of the same name lived here several years longer and was often foreman of the grand jury. He gave much attention to raising horses. Archibold Armstrong was a neighbor and probably kinsman who finally removed to Augusta. Archibald who died here in 1800 had children named Robert, Ann, Thomas, Isabella, William and Jean. Ann was the wife of James Elliot.

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COPIED FROM; Armstrong Bulletin Board - Issue No. 91-4
#428 Anna Herbertson, 6584 Bull Hill Court,
Colorado Springs, CO 80919:


There was a Robert A* who d. Nov. 12 1754, Augusta Co. VA, will written Nov. 10, 1754, proven Nov 21, 1754. Children named in will: 1) Hannah, mrd. Robert KIRKHAM. 2) Catherine, mrd. FINNEY. 3) John, mrd. Elizabeth Morris (see query 319) 4) Robert. 5) James. 6) Benjamin. 7) Martha. 8) Agnes. 9) Alice. The foregoing is from "Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish". I have been told that son, Robert mrd. 1746 Jane Vanarsdale and had sons John, William and Amos. And that this John and William are ref. as brothers in Morton's Pendleton Co., VA/WV History and Highland Co., VA History. I think there is another William, making Morton's two actually uncle and nephew. I suggest the following may be the correct relationship:
1. Robert A* mrd. Jane Vanarsdale, sons: John, b. c 1759, mrd. c 1780 Agnes Erwin; Amos, d. 1799.
2. William A*, b. 1748, of Loudoun Co., VA mrd. 1794 to Jane -?- Will proved Pendleton Co. VA 1814, had children: Mary, Margaret, John, James, Elizabeth VANHORN, Sarah VANHORN, Ann CRAIG, and William.
3. William A*, b. c.1768, mrd 1788 in Augusta Co. to Elizabeth Erwin. This William I know about, and from land records and transfers, I also know that his father was a William A*. William the son d. intestate and his land was divided equally between his children and widow. A. son, William (III) purchased the interest of some of his brothers and sisters.
(R#383, also has query 323a, upd. 91-1)

This query brings up some interesting questions, for here is another bit of information that may link our branch of the family to two Roberts. I will write to this lady and see what I come up with. I am not convinced the William Armstrong will she talks about is the will of our William, and I have found John and William listed as brothers in too many places to believe her suggestion that they were uncle and nephew.


The list of children for Robert and Alice (Calhoun) Armstrong in Deborah Wesley's Prodigy message, is the same as Anna Herbertson's query in the Armstrong B.B.

- QUESTION -
If the older Robert went from PA to SC "prior to 1768" as stated in "The Chronicles of the Armstrongs", can he really be the same Robert Armstrong who died Nov. 12, 1754, Augusta Co., VA., as stated in the will Anna mentioned ???


On page 36 in ... "The Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia", Volume III, Abstracts of wills of Augusta County, Virginia, Augusta County Court.

Will Book No. 2, page 75... 10th November, 1754. Robert Armstrong's will -- Daughter Hannah Kircum 1/3 of tract he now lives on bought of Col. Patton; daughter, Catherine Finney, 1 English shilling; sons, John and Robt., tract on Mill Creek bought of John Allison; sons (and Daughters). infants, viz: James and Benjamin; daughters (under 18); to son, James, entry on head of McClure's Run; wife, Martha, executrix; daughters, Martha, Alice and Agnes, infants. Teste: John Mathews, Sr., William Woods, John Mitchell. Proved, 21st November, 1754, By Mathews and Mitchell, and Martha qualifies executrix, with sureties John and Joshua Mathews.


This is the same will as mentioned before, note the date and names of the children, but this says Robert's wife was Martha, not Alice Calhoun.

So I'm back to square one !!!!


Another bit of information linking our branch of the family to two Roberts has been found in some D.A.R. research papers and applications:
In the early 1950's, Mrs. Rose C. (Armstrong ) Hicklin joined the Daughters of the American Revolutionary. Her son, Graham Hicklin, has a box of her personal papers which included her D.A.R. research papers. In 1989 Kent Botkin got to look at them.

Mrs. Hicklin listed her family line as:
William H. & Rachel E. (Wandless) Armstrong
John T. & Jane B. (Hiner) Armstrong
Jared & Agnes (Hiner) Armstrong
John & Agnes (Ervine) Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong, Sr.


Mrs. Hicklin listed her research sources as:

1. Loundon & Frederick Co. Va. Histories
2. Va. Soldiers in the Revolution
3. Roll of Honor Volunteers of DAR Books
4. Highland and Pendleton Co. Histories
6. Pratt Library
7. Library of Congress
8. Clerks office, Leeburg, Va. (Visited - 1950)

I requested a copy of Mrs. Hicklin's DAR application for membership from the Registrar General NSDAR, 1776 D Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. They sent me a copy of Mrs Hattie Elizabeth (Armstrong) Lee of Charleston, Illinois. # 469379, dated Sept. 21, 1959. Mrs Lee was the daughter of John Shaffer Armstrong, whose father was John T., son of Jared, the third child of John and Agnes (Ervine) Armstrong. Mrs. Lee stated on the application, "Mrs W.R. (Rose) Hicklin gave me permission to use her National Number #399527.

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ODDS AND ENDS
INFORMATION ON MEN NAMED
ROBERT ARMSTRONG

Volumes I, II, & III of "The Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia."

Extracted from the original court records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. There are many entries on men named Robert Armstrong, but I haven't been able to connect many of them to our line.

