Who First Joined The Church in Our Family?

The 5 J's have at least 24 ancestors on Grandpa Robison's side of the family that first joined the Church at the time of the restoration. These people are the great-great-great-great grandparents of the 5 J's. What are their names? Where did they come from?

1. Lewis Robison - joined the Church in Nauvoo and was 3 greats (not 4). He was born in Cincinatti, Ohio and his dad was a Reverend named Charles. He was baptized in Nauvoo.

2. Clarissa Minerva Duzette - joined the church in Nauvoo and was born in Worcester, Ohio. Also 3 greats for the 5 J's (not 4) and was the first wife of Lewis Robison.

3. Grandpa Robison's grandmother was Phebe Elizabeth Pearson. Her grandfather Jacob Ephraim Pearson was born in 1787 in Manchester, Maine and died in Circleville Utah.

4. Jacob Pearson's wife was Rhoda Ewers and was born in 1789 in Gill, Maine. She also died in Circleville, Utah.

5. Phebe Elizabeth Peaarson's grandfather on her mother's side was Jacob Foutz, who was born in Washington, Penn. in 1800. He is the one who survived Haun's Mill Massacre by covering himself with bodies and pretending he was dead. He died in Salt Lake City.

6. Jacob Foutz's wife was Margaret Mann, who was born in 1801 in Thomastown, Penn. She died in Pleasant Grove, Utah.

7. Grandpa Robison's mother was Effie Jensen. Her grand-father was Christian Frederick Jensen who was born in Denmark in 1838 and died in the Mormon settlement of Kimball, Alberta.

8. Christian Frederick Jensen's wife was Johanna Hansen who was also born in Denmakr and died in the same town, Grandpa Robison was born in - Aetna, Alberta in 1834.

9. Grandpa Robison's mother's parents from her mother's side were the Skrivers and teh Sorensens. Her grandfather was Peder Petersen Skriver who was born in 1859 in Denmark and who died in Cardston, Alberta in 1879.

10. Peder Skriver's wife was Jensena Sorensen who was born in Denmark in 1858 and died in Aetna, Alberta.

That summarizes the list of the first members of the Church from Grandpa Reid Enoch Robison's side of the family.

For Grandma Gloria Dawn Adams Robison, her ancestors also joined the Church in Europe for the most part.

11. Her father's great grandfather was William Adams. He was born in Ireland in 1822 and died in Bluff, Utah.

12. William Adams' wife was Mary Ann Leech. She too was born in Ireland in 1821 and died in Parawan, Utah (the same town Grandma Robison was born in).

13. Grandma Robison's great grandfather on his mother's side was Thomas Davenport. He was born in England in 1815 and while a missionary for the Church wrote the hymn "Come All Ye Sons of God." This stirring hymn is sung by Priesthood holders world-wide as they remember the importance of their ordination. He too passed away in Parowan, Utah. (1888)

14. Thomas Davenport's wife was Sarah Burrows. She was born in 1811 in England and died in 1882 in Parowan, Utah.

15. Grandma Robison's great grandfather on her father's mother's side of the family was John Hardison Redd. He was born in Snead's Ferry, North Carolina in 1799 and died in Spanish Fork, Utah in 1858.

16. John Hardison Redd's wife was Elizabeth Hancock. She too was born in Snead's Ferry, North Carolina in 1798 and dies in Spanish Fork, Utah in 1853.

17. Grandma Robison's great grandfather on her father's mother's side of the family - the other set of grandparents - was John Lowell Butler. He was born in 1808 in Sampson, Kentucky and was the hero of the day at Gallatin County in Missouri where the mob tried to prevent the Saints from voting on election day. John took a club and drove the mob away. He died in Spanish Fork, Utah in 1853.

18. John Lowell Butler married Caroline Farozine Skeen who was born in Sumner County, Tenn. in 1812. She died in Panguitch, Utah in 1875.

19. Grandma Robison's mother's side of the family was equally rich in conversion stories at the time of the restoration. Her mother's great grandfather was James Houston who was born in Scotland in 1817. He joined the Church there and died in St. George Utah in 1864.

20. Jame's Houston's wife was Magaret Crawford. She too was born in Scotland in 1825 and was visited by a stranger who wrote a message on her wall in charcoal shortly before she joined the church. The message was about who she would marry and that she would join the Church. She died in Panguitch, Utah in 1912.

21. Grandma Robison's other set of grandparents on her father's side were William Darby Cooper and his wife Lydia. William was born in South Carolina in 1828 and died in Washington, Utah in 1867.

22. William Darby Cooper's wife Lydia was born Lydia Ellen Rochester in Union, South Carolina in 1828. She also died in Washington, Utah in 1902.

23. On Grandma Robison's Mother's side of the family, her great grandfather was Joseph Asay who was born in 1823 in New Jersey. He died in Mt. Carmel Kane, Utah in 1879.

24. Joseph Asay's wife was Sarah Ann Pedrick, who was born in 1818 in New Jersey and died in 1900 in Emery, Utah.

25. Grandma Robison's Mother's other side of the family had a great-grandfather named Christopher Lister Riding, who was born in England in 1816. He died in St. George in 1887.

26. Christopher Riding's wife was Eliza Adelaide Dolbel, who was born in St. Jean, Jersey, Channel Islands, in France in 1834. She died in Provo, Utah in 1908.

If you go to http://www.familysearch.org/ and enter these names and the dates of their deaths, you will find their pedigree charts. A faster way to do this is to enter these names:

Marion Robison, died in 1951, in Meeteetse, Wyoming and select pedigree.

Effie Jensen, died in 1978, in Lovell, Wyoming and select pedigree.

Thomas Marion Adams, died in 1980, in Lovell, Wyoming and select pedigree.

Lucy Ora Houston, born in 1902, in Paragonah, Utah and select pedigree.

*Note: When you print the Marion Robison page, there will be some blanks for Lewis Robison and his wife Clarissa Minerva Duzette. In that case enter, Lewis Robison and put 1883 as year of death, in Salt Lake City Utah; and enter Clarissa Minerva Duzette and put 1891 as year of death in Salt Lake City, Utah.

It would be a fun family home evening project to print off these pages as well as the pages from your spouses side. Your next challenge will be to fill in a four generation page for your mother's line. See if you can do this and then if you have questions, we can help you.

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