William Coffin Rawson

1832 - 1891  (59 years)

• Name	William Coffin Rawson
  Born	13 Jan 1832	Randolph, Indiana, United States
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Apr 1891
  Died	26 Apr 1891	Farr West, Weber, Utah, United States
  Person ID	I3819	Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Horace Strong Rawson,   b. 15 Jul 1799, Scipio, Onieda, New York ,   d. 10 Oct 1882, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Coffin,   b. 18 Oct 1807, Montgomery, Virginia, United States ,   d. 21 Apr 1890, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Married	9 Oct 1825	Washington, Indiana, United States
  Family ID	F659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Jan 1832 - Randolph, Indiana, United States Died - 26 Apr 1891 - Farr West, Weber, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  BIR,MG,DTH: Family Group Sheet, "Personal 'Living' records of Horace Strong Rawson and "Rawson Old Family Bible" Early Mormon History Handcart Co of 1847-1878, pg 5 of Rawson Genealogy Book, rep: Mary Estella Rawson Christensen, submitted by self. Rawson family records and LDS Church Records, Elizabeth Garlick records, rep: Nathan Cheney Rawson, son, submit by Charlotte B Rawson, pg 83 of Rawson Gen Book, shows endowed 24 Mar. 1832 BIR,1856 MG,1891 DTH: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p 1121: "William Coffin Rawson, son of Horace Strong Rawson and Elizabeth Coffin, bn 13 Jan 1832 in Randolph Co IND. Came to Utah with father. Married Eliza Jane Cheney 12 Oct 1856 in Farmington UT, she the dau of Nathan Cheney and Eliza Ann Rube of Kirtland OH, MO, IL, and Davis Co UT, pioneers 6 Oct 1850, Wm Snow Company. She was bn 29 Aug 1837. Children: Eliza Jane m Aaron Jackson 26 Jan 1877; Wm Franklin m Mary Alice Wilson; Olive Ann m Wm N McEntyre; Zenia Venette m Joseph Chugg; Sarah Emily m John Prichett; Nathan Cheney m Minnie Allred; Elizabeth Rebecca m Elsberry Garlic. Member 40th Quorum Seventies; missionary 1875; SS superintendent; ward teacher; bishop's counselor. Worked for Geo A Lowe company. Materially aided in building roads and canals and otherwise improving the adjacent country. Died 26 Apr 1891, Far West,Weber,Utah."