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West Virginia Heritage - Vol. #3
Copied from Dr. Walkers Journal

"July 8, 1750 - having shaved, shifted and made new shoes we left our useless Raggs at Ye camp and got to Walker Johnstons, about noon; we moved over to Robert Armstrongs in the After-noon and staid there all Night. The people here are very hospitable and would be better able to support Travellers, was it not for the great number of INDIAN WARRIORS that frequently take what they want from them, much to their prejudice."

A footnote says:
"This Johnston probably lived on the strip of land extending westward from Jacksons River to the Allegheny crest which subsequently was patented to Samuel Johnston. This Robert Armstrong, in 1746, lived on what was then called Newfoundland Creek, now called Bullpasture, but in the same year he obtained a survey of 270 acres on Jacksons River in the lower edge of Bath County, at the place where the road leading from Warm Springs to Greenbrier Court House leaves the river and goes over the Allegheny Mountains, through this 'old Johnston land'."

NOTE:
This could well be our ROBERT ARMSTRONG, the same man mentioned by Morton as living on Jackson's River below Warm Springs (Bath Co.) in 1746, when 112 acres near the head of Bullpasture River was laid off for him. The time frame is right, so is the geographical area.

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Another reference to the Robert Armstrong Ordinary
Journal of the Braxton Historical Society, Vol. 11 #3, September 25, 1983, pages 57 & 58. An account of "The Traveller", appeared in the May issue of the Southern Literary Messenger, 1838, and reprinted in Southern Historical Magazine, June 1892.

Page 57, ".... pursing my way through the continuous meadows to the little Youghl, I found myself at sunset in comfortable quarters at old Armstrong with a good fire, which the cool evenings made agreeable; and strong coffee, good tea, exquisite venison and fine trout to regale me. Next morning I resumed my march with little hope of such another inn. In a dozen miles I left the glade, and ascended Briary or Cheat Mountain,....."
Page 58, ".... evening brought me to Gandy's far famed as being the worst house on the road. But unfortunately there is no missing it. He who luxuriates one night at Armstrong's, was always destined inevitably to all sorts of discomfort at Gandy's ....."
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Copied from "A History of the Valley of Virginia", by Samuel Kercheval. Page 371:

"A man by the name of Robert Armstrong, in those troublesome times had removed his family across the mountain to a place of safety. He was on a visit to his family, accompanied by a young man. Seven Indians approached his house, and were in the yard before discovered. Armstrong told the young man to jump into bed and threw a blanket over him. The indians pushed into the house and Armstrong went to the bed, raised the blanket, and asked the man if he were better. He replied in the negative. An indian immediately asked, "Man very sick?" "Yes, small pox, very bad." They cried "Wough." and ran off, crying as they ran, "Small pox! Small pox!" as far as they could be heard. It is said the Indians were dreadfully afraid of the disorder. Armstrong, by this stratagem, saved himself and property from being touched by the enemy.
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ARMSTRONG PROGENITORS

IMMIGRANT
ROBERT ARMSTRONG, the progenitor of at least two branches of the Armstrong Clan immigrated from Northern Ireland about 1735. Information has been found in old research papers for a DAR application, which says Robert was the son of Robert. He was a Sgt. in the French and Indian War, owned 112 acres of land on the Bullpasture River in the vicinity of Blackthorn Creek, married Jane VanArsdale in 1746, and had at least three sons: John, William and Amos. John and William came from Loudoun County, married sisters and raised large families in the Pendleton/Highland County area of Virginia. The only information found on Amos is his death date, 1799.

PIONEERS
JOHN ARMSTRONG, (17591821)
John Armstrong was a member of the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War. He must have been highly regarded by his peers for he was appointed Lieutenant in 1793. He married Agnes "Nancy" Ervine (17641827), the daughter of Jared and Elizabeth Ervine, and they settled near Doe Hill. In John's will recorded at Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia, Will Book #4, page 56, it says his "plantation" was in Pendleton County, Virginia, is dated June 9, 1820 and was recorded August 11, 1827. After reading his will, I have surmised John was a christian man and very well off for a gentleman of his time. John and Agnes had twelve children.

1-1 ELIZATBETH, b. 1780, Single.
1-2 WILLIAM, b. 1783, m. 1805, Mary Punt and moved away.
1-3 JARED, 17851865, m. 1820, Agnes Hiner 17891867.
1-4 JANE, 17871857, m. 1808, Joseph Hiner 17781865.
1-5 JOHN, b. 1790, m. 1812, Margaret Jones.
According to his fathers will, moved to Ohio.
1-6 MARGARET, b. 1792, m. George Crummett b. 1787.
1-7 MARY, 17921867, m. 1826, John Bodkin, III.
1-8 JAMES, b. 1795, m. #11819 Elizabeth Hiner,
#21836 Sarah (?) Smith.
First moved to W.Va., then to Indiana.
1-9 GEORGE, 17971870, m. 1824, Sarah Hiner 18051869.
1-10 THOMAS B., 17991874, m. 1822, Sarah H. Pullin 18031881.
Moved to Lewis Co. in 1835.
1-11 NANCY ANN, 18021858, m. 1827, John Kniceley 18071891.
They moved to Braxton Co. (now W. Va.) in 1846.
1-12 SAMUEL ELI, 18041878, m. 1830, Mary Taylor 18101886.
More information on the descentants of John Armstrong can be found in Chapter Two, along with a copy of his will.


WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, SR., (b. , d. 1814)

On page 388, in the Family History section of W. B. Cutright's "History of Upshur County West Virginia", is a report on David Neeson Armstrong, a great great grandson of William Armstrong, Sr.. Cutright says, "... William Armstrong, Sr., immigrated to the U.S.A. from Wales in an early day." According to my findings, this is misinformation and should be noted by others interested in the history and genealogy of the Armstrong Family. William Armstrong, Sr. was the son of Robert and the brother of John. Early recorded land sales show that William bought a tract of 200 acres near Doe Hill in 1794 from Robert Duffield, for which he paid $1000.00. He married Elizabeth J. (Jane) Ervine, the daughter of Jared and Elizabeth Ervine. They raised eight children, of which at least three of whom married and moved their young families to the Lewis/Upshur County area of (now) West Virginia. Many descendants of there early settlers still live in that area.

2-1 Elizabeth, b. 1787, m. 1823, John Douglas. Moved to
Lewis (now Upshur) County in 1845.
2-2 William, Jr., m. 1829, Eleanor Wilson. Their son Harvey
moved to Upshur County in 1862.
2-3 Jared, m. 1820, Martha Wilson.
2-4 Jane, m. 1819, Samuel Wilson.
2-5 John Friel, 17911871, m. 1812, Mary Wilson, b. 1790.
They moved to Lewis (now Upshur) County in the
early 1840's.
2-6 George, b.1805, m. Eunice Christine Propst b.1809.
They moved to Lewis County in late 1830's.
2-7 James, m. Maria Hiner 18191857.
They may have moved to Indiana.
2-8 Nancy J., m. 1831, Godlove Hinegarner, d. 1895.

More information on the descendants of William Armstrong can be found in Chapter Seven.
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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION COMES FROM THE PEDIGREE RESOURCE FILE-Compact Disc # 39 and was submitted by JAMES C. WALLS, 3 Spring Rd. N. Paradise, Tx. 76073 phone # 1-940-433-8850. James H. Armstrong, 21 Jan. 2003.

All information on Lt. Robert Armstrong and his two wives from Bill Armstrong.

Notes for ROBERT RN-9077 J. (LT.) ARMSTRONG:
When Robert was four years old he emigrated to America with his father, mother, and at least one brother, John Armstrong, in the year 1735, landed in Phildelphia, and settled with them in an interior County of Pennsylvania on the Susquehanna River. Some time previous to the year 1760, the exact date not being given, they followed the Calhouns to Abbeyville District South Carolina, where the Calhouns had established a settlement.

Robert served in the Revolution, and probably before that time, in the Colonial Army. It is of him that the Family Bible speaks in the quotation already given: "He was of patriotic spirit." He was prominent in the military affairs of the state(South Carolina) for many years. Robert Armstrong's name appears as First Lieutenant of the First South Carolina regiment. This was the regiment made famous by such Officers as Colonel Charles Pinckney and General Francis Marion.
Source-Heitman's Historical Records, p. 66

Robert Armstrongs "Will" dated 15 June 1796, Probated 28 Feb. 1798 in
Knoxville, Tn. Ref: Marriage recorded in Knox Co., Tn. , "Will Book".
Source-Roster of the Arkansas DAR and Register of Ancestors. Ancestor # 1078
name of decendent, Lula Henrietta Watkins Doyle.
Source-Notable Southern Families by: Zella Armstrong(1918)
Source-Roster of soldiers & patriots buried in Tn.
Source-Armstrong/Branyon/Bryson & Allied families of the South by Ethel S. Updike
James 'Will' dated 15 June 1796, Probated 28 Feb. 1798 in Knoxville Tn.
Ref: Marriage recorded in Knox Co., Tn. 'Will Book'
Source-Roster of Arkansas DAR & Register of Ancestors. Ancestor # 1078 names decendent Lula Henrietta Watkins Doyle.
Source-Notable Southern Families by Zella Armstrong(1918)

Served as Lt. in S.C. Regt. under Col. Pinckney
Source-Roster of Soldiers & Patriots buried in Tn.
Source-DAR # 449482
In James fathers 'Will', he left him the other 1/2 of the Mill Tract in S.C., which
he sold to John Moore in 1767, in 1768 he bought 100 acres from Aaron Alexander in the Long Cane Creek section of Abbeville Co., S.C., and sold it in 1770 to John Houston.
Buried at Armstrong Cemetery in East Knox Co., Tn.
Source-White: KMM, p. 144; Heitman; 2nd Ed., p. 75;
Source-DAR # 449482
Source-In 1993 Clan #2207 Christopher R. Armstrong 3427 Hills Church Rd.
Export, Pa. 15632
Compiled by W.L.A.(Az.)
Source-American Ancestry, giving the name and descent in the male line, of Americans whose ancestors settled in the United States previous to the Declaration of Independence A.D. 1776, vol. 3
Source-DAR Patriot Index, part 1

Notes for MARGARET CUNNINGHAM:
Source-Notable Southern Families by Zella Armstrong(1918)
Source-Armstrong Clan
Compiled by W.L.A.(Az.) 		Armstrong, Robert J. Lt. (I3758)
 
142 Her death, Aft. 5 Feb 1762 is given because she is listed in her fathers will of that date. Will rec. in 300 yrs. with the Corson Family, p.83-84. Her fathers will also listed in N.Y. Wills N.Y. Hist. Soc. yr bk 1897,p.432 & in NYG&B rec.,974.7 B4ne, p. 444, where she is listed as a dau.
Cornelia is recorded variously as Nailie, Neeltje, all variants of Cornelia. 		Corsen, Cornelia (I456)
 
