William Coffin Rawson

Male 1832 - 1891  (59 years)


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

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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Jan 1832 - Randolph, Indiana, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Apr 1891 - Farr West, Weber, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • 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."