143 History of Daniel Thompson
Contributed By Gracie Rose Platt · 14 June 2013

Daniel Thompson of Scipio, Utah Daniel Thompson, son of William G. Thompson and Elizabeth McAuley, was born 25 December 1834 in Markham, York, Ontario, Canada. His parents had immigrated to York, Ontario, Canada in about 1833. It was in Canada that his parents were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Orson Hyde in 1836. The family then left Canada to join the saints in Missouri. They also followed them to Illinois and lastly Salt Lake City, Utah. The Thompson family settled in Bountiful, Davis, Utah after their arrival to Utah in 1851. In February of 1852, Daniel accompanied Bishop [Noah] Bartholomew to Fillmore, Millard, County, Utah. He was also employed by Bishop Bartholomew for a time. Daniel served in the Utah militia for a period in 1853. When the people of Fillmore, Utah heard news of the massacre of Captain Gunnison and eleven of his party encamped near the Sevier River by a band of Pahvant Indians on 26 October 1853, Daniel was sent to dispatch the news to Salt Lake City. He was also sent to the sight of the massacre to help identify the remains. Daniel married Lorinda Elizabeth Bronson, daughter of Leman Bronson and Lucy Brass on 4 May 1854 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah. Lorinda was born 23 December 1836 in Brownstown, Wayne, Michigan and died 20 June 1907 in Scipio, Millard, Utah. Being an immigrant to the United States from Canada, Daniel was naturalized 22 November 1855 in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah Territory. Daniel served in his church and civically. He accepted a call from the Church to serve as the presiding authority over the Scipio branch after the citizens had moved out of the fort in 1868. One year later, he was ordained the bishop. On 1 January 1869, Daniel married in polygamy Lydia Ann Ivie, daughter of James A. Ivie and Elizabeth Porter. Lydia was born 27 September 1850 in Provo, Utah, Utah and died 9 January 1920 in Nephi, Juab, Utah. The United Order was put into place in 1874 with Daniel Thompson as president. After 14 years as bishop, he served as first counselor to Ira N. Hinckley in the Millard Stake presidency. Daniel also served two terms on the Utah legislature. On February 28, 1889, Daniel was indicted for unlawful cohabitation. His wives Lorinda and Lydia along with sons W.D. and James were subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury. It appears no trial was ever held on this charge. Daniel later said that Mary Johnson [of Scipio] hid him in her upstairs for weeks when officers were after him. She was the only one who knew where he was and she kept it an absolute secret. Daniel and Lydia’s marriage was legalized after the death of Lorinda, his first wife. Many in the community loved and looked up to Daniel, and he was once described as a kindly-faced man. Daniel’s died on 29 July 1912 in Scipio, Millard Utah. His funeral was attended by 800 people, from local citizens to general authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Children with Lorinda: 1. Daniel Edwin Thompson born 1 June 1855 2. Wilmer Daniel Thompson born 15 April 1857 3. Henry Bronson Thompson born 6 March 1859 4. Lorenda Delcena Thompson born 1 May 1861 5. William Riley Thompson born 26 February 1863 6. Leamon Thompson born 9 July 1865 7. Rosabelle Thompson born 24 July 1867 8. Emily Thompson born 20 November 1869 9. Martha Ann Thompson born 9 October 1871 10. Frances Marion Thompson born 21 September 1873 11. Raymond Bronson Thompson born 21 December 1875 12. Elizabeth Thompson born 1 July 1879 Children with Lydia: 1. Orson Edmund Thompson born 16 October 1869 2. Lillie Isadore Thompson born 1 July 1871 3. James Alexander Thompson born 28 August 1873 4. Don Leroy Thompson born 29 December 1875 5. Alton Rex Thompson born 14 February 1877 6. Florence Thompson born 15 March 1880 7. Lydia Ellis Thompson born 7 September 1882 8. Earl Erwin Thompson born 8 May 1885 9. Nina Electa Thompson born 26 June 1887 Posted by Cindy Eppich. at 6/25/2011 06:57:00 PM No comments: Labels: Daniel Thompson 		Thompson, Daniel (I225)
 
144 History of Elijah Shaw I
Contributed By Kathlyno · 12 June 2013 ·

"Elijah Shaw was born about 1782, the son of Edmund and Sarah Cornwell Shaw, who were also married in Cumberland County in the Deerfield Presbyterian Church, 23 September 1774. Sarah was the daughter of John Cornwell and his wife Mary. The Shaws were believed to have been of English orgin. The Shaw name was derived from: as the Webster dictionary puts it; A thickly wooded spot in a low place or hollow - a thicket, a low country with a thick short growth of trees and shrubbery. Such a tract has been designated by the inhabitants of Scotland as 'The Shaw'. Hence many have concluded that the name as applied to the race known as the 'Shawa' the world over must have been derived from the fact that they were orginally natives of the low country of Scotland and England. Another claim was that the name came down from one of the sons of MacDuff in 1056-7. Still another claim, The Shaw's of Scotland and England were a branch of the Clan McIntosh, before 1284." New Jersey is a beautiful state. Henry Hudson, the great explorer said, "This is a very good land to fall with, and a pleasant land to see. It is entirely surrounded by water, except for a fifty mile stretch between New York and New Jersey on the northeast side. On the Pennsylvania side, the Delaware River separates them. It is called the little melting pot of the world. It numbers among its' citizens, people of just about every country in the world. It became a state 18 December 1787, shortly after Elijah I's birth. Cumberland county is rather flat and sandy. It's winters are quite mild with very little snowfall. Temperatures rarely go below freezing. The summers are delightful, with temperatures around 70 degrees. Spring comes early and summers stay late. Deerfield is 41.65 square miles and contains 26,656 acres. It has many rich fertile fields and forests. There is much wild life, especially the white tailed dear - thence the name of Deerfield. The Bowens and Shaws were natural farmers. They both owned large farms in Deerfield. The senior Elijah was also, what we term today, a real estate man. He bought and sold much land while living there. Three of Elijah I and Lydia's children were born in Deerfield namely Edmund, born 7 February 1807; Sarah, born about 1809 and Dan Bowen, born about 1811. In the late 1700's the whole of the New England colonies began to feel discontented. They were becoming over crowded and land was becoming very scarce. which sent the prices soaring, until by the 1790's even a moderately good farm sold for from $14.00 to $50.00 an acre. Younger sons, and they were plentiful in the prolific New England families, refused to pay such prices for this not so good land, when they could buy fertile lands in the West for two or three dollars an acre. High taxes were also a contributing factor. Yet these high taxes weren't high enough (and were not always collected) to provide enough revenue for an adequate income for Congress. So Congress adopted a plan to sell Western lands in order to raise the sorely needed revenue. They formed the ordinance of 1785. Under the terms of this ordinance, the land would be surveyed and offered for sale to the highest bidder, in lots of a section (640 acres) or more. The minimum price was fixed at one dollar per acre. Speculators were the only ones who could profit by this, the poor man didn't have a chance. The first section of the upper Ohio territory was the 'Seven Ranges' township, west of the western boundary of Pennsylvania. Next came the Ohio Company who managed to get one and a half million acres for 2/3 of a dollar an acre. Next the Scioto Company was formed. They had an option to buy 3 1/2 million acres and made a down payment of $143,000.00. Another early settlement in the Ohio Country was made by a well to do citizen of New Jersey, John Cleves Symmes, who in 1788 was granted permission to purchase a million acres of land between the Great Miami and Little Miami Rivers. This became known as the Symmes tract or purchase. But Symmes was never able to buy all of the land he had contracted for. He learned that Congress had sold him only a twenty mile wide strip on the east bank of the Great Miami rather than the lands requested. He finally ended up with 248,540 acres. Ohio became the 17th State, 1 March 1803, some years before our families arrived there. In 1804, Congress passed an act, stating that the buyer could buy no less than a quarter section, 160 acres of land. The price was to be raised to two dollars an acre, but the buyer only had to have one-fourth of the purchase price as a down payment, this enabled the poorer class of people a chance to obtain land. 'The man who was ready to begin life over again and to live for a time as his remote ancestors had done, found his opportunity in the West.' Some of the Cornwells, Bowens and Shaws decided to go to this Ohio Territory. The Cornwell brothers, Daniel, his wife Phebe, William and David, uncles of Elijah I were the first to go. When they arrived at Clermont County, Daniel bought 200 acres in 1808. He sold his brother, William, 50 acres in 1811. The other brother, David's land joined onto theirs."Write your story here 		Shaw, Elijah I (I448)
 
145 History of Lorinda Elizabeth Bronson
Contributed By Keith Fraser · 26 May 2013

LORENDA ELIZABETH BRONSON THOMPSON BIRTHDATE: 22 Dec 1836 Brownstown, Wayne, Michigan DEATH: 21 Jun 1907 Scipio, Millard Co., Utah PARENTS: Lemon Bronson, Lucy Brass PIONEER: 29 Sep 1847 Edward Hunter Wagon Co. SPOUSE: Daniel Thompson MARRIED: 4 May 1854 Scipio, Millard Co., Utah DEATH SP: 29 Jul 1912 Scipio, Millard Co., Utah CHILDREN: Daniel Edwin, 1 Jun 1855 Wilmer Donrel, 15 Apr 1857 Henry Bronson, 6 Mar 1859 Lorenda De1cena, 1 May 1861 William Riley, 26 Feb 1863 Leman, 9 Jul 1865 Rosabelle, 24 Jul 1867 Emily, 20 Nov 1869 Martha Ann, 9 Oct 1871 Frances Marion, 21 Sep 1873 (male) Raymond, 31 Dec 1875 Elizabeth, 1 Jul 1879 Lorenda Elizabeth was born on December 22, 1836 in Brownstown, Wayne County, Michigan. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842 when she was about five years old. In 1845, the family moved to Nauvoo to be with the Saints. In 1846, her father was one of the first to join the traveling Saints and, with his family, started the trek west. Lorenda's mother, Lucy Brass Bronson, died at Winter Quarters on February 7, 1847 but her father, Lemon, continued on with Lorenda and her sister and brother, Martha and Wilmer. They left Winter Quarters, Nebraska on June 17, 1847 in the second company of 100, lead by Captain Edward Hunter and arrived in the valley on September 29, 1847 bringing the population to about 1,000. Her sister, Martha, drove on the ox teams. Many were the hardships that first year and a half. Food was scarce and they were often hungry. Later, Lemon built a house and planted crops. Lorenda told her children how happy they were when their grain began to grow and they felt that no more would they suffer hunger as there was prospects of an abundant harvest. Then came the crickets. Like a moving mass, they covered the field stripping the stalks and leaving desolation in their path. For days they fought them with sticks, beating and killing hundreds but, for everyone killed, it seemed a dozen came in its place. Sometimes with only a half slice of bread to eat, Lorenda would fight the pests until exhausted. One morning, they looked up to see the sky black with seagulls swooping down on the fields. They were in despair, thinking all was lost, but instead of eating the grain as they expected them to do, they devoured that army of crickets and saved the crops. They knew this was a blessing from the Lord to save them from starvation. In about 1852, she moved with her father to Fillmore, Utah where they lived until 1854 when Lemon was called on a mission to Michigan where he died. At Fillmore, Lorenda met Daniel Thompson and they were married on May 4, 1854 in Scipio, Millard County, Utah when she was only seventeen years of age. On October 9, 1855, they made the trip to Salt Lake City to the Endowment House to have their marriage solemnized for eternity. Lorenda was very proud of her first home, a little log room with a bed made of posts stuck in the wall and supported at the front with posts. Her early married life was devoted to raising her family more than to public service but, after moving to Scipio, in 1867, when Daniel was ca1led by President Brigham Young to preside as Bishop, she felt it her duty to help in building up the ward. In 1868, Daniel built two large log rooms in the center of town. It seemed a palace to them. President Brigham Young traveled from Salt Lake to St. George every year with a large company to look after the affairs of the church and instruct the Saints. He and his immediate company did not wish to be separated so he asked Daniel to build another room for their convenience. He wanted to help pay for it out of church funds but Daniel would not allow him to do this. It was, however, known from then on as "Brigham's Room." It was Lorenda's task to scrub and clean the house and cook and arrange affairs to do honor to their very distinguished guests. This was not unusual for her because their home was always filled with friends and strangers. Then, when her son Wilmer's wife died, she took his three children. The baby died at the age of eleven months, but she raised the others from two and four years of age to adulthood. According to her daughter, Elizabeth, "She was a wonderful disciplinarian, very firm, at the same time generous and thoughtful of our pleasures. If Father was ever displeased with our actions, we were sent to Mother for corrections." In 1870, Daniel organized the Relief Society and Lorenda was called to act in the Presidency. She served faithfully for thirteen years and was then called to the Stake Relief Society Presidency, June 6, 1883. After twenty-one years of service in the Stake, Lorenda was released on 28 November 1904. The same year, she was called to act as President of the Mutual in the Scipio Ward, a position she held until her death. Her last meeting was on May 28, 1907 and she passed away on June 21, 1907 in Scipio, Millard County, Utah where she is buried. Source: Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, vol. IV, p. 3094,3095; International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers; Publishers Press, 1998. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. 		Bronson, Lorenda Elizabeth (I227)
 
146 History of Lucy Brass
Contributed By Keith Fraser · 9 June 2013 ·

LUCY BRASS BRONSON BIRTHDATE: 26 Jun 1795 Chester, Massachusetts DEATH: Feb 1847 Poncho, Nebraska PARENTS: Garrit Brass, Lucy Matthews PIONEER: Died crossing the Plains SPOUSE: Lemon Bronson MARRIED: 2 Jan 1817 Mentor, Geauga, Ohio DEATH SP: 1854 Taylor, Michigan CHILDREN: Edwin Ruthven, 14 Oct 1817 Tracy Williston, abt 1819 Emeret Orilla, abt 1821 Clinton Doneral, 17 Dec 1824 Hadley Lawton, abt 1827 Wilmer Wharton, 20 Oct 1830 Martha Ann, 13 Jun 1834 Lorinda Elizabeth, 23 Dec 1836 Lucy Brass was born in 1795 in Massachusetts. She was married in Mentor, Ohio, to Lemon Bronson. Four of their children were born in Ohio and four were born in Michigan. A baptism was to be held for converts of the Church, and the new converts walked through snow for about a mile. They then had to cut a hole in a foot thick ice for the baptisms to take place. Lucy Bronson was to be baptized but she was very sick at the time. She participated in the baptism and suffered no ill affects from this experience. Lucy, however, died while the family was en route to Council Bluffs, Iowa. The family was spending the winter of 1846-47 at Poncho, Nebraska, with the Saints. Due to the deprivations and lack of proper food, Lucy Bronson died during that winter, as did many, other saints. Her name is on a monument at that local cemetery. Lucy had died about Feb 1847 near Winter Quarters. Her husband and family continued on with the group to Utah. They arrived in Salt Lake City by wagon about 1 Oct, 1847. They traveled with Capt. Edward H Hunter's Company (2nd hundred), with Capt Jacob Foutz (2nd fifty), Capt. Vincent Shurtlef's (3rd ten) company number 4. Source: Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, vol. I, p. 371; International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers; Publishers Press, 1998. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. 		Brass, Lucy (I469)
 
147 History of Merien Robins
Contributed By michelledickson1 · 23 April 2013 ·

My name is Merien Richard Robins, born December 15, 1865 in Scipio, Millard Co., Utah. My parents were William and Charlotte Nixon Robins. I was baptized by Jesse B. Martin Sr. September 22nd 1877 and confirmed by Jacob Croft September 22nd 1877. I took an active part in Sunday School as a boy and later in the Y.M.M.I.A. Went on home missions to neighboring towns. I was ordained an Elder January 13th 1899. I am one of 12 children in the family. I am a farmer and cattle man. I went away to work at the age of 18. We did logging in Park City. Later I worked on a ranch with Jack Elliot. In 1886 I went to work for Fred Rockwell of Colorado Springs. January 19th 1890 was married by Peter Nielson to Rosabelle Thompson in the Church at Scipio. Later went to the Manti Temple August 28 1912 to be sealed. I went to Geyser Nevada and worked as foreman of a ranch for J.C. Campbell, then worked for Joseph Comerill. Came home to stay in 1906. A was counselor to Erwin Brown in Sunday School in 1910 and counselor to Lars Jensen in 1912. Was Ward teacher until bad health made it impossible to go. I sent 6 of 8 children to college, a son on a mission to Portland Oregon. Served as Recreation Committee 1926 - 1932. Prepared barbeque for boys that returned from the World War. Later prepared another, that impaired my eye-sight. Acted as committeeman for 1st Rodeo in Scipio. Was ordained a High Priest by Dan S. Bushnell December 13, 1930. I invested money to help others. My eyes failed me in 1930. Was operated on April 1931 by Dr. Albert Arland of Ogden. Could read well after operation. My health failed; was treated for anemia by Dr. Freeman. Went to bed to stay July 5th 1937. Dr. Evans in attendance. Went to L.D.S. Hospital then to my daughter Margie's apartment in Ogden. Died September 2nd 1937 at home of Mrs. Margie Staples, 2331 Adams Ave. No. 4, Ogden, Utah. Typed by daughter, LaVon Dickson 		Robins, Merien Richard (I98)
 
148 History of Richard Johnson
Contributed By sgreen · 13 January 2015 ·

Author Unknown Richard Johnson was born 10 June 1819 in Leigh, Worcestershire, England. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Johnson Johnson. His mother’s maiden name being Johnson also. Richard came to Utah with the Captain Horne Company and moved to Pioneer Creek June 15, 1855 along with his two families. He married his first wife, Husseler Bevan, then Frances Hart Nixon after her husband, George Nixon, died. Nixon was buried in Fillmore, Utah. George and Richard were great friends. George asked Richard to promise he would marry Frances if anything should happen to him, this Richard did. George died at the age of 36. In the spring of 1855 Richard and William Stevens, Sr. and their families were sent to Millard County to help with the colonization of that part of Utah. Richard and Frances helped with the construction of Buttermilk Fort. It is now called Holden, Utah. Five other families came in the fall and helped with the Fort. The Fort was 150 feet long and 75 feet wide, facing rooms were made from adobe bricks. The Fort was the home of seven families and a great protection from the Indians. The adobes were made from a strip of clay found nearby. Logs used were brought from the canyon east of the Fort and were taken to Fillmore to be sawed into lumber. The Fort was put together with wooden pegs made from oak which was plentiful nearby. The women and children helped gather the oak and make the wooden pegs. The gateways were on the north and south walls. The Fort was finally finished is 1856. Richard and Frances moved into the Fort with their small children. They lived there until 1867, when it was called a village. Richard and William Stevens, Sr. were called by President Brigham Young to go help with the settlement of Fillmore. Here they found the soil very rocky, they obtained a permit from Brigham Young to start a new settlement a ways from the Fort and called it Holden. Before the first fort was settled they were at Pioneer Creek two miles south of where Holden now is. Their first homes were in dugouts and wagon boxes. This location was chosen because of the spring water they found in the foothills. The pioneers in this section of the state were outstanding in dairying. Their cheese and butter was taken in large quantities to mining camps as far south and west as Pioche, Nevada. Their buttermilk, always sweet and cold, was ever on hand for the thirsty travelers going through; thus being called Buttermilk Fort. Later the name was changed to Cedar Springs because of the cool water coming from the foothills. It was officially given the name of Holden in 1858 in honor an army captain named Holden who had frozen to death on the Scipio Ridge. His daughter was the first child to be born, and then died, in Holden. Richard and Frances twin sons were born and died soon after. Hyrum Johnson, lovingly called Uncle Hite, tells of an incident of his father. Richard owned a pair of oxen he had purchased in Missouri to bring a threshing machine to Utah. They were called Prince and Paddy and were fine animals. Briant Stringham, who was over the church stock in Salt Lake City, visited the Fort and wanted these oxen to help with the work on the building of the Salt Lake Temple. He finally arranged a trade with Richard by giving seven head of cattle for them. This was the beginning of Richard’s cattle herd. Many of the homes in Holden were built of adobe brick and consisted of two rooms covered with a dirt roof. Their pig pens and other corrals were made with logs and cedar posts. Fruit trees were planted and soon produced a great amount of fruit. These were hard working people. They cleared the land of brush and bushes, made roads and fences, homes and a school. As there was no post office Richard made a request for one and asked to be the postmaster, a task he held without pay. This didn’t last too long as the Post Office Department was dissatisfied and soon discontinued the service. Richard was acting as the Fort Postmaster at the time he was appointed postmaster. When the saints moved from the Fort, Richard built his son, Hyrum (Hite) Bevan Johnson a home. Hite Johnson lived to the age of 92 and raised a large family in this home. Richard was a Patriarch, a chorister and a very staunch Mormon. Richard and both of his wives are buried in the Holden Cemetery on the hill east of town. Richard and Francis’s children are sealed to her first husband, George Nixon. Richard died 26 April 1878. 		Nixon, George (I500)
 
149 History of Rosabelle Thompson Robins
Contributed By michelledickson1 · 7 May 2013

History of Rosabelle Thompson Robins I was born in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah July 24 1867. Moved to Scipio when 6 months old with my parents Daniel Thompson and Lorenda Elizabeth Brunson Thompson. My father was to be Bishop. I could sing and recite at the age of three. I sang from a table in a Bowery at the 4th and 24th of July celebration. I was taught the gospel and at six knelt at my mother’s knee. I was baptized September 9, 1882 by Thomas Memmott and confirmed by George Hawley. At the age of twelve we established a club and sewed carpet rags and crochet work. Our Relief Society was organized July 27th 1870 and we wanted to be like Relief Society mothers. On November 30, 1880 my father and ladies from Salt Lake City organized the YLMIA. I was chosen secretary of Primary in 1882, Sunday School teacher in 1884, November 28 1882 choir leader of YLMIA on November 16th 1886 1st counselor to Susan Yates, November 1st 1887 1st counselor to Emily L. Thompson. Oct 16, 1888 President of YLMIA, November 6, 1889 again selected President. I was married January 19th 1890 to Merien Richard Robins, endowed August 28, 1912 in Manti Temple, resigned from Mutual 1890, my first baby born December 21st 1890. My husband was ranch-man of a ranch owned by J. C. Campbell of Salt Lake City. The ranch was in Geyser Nevada. I went out to see my husband and a posse of men rode up to our gate and asked for my husband who was two miles away in a field. They said desperadoes had pilfered other ranches and taken meat and escaped to the hills. They had run on to a man and shot him and took his horse, saddle, bridle and spurs and left him to die. He arose and walked to a ranch where he received help. The desperadoes had visited our ranch but they were never caught. In the spring of 1889 we laid plans for our new home. In august 1901 we moved into the new home. I had saved the money he worked for and we paid for it all. For eight years I had the responsibility of home and children. My health was poor so I was baptized in the Manti Temple. I was immediately better. In my Patriarchal blessing given by John Ashman in 1898 he promised I should live to see my children’s children and their children and dandle them on my knee. I took up my church duties again, second counselor to Visa Martin in Primary January 8, 1892, February 6th 1904. First counselor to Elizabeth Peterson, second counselor to Emma Wright in the Stake and had pleasure of reporting conference where Joseph F. Smith was in attendance. My father was very proud of me he said. At the death of Sister Wright I was released, I was forty-seven when my last baby was born. He died at that time. In October 20, 1928 I was asked to be teacher in the Primary. I worked ten years in that capacity and as chorister. My throat became affected and when I couldn’t sing, I resigned. My work in Relief Society started August 19, 1891 as treasurer, teacher and chorister. May 19?1 I gleaned in the fields to help the Relief Society. The straws saved were woven into hats by my sister and we wore them. I learned to card the wool for batts to put into our quilts. I worked in the store for two years. My father was Stake President during this time. I worked in the store for Andreas Peterson and shared my money with my sisters who were in High School. I always paid my tithing. On celebrations and recreation days I always took my chance of winning the Ladies Boot race even until I was forty-four when I fell and dared not try again. I loved dancing and participate once in a while now. (August 18, 1938.) I am still a teacher in Relief Society and enjoy my work very much. I have seven children living and lost my baby boy at birth. They have all been married in the temple. My husband died September 2nd 1937. I am living alone. I visit my children and feel they are my greatest joy. They are all good and kind to me and my life is made happy with their association. I am seventy-one years old. Have done temple work for twenty-two people (nineteen in Manti, 4 in Salt Lake and some in St. George.) I have loved my Relief Society magazine and have taken it for years. 		Thompson, Rosebelle (I99)
 
150 History of William G. Thompson
Contributed By Gracie Rose Platt · 14 June 2013

William G. Thompson; a pioneer of 1851; was born 1806 at Longloan, near Coatbridge, Scotland. He was the oldest son of David Thompson and Jean Wetherspoon. There was a family of twelve; six boys and six girls. He married Elizabeth McCauley of Portnahaven, Islay, Scotland, in 1831. Immigrated to America in 1833, locating in Canada with one son; here two more sons were born. Here also he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The family traveled west to be with the Church and joined the Saints in Missouri at the time of the persecutions and drivings. Here my mother was born, August l6, 1838. We next find them living in Quincy, Illinois, where two more children, a boy and girl, were born; and the baby and wife and mother died in July and October of 1845. In letters written to his parents in Scotland, while living in Quincy, Illinois, he tells of his troubles and how thankful for the gospel and urges them to go listen to the Elders laboring in Scotland, he also tells of his work, which was raising garden truck, milking cows etc., and compared prices. He says, "David cares for cows and chores, Daniel keeping house and caring for the younger children, and William helping at a doctor's house." Also tells of the killing of the Prophets and the burning of homes, etc. Be was very anxious to get a letter back by spring as they would go west with the Saints to find a place where they could be in peace. From Quincy he would go to Nauvoo to meetings and conferences. The next stop was at Garden Grove; crossing the plains in the Company of Hector Haight. They arrived in Salt Lake in the fall of 1851, stopping a short time in Salt Lake City, then coming to Bountiful, then known as Sessions Settlement. So William G, Thompson, and family of four sons and one daughter were true pioneers. David W. Thompson was called to protect people in Sanpete from Indians. He married and located in Ephriam, Utah. Daniel Thompson and Orvil Thompson were early settlers of Fillmore and Scipio, Utah. William Thompson settled in Richmond, Utah, and Maria married and after two years in Nevada came back and lived with her father and cared for him. There were other William Thompsons in the community when he took out his citizenship papers on June l, 1868, so he added the initial "G" to his name. He was licensed to preach the Gospel, December 25, 1844, signed by Enos Curtis, presiding Elder. He also had a membership and attended the School of Prophets, which was held in Salt Lake City. He died on December 5, 1876 on the farm and home that he located on in 1851. Several years ago I visited an aged lady friend of his. She said, "Brother Thompson used to visit us, and what a lovely hymn singer he was in his sleep." (By Elizabeth "Lizzie" HATCH [1871-1956]. In an email dated 10 June 2003, Lisa TALBERT identifies Lizzie HATCH as a daughter of Martha Marie THOMPSON HATCH, a daughter of William G. THOMPSON who was born in Caldwell, Missouri on 16 Aug 1836. Lisa noticed that the author states her mother was a child of William G. and was born in Missouri on 16 Aug 1836 and that Martha Marie THOMPSON's children would be surnamed HATCH because she married Orin HATCH.) 		Thompson, William G. (I480)
 

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